Homebrew Yuan-ti (Ritual Survivor) Species Details

Found throughout the multiverse, humans are as varied as they are numerous, and they endeavor to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Their ambition and resourcefulness are commended, respected, and feared on many worlds. Their adaptability makes them prime candidates for the yuan-ti conversion ritual.

Yuan-ti were originally humans who transformed themselves into serpent folk through ancient rituals. On occasion, human slaves are transformed into yuan-ti purebloods or broodguards during these rituals. To undergo the change, slaves must bathe with snakes in the blood of sacrificial victims while under the influence of temple drugs. The transformation leaves each slave in a varying states (1d6) of exhaustion. Once they've shed their old skin, those who survive the process are taken to their new home in the yuan-ti nests to recuperate. Those who die are fed to the hydra.

Blessed with resistance to magical and poisonous effects by the rituals that created them, each of these yuan-ti manifests their serpentine heritage in a variety of ways: a forked tongue, snake eyes, a snakelike nose, or some other ophidian characteristic. However a yuan-ti looks, they have the power to pursue great good or evil in the multiverse.

Yuan-ti (Ritual Survivor) Traits

As a Yuan-ti (Ritual Survivor), you have these special traits.

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid.

Size

Your Size is Medium (about 4–7 feet tall) or Small (about 2–4 feet tall), chosen when you select this species.

Speed

Your Speed is 30 feet.

Resourceful

You gain Heroic Inspiration whenever you finish a Long Rest.

Skillful

You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.

Versatile

You gain an Origin feat of your choice.

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you 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.

Magic Resistance

You have advantage on saving throws against spells.

Poison Resilience

You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the poisoned condition and you have resistance to poison damage.

Serpentine Spellcasting

You know the poison spray cantrip. You can cast animal friendship an unlimited number of times with this trait, but you can target only snakes with it. Starting at 3rd level, you can also cast suggestion with this trait. Once you cast it, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast it using any spell slots you have of 2nd level or higher.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).

Indefinite Madness

You gain a random form of indefinite madness (roll a d100 using the table below). A greater restoration spell or more powerful magic is required to rid a character of this indefinite madness.

d100	Flaw (lasts until cured)
01–15	“Being drunk keeps me sane.”
16–25	“I keep whatever I find.”
26–30	“I try to become more like someone else I know — adopting his or her style of dress, mannerisms, and name.”
31–35	“I must bend the truth, exaggerate, or outright lie to be interesting to other people.”
36–45	“Achieving my goal is the only thing of interest to me, and I’ll ignore everything else to pursue it.”
46–50	“I find it hard to care about anything that goes on around me.”
51–55	“I don’t like the way people judge me all the time.”
56–70	“I am the smartest, wisest, strongest, fastest, and most beautiful person I know.”
71–80	“I am convinced that powerful enemies are hunting me, and their agents are everywhere I go. I am sure they’re watching me all the time.”
81–85	“There’s only one person I can trust. And only I can see this special friend.”
86–95	“I can’t take anything seriously. The more serious the situation, the funnier I find it.”
96–100	“I’ve discovered that I really like killing people.”