Homebrew Sentient Book Species Details
Books have surrounded us for ages, a few of these books have been gifted with sentience. These sentient books mostly yearn to only gain more knowledge though some have been created for a specific purpose, evil or good. These book can be small, large, or even just a roll of scrolls, and the book wants to teach others and learn more. These books possess the fools who made the mistake of grabbing the wrong book and becoming its slave until the body dies and the book looks for a new one.
Sentient Book Traits
A sentient book mostly gains its traits from whatever body it possesses however it has power of the mind over the characterAbility Score Increase
+2 Int and +1 wis
Possesion
Most characters will start with a possession of a Human, you may talk to your DM about possession of other races. You gain the traits of the race you possess except your alignment and ability score increase. Possession of a body weakens it so whenever the body goes unconscious you get only 2 death saving throw failures before the body dies. If a humanoid picks up the book while you do not have possession over a body the humanoid must make a DC 18 wisdom saving throw or be possessed by the book. While a body is possessed by you, it must have the book within 10ft or suffer 10 psychic damage every minute it is not with 10ft of the book. If your body dies and you possess a new one you may talk to your DM about how the new body ranks with the rest of the party (I.E. level and Health). Whenever you gain a new body your Str, Dex, and Con change to that of your new body. You can not force your self to separate from your host. When you try to possess a body and they fail the saving throw, you appear as a voice in their head for 24 hours at which you gain full control of the body.
Hard to Kill
The sentient book can only destroyed by fire, lightning, and necrotic damage and has health points equal to 10 times your level. Any damage the book takes can not be healed except by similar magic that created the book. While hostless the book has only 5HP until it is able to gain a host.
Old knowledge
Gain proficiency with 1 weapon or tool, and proficiency with 1 skill of your choice
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