Homebrew Awakened Species Details

Physical Description

Awakened to take on the features and traits of the race the were in their previous life. An Awakened's body has deteriorated somewhat depending on how long they've been undead. Their skin tends to be dry and flaky, and their eyes start to lose colour. Some of the ones that have been around much longer may even have bone and gore showing. They tend to cover these disfigures with clothing and armour. To conceal ones face they often wear thin veils can attach to a headdress or helmet that rest tightly against ones face, giving the illusion of definition beneath. Their voices are often cracked and as dry and the desert wind.

History

Long ago a necromantic ritual tore through an ancient empire that reduced its people to naught but withered husks of themselves, Nor did their minds survived unscathed, most were reduced empty, hollow vessels that now serve as soldiers and servants to those whose personalities and egos survived the onslaught of necromantic energy. All were alive once, now naught but ashes of their humanity remain. Even the destruction of their new undead forms proved for not as they would just be raised again to serve their necromatic masters, that sought to expand their rule, emboldened by their immortality granted to them by their new form. Some, once mindless undead because of their masters, have broken free of their bonds and regained some intelligence.

Society

Awakened usually don't form or join societies. They often have an intense distaste or even outright hatred for the living, whether that is a result of jealously towards their mortality is unclear, but some rare Awakened have been documented to put aside their prejudices, as far as to travel with adventuring groups of other creatures and races of all kinds, but never any further then that, for they hate all life equally. Many however see the sense in having powerful allies or at the very least pawns in their plans, allowing them to continue living for as long as they are useful to some end.

Awakened Names

Awakened often bear similar names to people of the region they hail from, that is of course assuming that the Awakened can even remember its name.

Awakened Traits

It’s hard to make generalizations about the Awakened, but your Awakened character has these traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your ability scores each decrease by 1.

Age

Awakened can not age.

Alignment

Years of torment and undeath have twisted and distorted much of what little good remained in their people, as a result most undead bare an evil alignment, but have also been seen to learn towards a more neutral stance. Most if not all lean towards a lawful spectrum.

Size

Small or Medium. This is dependent on your secondary race.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.

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