🌟 Origin & Lore Glimmercurds are sentient, magically irradiated cheese‑folk — the kind of odd little creatures you picture springing to life after some ill‑fated dairy factory experiment with unstable arcane radiation. Imagine beings born in the hum of cooling coils, raised in the cramped warmth of kitchen fridges; over generations they stitched themselves into miniature societies obsessed with preserving cheese and inventing clever, tiny contraptions. Small? Yes. Sharp? Absolutely. Many rival master artificers in wit even if not in height. Picture clockwork cobbled from rind, curd, and stray wire and you’re almost there. 🧬 Racial Traits Ability Score Increase +2 Intelligence, +1 Dexterity. Age Glimmercurds reach maturity in about one year and — with proper refrigeration — can live up to roughly 75 years. Size Tiny (5–20 cm diameter). Despite their tiny frames, they can manipulate most tools and devices made for humanoid hands. Speed 15 ft walking; 30 ft climbing (they scramble up surfaces using sticky cheese tendrils). Darkvision 60 ft. Their softly luminous eyes cut through the gloom of cheese caves and the innards of fridges. Cold Resilience Resistance to cold damage and immunity to the mechanical effects of extreme cold environments. Techno‑Tinker You gain proficiency with Tinker’s Tools and Arcana. You can cast Mending once per short rest. At 5th level, you can cast Identify once per long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these effects. Dairy Interface You can communicate with and exert limited control over any dairy‑based construct or enchanted cheese within 30 ft. Once per long rest, you may animate a 1 lb cheese item for 1 hour (use the Homunculus Servant stat block). Fridge Blink (Level 3) Once per long rest, you can teleport up to 60 ft to any cold, enclosed space — chest, fridge, icebox — that you can see or have visited before. Cheesy Aroma When stressed (for example, below half your hit points), enemies within 5 ft must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or suffer disadvantage on Perception checks due to the overwhelming scent. Fragile Form You are vulnerable to fire damage. If struck by a cheese grater or a similar slashing tool, you take an additional 1d4 damage. 🧀 Society & Culture Glimmercurds cluster in tight fridge colonies where everyone has a role: Fermenters tend to healing and preservation, Sparkers tinker with engines and arcane gadgets, and Moldwatchers stand guard against creeping rot. Their cities wind through wires, cooling coils, and glowing cheese crystals — a place where a stray spark can mean either a brilliant new invention or a very bad day. They prize invention, secrecy, and dairy purity above nearly everything. Little rituals mark rites of passage: the first rind you mend, the first gear you solder with melted butter as flux. Peculiar? Yes — but to them it all makes perfect sense. 🧠 Roleplaying a Glimmercurd Maybe you’re a rogue inventor slipping out of your cold home to see what the world smells like. Perhaps you’re a diplomat, negotiating “safe cheese” zones with suspicious human chefs. Or you could be a Moldwatcher on a quest to find the legendary EverChill Vault. Curious? Cautious? A pinch stubborn? All of those fit. Give them small habits — a nervous nibble on a thumb‑sized rind when thinking, a tendency to hum in high squeaks — and they feel alive. 🧀 Sample Names Briezo Sparkwheel Goudalyn Circuitspore Rico Formaggio Camemelody Bytecurd