Homebrew Yuan-ti Malison Species Details
Malisons, occasionally referred to as “halfbloods”, have humanoid features with more obvious serpentine aspects. Such as a cobra, addor or viper like head, some variations having a hood like a cobra and scales or the lower body of a serpent, malison don't have the innate spell casting that their pure blooded counterparts can obtain but boast a stronger physical physique.
Yuan-ti Malison Traits
Your yuan-ti malison character — called a malison for short — has the following racial traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.
Age
Malison mature at a slower rate then humans or purebloods and have lifespans shorter in length to theirs.
Size
Malison come in several body types and possessed many variations in scale patterns and colors, much like natural snakes. They tended to have body masses and sizes in the same range as humans. Your size is medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 35 feet.
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.
Constrict
As a member of the malison subrace, your serpentine-like body grants you a unique ability. As an action, you can unleash your serpentine form in an attempt to grapple a creature, using it as a natural weapon for an unarmed strike. When you successfully hit, the target takes bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, diverging from the typical unarmed strike damage. Following a successful strike, you can swiftly attempt to grapple the target as a bonus action.
Venomous Bite
As a malison, you possess an innate bite attack. As a bonus action, you can unleash a venomous bite, inflicting 1d4 piercing damage and an additional 1d4 poison damage
Poison Immunity
You are immune to poison damage and the poisoned condition.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Abyssal, and Draconic.
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