Homebrew Deep Spawn Species Details
The Deep Spawn are mysterious humanoid creatures that call the deepest parts of the oceans of Rhymorra home. The only humanoid to live at such incredible depths along with their parents, Mother Hydra and Father Dagon, few surface dwellers have heard of the Deep Spawn, and even fewer have come into contact with the strange alien creatures, either dead or alive. The conditions of their dismal home have necessitated a number of bizarre adaptations, not the least of which being their complete reliance on non-visual senses. A complicated array of sensory organs line the Deep Spawn's "face", allowing them to detect minute vibrations, distinct odors, and electromagnetic emanations in the water around them. This uncanny ability to detect the hidden terrors lurking around them has allowed the Deep Spawn to survive and even thrive in the most brutal and inhospitable environment in Rhymorra.
The Deep Spawn have taken to stalking sailors and shipping vessels to kill the unfortunate sailors and leave their corpses as tribute to Mother Hydra and Father Dagon. The Deep Spawn remember when their parents freely swam about the oceans of Rhymorra before the Silence came along and believe that the dead creatures they leave as tribute are key to maintaining their parent's peaceful side. Their parent's new waking states has only driven them to seek more tribute for them.
Deep Spawn Traits
Deep Spawn have functional intelligence, but few ever meet creatures they can communicate with. Deep Spawn as characters have the following traits:Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution and Wisdom scores both increase by 2, and your Intelligence score decreases by 4.
Age
Deep Spawn are timeless creatures, growing slowly to their full size over the course of 100 years and then living indefinitely.
Alignment
Deep Spawn have no real agenda beyond their own survival and that of their family. Their natural alignment is Neutral, but some can become aggressive like Father Dagon, tending towards more Evil alignments.
Size
Deep Spawn are not particularly large, perhaps being 5ft tall on average with small, round bodies. Your size is Medium.
Speed
You have a walking and swimming speed of 30ft.
Alien Sensory Organs
You have Blindsight to a range of 120ft, beyond which you are considered blind. You are also always aware of creatures within your blindsight range and have advantage on Wisdom(Perception) and Dexterity(Stealth) checks against those creatures. This feature also functions underwater.
Deep Spawn
You can breathe both air and water and your body is adapted to the crushing cold and pressure of the deep sea. You are immune to all penalties caused by extreme depths and have resistance to cold damage.
Psionic
As an action, you can target a creature within 30ft of you that you can sense with a psychic jolt. Make a Ranged spell attack using your Wisdom modifier. On a hit, the target takes 2d6 psychic damage. The target must then make an Intelligence saving throw with a DC equal to 8 + your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failure, the target has disadvantage on all d20 rolls until the end of its next turn.
You are also immune to psychic damage and being Charmed.
Languages
As a Deep Spawn, you can speak, read, and write Citlanés, Deep Speech, and Primordial. Additionally, you can understand any one language of your choice but cannot speak it.
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