Homebrew Drelid-Kin Species Details

The Drelid-Kin are a race of large, heavy-set scaled humanoids, typically standing between 6 and 7 feet tall with long, powerful tails used primarily for balance. Their most defining feature is their hide, which is covered in a dense layer of finely textured scales that range from stark white and mirrored silver to chilling pale blue. This unique coloration helps them blend into snowy or icy environments and grants them an innate resistance to cold.

Despite their reptilian appearance, their facial structure is broad and flat, lacking a pronounced snout, giving them an almost mask-like, unsettlingly symmetrical look. They possess large, luminous eyes, which often appear to hold the light of a distant, frozen moon. Their movements are deliberately slow, powerful, and calculated, conveying an impression of raw, focused strength. Their imposing size and unusual, frigid appearance often inspire caution among terrestrial races.

As a Drelid-Kin, you have these special traits.

Glacial Origin

You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks made to endure cold weather, and you treat difficult terrain caused by ice or snow as normal terrain.

Icy Breath

You can use your action to exhale a burst of freezing air in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier). A creature takes 2d6 Cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increases to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th level, and 5d6 at 16th level. Once you use this ability, you can't use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Darkvision

You have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.