Homebrew Awoken Species Details

The councilman Voznun takes his place among the eight others that oversaw the city of Varak. "What of the growing armies of Hathor? Every day they send more and more men to the border. We must respond quickly and with fervor!" The counsel erupts into heated discussion regarding what cities to defend and where to strike first. Voznun calmly pulls back his seat and stands. "Hathor..!" Voznun continues, "..will not begin war with our regions. They have always been the ones to goat countries into war so that they can call for aid as the victim. We will not fall for this trap. We will hold firm and remain at the same peace we have been for years now."

Awoken Traits

The awoken are a race that never know of their own parents. They are born of the earth and raise themselves with instinctual knowledge that is well above any other race at birth. The awoken are beings of reason. They tend to look for the logic in a situation rather than the emotional side of things. Awoken have no eyes but rather rely on a heightened sense of hearing that allow them to navigate much like echo location. Their conspicuous and defining characteristics lie in their protruding foreheads and elongated fingers. Awoken tend to live somewhat isolated lives shying away from most social experiences they would see as distractions from societal progress as a whole. Due to their lack of sight they are comfortable in dark and enclosed spaces where sound carries easily. Their skin is most commonly a shade of grey with the rare but not unheard of albino. Awoken commonly find themselves in places of political or organizational power due to their reason and charisma found though an undeniable respect.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma is increased by 1 and your Dexterity score by 1.  

Age

Awoken never age. They are born looking as they will when they die. Awoken usually live short lifespans. This is due to a lack of a heart, instead Awoken have a system of vein-like muscles that move blood around their bodies that usually gives out around 50 years after they first awake. 

Alignment

Awoken tend towards lawful alignments due to their tendency of reason over emotion.   

Size

Awoken  are tall lender creatures averaging about 7.5 ft in height. With the tallest being around 8.5 feet. 

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. 

Woken Vision.

You have True Sight up to 30 feet. Beyond this point you will have disadvantage on all perception checks. You also are considered Blinded if you cannot hear. 6

Heightened Vision.

You have immunity to magic induced blindness except for spells that impair your hearing. You can also see though light and heavy obscuring within your radius of true sight.

Clear Minded

You have resistance to psychic damage. 

Language

You can speak Common and 1 language of your choice between Dwarvish, Elvish, Gnomish, Halfling, or Draconic. You are unable to read by normal convention.