Homebrew Anomaly Species Details

At the loneliest places — where the air is thin and the frigid winds howl, where the sun doesn't shine, where life cannot thrive, where reality seems to unravel — dwell the enigmatic, reclusive Anomalies. Few folk  have encountered an Anomaly, and much, much fewer still live to tell the tale. Anomalies wander the realms of cold, darkness, silence, radiation. Some of their bodies look as if they are carved from stone, some look like they aren't meant to exist, some a macabre mess of what once was, some look like they shouldn't still be alive, and some look just plain wrong. Their spirits/bodies are said to had belonged to something or someone else before they became what they are now.

 

Survival of the Fittest

Among Anomalies, any who can’t change is doomed. A permanently injured Anomaly is still expected to adapt, mutate, morph, or change. Typically, such an Anomaly dies attempting to keep up.

Misconceptions

There are some species/races thought to be a part of or a subspecies of Anomalies, even though they aren't, a few thought to be so include, but aren't limited to; Quantums, Elder Brains, Voidlings, Gibbering Abominations,  Amalgamations, demogorgons, Liches, etc.

Anomaly Names

Every Anomaly has multiple names: a birth name assigned by the newborn’s mother and father, which is usually forgotten or erased; a nickname assigned by locals in the form of folklore, a legend, or a way to describe it, and a fake name for unknown purposes.

Anomaly Traits

Goliaths share a number of traits in common with each other.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, your Wisdom score increases by 3, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age

Anomalies have lifespans comparable to The Old Ones. They enter adulthood at an undetermined or random time and usually live longer than a Tera-eon.

Size

Anomalies are between 10 and 150 feet tall and weigh between 280 and 34000 pounds. Your size is Huge.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 100 feet.

Natural Athlete

You have proficiency in the Athletics skill.

Mysterious Endurance

You can focus yourself to occasionally shrug off injury. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to roll a d12. Add your Constitution modifier to the number rolled and reduce the damage by that total. After you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Unnatural Strength

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Abyssal, Umbral, Primordial, and more.

Otherworldly vessel

Anomalies have stronger and better bodies due to living in usually harsh environments