Homebrew Frankenstein Species Details

Physical Description

Frankenstein's can have a natural skin color or it can be green from rotting flesh depending on how long they had been dead before they were revived. They can range in height and weight because of the parts that they gain from different people. Generally, they were created from humans, but they can be taller than humans because of the different body parts they have. They can be made completely of one body, but they are rare and require an extremely intelligent and wise scientist. Usually, they have bolts in their head or neck allowing them to channel electricity to a degree. They are generally covered in stitches and occasionally their hair will have turned green because of moss growing on their hair after they died. Frankenstein's generally have some kind of mechanism used to help their hearts' beat. Machines can be used to help move them around, which explains their hefty weight.

History

Long ago, a human scientist by the name of Dr. Frankenstein created the first Frankenstein "Monster", however as the procedure improved to use science to revive the dead, the Frankenstein "monsters" became more and more intelligent. Therefore, instead of calling them "monsters", they are now known as Frankenstein's, in reference to their original creator. However, as they are still a relatively new race, they are rare and there are very few scientists with the intelligence and skills required to create more Frankenstein's. Unfortunately, Frankenstein's still have not been found capable of reproduction, so they can only rely on scientists to create more of them.

Society

Originally, Frankenstein's always had to have a master in order to exist because of a lack of intelligence. Now, though it's still quite rare, some Frankenstein's can live on their own. Those who do are generally alone, afraid to show their faces to most as many races believe them to be morbid creatures that should never have been given life... again. However, due to a Frankenstein's natural defenses, they can live quite well on their own. For some reason, the majority of children seem to like them despite their generally grotesque appearance, so it's fairly common to see an orphan child following after a Frankenstein and it's unlikely a Frankenstein will do much about it. However, animals and those who can turn into animals have a general distaste for Frankenstein's that can cause them to irrationally attack a Frankenstein without first fully knowing that what they sense is, in fact, a Frankenstein.

Frankenstein Names

Frankenstein's are generally named similarly, if not the same, between the males and females of the race. Usually, they can no longer remember their name from before they died or they can no longer be called that name because they are made from parts of many different bodies.
Male: Bolt, Spark, Stitches, Stitch, Electro, Zap, Bob, Puppet, etc.
Female: Electra, Bolts, Sparks, Stitches, Zaps, Bobette, Poppet, etc.

Frankenstein Traits

As a frankenstein, you have the following racial traits.

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid.

Size

Normally ranging from 6-8 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Raised by Lightning

Having been resurrected by lightning, you have resistance to lightning damage.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Relentless Endurance

When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

Resurrected Resilience

Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.