Homebrew Selkie Species Details

A mysterious people, born of the sea, torn between two worlds. 

Selkie Traits

Being of oceanic descent affords one the following strange traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2 and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Creature Type

You are a humanoid.

Size

You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 feet. 

Arctic Adaptation

Your time spent deep in icy waters has granted you resistance to cold damage. 

Selkie Transformation

As an action, you can crawl in or out of your seal skin. While in your seal form you take on the physical statistics of a seal, are able to hold your breath for up to an hour, and have magical resistance. If your seal form is reduced to 0 hp you will automatically be forced out into your humanoid form. If you are ever separated from you seal skin you will be unable to transform.

Oceanic Emissary

You can communicate simple ideas to any Beast, Elemental, or Monstrosity that has a swimming speed. It can understand your words, though you have no special ability to understand it in return.

Seal’s Survivability

Once per long rest, when your humanoid form hits 0 hp but is not killed outright, you can take on your seal form as a last resort.

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