Homebrew Eldorian Merfolk Species Details

Eldorian Merfolk are amphibious people native to the oceans, coastlines, and submerged settlements of Eldoria. Their skin often carries shades of blue, turquoise, green, or silver, while scales decorate parts of their bodies. Webbed fingers, sharp teeth, luminous eyes, and other aquatic features are common.

An Eldorian Merfolk’s natural form possesses a powerful tail built for movement through the ocean. Some use enchanted amulets or similar magic to assume a humanoid-legged form while travelling on land.

Eldorian Merfolk are often associated with the beauty and danger of the deep sea. Their voices, graceful movements, and unusual appearances have inspired many stories about sirens, sea spirits, and ocean predators.

Species Traits

Origin

Eldorian Merfolk are born in many aquatic environments, from bright coastal reefs to the lightless ocean depths. Your origin reflects where your people adapted and the traditions that shaped you.

Amphibious

You can breathe air and water.

Movement Speed

Your base swimming speed is 30 feet. On land, your speed is 10 feet, and you are always considered prone.

Darkvision

Accustomed to the darkness beneath the waves, you have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Aquan, and one extra language of your choice.

Aquan is a flowing, musical language that carries well underwater. When it has a written form, the Elvish script is usually used.

Artisan

Merfolk tribes are self-sufficient, and they teach skilled craftsmanship from a young age. You are proficient with the tools of one of these crafts: carpenter, cartographer, cook, jeweler, leatherworker, weaver, or woodcarver.