Homebrew Protogen Species Details

 Protogen are a race of artificial beings created for the purpose of exploration. Their bodies consist of 60% biological components and 40% artificial magitech. They have often resemble the appearance of a bipedal wolf that is wearing mask covering their face. Their chest and waist are made of enchanted iron pieces that allow for movement and attachment of limbs. Protogens have circular runs on their shoulders, thighs, and sides of their heads that indicate either the name or purpose of the protogen. 

Their mask is part of their anatomy and serves as their face. On it are glowing markings that shift to show their facial expressions and the mask itself can change shape to allow the intake of food and drink. The limbs of a protogen are replaceable as they are attached at the shoulder, hips, and tail bone using a spherical magic stone attached to the limb that links with an indentation on the torso of the protogen. This allows them to be adapted to most environments that they could be exploring as well as provide additional functionality to their limbs.

Protogen Quirks

 

Protogen Traits

Your protogen character has the following traits. A few of the traits give you a choice; consider how your choice reflects the purpose for which your character was built.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1.

Age

A typical protogen is between two and thirty years old. The maximum protogen lifespan remains a mystery.

Alignment

Most protogen take comfort in order and discipline, tending toward law and neutrality. But some have absorbed the morality, or lack thereof, of the beings with which they encountered.

Size

Your size is Medium. To set your height and weight randomly, start with rolling a size modifier:

Size modifier = 2d6

Height = 5 feet + 10 inches + your size modifier in inches

Weight in pounds = 230 + (4 × your size modifier)

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Modularity

Each of your limbs can be replaced, allowing for a variety of skills:

Legs: 

• Speed: +10 to movement speed
• Conditioned: +2 to athletics

Tail:

• Nub: +1 to charisma
• Aquatic: You have a swim speed of 30

Wings: At level 10, you have figured out a way to augment yourself to allow for flight. You now have a fly speed of 30.

Claws

Your clawed hands allow you to deal 1d4 slashing damage when making an unarmed attack.

Armored body

Your body has built-in defensive layers, providing a small increase to your toughness:

• You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class.

Specialized Design

You gain one skill proficiency and one tool proficiency of your choice.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.