Homebrew Wendigo (cursed or birthed) Species Details

A typically gaunt creature with a cervine skull, long, narrow tongue, and large antlers. Their coloration generically varies anywhere from silver, white and grey, to black or midnight blue. Moving to their hands, the one other consistency besides their signature skull and antlers, is their sharp clawed hands for ripping and shredding their prey.

Their torso is typically thin as their skin clings tightly around their bones due to intense and long-term malnutrition. In only extremely rare cases are Wendigos ever able to have enough meat to satiate them, let alone give them the opportunity to gain visible muscle mass or fat. However, nightmarish cases of a well-fed Wendigo have been spoken about, as horror stories to tell by the campfire.

A wretched species, cursed with a nearly unrelenting hunger, long lifespans, and a strict diet for meat. These creatures are rare and knowledge or awareness of their existence is nigh nonexistent. The special few who are aware of these individuals know them well as bad omen at best, and a carnivorous death sentence at worst.

 

Wendigo (cursed or birthed) Traits

Darkvision, The Hungered One, Beastial Tracker, Mimicry, Terrifying Screech, Carnivorous Shapechanger, Heart for the Cold, Hooved Feet, Clawed Feet, All you can eat, Meat is Meat, Diet of the Taboo

Darkvision

Hunters of day and night, the eyes of the Wendigo scan the dark for prey.

The Hungered One

Always looking for their next meal, the Wendigo must eat much more in order to rest peacefully. However eating plenty more than enough will satiate the beast and give them the same amount of energy as a full night's rest.

Beastial Tracker

The Wendigo's eyes aren't the only thing good for hunting, they smell and listen for their prey as well.

Mimicry

Adept at luring their prey, the Wendigo can mimic their prey's loved ones to bring them close.

Carnivorous Shapechanger

You may not always remember what your victims tasted like or , but your body remembers, and that's good enough for you.

Hooved Feet

It's not about being faster than their prey, it is about eventually catching up.

All you can eat

You are not restricted by what you can eat. Despite your desperate hunger you have not crossed the line and eaten humanoid flesh. You are safe.