Homebrew Novakid Species Details

“They seemed wary of me, but I assured them that I meant no harm. I introduced myself in customary fashion, and they returned with their names, the blue one "Bonnibel," the yellow "Nym." They possessed a most ridiculous accent.

Nym extended his hand, and I, assuming it was a customary greeting, reached out in response. The savage shook my hand with a vigour that nearly toppled me, the whole exchange quite uncouth.

Determined to civilize these ruffians, I invited them to tea, as tradition dictates. They seemed very excited at the prospect, eagerly following me back to camp.

My tea boiled, and as I prepared the proper settings the Novakid perused my camp. There was not a single ornament they were not curious about. Their filthy hands touched all my perfectly-aligned furnishings.

— Tatterdemalion, Hylotl

Novakids, just like the stars from where they are born, live the moment at it's fullest, always curious and eager to try new things, but never planning or thinking of the future.

Sentient Gas Bags

Novakids are like miniature stars, they are made of gasses that burn at an unusually low temperature and are held held togheter by the power of their symbol, all novakids posses a symbol on their forehead wich binds their form as it's, any damage to it is retroactively caused to their gaseous form and vice-versa. When a novakid dies, they explode violently as their symbol lands somewhere nearby, when novakids are near death, they set up a ceremony where they are laid on a high platform for their relatives to see from far below, to see their loved one explode as it does. While Novakids don't have blood, their shell can be punctured, wich would cause their gasses to vent and the being would eventually die.

Smart with short attention spans

Many wonder from where and how this race came to be, but the truth is that it will likely never be known, since Novakids don't preserve knowledge in any way and any technological advances are lost with the death of the discoverer. There is however, a way these have managed to advance so quickly all along, they are excellent replicators and can improve on things almost instinctively, most advancements come from previous generations, where a young novakid watches their relative discover something and they eventually improve on it, but the risk of all those advancements being lost with the end of a "blood line" have become a reality many times, this is specially true considering their short attention span, it's common for a Novakid to set on a task to leave it mid completion because it wasn't interesting enough.

Novakid Names

Novakid names are often derived from organic nomenclature in chemistry, often flammable and used for fuel.

Names: WIP

NOT SOCIALLY INTERESTED

Novakid's short attention spans don't only affect their learning, they often fail to understand other beings feelings or decide to ignore them completely due to lack of interest in these, a clear symptom of this is their insensitivity, is not uncommon to see novakids asking priests if their deities are real or remarking something about a death to someone grieving for it.

 

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Novakid Traits

Novakids posses unique traits due to their unique "biology" and peculiar behaviour.

Gas Bag

Your body merely burns matter instead of consuming it, you can't suffer from the poisoned status nor contract diseases, you are also resistant to poison damage.

Age

Novakids mature at the same rate as humans but live way longer than them, nearly 3 times longer.

Alignment

Novakids are known for being always on their own and disregarding others, they tend to a chaotic neutral alignment by nature, but their lack of solid social example tends to drive them to any sort of alignment.

Size

Novakids are about the same size and build as humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Glowing Star

You emanate 5 ft. of dim light and have disadvantage on stealth checks.

Covering your body completely (be it with a cloak or similar) mitigates this effect.

Live the Moment

Your mind is sharp but lacks concentration.

You gain a +2 to Wisdom and +1 to Intelligence but get disadvantage on rolls to maintain concentration of a spell for more than 5 minutes (only applies if the roll is made AFTER 5 minutes have passed since the spell began).

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common.