Homebrew Bee Species Details
Hailing from the Fey Wilds, this is a race of humanoid bees. They appear as normal insects but range in size from 1-2 ft tall with wings, a stinger, and antenna. Their body has yellow and black stripes and despite their tough carapace, they have the appearance of being fuzzy.
While they are able to walk as a human, they are much quicker when flying which is their preferred form of movement. The sound of their wings is noticeable so it can be hard to hide their approach when in the air. Because of their flying, Bees generally avoid armor as it weighs them down and their exoskeleton seems to do the trick. Bees are keen survivalists with a strong sense of direction.
Coming from a hive, Bees are very community minded and generally lean toward a lawful alignment. Once their main form of communication, all Bees can understand and perform the language of "Waggle Dance" but many have adopted common and Slyvan to communicate as it is more efficient than waggling.
While Bees generally don't appear dangerous, they are not afraid of using their stinger as a last resort when threatened.
Bee Traits
You have the following racial traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score is increased by 1 and your Wisdom score is increased by 2
Age
Bees have a much shorter life span than many creatures, generally reaching adulthood around the age of 3 and living to an average age of 19.
Size
Bees are Small, generally ranging from 1-2 feet tall when fully grown.
Speed
Bees have a base walking speed of 15 and a flying speed of 30. They are not good swimmers and possess a swimming speed of 5.
Natural Forager
You are proficient in Survival.
Mental Cartography
Bees possess prodigious spacial memory and can perfectly recall any path they have travelled.
The Bee Sting
When threatened and desperate, Bees will use their stinger to attack. This is an unarmed attack that deals 1d4 piercing damage and 2d6 poison damage. This can be used once per long rest, using it again before a long rest will result in taking 2d8 necrotic damage, the necrotic damage you take as a result cannot be resisted.
Exoskeleton
Despite your small stature, your carapace is quite tough. You have a natural armor of 11 plus your dexterity modifier.
Field of View
Advantage on saving roles when being snuck up on.
Waggle Dance
Can understand and perform the traditional bee language of Waggle Dance, a physical language where meaning is derived from the complex series of the entire body.
To an outsider these movements appear to form a mesmerizing dance. Only another creature that knows Waggle Dance understands messages performed in this way.
It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.
Weakness to Smoke
Smoke makes Bees sleepy. When in a smoke filled environment Bees have disadvantage on Constitution, Strength, and Intelligence saving throws.
Languages
Can speak, read, and write in Common and Sylvan.
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