Homebrew Lenopan Species Details

Lenopans are considered one of the nastiest, toughest, and meanest races in the Milky way Galaxy. While their physiology is on par with other species, their resilience and determination makes them a renowned and feared presence. Lenopans are large, slug-like masses of purple sludge. By default they feature no legs, and instead either slide or use their two massive arms to drag themselves forward. However, Lenopan are distinct in their ability to change form, and commonly take on other body types and sizes.

The height of a Lenopan is subject to individual preference, though in humanoid form most stand between 4 and 7 feet tall. Similarly, their weight is subject to change, but is commonly heavier than their shape would imply. Weighing upwards of 200 lbs when they appear to weigh 120 lbs, and 450 lbs when they appear to be 200 lbs. Lenopan genders have few distinctions in their true forms, sharing both body type and anatomy. The only trend is that feminine lenopan tend to feature antennae from their faces, two upward and two downward, while masculine lenopan do not.

Lenopan tend to be comprised of purple sludge, though this gunk can range in color from deep blue to light red. While shapeshifting they have full control over their pigments and are able to display any hue they choose. This shapeshifting ability extends to the imitation of clothing, meaning that few Lenopan wear any form of garb. Those that do might absorb the material into themselves when revealing their true forms, including any accessories or weapons they may carry.

 

Lenopan Traits

As a plasmoid player character, you have the following traits.

Creature Type

You are an Ooze.

Speed

Your walking speed is 25 feet.

Amorphous

You can squeeze through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide, provided you are wearing and carrying nothing. You have advantage on ability checks you make to initiate or escape a grapple.

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.

Shapechange

As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, hair length, and sex. You can also adjust your height and weight and can change your size between Medium and Small. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your game statistics change. You can’t duplicate the appearance of an individual you’ve never seen, and you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs that you have. Your clothing and equipment aren’t changed by this trait.

You stay in the new form until you use an action to revert to your true form or until you die.

Shape Self

As an action, you can reshape your body to give yourself a head, one or two arms, one or two legs, and makeshift hands and feet, or you can revert to a limbless blob. While you have a humanlike shape, you can wear clothing and armor made for a Humanoid of your size.

As a bonus action, you can extrude a pseudopod that is up to 6 inches wide and 10 feet long or reabsorb it into your body. As part of the same bonus action, you can use this pseudopod to manipulate an object, open or close a door or container, or pick up or set down a Tiny object. The pseudopod contains no sensory organs and can’t attack, activate magic items, or lift more than 10 pounds.