Homebrew Galeb Duhr Species Details
Galeb duhr are often summoned by spellcasters to guard certain areas from unwanted intruders. For instance, a powerful druid may summon a galeb duhr to guard a stone circle or a sacred hilltop, while a wizard has one guard a tower or lair. A galeb duhr does not age or need sustenance, making them excellent guardians, and they have excellent memories. When it chooses to, the galeb duhr can make itself look like an ordinary boulder, remaining perfectly still for years at a time. A galeb duhr is permanently bound to the Material Plane, so that when it dies, it doesn't return to the Plane of Earth.
Galeb Duhr Traits
A boulderlike creature native to the Elemental Plane of Earth. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.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.
Stone Body
Your stone body and lack of any form of circulatory or respiratory system grant you certain advantages over other creatures. You do not need to eat, drink, sleep or breathe, and you do not age. You are immune to being petrified. However, your stone body also makes you very heavy and dense. You have no buoyancy and sink in water, you automatically fail any ability checks to swim or stay above quicksand. Your jump distance is halved.
Rock Armor
You have thick, stone skin that makes it so you can't benefit from conventional armor, though you can use a shield if you are proficient in it. Your Armor Class is 12 + your Constitution modifier.
Boulder Form
As a bonus action, you can roll your body into a ball, or unroll it. While in boulder form, you are indistinguishable from a boulder.
Language
You can speak, read and write Common, Giant and Terran
Alignment
Galeb Duhr are usually neutral aligned.
Age
Galeb duhr do not age, and gain sentience the moment they are created. If left alone, undisturbed, it is unclear how long they can live.
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