Homebrew Cartoffmurati Awakened Mimic Species Details
Rarely, a mimic is granted intelligence by authority or circumstance. An awakened mimic is often used by the denizens of dungeons held by wizards or other magically-attuned people as a means of more effectively safeguarding looted treasure, as they are more understanding of combat tactics and may be encouraged to use more than one given form.
An awakened mimic may be granted freedom, either by the destruction of the dungeon they inhabit or by the abandonment of their masters once the voraciousness of their appetite outpaces the influx of gold they bring in as living traps. Unaware of the world outside and finding themselves ill-suited to the brightness of the sky above, awakened mimics often find their ends at the hands of adventurers or city guards after indulging in their endless hunger.
In their true form, mimics appear as a gray blob, their features devoid of detail. It is rare to see a mimic in that form, for a typical mimic changes their shape when they first gain the ability to do so, and hold to that shape as long as possible. A casual shape—one created on the spur of the moment, with no depth or history—is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a specific purpose and then might never be used again. However, many awakened mimics develop identities that have more depth, crafting whole personas complete with histories and beliefs. A mimic adventurer might have personas for many situations, including negotiation, investigation, and combat.
They may also prefer to utilize the form of objects, relying on other adventurers or merchants for travel and supply. While many use forms capable of being moved from one location to the next, others may instead choose to remain in one city or town as they find favorable. These mimics can hide for years, hiding in plain sight as statues in cities, stuck doors in dead-end alleys, or as loose furniture in abandoned buildings.
Cartoffmurati Awakened Mimic Traits
The Cartoffmurati Awakened Mimic has the following traitsWeight
Mimics are very heavy creatures for their size. The average mimic weighs from 250 to 500lb. Weight calculator roll 2 D100's +300lb
Ability Score Increase
With the new rules of character creation, choose one ability score to increase by 2, and a different ability score by 1
Age
Mimics are born already mature and simply grow larger with age and consumption, and live on average 100 years.
Alignment
You are an Awakened Mimic, few if any of your kind have come before you. You are not restricted to any alignment due to your race. Only your experiences since your awakening effect your alignment.
Size
Mimics can take a variety of forms and sizes. Your default size is Medium, though you can become either Medium or Small depending on your current form, however weight remains constant.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet when in the form of a humanoid. When you are polymorphed into an object, or in your amorphous form your movement speed motivated my your pseudopods is 15.
Natural Armor
You are unable to wear armor effectively due to the fluctuating qualities of your body and receive no AC benefit from donning armor. You have thick tough skin that acts as a natural armor. Your AC is 12 + your Constitution modifier. A shield can be wielded and benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.
Language
You can speak, read, and write Common, Mimic, and one other language of your choice
Ambush Predator
You are proficient in the Stealth skill.
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.
Mimic Skin
You have grown to have natural immunity to acid.
Adhesive
The mimic adheres to anything that touches it or that it touches that it chooses to adhere to. A Huge or smaller creature adhered to the mimic is also grappled by it. Ability checks made to escape this grapple have disadvantage. You have advantage on attack rolls against creatures you are grappling.
Shapeshifter
You can use your action to polymorph into an object, or into a humanoid form. You can always use an action to turn back into your amorphous form. Your statistics are the same in each form.
Any equipment you are wearing or carrying isn't transformed, it either drops to the floor or is stored within your body, if there is space.
You revert to your amorphous form if taken to 0hp, or killed.
You can shapeshift into any object or humanoid once you've had at least 8 hours to study it/them, or during a long rest. The objects you turn into can be any object that is as big as a 5' cube. Anything bigger, like a door, can be as wide and tall as 10' but can be no thicker than 2'.
The humanoid form you change into will be identical to how they were when you spent time studying them. If they were clothed, you will be them with those clothes on, the clothes will be a part of you and won’t be able to be taken off.
Mass is conserved, for example: a 200lb mimic transformed into a feather pillow still weighs 200lbs.
While in amorphous or object form you are immune to the prone condition.
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