Homebrew Yautja Species Details

Creates born from war 

The yautja. Were born of necessity .after the fall of illithid , the Gith sought to eradicate the entirety of the illithid lineage .and so they used their enemies to crate a race of predators that had the aggressive nature of the Gith and the intellect of the illithid  . Using captives , the Gith interbread their races and created the first  yautja. The corrupted genes of this new race , much like Tieflings, dominate in reproduction and thus the yautja were born . Given wives by the Gith for successfully wiping out illithid hives, the yautja quickly grew and evolved into a tribal community. They had been rewarded  for battle and so battle is all they knew. tribal lives as the yautja moved away from the Gith control they began  to form clans of their own . Through combat they elected leaders . Those who came of age were to seek out and kill an illthid, returning with its skull as a trophy. Those who killed an umber hulk were  rewarded the rank of elite. 

In the dark forests there lives the frightful Yautja. Few folk can come face to face a Yautja, and live to tell the tale. Yautja hunt in the dark wetness of rain forests, and jungles. Their bodies look in their prime never aging or ceasing to work. Their spirits take after the wandering wind, making them nomads who wander from Forest to jungle and even towns. Their hearts are infused with the thrill, and fire of the hunt, as well as coldness for their enemies. From birth they live to earn a name in the clan, or die in the thrill of the hunt.

Driven Hunters

Every day brings a new challenge to a Yautja. What would be stepping into your domain a measly kill, or a true competitor. A single mistake can bring doom to an entire tribe, while an individual’s heroic effort can ensure the entire group’s survival.

Yautja thus place a premium on self-sufficiency and individual skill. They have a compulsion to keep score, counting their kills and tallying their accomplishments by tearing out the sjulls of those who fell to the Yautja, to compare to others. Yautja love to win, but they cant handle defeat, sometimes facing death soon afterwads.

This dedication to the hunt has a dark side. Yautjas are ferocious Hunters, but above all else they are driven to outdo their past efforts. If a Yautja slays a Dragonborn, he or she might seek out a larger, more powerful Goliath to battle. Many Yautja adventurers reach old age, but some die on the hunt as youngbloods.

Fair Play

For Yautja, competition exists only when it is supported by a level playing field. The hunt measures talent, dedication, and effort. Those factors determine survival in their homeclan,  not relying  on magic items, or other elements that can tip the balance of combat one way or the other. Yautja will  rely on such benefits, but they are careful to remember that such an advantage can always be lost. A Yautja who relies too much on power can grow rebellious and berserking a recipe for disaster in the clan.

This trait manifests most strongly when Yautja interact with other folk. The relationship between peasants and nobles puzzles Yautja. If a king lacks the intelligence or leadership to lead, then clearly the strongest person in the kingdom should take his place. Yautja rarely keep such opinions to themselves, and mock folk who rely on society’s structures or rules to maintain power.

Survival of the Fittest

Among Yautja, any hunter who can’t contribute to the tribe is expelled. A lone Yautja has a decent chance of survival, especially an older or wiser one. Yautja have little pity for adults who can’t take care of themselves, though a sick or injured individual is treated, as a result of the Yautja concept of fair play.

A permanently injured Yautja is still expected to pull his or her weight in the tribe. Typically, such a Yautja earns his name if they complete their attempt to keep up, or the Yautja slips away in the night to live the rest of its days in peace.

In some ways, the Yautja drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A Yautja would much rather die in battle, at the peak of strength and skill, than endure the embarrassment of defeat. Few folk have ever meet an elderly Yautjas they are clan leaders and their clans best hunters, who have left their people grapple with the urge to go rogue with their lives as they slip farther and farther away from the clan.

Because of their risk-taking, Yautja tribes sometimes suffer from a chronic lack of the experience offered by long- term leaders. They hope for innate wisdom in their leadership, for they can rarely count on a wisdom grown with age.

Yautja Names

Every Yautja has two names: a birth name assigned by the newborn’s mother and father, a nickname assigned by the clan leader

 Birth names are often unpronouncable by other species as they consist of a series of clicks, whistles, and roars,

Ones clan leader name is often how the leader would describe the youngbloods huhnting abilities they can also be given names by fellow travelers. An example of a clan-given name could be "Stalker",or "Celtic".

Alignment

Yautja often live for the hunt, but they choose their targets, only people worthy of a Yautja's blade fall under it this pushes them to neutrality but very few can follow Good but more than likely Evil is the way a rogue Yautja would follow, they also do not enjoy standards of society pushing them in a Chaotic direction.

Size

Yautja are between 8 and 9 feet tall and weigh between 430 and 500 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Yautja Traits

Yautja Traits Hideous visage relisilience Age age yautja 1000 years old and reach adulthood when they get there first kill Speed speed yautja run 30 feet climbing speed 60 Alignment Alignment.Most yautjas are neutral though som lean toward the evil side Darkvision accustomed to seeking out prey in the far realm the yautja have adapted to seeing in darkness and dim light up to 60 feet Relisilience yautja have hardened by centuries of combat . Their hide is thick and tough but can still be pierced you have resistance to bludgeoning and slashing damage Hideous visage yautja may be allies to civilized races but their lineage leaves them with a terrifying appearance while not wearing a mask or helmet you gain no modifier benefit for charisma checks regarding persuasion or deception and you roll those checks with disadvantage Languages yautja can speak ,read and write common but have some trouble speaking common their mouths lack the elegance of some words they fluently speak, read and write abyssal and

Hideous visage

yautja  may be allies to civilized races but their lineage leaves them with a terrifying appearance  while not  wearing a mask or helmet you gain no modifier benefit for charisma checks regarding persuasion or deception and you roll those checks with disadvantage

Relisilience

yautja have hardened by centuries of combat . Their hide is thick and tough but can still be pierced you have resistance to bludgeoning and slashing damage.

Darkvision

accustomed to seeking out prey  in the far realm the yautja have adapted to seeing in darkness and dim light up to 60 feet

Living Map

 

When you enter a forest you can take 10 minutes to climb up the highest tree and scan the area, after this you know the layout, any unusual sights, and game to be hunted there.

Natural Athleticism

You have proficiency in the Athletics skill, as well as if you roll a Athletics skill check to jump across 2 spaces you add double proficiency

Massive Form

When standing over another creature you have advantage, and double proficiency in the Intimidation skill checks made against that creature.

Spooked

You can channel your inner ferocity the strike fear into your opponent. When you are about to take damage, you can use your reaction to change the attack roll to a 1. After you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Born hunter

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