Homebrew Deviling Species Details

Physical Description 

Devilings are the great ancestors of devil fish. They sport horns of different hardness levels and materials, along with some bigger sized fins on their back. Devilings stepped out of their ecosystem and never looked back so their lungs are sensitive to water pressure and can cause them to rupture. They are still well acquainted with water but can't submerge fully without proper equipment. 

 

History

After the great cleanse, the lady of the lake blessed some crystals with hopes and aspirations and threw them down the earth's great well. These crystals allowed all aquatic creatures who consumed them to evolve rapidly and adapt to life on the surface, sporting a relatively to immensely humanoid appearance.

 

Society

Devilings love the sea. Traveling the high-seas in vessels and trading loot is their forte. They like to get together in packs, sharing booze and their adventures while partying 'till the sun goes down. They love making looting deals and trading for goods, helping other packs flourish. They all consider eachother siblings.

 

Deviling names

Due to their culture, most of their names are derived from sea organisms, plants and water related deities and ecosystems.

Some name examples would be,

Clam, Marina, Coral, Poseidon, Bunyip

 

Deviling traits

Devilings originate from the ocean's great depths, resulting in their dark tones. When it's too dark, they emit a small glow which they used to lure pray towards them in the old days. Inspired by their appearance and old way of hunting, they decorate their ships with glowing kelp residue to drive other ships towards their demise.

 

Ability score increase

Due to your sheer large size, you gain a +2 in strength. Unfortunately, your lungs are weak due to evolution so you suffer -1 in constitution. You are positively large, so wielding weapons isn't a problem for you. You have normal advantage when using light and mid weapons.

 

Age

Devilings age at the same rate as human beings due to their rapid evolution.

 

Alignment

Devilings are usually true neutral. Upon consuming the crystals, they absorbed humanity's hopes, dreams and instincts, causing them to adopt a lot of their mindsets. Mainly their determination, as they now fixate on their goals until they get what they want no matter the cost.

 

Size

Devilings, much like devilfish, are very large. Ranging from 8 to 16 feet.

 

Speed

Your base walking speed is

<30> feet.

 

Languages

You can speak common and raeyi.

 

Deviling Traits

wip

Spine o' terror

A natural paralyzing attack, utilizing your deadly spiny tail.

 

1d4 +str dmg

Darkvision

Due to your deep sea descent, you have excellent dark vision. You can see in dim light withing 45ft in front 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.