Homebrew Yuan-Ti Pureblood (Variant; Anathema) Species Details
"In the dimension of chaos itself, these things seem to exist. They do not remember their origin, or may never know how they were born like this... but it seems that they just wouldn't question about it, unless they leave this realm."
The Anathema variant is a Yuan-Ti Pureblood variant altered by chaos itself. Its body is akin to a Yuan-Ti, and yet, may extra few heads that were not supposed to be there.
Monstrous Eloquence
With their monstrous form, the design of chaos itself seems to have some manners. Anathema variants seem to be more attractive and conscious about their appearance due to shame and embarrassment of their other selves. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little over 7 feet tall and weigh from 95 to 290 pounds. Their skin can range from any colors a snake would have, including the colors of black, white, red, yellow, green, blue, and its dark and light variants. Anathema's structure may also differ dependent on their gender, where males would have short and thick necks, and females would have long and slim necks. Rarely, an anathema can have heads of different genders.
Split Personality
The minds of an Anathema is altered to the point where they thrive upon being chaotic. Multiple Anathema heads may have differing opinions and personalities, where their actions may be hindered by their own conflict. At a later age, an Anathema's multiple minds will slowly blend into one singular thought, often being the most dominant mind. There are cases where they remain different forever, should they remain in realms filled with chaos.
Anathema Names and Ethnicities
At an early age, Anathemas will have nicknames for each other through their constant sibling war against each other. These names are often names that describes their visual or personality descriptors.
Names by Visuals: Red, Blue, Yellow, Stubby, Long, Menace, Scary, and others.
Names by Personalities: Kind, Calm, Dumb, Smart, Impulse, Meanie, and others.
In the cases of other creatures referring an Anathema, they will often have a family name shared between each other, similar to being in a family. They can be called with family name such as "Longtooth", "Swindlevale", or other possible names.
Yuan-Ti Pureblood (Variant; Anathema) Traits
Something that always has someone to fight, including themselves.Ability Score Increase
Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Intelligence score increases by 1.
Age
Purebloods mature at the same rate as humans and have lifespans similar in length to theirs, yet it decays the more heads it has.
Size
Purebloods match humans in average size and weight. Your size is Medium.
Darkvision
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.
Innate Spellcasting
You know the poison spray cantrip. You can cast animal friendship an unlimited number of times with this trait, but you can target only snakes with it. Starting at 3rd level, you can also cast suggestion with this trait. Once you cast it, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Magic Resistance
You have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Multiple Heads
You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks. You start with having two heads and may choose to get advantage on saving throws against these conditions, equal to the amount of your heads: blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, or knocked unconscious. When you gain proficiency bonus, you can choose to grow more heads and choose more of those conditions to get saving throw advantages. You cannot choose the conditions you have already picked before using this trait.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Abyssal, and Draconic. Your source of knowledge are often granted by the presence of chaos itself, granting you the ability to understand strange speeches... seemingly injected into your minds.
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