Homebrew Sandman Species Details

The infamous "Sandman" is not but one creature, but a whole race of sandmen. Given sentience long ago by some godly level of magic, you now roam the world, observing its secrets and intervening wherever you feel the need. Perhaps selling your sleep inducing services to those who trouble to sleep, to fund further exploration, or use your versatile body to aid other adventurers as they delve into an unknown dungeon.

Sandman Traits

As a sandman, you have the following racial traits:

Body of Sand

Your body is made of pure sand, bound by some godly level of magic, giving you sentience and life. A mimicry that requires food, air, and even sleep as other living beings need; However, you are vulnerable to cold damage, and resistant to bludgeoning damage. You also cannot swim, when submerged in water, you simply sink. You may still trudge through shallow water, though you won't like it.

In addition, you may cast the Stone Shape spell at will, but only using your own body as both the material component and the target for the spell. For example, you could turn your arm into a blade for use as a sword in combat.

Master of Sleep

As one of the infamous sandmen, you are a master of sleep. You can cast the Sleep spell once per day, using the sand that makes up your own body as the material component for the spell. You regain the use of this feature at dawn.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2, your Strength score increases by 1.

Age

You are ageless. You are as you have always been, and always will be, unless cut down by an outside force.

Alignment

Sandmen view the world from a distance, watching being of flesh be born, grow, and die, developing a simplistic view of the world. While typically neutral, events of the world around you may have skewed your perspective.

Size

As a humanoid construct made entirely of sand, your size is medium.

Speed

While your walking speed is 30 feet, you can also collapse into dirt or sand and burrow without leaving a tunnel behind you. You can do this for up to 20 feet. You also cannot move through solid rock. Note that you cannot swim, and simply sink in water.

Languages

You read and write Common as well as Terran.

Tremor Sense

You have tremorsense up to 60 feet.

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