Homebrew Arach Species Details
The Arach are unknown to all but the most daring of adventurers. It is likely that only a few exist; those that do keep their true identities hidden through their ability to appear completely ordinary to the untrained eye.
Arach, in their base form, are a race of gigantic spiders, often spanning almost a dozen feet across. They appear nearly identical to any normal spider; different Arach even appear as different species. They have lived deep under for ages, and even they are unsure of their origins; though the greatest belief among them is that they were once regular spiders transformed by a particularly devious spell, or a pact with darkness. Because of this, Arach possess extraordinary senses and climbing skills.
Arach Traits
Arach have a particular set of traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2. This agility carries over to your transformation.
Age
Arach can live for hundreds, if not thousands of years, and do not seem to be fazed much as they age. An Arach reaches maturity at around 10 years of age.
Alignment
Arach vary wildly in alignment, due to little exposure to society. However, many are enraged by society's hate for them, and are often chaotic or evil. While transformed, Arach can exhibit almost any alignment their transformation may have.
Size
Arach are often 8-12 feet from the end of one leg to the other, and a few feet tall. They weigh around a hundred pounds. Your size is Large.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet. You have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed while not transformed.
Spider
While untransformed, you have the qualities of a giant spider. You can climb upside down and on difficult surfaces without needing an ability check, and ignore movement restrictions caused by webbing.
Alternate Senses
Accustomed to the deep underground, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
You have blindsight for 20 feet, and can sense vibrations in the ground to detect incoming creatures.
Devoured Form
You have the ability to take on the form of any humanoid creature you have eaten.
At any time, you can use an action to transform into a exact copy of a humanoid you previously ate. You may stay in this form for an indefinite period of time.
While transformed, you retain your ingame statistics such as ability scores and armor class. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, and your hit points and hit die. You can cast spells and attack as normal. You retain the benefits of your class and your race unless they state otherwise. When you transform, any equipment the humanoid was carrying magically apparates onto your transformation, but it has no effect and will vanish into dust if removed from your body for over 6 hours. You also have knowledge of any memories, facts or secrets that were known by the humanoid while transformed, and act as if you are them. Your size and speed change to that of the humanoid.
You can return to your normal form at any time as an action. When you fall to 0 hit points, you revert to your normal form.
Languages
You can speak Common. Additionally, spiders are able to understand your speech and are able to convey messages back to you.
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