Homebrew Animated Doll Species Details
Animated Dolls are exactly what you expect; toys or dolls that are given life. Whether purposefully or accidentally, an animated doll was once a soulless children's toy given a soul to inhabit their manmade body.
Animated dolls can be made out of a multitude of materials; most frequently you see cloth-made dolls, but there are also ones made of porcelain, wood, or anything else a toy could possibly be made of. Most animated dolls were not intentionally given life, but are often created by a child's love for their imaginary friend, love so potent it made them just as real as themselves. Other dolls can be unwillingly animated after being abandoned once a child grows too old for them, and become vengeful in some way. Sometimes dolls will be animated by wandering souls searching for a body to inhabit, and even some will be randomly created by a spell gone wrong, or something to a similar effect.
Animated Doll Traits
As an animated doll, you have the following racial traits. When choosing specifics, keep in mind what those choices mean for your doll and its creation.Ability Score Increase
Depending on the method of creation, a doll can be animated for a multitude of reasons. Choose any ability to gain a +2 Bonus and any other ability to receive a +1.
Age
Age for animated dolls is difficult. They are typically animated with the intelligence of an adult, but do not seem to age externally; rather, their bodies just need upkeep so they do not deteriorate. Most dolls are somewhere between a few years old, and thirty or so years old.
Alignment
Animated dolls often take on the alignment of whoever created them, though many of them are known to stray towards chaos. You may occasionally find an orderly doll, but typically they were created for some kind of service by a similarly strict creator. Most dolls are constantly seeking entertainment above all else.
Size
Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Construct Persistance
You were created to have remarkable fortitude, represented by the following benefits:
- You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
- You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
- You are immune to disease.
- You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
Inner Reflections
When you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours with your soul safely kept at the center of your body, and it takes at least a minute to enter your vessel in this way. In this state, you are not unconscious and can hear, but you cannot see, and it takes at least a minute to reinhabit your body. You cannot take damage while unconscious, but you will take damage immediately upon re-entering your body.
Material
Depending on the exact materials of your vessel, you will receive certain benefits.
Creative Calling
Learning about the world around you, you have likely picked up some specific skillsets. You gain proficiency in one tool set of your choice.
Mimicry
Most dolls revel in learning about emotions and imitating them, regardless on if they actually feel those emotions or not. You gain proficiency in either Deception, Performance, or Persuasion.
Language
You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.
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