Homebrew Boggman Species Details
Boggart's are swamp dwellers, characterized by their small size, abnormally large three fingered hands, large eyes which gift them with keen darkvision, large ears, horns, scraggly hair, sharp teeth, and most noticeable of all, the foul odor they emit at all times.
Boggarts usually occupy small villages in swamps, marshes, or bogs where they are lead by an elder or group of elders.
Boggart Culture is all about age, and power, the oldest, strongest boggarts are the elders of the respective villages, ruling entirely uncontested. Below the elders are the Aunties, older matriarchal figures whom raise the younger generations and bellow them are everyone else, in a primitive pecking order based on size, strength and other such attributes.
Boggman Traits
Bogskin: Naturally slimey skin, making them harder to pin or grappleAbility Score Increase
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. You can't raise any of your scores above 20.
Fey Ancestry
You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed condition on yourself.
Darkvision
You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.
Fury of the Small
When you damage a creature with an attack or a spell and the creature’s size is larger than yours, you can cause the attack or spell to deal extra damage to the creature. The extra damage equals your proficiency bonus.
- You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest, and you can use it no more than once per turn.
Nimble Escape
You can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of your turns.
Bogskin
Boggarts have evolved to have a thin slimy film that covers their skin at all times, making them harder to pin and grapple.
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