Homebrew Floran Species Details

Physical Description

Florans often have a lean and muscular build and a flower on the top of their head. Florans usually have green skin, but their skin and flowers can have colorations that range the entire visual spectrum, and perhaps beyond. Other plants have been known to be on a Floran's head, such as mushrooms and fly traps. They also have black bug-like eyes and a jagged mouth full of shark-like teeth.

History

Florans live in a tribal society, so their history is likely conveyed by word-of-mouth and tradition. In the larger universe, Floran society is usually looked upon as inferior or barbaric by other races and Florans are often treated as such regardless of their level of education. While there are many cases where non-barbaric Florans have successfully integrated into society, some tribally raised Florans have trouble adjusting. Literature written by one particularly troubled Floran might involve successful diplomatic negotiations involving a large amount of "stabbing" and the like, for example.

Society

Florans are very violent, often having civil wars along with occasional hunting "parties" which almost always quickly devolve into lethal infighting with the intent to prevent more than one Floran from actually hunting the prey. Tribal Floran society also treats living animals of all sorts like a Human might treat non-sentient plant life: as building materials, food, and decoration. Despite this, Florans seem to have a knack for figuring out how to use technology with relatively little knowledge of how it might actually work. Most technology that tribal Florans use are either scavenged or pillaged from more civilized societies, however, and they rarely care to invent their own technology.

Though uncommon, it is not unheard of for a tribal-born Floran to have a less barbaric mindset either by sheer intuition or through education from a parent who has such a mindset.

Floran Names

Florans, being plants, are asexual. They may nonetheless identify with a particular gender.

Examples: Kesta Lilyreap, Wahi Asterblossom, Nehack Greenvine, Ajan Blacktrap, Hadowsi Shadeblood, Muthola Stranglechop

Floran Traits

Florans are strong and swift. Though they appear to lack intelligence, they only lack education.

Plant Type

Your creature type is both plant and humanoid.

Floran Weapon Training

You are proficient in simple weapons.

Green Thumb

There are many plants that grow around the world, and a few grow faster when near a floran. You are proficient in the Nature skill.

Photosynthesis

When you roll hit dice and you are in bright sunlight you gain a bonus to the number of hit points recovered equal to your proficiency bonus times the number of hit dice rolled. In addition, if you spend an hour resting in bright sunlight you are considered to be fed for the next 24 hours.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, and Floran. A floran's peculiar biology makes speaking Common difficult but not impossible for them, their speech is often filled with over pronounced words and a heavy grass whistle-like lisp. Floran is a sibilant language that uses the Elvish script, on the rare occasion it is written.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Age

Like many plants do, florans live until they are killed, but the strains and lethal nature of tribal floran society mean that they usually only live to about 20 years of age.

Alignment

Most floran tend towards chaotic and neutral alignments. Floran society is full of "sssstabbing," but they do not kill out of malice. They often don't know any better and their culture often calls for killing.

Size

Floran vary in height and weight as much as humans do, though being a warrior race their builds are generally more muscular. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

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.