Homebrew Giant Badger Species Details
Tough hide, natural resistance to the elements, razor sharp claws, and an unyielding will to live creates the perfect combination for a fearsome monster, or perhaps a stalwart protector.
Giant Badger Traits
Your nature grants you great survivability and the means to rend your foes using claws and teeth.Age
In the wild Giant Badgers reach full adulthood in four years and live approximately 25 to 30 years.
Alignment
Creatures granted sentience by magic often take to the alignment of their creator, or a given alignment necessary to complete the task they are entrusted with. Errors in the creation process, however, can lead to deviation.
Size
Giant badgers can vary in size similar to bears. They tend toward heavier, more muscular builds, standing between 5 to 8 feet tall, and weighing between 300 to 400 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Remarkable Agility
Your walking speed is 35 feet. Your burrow speed is 10 feet. Your climb speed is 25 feet.
Woodlands Survivalist
A combination of instinct and experience grants leaves the Giant Badger well adapted for outdoor living. You gain proficiency in one of the following skills: Athletics, Nature, or Survival.
Additionally, you possess the natural ability to tolerate harsh environments and cold temperatures easier than most folk.
Beast
Passive Features:
You are considered a humanoid despite your beastly appearance.
Changes to your physiology allow you to walk on hind legs and has granted your front paws the capacity to hold objects.
Your massive size and uncommon shape render the majority of armour useless unless custom made or fit to your body.
Your uncommonly tough hide reduces each instance of non-magical piercing damage by 3, non-magical slashing damage by 2, and non-magical bludgeoning damage by 1.
You do not have the capacity to physically speak the majority of common languages, but your magical creation has imbued an inherent understanding of common.
Active Features:
Claws:
You have a set of long, retractable, razorlike claws that can be used to make devastating charge attacks. You can use your unarmed strike to gore opponents, dealing 1d6 + your Strength Modifier piercing damage on a hit.
Additionally, if you move at least 20 feet in a straight line towards an opponent, you can spend a bonus action to charge them, dealing an extra 1d6 points of piercing damage. If the target of your charge is Large or smaller, they must make a Strength saving throw against a DC of your Proficiency Bonus + 8 + your Strength Modifier. On failure, the target is pushed 10 feet away from you into a space of your choice.
Dauntless:
A badger possesses a great tenacity and will to survive, which allows them to bounce back from even the most devastating blows. If an attack deals over half of your current remaining hit points in damage, (even if your hit points are reduced to 0 by the attack) you immediately regain hit points equal to 1d12 + your Constitution Modifier. You can’t use this feature again until you have completed a long rest.
Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.
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Posted Jul 14, 2024This goes hard on God frfr no cap