Homebrew Inkling Species Details

Inklings are a fictional speicies of terrestrial squid and are the primary playable characters in the Splatoon video game series by Nintendo. They have also made crossovers as playable appearances in other Nintendo games, such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. 

Inkling Traits

Your Inkling character has the following traits.

Squid Form

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
11 (+0) 15 (+2) n/a n/a n/a 6 (-2)

Proficiant scores: Stealth +4 
Senses darkvision 30 ft.
Languages – Any known to the PC but an squidform cannot speak

Speed: 10ft on Inkless or waterless ground, 50ft when swiming through Ink or water and 10ft climbing 

Special Traits

  • Underwater Camouflage. The squid form has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made while underwater.
  • Water/Ink Breathing.  The Squidform can breath in Air, water and Ink

Actions

  • Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6+4) piercing damage.
  • Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (1d4+2) bludgeoning damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 17). Until this grapple ends, the creature is restrained. The squid form has two tentacles, which can grapple one target.
  • Jet. Until the end of its turn, the giant squid’s swim speed is 100 feet if it moves in a relatively straight path.

 

Create Ink

Inklings get 3 Ink charges +1 per character level (Recharges half of the charges rounded down when you shift into your squid form and rest in Ink for an action)

Ink covered weponry: as a free action you may expend one Ink charge to coat your wepons in ink. Your ranged weapons spread Ink across the ground in a 5ft wide line until it hits its target. Your melee attacks also spread Ink across the groung wherever you hit a target.

Ink bomb: You create a 20ft wide circle of Ink

Age

-

Alignment

-

Size

-

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common.

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