Homebrew Bat'Qarğaw Species Details

The existence and life of the Bat'Qarğaw is often lonely and despairing. They are often shunned and feared due in part to their association with bad luck, death, grief, and mourning. Bat'Qarğaw are just as often on the receiving end of malice, threats, and physical harm as they are to deal it. Mostly they are misunderstood. Their fixation with death is in their nature as they are creatures created by death itself.

Fashioned by Death

Bat'Qarğaw are the children of death. They have been lovingly crafted to walk like humans and fly like bats. In body shape they take on an appearance that is mostly human. They begin to depart from humanity in that they are covered in fur that comes in shades of grey, brown, black, and white. They have the noses of bats fixed upon a skeletal faces. Most notably are their bat wings from a range of bat species; some varieties are made of bone and require the use of spellwork to be functional. Those that have eyes have them in a deep pitch black or a searing red with no iris or pupil. Some of them have hair this usually comes in a shade that contrasts their fur color. They tend to wear cloaks and black lace.

Elusive & Mournful

The Bat'Qarğaw keep to themselves, preferring to live in necropolises and forests over populated areas. They try to avoid humans if at all possible. They make homes in old mausoleums and coffins. The odd Bat'Qarğaw that chooses to live amongst humans face grim odds, being pushed to live in rugged and impoverished conditions. They often resort to thievery, stealth, and trickery to get by.

With their unique positions as its creation, the Bat'Qarğaw tend to welcome death and have a profound and deep respect for those who have passed on. They put extra care into looking after the dead and seeing that those who have gone on get treated with the respect and dignity that the Bat'Qarğaw themselves are hard-pressed to receive.  Last rites are of the upmost importance to them. Although isolated and rather grim and somber in nature, the Bat'Qarğaw are generally peaceful beings. The worst of them are extremely vengeful and cling to past wrongs. But the majority of them are open minded, creative, passive, and cherish those who choose to accept them.

Bat'Qarğaw Names

Bat'Qarğaw names tend to allude to their natures and their motifs. They also tend to take on names that sound strange and elegant.

Male Infernal Names: Cloak,  Barquoise, Edvayne, Eulydice, Ghayst, Phantamir, Ruecian, Zante, Z'atokk.

Female Infernal Names: Elizabell, Melyissa'a, Spectress, Spectriss, Vankassa, Vuniper, Whisteriell, Zyalice.

Motif  Names: Carrion, Coffin, Crypt, Death, Despair, Fear, Gate, Ghost, Grief, Haunted,  Ideal, Mourning, Music, Nowhere, Peace, Poetry, Revenge, Secrecy, Skull, Sorrow, Torment, Whisper, Wind

 

Bat'Qarğaw Traits

Bat'Qarğaw are batlike creatures with skeletal features and an air of mourning.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 1, and your Charisma score increases by 2.

Age

Tieflings mature at the same rate as humans but live a few years longer.

Size

Tieflings are about the same size and build as humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Thanks to your infernal heritage, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Hellish Resistance

You have resistance to fire damage.

Infernal Legacy

You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the hellish rebuke spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the darkness spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Infernal.