Homebrew evolved mimic Species Details

A mimic lives for hundreds of years, in those years they see thousands of humans. Some just feed and feed and feed, others listen and learn. Some realize than when a party is at their most strained, becoming a party member that they ate is almost a guaranteed full course meal. So why even stick to the dungeon? These mimics live on the surface, killing their prey discreetly and professionally to make sure their presence is mainly unknown.

these mimics have gotten very good at mimicking different species over the years, although there’s still something just completely wrong about them.. not obviously wrong but it feels uncomfortable to be around them for too long. Their eyes are just a bit too large, their mouth is just a bit too long, something about their body is disproportionate in a way that’s difficult to describe.

mimics will have a difficult time always staying completely human. They struggle in social situations (-2 charisma) and are generally extremely sheltered to anything that hadn’t happened in their dungeon (of course this also depends on how long your character has been on the surface). If your character stays in their human form with no breaks for too long they may begin to mutate: growing fangs, eyes, new limbs, and hair. Their body will also begin to move more animal like, and their capabilities to speak the common language And other languages more complex will diminish. These changes will happen after 6 sessions (or whenever it makes sense in your game) and will happen gradually over the course of sessions, 1 mutation happening each in game day. 

To avoid your character mutating, your character will have to at least partially shift into mimic form whenever possible. be as creative as you want with this limit. Luckily, mimics are quite good at sneaking around (+2 dex)

when playing this race make sure to tell your GM about it privately, part of this race depends on you lying and somewhat manipulating to your fellow players. However, I cannot control what you do with this race and I encourage you to edit this however you like to fit your needs :D

evolved mimic Traits

+2 dex -2 charisma