Homebrew Elastoid Species Details

The Elastoids are a unique race characterized by their incredibly stretchy and resilient bodies. Their physiology grants them a remarkable degree of flexibility and adaptability, allowing them to maneuver through tight spaces, extend their limbs, and endure physical impacts with ease. As an Elastoid, you possess the following racial traits:

 Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age: Elastoids mature at the same rate as humans but tend to live slightly longer, up to 150 years due to their resilient physiology.

Alignment: Elastoids are often chaotic, valuing freedom and flexibility in their lifestyles, but they can be of any alignment.

Size: Elastoids are similar in height and build to humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Elastic Body: You can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing, and you can extend your limbs. Once per turn, when you make a melee attack, you can extend your reach by 5 feet for that attack. Outside of combat, you can extend your reach by up to 10 feet to interact with objects or the environment.

Malleable Form: You have advantage on checks and saving throws to escape grapples or restraints. Additionally, you have advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.

Enhanced Elasticity: At 5th level, you gain the ability to stretch your body in remarkable ways. As an action, you can use one of the following options:

• Extended Reach: You can stretch your arms, increasing your reach for melee attacks by 10 feet for 1 minute. You can do this an amount of times equal to your proficiency modifier, these uses reset at the end of a long rest.
• Elastic Resilience: You can compress your body, gaining resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage for 1 minute. Once this ability is used it cannot be used until the end of a long rest.
• Elastic Legs: Your movement speed increases by 10 feet.

Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Elastoid Traits

Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1. Proficiencies: Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice. Advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks: Your flexible and agile form allows you to perform acrobatic feats with ease.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Elastic Body

You can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing, and you can extend your limbs. Once per turn, when you make a melee attack, you can extend your reach by 5 feet for that attack. Outside of combat, you can extend your reach by up to 10 feet to interact with objects or the environment.

Malleable Form

You have advantage on checks and saving throws to escape grapples or restraints. Additionally, you have advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Enhanced Elasticity

Enhanced Elasticity: At 5th level, you gain the ability to stretch your body in remarkable ways. As an action, you can use one of the following options:

• Extended Reach: You can stretch your arms, increasing your reach for melee attacks by 10 feet for 1 minute. You can do this an amount of times equal to your proficiency modifier, these uses reset at the end of a long rest.
• Elastic Resilience: You can compress your body, gaining resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage for 1 minute. Once this ability is used it cannot be used until the end of a long rest.
• Elastic Legs: Your movement speed increases by 10 feet.