Homebrew D’copu Species Details

The D’copu were once peaceful hunters and gatherers that inhabited the dense jungles, murky swamps, and great seas of this world. They range from medium to small, with stout bodies and round heads with huge, glassy eyes. Their rubbery sin ranges from pink, green, blue, brown, and even white. Some have feathery gills sticking out of their heads. Others have tails. They have webbed hands and feet that propels them gracefully through the water. They have long tongues that they use for catching small prey and then chomp down on them with their small but sharp retractable teeth. They have a spine on their wrist that pops out when they feel threatened. Being stabbed by the spine injects neurotoxin into your bloodstream.

 

Faith.

Most D’copu believe in a God called The Great Fin. This deity is depicted as a humanoid with a fishtail for a head. In D’copu communities you can almost always find a shrine to The Fin. The D’copu also believe that a relic was given to them by The Great Fin; The Fin talisman. This was believed to be the key to the salvation of the D’copu by The Great Fin. By completing a ritual using the talisman it would be possible to bring The Great Fin into the world. Doing so, The D’copu believe, would bring the fin (end) to this reality and usher forth a new perfect one.

 

History.

The D’copu once lived as peaceful hunters and gatherers, but no more. The Fin talisman was stolen from them long ago by an unknown group. The meek D’copu went from peaceful Forager’s to ruthless pirates pretty quick. They form small bands of mercenaries. ever searching for the talisman. Turning to a life of piracy, the D’copu would plunder settlements, searching for the talisman. If they didn’t find it, they just rob the place they plundered of their resources. That ended up happening a lot. 

 

Lifestyle.

There are two main types of D’copu ways of life; D’copu pirates who are searching for the talisman, and D’copu who don’t believe in The Fin. The D’copu who are Believers of The Great Fin hate the D’copu who don’t with a vengeance. The D’copu pirates live in small traveling Ganges who are constantly searching for the talisman. They live anywhere they can, but only for a short while. D’copu non believers are few and far between and live in small secluded villages, fearing attacks from others and their own kind. They have forgotten their old ways and they scrounge for food wherever they can. D’copu non believer houses are usually round and small with a single circular door in the side with no windows. They nestle these in the trees, in underwater caves and grottos and even underwater in the sea.

D’copu Traits

The D’copu has Big opalescent eyes , rubbery skin, a stout build, webbed hands and feet, a long sticky tongue, and a poisonous spine sticking out from each wrist

Amphibious

You can breathe and live in water as well as in air.

Spine

A poisonous spine pops out from your wrist and does poison damage, as well as paralyzes the victim