Homebrew Irontouched Species Details
Armon swung her feet off the cart and despite her small frame she sunk into the mud a little more than she should. As she walked toward the stables she felt the eyes of the locals cover her “scars”, the metal glints that protrude from her skin at her eyebrows and fingers, anywhere the bone is close to the skin. There were a few sneers, but mostly it was open curiosity, they had never seen anyone like her before. One was so surprise he reached out and touched her face, or at least tried to before she grabbed his arm and shoved him back into the doorframe, easily overpowering the surprised peasant. She sneered as he fell to the floor and backpedalled away from her, and the gazes of the locals took on a more surprised aspect. She looked about the room in defiance, and most went back to their stew and mead.
Except for one, the hooded figure in the back, who nudged his mug toward the empty seat next to him.
Irontouched are a race that has been magically forged with metal at some point in their history. Stories abound about how and why this happened. Some say they were cursed by a rival god, some say they were transformed by a lich to fight as a personal army, some say they did it to themselves when their underground kingdom was about to be invaded. Some mages have speculated they are a race from another planet or plane that has a stronger gravitational force, thus needing a stronger skeletal structure. The Irontouched themselves do not confirm or deny these rumours, but from time to time one has been known to mention the “homeland” in passing.
The metal manifests itself just below the skin and can really only be seen where the bones are close to the skin, on the shoulders, forehead, cranium, hands and elbows. The metal is shiny and glints in sunlight, and is impossible to miss. The skin colours of the race extend from a coppery green through to a russet red, and occasionally a light blue.
Their height is slightly smaller than average for a human, but the metal in their bodies make them substantially heavier. They are stronger than they look, the metal infused skeleton requires them to have strong constitution and internal strength.
As Irontouched grow older the metal protrudes from their skin in small curling tendrils, and is quite often the only way to discern the age of an individual. These are most prominent around the eyebrows and jawline, but also in the chest, shoulders and elbows.
Age: Irontouched tend to live about twice as long as humans, and reach full maturity by about age 25.
Alignment: Their inward focus and desire to keep to themselves tend to the Neutral Alignment, but they can be any secondary alignment.
Size: Slightly smaller than humans, they generally have a maximum of 5’6”.
Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Irontouched Traits
Irontouched gain their racial traits form the metal that runs through their bone structure.Innate armour
Due to their skin and metal skeleton, Ironborn can take more damage than usual and gain +1 to AC at first level.
Unexpected Strength
Their metal infused bodies give them advantage on the first grappling attack against a creature that has not encountered them before.
Resilient constitution
The Irontouched have advantage on saving throws against poison.
Enhanced Skeleton
Irontouched take half damage from falls under 30 feet.
Languages
You speak Infernal, and can speak, read and write Common.
Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 1 and your constitution score increases by 2.