Homebrew Ascended Mimic Species Details
When Arthos returned from the old ruins, he seemed somewhat different... His personality had changed, as had his ideals in life, but it was unmistakably him in appearance and voice. Or rather, that's what everybody thought. As time passed, Arthos failed to age along with everybody else, and his appetites and ambition merely grew and grew. One day, he set off for the wider world. Nobody has heard from him since.
—Report of suspected mimic, Red Larch township
Sometimes, if a mimic consumes enough intelligent victims, they can grow to a size and sentience that allows them to mimic humanoid creatures, right down to the ability to speak and even wield magic. These mimics are almost indistinguishable from normal people, but are still driven by their hunger - both literal and metaphorical. Ascended mimics can change themselves to look like any race or gender that they encounter, as well as retaining their ability to disguise themselves as physical objects.
Monstrous Hunger
Mimics can come about in many different ways, and one ascending to a higher intelligence is rare - but not unheard-of. However, one thing always remains consistent between them: Their hunger.
Whilst the ravenous appetite of the mimic is seldom sated, it can sometimes be substituted by more metaphorical things. Some mimics crave wealth, and power, while others crave adventure, or attention. Some may even be more esoteric, craving knowledge, or music, or specific kinds of environments. But their hunger determines almost every action they take, and their ultimate goal is always to be satisfied.
In creating an ascended mimic adventurer, consider the character’s desires and appetites, both literal and figurative. Does the character hunger for the flesh of others, for vast sums of money, for influence? Or for something even more unusual?
Masters of Disguise
Mimics in the wild have developed the unique hunting strategy of changing their amorphous bodies to blend in with their environments in order to trick their prey into coming close. Ascended mimics retain this talent, able to disguise themselves as anything from chests to doors. However, they have also gained the ability to change their bodies to resemble other races and sexes. An ascended mimic can transform themselves to resemble anybody they see, going so far as to mimic the target's voice. However, their personality and ideals will always remain the same.
Some ascended mimics will choose a "preferred identity" which they will adopt as their primary appearance. This appearance is usually based on somebody they have seen in the past, but can change and become something more unique as the ascended mimic's own personality develops.
Ascended Mimic Names
The idea of names is somewhat new to ascended mimics, and they often adopt the naming conventions of whatever culture they find themselves mingling with. Although some ascended mimics have developed a psuedo-cultural idea all of their own, and will choose a name indicative of their desires in life.
Ascended mimics have a fluid relationship with gender, seeing it as one characteristic to change among many.
Ascended Mimic Names: Maw, Rend, Thirst, Crunch, Bite, Hunger, Ravenous
Ascended Mimic Traits
Your ascended mimic character has the following traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score is increased by 1, however, your Intelligence score is reduced by 1. In addition, one ability score of your choice increases by 1.
Age
Ascended mimics do not conventionally age, and are functionally immortal. However, they can mimic other creatures and adjust their apparant age accordingly.
Alignment
Ascended mimics, like their more primitive cousins, tend towards neutrality, driven primarily by their hunger. This can, however, lend them towards chaos.
Size
Your size is Medium. To set your height and weight randomly, start with rolling a size modifier:
Size modifier = 2d4
Height = 5 feet + 1 inch + your size modifier in inches
Weight in pounds = 115 + (2d4 × your size modifier)
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Shapeshift
As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, hair length, sex, height and weight. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, or as a nonmagical object of medium size, although none of your game statistics change. You can’t duplicate the appearance of a creature or object you’ve never seen. Your clothing and equipment aren’t changed by this trait, but do become hidden if you disguise yourself as an object. You stay in the new form until you use an action to revert to your true form or until you die.
While transformed as an object, you no longer suffer from Stealth Disadvantage due to Medium or Heavy armor, and you gain Advantage on any Stealth checks as long as you remain motionless. You are also immune to being knocked prone while transformed as an object. However, regardless of who or what you change into, your four yellow eyes are always present.
Adhesive (Object Form Only). You can adhere to anything that touches you whilst disguised as an object. A Huge or smaller creature adhered to you is also grappled by you (escape DC 10+ your strength modifier). Ability checks made to escape this grapple have disadvantage.
False Appearance (Object Form Only). While disguised as an object, you are indistinguishable from an ordinary object as long as you remain motionless,
Grappler. You have advantage on attack rolls against any creature grappled by you while you are disguised as an object.
Darkvision
Thanks to your monstrous heritage, 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.
Monstrous Maw
As an action, you can change your body to reveal a gaping, teeth-filled mouth which you can use to bite any opponent within range, this ability deals 2d8 Piercing damage on a successful hit, and targets hit by this ability become grappled by you (escape DC 10+ your strength modifier).
While grappling a creature with Monsterous Maw, you cannot use the ability on another creature within range without releasing the first target.
This ability grows in power as you level up:
5th level - 3d8
10th level - 4d8
15th level - 5d8
20th level - 6d8
Amorphous Biology
Your natural hunting instincts grant you additional sensory perception and allow you to blend in better with your surroundings. You gain proficiency with Perception and Stealth along with one extra skill of your choice. Your resilient, amorphous flesh is also resistant to acid damage.
Natural Armor
You have resiliant, amorphous flesh thanks to your monstrous heritage. Your AC is 12 + your Dexterity modifier.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Primordial, Common and one other language of your choice.
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