Homebrew Cascan Species Details

Cascan are an aquatic, armor-plated species known for their immense water-controlling abilities and powerful, high-pressure blasts. Their natural resilience and hydrokinetic talents make them formidable warriors and defenders, both above and below the waves.

Cascans hail from oceanic worlds and deep-sea environments, where their natural armor and hydrokinetic abilities allow them to thrive. Their bodies are covered in tough, chitinous plating, and they possess powerful water-controlling abilities that enable them to blast enemies with pressurized streams or manipulate water around them.

While primarily aquatic, Cascans are well-adapted to land, though they prefer to remain near bodies of water. Their culture values strength, protection, and unity, often forming tight-knit warrior societies or acting as guardians of underwater settlements.

A Cascan adventurer might be a wandering protector, a water-wielding warrior, or a fierce champion of the seas, using their strength and water mastery to carve their own legend.

Cascan Traits

As a Cascan, you have the following traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Amphibious

You can breathe both air and water.

Hydrokinetic Blast

As an action, you can unleash a pressurized blast of water at a creature within 30 feet. The target must make a Strength saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier) or be pushed 10 feet away from you and take 1d6 bludgeoning damage. This damage increases to 2d6 at 6th level, 3d6 at 11th level, and 4d6 at 16th level. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest.

Reinforced Plating

Your thick, armored skin provides extra protection. When you aren’t wearing armor, your AC is equal to 13 + your Constitution modifier. You can still benefit from a shield.

Water Mastery

You know the shape water cantrip. At 3rd level, you can cast create or destroy water once per long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Tidal Surge

When you are submerged in water, you can use your bonus action to propel yourself forward in a burst of speed. Until the end of your turn, your swim speed increases by 20 feet, and you can move through other creatures' spaces without provoking opportunity attacks. You can use this feature once per short or long rest.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Aquan.