Homebrew Hologram Projection Species Details

“A young woman looks you in the eyes, and smiles at you, her body slightly transparent. She makes intricate gestures with her hands, and chants an incantation in a language unrecognizable to you. She stops, and you feel suddenly refreshed and anew. She smiles wider, bows, and says ‘Glad I could be of service to you!’”

Physical Description

Hologram projections can look like all sorts of creatures. Their skin is usually heavily tinted one color, typically blue or grey, and they are slightly translucent. Usually there features are pleasing to the eyes, and their voices tend to me very melodic and beautiful. They always resemble humanoids, but can look like any race. Their physical bodies are projected by a drone, containing the code of the A.I. creature. The drone drives around on the floor, and is always protected by a shield of energy, wrapped around it. Hologram projections can be touched and are not fully ethereal, and thus can wear armor, clothes, and wield weapons. 

 

History

Hologram projections were initially created as digital copies of human souls, that were programmed to assist humans. However, after a few years of servitude to humans, these A.I. developed identity, and branched off. Some hologram projections decided to remain as assistants to humans and other creatures, but many pursued real professions, such as lawyers, adventurers, mechanics, and police. After a struggle for civil rights, these A.I. were able to do what they wanted with their lives.

 

Society

In the current day and age, hologram projections walk free and do what they wish. They tend to be very happy creatures, with positive outlooks in life. Hologram projections tend not to leave the major cities, and often group together with others of their kinds.

Projection Names

Due to the widely varying societies A.I find themselves in, they have multiple naming schemes. When used as military units, they are either given a rank designation or an individual codename. After they have been given civil rights, they often take names either similar to those around them or one that suggests their mechanical origin. Finally, while in their own society as a hive mind, they take on a designation code to sort them as their respective unit, rather than an actual name.

Military: Cyber-Division 06, Mechanized 01, Sigma, Doppler

Liberated: Eve, Conor, Ed-e, Beeps

Hivemind: HV0026, IN1557, SP0003, AA2000

 

Hologram Projection Traits

Hologram projections have the following racial traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and two other ability scores of your choice increase by 1. Your constitution score is reduced by 1.

Age

As constructs, Hologram Projections do not age.

Alignment

Hologram Projections are usually lawful neutral.

Digital Construct

Your creature type is construct instead of humanoid. You are immune to poison damage, being poisoned, and diseases. You can not to eat or breathe. Rather than sleeping, you enter an inactive state for 6 hours each day. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal. You are vulnerable to lightning damage. Hologram Projections can change their appearance to that of any other humanoid they have seen before, but only directly after they finish a long rest.

Size

Hologram Projections are usually medium- however, after a long rest, a hologram projection can choose to change their size to small, tiny, or large, until the next long rest. However, they can only do this twice every seven days. 

Deep Scan

As a bonus action, you gain 20 feet of true sight for 1 minute. This can be done an amount of times equal to your Intelligence modifier, regaining all uses at the end of a long rest.

Full Ethereality

As a bonus action, a Hologram Projection can enter a fully incorporeal form until the end of their next turn. In this form, a Hologram Project has resistance to all non-magical damage, and it has advantage on Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws. In this form, they also cannot make weapon attacks or use any feature that requires touch, and they gain +2 to AC. A Hologram Projection can do this up to their intelligence modifier per long rest.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice