Homebrew Beholderkin Species Details
Beholderkin are aberrant, floating creatures with a single central eye and several smaller eye stalks. Born with innate magical power, they hover unnaturally through their environment, easily perceiving threats and manipulating the world with raw magical power. Their aberrant physiology makes them feared and misunderstood, but grants them potent, unpredictable magic.
They are magical creations, born from the dreams of their parent beholderkin. Beholderkin can quickly reach adulthood after about 2 years, and can live up to 150 years.
Beholderkin Traits
Creature Type: Aberration
Size: Small (about 3–4 feet tall)
Speed: 20 feet (hover)
Eye Rays
As an action, you magically fire one eye ray at random from the Eye Rays table at a target other than yourself you can see within 120 feet of you. The DC for your Eye Rays equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier. Roll a d4 on the table to determine which ray is fired. You can choose a target after the Eye Ray effect is known. Starting at 3rd level, you roll a d6 instead. Starting at 5th level, you roll a d8 instead. Starting at 9th level, you roll a d10 instead.
- You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
- Each time you finish a short rest, you can expend one spell slot to restore uses of this trait. You restore a number of uses equal to the spell level of the spell slot expended.
Darkvision
You have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.
Monstrous Visage
Due to your monstrous appearance, you are generally shunned, feared, or avoided by most humanoid races. When making a Charisma (Persuasion) check to talk to most humanoids, you have disadvantage.
Bite
You have a toothy maw that you can use to make natural weapon attacks. If you hit with a bite, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.
Eye of the Beholderkin
Starting at 5th level, you gain expertise in Perception, meaning your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses your Perception.
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