Homebrew Quottle Species Details
These wise beings hail from the peaceful ocean planet of Teddleum. This moonless planet boasts the stillest waters in all of the galaxy Elvinox. Such pristine tranquility gave rise to the sentience of a wise, calm, endearing, and non-violent race, one that thrived on the strong social bonds of loyalty to the planet and one’s own kind.
They are between 4 and 5 feet tall (considered Medium size) and have the appearance of a rather large sea otter: covered in multiple layers of fur that keep them warm in the winter months when ice forms across half of the planet, equipped with opposable thumbs to make homes out of the kelp forests that populate the shallow waters of the planet, and a large flat tail for swimming, splashing, and floating.
With a rich supply of kelpinum, a renewable mineral used for fuel that can be found in the planet’s many kelp plants, they quickly developed the technology to enter outer space and lengthen what would otherwise be a very short life. They have effectively found a cure to aging--although they keep it secret--making their race a particularly old one. They’ve been around much longer than all other races, doing so by avoiding anything potentially harmful. With such longevity comes immense wisdom, a wisdom perhaps that should’ve predicted immortality’s dire consequences. Each year, thousands of Quottle are evicted from the planet and sent to explore outer space, a somber yearly tradition needed to make room for the next generation to be reared on the home planet. There are adult Quottles at 2 years of age and adult Quottles at millions of years of age; this creates an interesting dynamic among those who choose monogamy.
Quottle Traits
Your Quottle character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of millions of years of Quottle refinement.Make Things Wet
The Quottle people have long studied the magical properties of the water on their home planet of Teddleum. They are able to summon water directly from this planet on the condition that they not take too much and that they always return what they took.
Ability Score Increase
Your Wisdom score increases by 2.
Age
Although the Quottle reach physical maturity at about 2 years old, they can live to be millions of years old.
Alignment
The Quottle value loyalty, kindness, and peace. They also understand that friendship is possible between two eccentric individuals, so they lean toward the gentler aspects of chaos, becoming self-motivated when situations of harm may jeopardize their safety. They value and protect others’ freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not.
Size
The Quottle range from 4 to 5 feet tall and have sea-otter like builds with tails. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 20 feet and swimming speed is 50 feet.
Darkvision
Accustomed to long winters without sunlight, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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. You can also see underwater just as well as above it.
Keen Senses
You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Otter Ancestry
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
Quick Nap
Quottles don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Quottle. Quottle is fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar, specially designed for sounds that can be made underwater (lots of chirps and clicks). Quottle literature is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Quottle ballads to their repertoires.
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