Homebrew Drell Species Details
Drell are devout, capable beings with a strong sense of honor.
Physical Description
Drell are hairless reptiles with short bony frills covering the immediate skull above the base of the neck like a helmet. Male drell frills lay close to the skull while females have more pronounced and longer frills that can flare and curl out. Drell skin color can range from pinkish to neon green with secondary colors under their frills. They have roughly the same builds of body type, shape and size as a human, but with a denser muscle mass. Drell have eyes like pitch black stones.
Religion
Most drell are deeply religious, believing that they have souls separate from their bodies. They see death as a departure from the body, and they also state that a person's body and soul form a whole. When the soul is traumatized or otherwise disrupted, or the body is ill or injured, a person is no longer whole. As such, their religion revolves mostly around the cartesian puzzle of mind and body duality. They are polytheistic, also, and so pray to various deities depending on the situations at hand. However, many of the older traditions of the drell have begun to die out. The younger generations no longer believe the old ways of their ancestors can help them now, with so many other ways to interpret one's place in the universe.
Drell Names
Male names tend to have two syllables, while females often have three.
Male Names: Thane, Shoho, Yama, Tama, Yika, or Sikku
Female Names: Idrumi, Isihi, Elene, Iriko, Ifeme, or Ihemo
Drell Traits
The Drell who choose to adventure rather than staying close to home often become terrifying soldiers or assassins. You have the following traits:Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom or Strength score increases by 1.
Age
Drell mature and develop like humans. However, they live to be only around 90 years old.
Alignment
Drell, like humans, can range all across the board but tend to lean towards neutral alignments.
Size
Drell are typically lithely built but can be anywhere from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Eidetic Memory
You can recall any event in your past perfectly. You have advantage on History checks to recall things you have personally seen or experienced.
Solipsism
When you make a History check regarding things you have seen or experienced, you gain proficiency (double proficiency if you are already proficient) on the roll in addition to your eidetic memory advantage, as you slip into the memory and experience it as if for the first time. This can allow you to notice things in the memory that have been suppressed or were not important the first time seeing it, as well as allow access to outright suppressed memories. This can be done once per long rest and grants a Short-term Madness effect from the relevant madness table in Chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master's Guide.
Hallucinogenic Touch
You can make a melee unarmed strike to touch a creature. If you do, the venom in your skin can cause them to have mild hallucinations. The touched creature must pass a Constitution saving throw (8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier) or be stunned. They can make another constitution saving throw at the end of each of their turns (10+ your proficiency). The effect ends either when they make the save or after 10 rounds/1 minute has passed. You must complete a short or long rest before using this trait again.
Protective Eyelids
You have protective membranes covering the inside of your eyes. You have advantage on Perception checks to detect lightly obscured things, and can then attack as normal.
Languages
You can speak, read and write in Common, Undercommon, and one other language of your choice.
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