Homebrew Acraspede Species Details
Eerie Appearance
To the people of the land, acraspede look utterly alien. Their heads are covered fully in hood-like membranes, under which hang a multitude of thin tentacles. Their height heavily depends on their subrace, ranging from under 2 feet to just over 13 feet tall, and from 20 to 100 pounds, with no difference at all between both genders. In fact, they do not have any biological gender at all, many referring to themselves in plural form, though acraspede that live among other folk tend to adopt a gender identity of their own. Acraspede can be any color. Their eyes tend to be either white or black, with any other color being significantly rarer.
Acraspede Subraces
Acraspede are divided into five subraces: Auritan, Phonum, Cyanea, Irukhil and Turrisium.
Acraspede Traits
Your acraspede character has various inborn abilities unique to their aberrant race.Water Breathing
Acraspede can breathe only underwater, but they can hold their breath for up to an hour on land.
Soft Body
You are vulnerable to slashing damage.
Partially Amorphous
You can squeeze through a space as narrow as 1 inch, and move without squeezing through spaces as narrow as one foot wide.
Poisonproof
You are immune to the poisoned condition.
Frail
You have soft, rubbery skin. When you aren’t wearing armor, your base AC is 9 + your Dexterity modifier.
Ability Score Increase
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. You can't raise any of your scores above 20.
Speed
You have a walking speed of 25 feet and a swimming speed of 40 feet.
Age
Acraspede mature after about 1 year from birth, and live for around 20 years.
Creature Type
You are an aberration.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language you and the DM agree upon.
Auritan
The most common acraspede subrace.
Darkvision
You can see in dim light within 60 feet of yourself as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.
Venomous Tentacles
You can use your tentacles to make an unarmed strike with a reach of 5 feet. If it connects, the target takes cold damage equal to 1d6 + your proficiency bonus, and is poisoned until the end of your next turn. The target must then succeed on a saving throw (DC = 8 + proficiency bonus + your constitution modifier) Constitution saving throw or fall prone.
The damage increases to 2d6 + PB when you reach 5th level, 3d6 + PB when you reach 11th level and 4d6 + PB when you reach 17th level.
You are immune to the tentacles of any other auritan.
You can use your tentacles an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and recharge all uses on a long rest.
Size
Auritan stand between 4 and 6 feet tall, and weigh an average of 55 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Cyanea
Gigantic acraspede with very long tentacles.
Blind Awareness
You can aware of the presence of any creature that is up to 30 feet away from you, even if you are blinded or in darkness, or if the creature is invisible. You do not automatically know the creature's location.
Size
Cyanea stand between 10 and 13 feet tall, and weigh an average of 100 pounds. Your size is Large.
Venomous Tentacles
You can use your tentacles to make an unarmed strike with a reach of 10 feet. If it connects, the target takes poison damage equal to 1d10 + your proficiency bonus.
The damage increases to 2d10 + PB when you reach 5th level, 3d10 + PB when you reach 11th level, and 4d10 + PB when you reach 17th level.
You are immune to the tentacles of any other cyanea.
You can use your tentacles an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and recharge all uses on a long rest.
Irukhil
Tiny, translucent acraspede with highly potent venom. They are often shunned and outcast from communities that know of their deadly touch.
Translucent
You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in bright light and underwater.
Size
Irukhil stand between 2 and 3 feet tall, and weigh an average of 20 pounds. Your size is Small.
Venomous Tentacles
You can use your tentacles to make an unarmed strike with a reach of 5 feet. If it connects, the target takes acid damage equal to 1d12 + your proficiency bonus. The target then must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + proficiency bonus + your constitution modifier) or be incapacitated until the start of your next turn
The damage increases to 2d12 + PB when you reach 5th level, 3d12 + PB when you reach 11th level, and 4d12 + PB when you reach 17th level.
You are immune to the tentacles of any other irukhil.
You can use your tentacles an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and recharge all uses on a long rest.
Phonum
Beautiful acraspede, covered in many thin, foamy frills, especially on their heads.
Colonial Mind
You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
Size
Phonum stand between 5 and 6½ feet tall, and weigh an average of 40 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Venomous Tentacles
You can use your tentacles to make an unarmed strike with a reach of 5 feet. If it connects, the target takes necrotic damage equal to 1d4 + your proficiency bonus. The target then continuously takes that damage at the start of each of its turns for one minute or until it succeeds on a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + proficiency bonus + your constitution modifier). You then lose 1 hit point due to detaching a tentacle.
The damage increases to 2d4 + PB when you reach 5th level, 3d4 + PB when you reach 11th level, and 4d4 + PB when you reach 17th level.
You are immune to the tentacles of any other phonum.
You can use your tentacles an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and recharge all uses on a long rest.
Turrisium
Short acraspede with a giant red spot on their foreheads, hiding a wonderful secret in their biology.
Rebirth
When you take a long rest while close to dying of old age, you can choose to revert yourself back to the biological state in which you were when you were 1 year old. You retain all experiences, but lose all spells of 1st level or higher, feats and class features, as well as all but one cantrip, which counts towards your limit of cantrips. You are reduced to 1st level.
When you are reborn again, you do not lose cantrips you retained from your previous rebirth.
Size
Phonum stand between 7 and 8 feet tall, and weigh an average of 35 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Venomous Tentacles
You can use your tentacles to make a ranged unarmed strike with a range of 30 feet. If it connects, the target takes lightning damage equal to 1d8 + your proficiency bonus.
The damage increases to 2d8 + PB when you reach 5th level, 3d8 + PB when you reach 11th level, and 4d8 + PB when you reach 17th level.
You are immune to the tentacles of any other turrisium.
You can use your tentacles an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and recharge all uses on a long rest.
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