Homebrew Dendro Species Details
Physical Description
Dendro are amphibious creatures with red, yellow, white, or black eyes with thin pupils. Their skin can be a variety of colors and designs such as stripes, spots, or waves. They do have a slight slimy texture to their skin which keeps them from drying out in droughts and are prone to hopping fast and jumping high. The description given by people who have seen a Dendro have called them slim, short, and colorful amphibians walking on two legs. Their heights can range from 3ft up to 4ft at the tallest and are generally lighter than other races only weighing in from 45 pounds up to 100 pounds at the heaviest making them great rouges, nimble warriors, and admirable monks. Males and females are usually the same or close in height and males are only marginally heavier than their female counter parts. Being amphibians, Dendro do not have visible hair on their body or their head, and tend to look more androgynous in appearence. Because of their cold blooded nature, Dendros often prefer heavier clothing that covers most of their body over loose fitting and revealing wears unless they are in their natural habitat. Your size is small.
Age Range
Dendro tend to have shorter lifespans than other races due to their amphibious origins usually living up to 50 years, reaching adulthood at 15 years of age. Due to their short lifespan the Dendro tend to live life to the fullest, often throwing celebrations and being more impulsive rather than cautious happily giving into wants and supplying needs.
Dendro Traits
Dendro have a base generalization, these are your traitsAbility Score Increase
Living in jungles and forests, Dendro have a natural nimbleness to them that helps climb trees and hop over obstacles earning them and increase in Dexterity and strength by 1. Because of their natural curiosity of other races and ways of life, the Dendro have learned the characteristics and mannerisms of the most well known races within Faerun which gives them an increase in wisdom by 1.
Age
Dendro have shorter lifespans than other races, reaching adulthood by 15 years old and living up to 50 years.
Size
Dendro stand between 3 and 4 feet tall, averaging about 50 pounds. Your size is small.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30ft.
Darkvision
Being mostly nocturnal, the Dendro have an inherent ability to see in the dark. 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.
Dendro's luck
You have advantage on all constitution saving throws and a natural resistance to poison damage.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan, as well as two other languages of your choice.
Poisionous Skin
as a Dendro you have skin that is poisonous to the touch, anyone who touches exposed skin with their own must make a constitution save. On a failed save they take 1d8 poison damage or half as much on a successful one.
Poisionous Spit
As an attack bonus action, on your turn, you can turn your spit into a poisonous substance, spitting it at your target within 20ft or 40ft with disadvantage on attack roll for 2d8 points of poison damage. Your opponent must make a Constitution save of 15. On a successful save they take half damage and full damage on a failed save.
Alignment
Dendro love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they lean toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They don't mind giving into their wants and supplying for their needs, they are more often good than not, their natural curiosity leading them away from their homelands and reaching for lives of adventure and discovery.
Standing Leap
Because you are a type of anthropomorphic frog, you have what is called a standing leap. The Dendro long jump is up to 30ft and their high jump is up to 15ft with or without a running start.
Amphibious
Being a part of the amphibian origin, you have the ability to swim fast and breathe for long periods of time underwater. Your swim speed is 30ft and you are able to hold your breathe for a number of hours equal to 1+ their constitution modifier.
Proficencies in Frog
Climbing, Tumbling, Leaping, and learning. These are the things that the Dendro people do on a daily basis. Living in forests and jungles these people survive in part by being natural athletes and nimble survivors, they even have what others would call the Olympics, competing for prizes and honor. With Dendro minds being of natural curiosity, they love learning, especially about the other races across Faerun. With this mindset the Dendro people have brought up some of the best Anthropologists and Sociologists of the realm. You have proficiency in athletics, insight, and history
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