Homebrew Fishman Species Details
Ten times stronger than the common man and undisputed monarchs of the sea, the fishmen of the world oceans were for the longest time the boogeymen of sailors everywhere. Tall and proud warriors of the deep, the fishmen share a troubled history of racial discrimination and slavery at the hands of humans, scars that even centuries of peace with the surface world has yet to completely mend.
A lot of the prejudice against them stems from how they differ from humans, looking monstrous to the common man because of their half-fish, half-human physiology, but also because of their renowned physical superiority and ability to fight as well on land as in water.
Despite their fearsome reputation as pirates and marauders, the fishmen are not a simple or militaristic race of savages that many humans believe them to be. A fishman dedicated to a crew or a cause tends to be loyal to a fault, willing to fight to the bitter end for what they believe in.
Fishman Traits
Aquatic AdaptionAquatic adaptation
You can breathe air and water. You have advantage on all Strength (Athletic) ability checks made while in water. In addition, you gain resistance to cold damage.
Dark vision
Accustomed to the dark ocean floors where light is scarce, you have darkvision out to 60 feet and can see in dim light as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Powerful build
You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, lift, and for grapple and shove attempts.
Speech of the sea
You can communicate simple ideas and words to creatures with a natural swimming speed that are of large size or smaller. Most sealife cannot form or understand complicated messages, but can communicate simple expressions and desires such as fear, hunger or joy
Manual agility
You have proficiency in the slight of hand skill
Ambidextrous
Having grown up your whole life with extra arms, you gain the benefits of the Two Weapon Fighting Style, allowing you to add your damage modifier when you engage in two weapon fighting. Despite having multiple arms, you can still only attack once with your bonus action and cannot dual wield two handed weapons. As well as not benefiting from multiple shields
Ability score increase
One ability score of your choice increases by 2, and another one increases by 1. Alternatively, three ability scores of your choice increase by 1.
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