Homebrew Boo (SMW) Species Details

For those who experienced a horrible death or passed on with unfinished business, they have another chance to come back as a spectral entity known as a boo.  However, this is only a half existence, and they are haunted with only partial memories of their lives.  Most tend to go mad and take pleasure on troubling the living.  Others try to find purpose in their new undead state.  When they no longer have unfinished business, they fade away into the afterlife.

They are ghosts with white spherical bodies, small pointed arms, black eyes, and a large fanged mouth.  They can slowly float around as they wish, and some even have physical features of the individual they were in life.

(For the purposes of simplicity, the boos speak common as their natural language.)

Boo (SMW) Traits

As a boo, you have these special traits.

Embarrassed by the Living

You are at Disadvantage to Wisdom Saving Throws against Intimidation Checks from anything but undead.

Darkvision

You have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.

Boo Deathless Nature

You have escaped death, a fact represented by the following benefits:

• You have advantage on saving throws against disease and being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
• You have advantage on death saving throws.
• You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.

Float on Air

Because of your deathless state, you have a flying speed of 30ft. You can’t use this flying speed if you’re wearing medium or heavy armor, and you may choose to fall at any time you wish.

Secret Scary Face

If you are attacking a creature that is Surprised or you are attacking while having the invisible condition, you may add 1d4 Necrotic Damage, so long as they do not see your face.