Homebrew Ambystoma Species Details

An Amphibious humanoid that resembles that of a salamander or newt

Ability Score Increase

You have a nimbleness expected by your size and a hardiness that is not. Your Dexterity and Constitution scores both increase by 1.

Age

A Salamander reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives into the middle of his or her second century.

Alignment

Most Salamanders are chaotic good. As a rule, they are good-hearted and kind, hate to see others in pain, and have no tolerance for oppression. Though they seem a bit strange and weird to outsiders.

Size

Salamanders are between 2 and 4 feet tall and average about 50 pounds. Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet and you have a swimming speed of 30 feet..

Amphibious

You can breathe both air and water.

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 can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Limb Regeneration

Your natural ability to regenerate lost limbs extends to your awakened form. If one of your limbs or your tail is cut off, it will fully regenerate in 2d4 days.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Primordial. 

Speak with Small Beasts

Through sounds and gestures, you can communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller beasts. As creatures close to nature, Salamanders love animals about their size and smaller and often keep creatures like spiders, beetles, crickets, roaches, and flies as pets.

Ambystoma Traits

Ambystoma have blackish gray bodies. They will have either yellow spots, blue speckles, or white marbling. There skin has a slight layer of mucus coating there skin. They are awkward creatures due to little contact with the outside world.