Homebrew Detrua Species Details
Descendants of Thunder God Drakes, the Detrua people are very strong thanks to their heritage, and due to their evolution into a humanoid and reason bearing race, they have become very sought after in communities and positions of power due to their fame of being descendants of what now could be considered a deity or a race of divine beings. The Thunder God Drakes were a type of drake that ruled the world alongside God Wyverns and other God Drakes before Dragons took over, they were proficient in thunder and lightning magic and were known for their incredible strength competing with wyverns even when they flew, even though they were unable to fly like wyverns. After many God Drakes evolved into very different species, all of the remaining God Drakes succumbed to the might of the Dragons only leaving the common drakes and the new evolved God Drakes. Now the Detura are trying to reconnect with the rest of the world after eons of seclusion due to the fear of being devoured by the Dragons that destroyed their ancestors leaving nothing more than the remains of what would have been a prospering species. But now that Dragons have become so rare in the world, they have come out of their long forgotten lairs and hideouts into the world.
This species is about 7ft to 8ft tall with some exceptions ranging from a, within species standards, diminutive 6ft to a massive 10ft in height. They have strong limbs allowing them to walk and run faster than most other humanoid species, and often use their forelimbs to move and run as well as climb allowing for even higher speeds and agility. Their muscles evolved from an agile and powerful creature that competed with flying creatures of similar strenghth, therefore making them have to evolve into a very agile species allowing them to use the strength of their muscles to pull their own body in the air They have horns and plating, which looks like very thick fur, made of reinforced keratin, often contrasting with the color of their scales. The color of the scales varies greatly, but have a general tendency to be a variation of turquoise, but there are some that have dark grey or even black coloring on their scales due to pigment mutations. The Detrua specifically have a symbiotic relationship with various species of bugs that produce electrical shocks or have the ability to create an electrical charge, due to the cultural significance of this bugs, each clan has their own variation, which differs in color, function, or even sizes from 2mm in size to 1in in length. The Detura use the charge the bugs create to overcharge and increase the power output from their muscles, but the bugs must charge in an 8 hour interval after being discharged while being in a hibernation-like state attached to the Detura, the power-up received from the bugs lasts about 5 minutes if used actively such as attacking or increasing the power of the entire muscular and nervous system, or about 30 minutes if used for passive activities such as a small shock when touched or a small increase in the speed of the nervous system, the bugs will not lose charge after being fully charged, but also don't generate more due to using as much as they are producing outside of the hibernation state.
Detrua Traits
This species is about 7ft to 8ft tall with strong muscles used for quick and powerful actions, they use electricity to amplify their abilities and often carry an entire colony of electricity generating bugs with them for that purposeAbility Score Increases
The Detrua having evolved from God-Drakes are very strong and have become very influential in all sorts of communities due to their pseudo-divine heritage
+2 to Strenghth, +1 to Charisma, +3 to Acrobatics
Age
The Detrua start their adult life starting at age 40, but live to be up to 700 years old
Alignment
Detrua ten to be neutral on the world, however due to their secluded history, most adventurers and people in positions of power have become either good or evil depending on who they admired the most when they arrived into the modern world. (neutral good, true neutral, neutral evil).
Size
Detrua are commonly about 10ft to 12ft tall with exceptions going all the way from 16ft or 8ft tall, but are about 4ft to 5ft tall and 6ft to 7ft long when in all fours
Speed
Datrua, evolving from incredibly powerful drakes, have very strong limbs allowing them to walk at 45ft and run 100ft (can only run if on all fours)
All Fours
The Detrua needing to hunt for substenance have not devolved their ability to use all four limbs to walk and run (run at 100ft when in all fours)
Language
Detrua know Draconic and Common plus Any One Other Language
Electric Bug Symbiosis
The bugs living within the hosts scales create an electric charge which can be used from 5 minutes to 90 minutes depending on how active the use is, for example, the charge can be used as a burst if the person decides to use a super powerful attack that uses all the charge available to him/her, or can last various hours if the person decides to use a very small amount of charge to be able to think just a little bit faster than usual. The amount of charge equals either 100 or 10*1d20 and depending on the action the DM decides how much of the electricity is used, for example: an electricity assisted dodge on a laser uses all available electricity, while a passive improvement, like increased hearing/listening, uses a small amount of electricity. The recharge rate is about 8 hours and does NOT recharge on a short or long rest since the bugs are a different being from the creature using them. For a more in depth recharge rate use either: "2D6 and that is how much you recharge per hour" or "(2D6)/6 and that is how much you recharge every 10 minutes". The bugs also absorb any electric or thunder *anything* while in hibernation mode lowering the recharge time by 1D4*(things power), otherwise, they are just immune to either type of *anything*.
Electrical Conductor Scales
The creature can redirect all electricity touching their body or within their body to either outside of them or into them entirely dissipating all electricity with the damage being halved twice (damage/4). The amount the creature can redirect is 1D20*2+(constitution modifier), and the electricity amount can be calculated with the following formula: "damage - (the amount of electricity the creature can redirect)". All electric damage done this creature that is not redirected is halved (damage/2).
Reinforced Keratin Hair Armor
The Detura have very strong, solid hair protecting their joints and creating solid horns. The hair does not flow but can be molded with age and can be broken as if it were steel.
+1 to AC
Has Horn Attack (does piercing or bludgeoning damage depending on the shape of the horns) 1d8 + STR modifier
Acrobatic Muscle Groups
Due to the particular evolution of the Detrua, they have another set of muscles that make aerial movement easier and only require to use this set of acrobatic muscles to move in the air or water (Note: In water they also use their other muscles since it is a more difficult task).
Use Acrobatics instead of athletics for all movement checks that use athletics
Roll for Acrobatics and Athletics under water and use the average rounded down and add +2 to the result
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