Homebrew Dinosaurborn Species Details

 

Born of dinosaurs, as their name proclaims, the dinoborn walk proudly through a world that greets them with fearful remembrance. Shaped by magicians, dinoborn originally hatched from fossil dinosaur eggs as a unique race, combining the best attributes of dinosaur and humanoids. Some dinoborn are faithful servants to their mage and creator, others form peaceful socities in far lands, and still others find themselves adrift, with no clear calling in life.

Proud Dinosaur Kin

Dinoborn look very much like dinosaurs standing erect in humanoid form. The first dinoborn had feathers and scales of vibrant hues matching the colors of their Dinosaur kin, but generations of interbreeding have created a more uniform appearance. Their small, fine feathers or scales are usually brass or bronze in color, sometimes ranging to scarlet, rust, gold, or copper-green. They are tall and strongly built, often standing close to 6½ feet tall and weighing 300 pounds or more. Their hands and feet are strong, talonlike claws with three fingers and a thumb on each hand.

The blood of a particular type of dinosaur runs very strong through some dinoborn clans. These dinoborn often boast feathers and scales that more closely match those of their dinosaur ancestor.

Self-Sufficient Clans

To any dinoborn, family is more important than life itself. Dinoborn owe their devotion and respect to their family above all else, even the gods. Each dinoborn’s conduct reflects on the honor of his or her family, and bringing dishonor to the family can result in expulsion and exile. Each dinoborn knows his or her station and duties within the family, and honor demands maintaining the bounds of that position.

A continual drive for self-improvement reflects the self-sufficiency of the race as a whole. Dinoborn value skill and excellence in all endeavors. They hate to fail, and they push themselves to extreme efforts before they give up on something. A dinoborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dinoborn.

Though all dinoborn strive to be self-sufficient, they recognize that help is sometimes needed in difficult situations. But the best source for such help is the family, and when a family needs help, it turns to another dinoborn family before seeking aid from other races—or even from the gods.

Dinosaurborn Traits

Your dinosaur heritage manifests in a variety of traits you share with other dinoborn.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.

Age

Young dinoborn grow quickly. They walk hours after hatching, attain the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 3, and reach adulthood by 15. They live to be around 80.

Size

Dinoborn are taller and heavier than humans, standing well over 6 feet tall and averaging almost 250 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Dinosaur Ancestry

You have dinosaur ancestry. Choose one type of dinosaur from the Dinosaur Ancestry table. Your body weapon and special ability are determined by the dinosaur type, as shown in the table.

Dinosaur Ancestry

Dinosaur	Body Modification	Special ability
Ankylo	Tail club and scale plates	Add +2 to your base AC.
Dilopho	Neck Frill(Scientifically not proven)	As a Bonus Action you can open the Neck frill to intimidate someone. Each creature in a 30-foot cone must succeed on a CHA saving throw(DC = 10 + CHA modifier) or the target is willing to obey but becomes hostile.
Pachycephalo	Dome Skull Plate	Upon a ram attack performed after moving 20 or more feet straight toward a creature, the target must succeed on a STR saving throw(DC = 10 + STR modifier) or be knocked prone .
Parasaurolophus	Biped and Quadruped	As an Bonus Action, you can choose to run on all fours. Your movement is now doubled. Disadvantage on Attack rolls until standing up.
Plesio	Long slender Neck and fin like arms	You can hold your breath 3x as long as normal and gain +10 ft. swimming movement.
Stego	Spiked Spine	A creature trying to grapple you must make a Attack roll with disadvantage and must succeed against a STR save. If the creature fails, your spikes deal 1d4 piercing damage
Therezino	Long scythe like Claws	Your unarmed strikes deal 1d8 + DEX modifier damage now.
Triceratop	Horns	Upona ram attack performed after moving 20 ft towards a creature, you gain +2 on Attack rolls
Tyranno	Enormous vocal cords(Roar)	As a Bonusaction you can Roar to try and frighten someone. Each creature in 50 ft. hearing distance must succeed on a WIS saving throw(DC 10 + WIS modifier) or become frightened for the next round.
Velociraptor	Group Tactics	Advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated. You also gain +1 on Sneak rolls.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Dinosaur. Dinosaur is thought to be a sublanguage to Draconic and is often used in old ritual magic. The language sounds harsh to most other creatures and includes numerous hard consonants and sibilants.