Homebrew Yautja Species Details
Physical Description
Yautja are physically distinguished from humans by their greater height, arthropod-like mandibles and long, hair-like appendages on their heads that are set into their skulls. Their bodies are resilient to damage, capable of recovering from multiple gunshot wounds and radiation doses which would be fatal to humans. They are also capable of enduring excruciating pain. Yautja are much stronger than humans, having the ability to easily outmatch a conditioned adult human male and shattering solid concrete with their bare hands. They are also skilled climbers, and will readily move through trees or across rooftops in pursuit of prey. Though capable of surviving exposure in Antarctic temperatures for an extended period of time, Yautja have a preference for hot equatorial climates. Their blood is luminescent phosphor green in color. Their vision operates mainly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
History
Yautja made contact with early human civilizations such as the Ancient Egyptians, the Khmer Empire, Aztecs, and Bouvetøya. Upon arriving on Earth, the Predators were worshipped as gods by humans, and they taught many of the civilizations how to build pyramids, but in return expected sacrifices of humans for use as hosts for huntable Xenomorphs the ultimate prey for initiates. The Yautja returned to Bouvetøya every century to consummate the bargain, until, at one point in the ritual, the Xenomorphs spread out of control, resulting in the Yautja detonating a bomb that obliterated the entire civilization. Relations between humans and Yautja deteriorated from that time on; the Yautja then viewed humans as little more than another quarry to hunt.
Society
Yautja culture revolves around the hunting and stalking of dangerous lifeforms. After making a kill, Yautja typically skin or decapitate the carcass, converting it into a trophy. If immobilized or at the brink of death, a hunter will activate the mass-explosive self-destruct-mechanism in his wristband, honorably erasing any trace of its presence to its prey. It is often alluded to that the reason Yautja hunt is not for sustenance or elimination of threats, but as sportsmanship or rite of passage, as they will normally attack only life forms that have the ability to provide them with a challenge. There are at least two different Yautja tribes, which are engaged in a long-lasting blood feud. The Yautja females are rare but are good warriors and respected hunters.
Yautja Traits
The Predator. Strong, versatile and deadly are a few of the things that describe a YautjaAbility score increase
Your Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution score each increase by 2.
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.
Age
Yautja mature at 200 years old and, while the upper limit for age is not known, some have been known to live for hundreds or even thousands of years, though they are considered old at around 900.
Relentless Endurance
When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest.
unarmed strikes
Through training and powerful build allows you are never unarmed. If you hit with your fists, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier.
Hunter
You are proficient in the Stealth skill and have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track creatures.
Yautja Weapon Training.
You are proficient in the spear, dagger, shortsword, longsword, and improvised weapons.
Yautja Weapon and Yautja Trophy Crafting
You, as a yautja, have had to keep your heritage, and yourself, alive. You can craft these weapons:
- Ceremonial dagger. This is a weapon used by warriors as a last-resort weapon or a weapon to take trophies from fallen enemies. It takes 1 hour to make this weapon, and 65gp. It does 1d6 damage, but as a bonus action you may take a portion of there skeleton and later turn it into a trophy. (if the creature is still alive in this process they have to make a DC13 dexterity saving throw or take 1d6 piercing damage, on a successful save, the creature takes half the damage but knocks you 10ft away) Depending on what creature you took this trophy from, you have advantage on intimidation or persuasion checks on that type of creature.
- Yautja Glaive. This axe takes 2 hours to fashion out of the bones of your enemy's is surprisingly sturdy. It requires 13 strength and dexterity to wield properly (if not then make attack roles with disadvantage), has the finesse property and does 2d4 (one handed) and 2d6 (two handed) slashing damage.
- Yautja Pickaxe. This is a piece of mining equipment fashioned using 1 hour and the bones of fallen prey, as a bonus action you can either mine raw materials, or chisel through a wall at advantage.
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