Homebrew Watcher Species Details

I walked in the streets, mask hiding what I am. They spoke to me, unaware of what sort of monstrosity I was. If any of them found out, I would be hunted down, stalked. My fate would mirror that of my entire clan .Then again if they did find out, I would know...

— Takawrath, last of clan

To walk among the people, paranoia, madness, and fear, wrenching their mind, that is the curse bestowed upon the watchers. The watchers were once great sentinels, steadfast and strong in their judgement, guarding the veil of shadows, before they fell from, or rather rose to, grace. As the watchers rebelled against their lords, they were forced into the material plane before they could do any real damage to their lord's realm. They now stalk along the streets in heavy clothing and masks in hopes to forever keep themselves a secret.

Blighted Form

The Watchers descend from the shadow fell, with no links to any other humanoid race. This has, however, left them a very distinct appearance. The watchers have many eyes, around their head and body, the largest one being right on the center oh their face. They have a large thin mouth, stretching half way around their entire head. Their teeth are needle like, sharp and thin. Each of their eyes can be any colour found naturally In humanoids, and any eye shape or type found in humanoids. Their skin ranges from light grey to black, sometimes with slight blue undertones. Watchers are always bald and are usually envious of those who can grow hair, sometimes to the point of crime.

Paranoid and reclusive

Watchers subsist in extremely minute minorities found mostly in massive cities or capitals, often in the roughest quarters of those places, where they grow up to be thieves, killers or assassins. A watchers will rarely come across another in it's life, unless they are part of a clan.

Having been kicked out of their homeland and with no where to go, watchers amassed in cities many, many years ago, now, only a handful remain. A watcher usually will not trust any humanoid, they will only reveal who they are if the humanoid in question has demonstrated great trust in them. Once someone gains a watcher's trust, they have a personal body guard until death. Even if a watcher does trust someone, they will still always feel that they could be betrayed at any turn.

Watcher Names

Watcher names fall into two categories. Watchers born in clans will usually take a name from the land they reside in, while watchers born from two clanless watchers will usually have names with many vowels and few hard sounding consonants. Male names usually end with a consonant and are medium length, while female names usually end with a vowel and are short.

Male Clanless Names: Lyraath, Saroon, Inarnon, Fesrow, Jyeron, Wroth, Anakreer, Renan, Sear, Nakrool

Female Clanless Names: Lito, Jero, Litra, Seroa, Naro, Hao, Uraia, Tera, Nesai, Mesa

Strong Trust or Distrust

People are always distrustful of watchers, usually believing them to be as dangerous as an aberration. Upon realizing somebody is a watcher, that distrust either dissipates when they realize they aren't that bad, or is magnified by seeing such a horrid abomination. When this distrust dissipates, it results in a strong trust, because, why would a watcher kill it's likely only friend. Years of dealing with mistrust does leave its mark on most watchers, and they respond to it in different ways. Some choose to live up to the wicked stereotype and reveal their true nature, while others drown or wallow in the bad emotions. Most are simply very aware of how people respond to them and stay out of the limelight. After dealing with this mistrust throughout youth, most watchers have the goal of becoming a very important person, revealing what they are, and disproving that watchers are monsters.

 

Watcher Traits

All watchers have certain abilities intrinsic to them.

Ability Score Increase

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

Age

Watchers do not die of natural means.

Alignment

Watchers can be any alignment, but will always feel a pull towards evil alignment

Size

Watchers 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 heritage in the veil of shadows, 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.

Watchful sentinel

Your eyes encircle your body, giving you a bonus to passive perception, and giving disadvantage to any creature sneaking up to you if they are relying on being in your blind spots. You gain +3 to your passive perception.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common.