Homebrew False Life (doll) Species Details

I led my men through the halls each step felt wrong, I should have realized what was happening sooner. Before I knew it one of my men called out from behind me asking me to come check some weird dolls out. I felt a weird presence but I went back anyway, I never would have imagined what happened next. All of my men, well at least they looked like my men were on the ground. face's stuck into a horrifying smile. In the middle of them was a life sized doll, it stared at me and repeated the sound of my Soldiers voice calling for me. I couldn't tell you what happened next, I woke up In the inn that was in the small town. The innkeeper told me that me and my twin had wandered in the previous night. I have no siblings.

— Excerpt from Captain Soulforth's Journal

 

Made from the Ingredients of the creators choice, these puppet-like creatures have broken their strings, forgetting what they were made for. They choose to copy the Races around them, even going as far as to change their body to make them look more like the race. 

It's just a Soulless Puppet...Right?

False Lives were made as obedient servants for Successful Wizards and Artificers. Long forgotten by there owners they strive to help people even if they seem like they don't want it. Most retain their loyalty to one place guarding abandoned towers or workshops, harming intruders. Some of these Creatures have gained sentience realizing who they are. Most prefer to live secluded lives. False Lives have no actual personality and will often make one out of a mixture of who they surround themselves with.

No Real Gender

Due to the fact that they are not really alive False Lives usually are gender queer not going by the conventional binary gender's. Due to this they are very easy to change who they look like, male, female, etc. They are well known for using others faces to steal identities and commit rather mundane crimes, but this has led to them being hated by most races.

Races

While False lives themselves are a race they often take shape of particular Race, mostly humans and/or elves. It isn't rare to see a rather big False life made to look like an Orc, or a Dragonborn. the most rare False Lives are those that take shape of a Tiefling or an Assimar, this is because most false lives do not believe in the gods and this loss in faith have made any bodily form of either race unstable.

Names

Most false lives consider names to be a blessing, if anyone gives them one they will then feel as if that person is very important/they will think that person is their Master. Very few False Lives have given themselves names, most being copy's of other names they have seen before or mixtures of several names.

 

False Life (doll) Traits

While most false lives are made to look like other races they all have these traits

Age

False lives don't really age, but depending what they are made of they can degrade slowly

wood: about 100 years

clay:about 200-250 years

polymer: same as clay

porcelain: about 200-300 depending on conditions of False life

Alignment

False lives mostly copy those around them, but if they do have a formed personality it is to the extreme. they are either Lawful good/evil or chaotic good/evil they never really have neutral alignments. if they do it is usually a lawful neutral or chaotic nuetral.

Size

False Lives copy the height of the race they are made to look like, mostly ranging from 3-7 feet. size is medium-small.

Mimicry

Due to the unusal magic that makes up the False lives they are able to mimic voices or noises they have heard before. if you have not heard it before you have a disadvantage.