Homebrew Chupacabra (Cryptid/Goat Sucker) Species Details

Chupacabra are an indigenous race found within the Underdark.  Although they are not naturally a solitary creature, they tend to survive better when alone.  This is because when they are found out, other races tend to exterminate them.  Chupacabra are not known for their culture.  In fact, they really only know how to scavenge from other races.  Specifically, their livestock.  They stalk their easy prey in the distance, and then the attack and kill before anyone knows they were there.  In the Underdark, if you're capable of husbandry, the chupacabras are considered to be a pest that needs to be exterminated immediately.

Unknown to most, the chupacabras are intelligent creatures.  They mature quickly, but they are able to think for themselves and speak with other beings.  They simply aren't given much chance, as they follow the rural flocks they eat from.  It's a simple life of eating blood during the night and resting during the day; that is until they are rooted out by flock herders.  On one fateful night, a family of chupacabras found an entrance to the material world.  They discovered many flocks of these white furry creatures known as "sheep", and they could hunt them with the greatest of ease.  The chupacabras fed, multiplied, and then scattered before the human sheep herders could figure out what happened.

They now are everywhere where there are livestock.  They still raise their young with great care and try to instill some intelligence, but too soon the young are off to make their own way in the world, leaving the parents to start over again.  When too many chupacabras occupy one area, the local farmers tend to pull their resources and pay for an exterminator.  Many chupacabras have died at the blade of an adventurer without the world ever knowing that their race was capable of thoughts and feelings.

Chupacabra (Cryptid/Goat Sucker) Traits

aggressive, blood sucking, darkvision, odoriferous

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity 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.

Odiferous

You take a moment to excrete a horribly smelling oil from your glands.  Any creature other than a goat-sucker that starts its turn within 5 feet of you must succeed on a DC12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the start of the creature's next turn. On a successful saving throw, the creature is immune to the stench of all goat-suckers' odor for 1 hour.

Aggressive

As a bonus action, you can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that you can see.

Blood Sucking

You must first strike with a bite attack.  The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken, and you regain hit points equal to that amount. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest.

Age

You mature and age 10 years old and live until around the age of 40 years old.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Undercommon.

Size

Your race is difficult to guess at their height, because they usually walk hunched over for faster running.  Usually, they are barely 3 feet to 3.5 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Small.

Nimble Escape

You can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of your turns

Sunlight Sensitivity

While in sunlight, the cupacabra has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.