Homebrew Corydon Species Details

Sworn to Entertain

The life of a Corydon is a simple and exciting one, for they live only to entertain. As such, they typically live on the road, travelling from town to town eager to bring their show to everyone. These shows can range from harmless tricks such as juggling bouncy balls, riding a unicycle, or dancing to silly music, to more intricate, often deadly acts like jumping through rings of fire, swallowing greatswords, or jumping in a hydra's maw.

Corydons do this work in service of a Clown Conclave, or Clownclave: large, mysterious organizations of Corydon, each with their own brand of tricks and shows to entertain their respective target audience. The Clownclaves train their members for four years, and afterwards often send them to locales of varying degrees of danger, with the sole purpose of entertaining the denizens they may find there.

A Mysterious Ritual

The creation of a Corydon requires an ancient, secretive ritual to be performed on a member of another race, the details of which are only known by the Clownclaves. Most people seek out this ritual willingly, riven by the quest to bring fun and joy to the world. Some of the more evil-inclined Clownclaves, however, have been known to perform this ritual on unwilling creatures captured after one of their shows. During this ritual, powerful magic courses through the individual, transforming physical characteristics into something more resembling a clown of the Clownclave performing this rite: their hair might puff up and turn unusual colors, their noses or ears might grow or shrink to comical sizes, their expressions might become permanent smiles or scowls, and most importantly, their faces are permanently covered in make-up, the source of a Corydon's power.

Corydon Traits

Your Corydon character has the following features as part of the magic coursing through their veins and the training they've undergone.

Ability Score Increase

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2.

Age

Age. After the ritual that began their lives as Corydon, they live up to a century before they transpire of natural causes.

Alignment

Alignment. Most Corydon are chaotic, heeding only their call for fun and excitement. Their tendency toward good or evil depends on the alignment of their Clownclave, with most of them tending towards neutrality.

Size

Size. Your size can be either Small or Medium, depending on what race you were before your ascension as Corydon.

Speed

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Born for the Show

Born for the Show. You gain proficiency in the Performance skill.

Charming

Charming. You know the prestidigitation cantrip. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Languages

Languages. You can speak, read and write Common and one other language of your choice, usually the one belonging to your previous race.

Clownclave

Clownclave. A Corydon's role and abilities as an entertainer vary depending on their Clownclave. Choose one of these four Clownclave types: Circus, Juggalo, Mime,  Harlequin