Homebrew Ebudan Species Details

Background

Ebudan's backgrounds are shrouded in mystery, there doesn't seem to be anything special with them as it comes to history neither is it known whether they were recently brought into this world or whether they have always existed. All that is known is that the first recorded evidence of an Ebudan was actually when the king of a once-great kingdom was revealed to be this shadowy creature after his assassination attempt failed but his form was forced to distort back to its normal shape after taking considerable force fueled damage.

After this people began to grow warier of the odd creatures, finding that every race wound up having one that was the exact same as any other person you would find in your daily life. This sprung chaos and panic as people feared that this invasive species was planning to do something evil that could very well risk the livelihoods of all the people of the world and so they began witch hunts against these creatures.

Sadly for the Ebudan they had no intent for harm and were mercilessly hunted down simply because they were different from the normal, aberrations being feared as it is. As such they increased their efforts of hiding and became more violent against those who found them out, either begging to be let go or murdering the culprit before anyone else could find out about their unique origins and actual nature.

From what has been observed Ebudan often takes up the perfect features of the races that they are trying to imitate, looking like models every time they shift into these forms. Reports say that most Ebudans are obsessed with perfection, wanting to be accepted in all possible ways. They take on common names, beautiful appearances, and beautiful accents that make people swoon from just hearing them speak. This obsession with perfection has often led to them being discovered more easily due to people singling out those who look too good for this world.

Physical Description

Known for their lack of a true form and bright glowing white eyes, the Ebudan are rarely seen in these forms but the legends of their appearance continue on. All that is truly known is that they always are like black masses of shadow that had taken shape, the only thing that distinguishes as humanoid are their bright glowing eyes and attempts at looking humanoid even though their natural shapes are just wisps of darkness.

These forms are their base forms and are pretty much featureless, the only other reoccurring feature is when they shapeshift into a different form they are practically indistinguishable from others of that race except for the bright glowing eyes that seem to be empty and unnatural. For example, an Ebudan imitating a human would have very very bright red pupils and iris, giving them an almost eerie look but most seem to not realize this at first.

Society

Ebudans do not have their own societies, instead, they tend to assimilate themselves into the societies of other creatures. They take on the appearances and activities of these creatures and often will do whatever they possibly can to be exactly like them even if they do not agree with their beliefs.

Relations

Ebudans are very weird when it comes to relations, while their base forms are often shunned and thought of as parasites due to their natures of blending into societies but those who know them while shifted will know that they often have good intents and will do whatever they can to be kind and gentle to those who meet them, even going so far as to being considered suck up to the people who come into contact with them.

Religion

The Ebudan don't have their own religion often taking or mimicking the religion of the species they have chosen to shift into.

Ebudan Traits

Your Ebudan character has the following traits

Ability Score Increase

Two ability scores of your choice increases by 2.

Aberration

Your creature type is aberration, rather than humanoid

Size

Ebudans range from 5 to about 6.5 feet in height, with a model-like build. Your size is medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

Ebudan are naturally shifting and mimicking those around them, seeking to be whatever they desire. You can speak, read, and write common, celestial, and one language of your choice.

Social Adaptation

Ebudans do their best to adapt to society, often learning new languages on the whim and doing the best to learn all they can about their neighbors. As a result of this Ebudans can communicate with humanoids that don't share a language with them. You must observe the humanoids interacting with each other for at least 1 day, after which you learn a handful of important words, expressions, and gestures—enough to communicate on a rudimentary level. You retain this information for a week.

Shapechanger

As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, hair length, and sex. You can also adjust your height and weight, but not so much that your size changes. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your game statistics change. You can’t duplicate the appearance of a creature you’ve never seen, and you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs that you have. Your clothing and equipment aren’t changed by this trait.

You stay in the new form until you use an action to revert to your true form or until you die.

Seraph's Tongue

Ebudans are known to often be a very charismatic race and tend to find it easy to befriend those who don't know who they are. You have advantage on persuasion checks when meeting and attempting to befriend a humanoid creature for the first time.

Force Weakness

When an Ebudan takes force damage they fail to maintain their shapeshifted form. When subjected to force damage an Ebudan must make a Constitution saving throw or be stunned for 1d4 rounds, no immunities or resistances can prevent this penalty. The DC equals 10 or half the damage you take, whichever number is higher. If you take damage from multiple sources, such as an arrow and a dragon's breath, you make a separate saving throw for each source of damage.