Homebrew Whispur Species Details

Surrounding a campfire, a silence of Whispurs begins discussing the day's events. They hear a branch snap in the distance and quickly switch to sign language. Someone must be nearby. One spots a predator, waiting to strike. They instantly begin whispering again, bursting the predator's eardrums, killing it instantly. They then go back to whispering.

 

Whispurs are a race of winged humanoids with a whisper that can rupture eardrums. However, they prefer not to do this and do sign language whenever sentient beings are near.

Biological Information:

Age

Whispurs age similarly to humans

Alignment

Due to their social nature, Whispurs are typically lawful alignments

 

Whispur Traits

But what can they do?

Languages

 Since the Whispur's voice is deadly, they prefer using sign language. To learn it, a character must roll a dexterity check (DC 20). A character may attempt once every long rest.

High-Frequency Voice

Due to such a high pitch, Whispurs can rupture eardrums, killing grappled unprotected individuals. However, since the sound is so quiet, covering them can easily block it. If an individual is covering their ears, they drop all held items or can risk putting them away with a dexterity check (DC 10). Of course, this attack cannot be used if the Whispur cannot speak, and is completely ineffective to creatures that don't have ears. Also, Whispurs have sensitive ears, and gain advantage on ability checks relating to hearing a noise.