Homebrew Arketari Species Details
The Arketari are sturdy, resourceful humanoids descended from ancient wanderers who mastered the art of shaping the world around them, one block at a time. Known for their incredible adaptability and creative problem-solving, Arketari are natural builders, miners, and survivors.
Arketari Traits
“I build, therefore I am.”Dimensional Satchel
You have access to a magical inventory capable of storing mined building materials.
- You can store a number of blocks equal to half your character level (rounded up). Each block represents a 5-foot cube of solid material. - Stored blocks exist in a personal extradimensional space. You can retrieve and place them at will.
Placing Blocks:
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As a bonus action, you may place one stored block in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you.
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Once per short rest, you can use a reaction to immediately place one block within 5 feet — for emergency barriers, fall saves, or clever moves.
Natural Builder
To add a block to your inventory, you must be adjacent to it and use an action to harvest it. The kind of block you can harvest depends on your tools and proficiencies:
Basic Materials (no tools needed): dirt, sand, wood, gravel, leaves, hay, clay.
Intermediate Materials (requires mason’s tools or war pick & proficiency): cobblestone, stone, brick, terracotta, coal ore.
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Requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. Roll with advantage if proficient with the tool.
Advanced Materials (requires war pick & proficiency with martial weapons): iron ore, obsidian, basalt, deepstone, magical bricks (DM's discretion).
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Requires 1 minute of effort and a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) or Intelligence (Tool Use) check.
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On failure, the attempt fails and the DM may rule the tool is damaged or dulled.
You must have the appropriate tool equipped to attempt harvesting (e.g., mason’s tools in hand or a war pick wielded).
Resourceful Hands
You have proficiency with one of the following tools: mason’s tools, carpenter’s tools, or miner’s tools.
Additionally, you can spend 1 minute crafting a simple tool or mundane object (such as a shovel, pickaxe, ladder, or torch) out of summoned block materials. These last for 1 hour or until broken.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Terran
Misc Stats
You are Medium. Blockborn typically stand between 5'10" and 6'2".
Your Constitution increases by 2, and you increase one other ability score of your choice by 1.
Blockborn mature at the same rate as humans and live around 100 years.
Most Blockborn lean neutral, valuing creativity and independence over rigid law or chaos.
Your walking speed is 30 feet.