Homebrew Windigo Species Details

The wendigo is often said to be a malevolent spirit, sometimes depicted as a creature with human-like characteristics, which possesses human beings. It is said to cause its victims a feeling of insatiable hunger, the desire to eat other humans, and the propensity to commit murder. In some representations, the wendigo is described as a giant humanoid with a heart of ice, whose approach is signaled by a foul stench or sudden unseasonable chill.

In modern psychiatry, the disorder known as "Wendigo psychosis" is characterized by symptoms such as an intense craving for human flesh and fear of becoming a cannibal. Wendigo psychosis is described as a culture-bound sysndrome. In some First Nations communities, symptoms such as insatiable greed and destruction of the environment are also thought to be symptoms of wendigo psychosis.

Windigo Traits

Your physical transformation come with many benefits and downfalls. The ability to see in the dark, use your claws as natural weapons, and even mimic sounds you have heard before perfectly. However your uncommon body structure makes it difficult to don armor and your require twice as much food as a normal person.

Age

Age in not a physical concept for the wendigo but rather a mental one - the older they get, the larger and hungrier they become. 

Ability score increase

Your strength, dexterity, and constitution scores increase by one. 

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 in shades of gray. 

Mimicry

You have the ability to mimic a voice or a sound you have heard. As long as you have been listening to the person speaking or the sound for at least 10 minutes, then you can mimic the voice or sound perfectly.  

Claws made for killing

You have claws on your hands that are as sharp as swords. When you make an unarmed attack you deal slashing damage equal to 1d6 + your dexterity modifier instead of bludgeoning damage if you choose to attack with your claws. If you make a regular fist attack you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + your strength modifier.