Homebrew Fungelion Species Details

Fungelion are mostly a passive and peaceful race that live in various different terrains, with exception to those who feel threatened. Older Fungelion tend to live nearer their villages only leaving to forage food or clean up the areas they live in from messes created by various adventurers or bandits. Younger Fungelion have started to become bored of the tedium of their more reclusive, peaceful lives and have started to appear more frequently at local guilds, or travelling, some adventurers have even reported seeing different subraces in the villages of other fungelions.

Age: Fungelion reach maturity at the human age of 15 but can live for centuries.

Subraces:

Red Fungelion live in caverns and are blind, but are able to sense beings and objects nearby using their others senses, this makes them capable of defending their dark homes with an advantage as their opponents. Red fungelion often look more like male dwarves in stature, also having darker skin from their skin being marked by the dirt the often live near

Purple Fungelion are the equivalent of poisonous mushrooms,  their touch can inflict poison on those who are unfortunate enough to annoy this subrace, they live in desert thus are often mistaken for food by the unprepared traveller. They have pale sandy skin that match their terrain and are skinny and taller than other versions of the species and also are the most likely to be hostile to strangers.

Blue Fungelion live near lakes, the most althletic of the fungelion this race often draws strength by absorbing water into their porous skin, occasionally mistaken for water fairies the blue fungelion are the closest to human in appearence often looking more effiminate yet like the rest of the species do not have genders.

Green Fungelion are the most common of the race being the forest race, like forest elves they generally are unparalleled in hiding in forests and foliage, and appear mostly childlike despite being able to live for centuries. They are also the palest of the versions as whilst they live in open areas, the trees often provide coverage from direct sunlight.

 

Fungelion Traits

Malleable skin: All fungelion share the racial trait malleable skin making them resistant to bludgeoning and blunt weapons, but have a weakness to slash damage.

Malleable Skin

The fungelions paler more rubbery skin provide a great defence against those who strike unarmed or attempt to bludeon them. however their skin can easily be cut with blades similar to most mycelium.