Homebrew Yeti Species Details
Folk of the high peaks travel in groups and go armed, knowing that yetis can smell living flesh from miles away. When it finds prey, a yeti moves quickly over ice and stone to claim its meal, howling to the thrill of the hunt. Even in a blizzard, the scent of its quarry draws the yeti through the cold and snow. Yetis hunt in solitude or in small family groups. When creatures flee from a yeti or engage it in battle, other yetis might catch the scent of blood and close in. The territorial yetis fight one another for the spoils of such battles, and yetis slain in the fight are also eaten, amid euphoric howls.
Yeti Traits
As a yeti, you have the following racial traits.Creature Type
You are a Humanoid.
Size
You are Medium.
Speed
Your walking speed is 30 feet. Your climbing speed is 30 ft.
Powerful Build
You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Chilling Gaze
The yeti targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it as a bonus action. If the target can see the yeti, the target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw against this magic or take 10 (3d6) cold damage and then be paralyzed for 1 minute, unless it is immune to cold damage. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If the target’s saving throw is successful, or if the effect ends on it, the target is immune to the Chilling Gaze of all yetis for 1 hour. The yeti can use this ability once per short rest.
Keen Smell
The yeti has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.