Homebrew Colliatur (Kraydill) Species Details
Colliatur appear much like the base creature does, save for a few subtle changes. Their hair has several strands that are crystalline, their pupils appear to be distorted into the shape of many pointed stars, and their fingertips become reflective and metallic. Perhaps most disturbing of all, the teeth of all colliatur are a perpetually clean, stark white.
Kraidyl are densely muscled and extremely heavyset with huge torsos containing lungs capable of inflating to quadruple their normal size. The off-white and light purple arms, legs, back, and neck of a kraidyl are covered in hard bony ridges that protect it from harm. Baleful red eyes stare out of its predatory head, placed just above its many-toothed snout and powerful jaws. Huge cords of thick muscle run down a kraidyl’s spine into a long, powerful tail that sways behind it.
Colliatur (Kraydill) Traits
Acid Conversion, Conductivity, Crystal Refraction, Energy Immunity, Energy Resistance, Parent Race, Sacred Life, Superior Darkvision, Thunder VulnerabilityAcid Conversion
Your organic parts may be hurt by acid, but your crystalline parts are capable of converting it into life. As a reaction to taking acid damage, you may regain 10 hit points on your next turn. Acid damage can never kill you, only knock you out.
Conductivity
While your crystalline structure provides a lot of benefits, it also conducts lightning much better than flesh and bone. If you take lightning damage, you suffer from disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws for a number of rounds equal to your Hit Dice.
Crystal Refraction
Your crystalline structure can absorb certain types of magic, but only under the right circumstances. Whenever you are targeted by a ranged spell attack or a spell that specifies that it works via a “ray” (like disintegrate, prismatic spray or ray of enfeeblement), you may, as a reaction to being hit by the ray, harmlessly absorb it. If you do, you immediately end the spell’s
effects. Consuming the magical energy nourishes you as if you have eaten a full meal, but also is strenuous: You immediately increase your exhaustion level by +1 upon using this ability
Energy Immunity
As a resplendent being of crystal and flesh, you are immune to radiant damage.
Energy Resistance
You are anathema to the undead and the tainted energies of unlife. You gain resistance to necrotic damage.
Parent Race
You choose the parent race for your colliatur character. You qualify as both your parent race (Kraydill) and as a colliatur for purposes of racial prerequisites, item-use restrictions, etc. You do not receive any of the racial features of your parent race, though.
Sacred Life
You value life, any life, more highly than just about all other races as a consequence of your entwinement with the colloid. Ending a life is an emotionally and physically draining procedure for you. If you choose to kill a living creature upon reducing it to 0 hit points instead of knocking it out, you immediately increase your exhaustion level by +1, up to a maximum of 5. Constructs, elementals and undead are exempt from this—you can destroy these creatures without ramifications.
Superior Darkvision
Seeing the world through star-shaped, resplendent pupils has its benefits. You can see in dim light within 120 ft. of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You
can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Thunder Vulnerability
Due to the crystalline structures suffusing your body, you suffer from vulnerability to thunder damage.
Languages
You can speak Common and the languages of your parent race.
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