Homebrew Deadborn Species Details

When Orcus first came to Iedale, he brought a host of powerful undead from the abyss. These undead, known as the Dark Legion, were more destructive than any army ever recorded. Then, Orcus’s lieutenant, a necromancer named Norim, took a small group of them and gave them true life. The race he created are known as the Deadborn, and long ago they defected against Orcus and have now fought against him for thousands of years.

Ability Score Increase.

Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.

 

Age.

No Deadborn has died of old age yet, with the oldest being around 3000 years old. They reach maturity around 10 years.

 

Alignment.

Deadborn have long had a rivalry with Orcus, and hope to free their kin, the Dark Legion. Therefore, they tend to lean towards the good side of the spectrum, but of course, some are still loyal to Orcus and are evil.

 

Size.

Deadborn grow rapidly and reach 6 feet by the age of 10, and then continue to grow more slowly, until they are about 7 feet by age 30. Your size is medium.

 

Speed.

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

 

Darkvision.

When Norim engineered your race, you were designed for war and so you can see in the dim light out to 60 feet as if it were bright light and darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

 

Built For War.

Whenever you make a melee attack, you may add 1d4 damage to it. At 5th level, this increases to 1d6, and 1d8 at 10th.

 

Deadborn Weapon Training.

You have proficiency with heavy armor and martial melee weapons.

 

Durable.

You have resistance to Poison and Necrotic damage. In addition, you have advantage on Constitution saving throws.

 

Languages.

You can speak, read, and write Common and Infernal.

 

 

 

Deadborn Traits

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