Homebrew Possessed Scarecrow Species Details

Physical Description

Scarecrows are faint, seemingly lifeless figures left out in fields to frighten off birds and other creatures from crops, as well as a rather unsettling deterrence for would-be trespassers. Most scarecrows are simply a couple of garments filled with straw and a crudely-made face, hung up on a rack to keep upright. The materials vary but usually are made with what is available to farmers, like hay and pumpkins. An animated scarecrow can just as easily maintain the illusion of lifelessness, but often has either glowing or empty eyes, no teeth, and wiry, dry limbs that can move.

 

History

The scarecrows are scarecrows possessed by fiends and other spirits, they are thin, gangly, horrific creatures, some not even being able to speak, and mimicking what they hear.

 

Society

Living scarecrows have no society, due to their immense rarity and lack of proper speech.

 

Personality

Living scarecrows are usually very manic, unable to find most social cues and usually feel not much emotion.

 

Scarecrow Names

As a result of being constructed they are oft named by their creators, which often leads to them being given humiliating and often demeaning names in an act of dehumanising them, despite their sentience. Gender would play no role in their name as, physically, besides their clothes, they are of no gender.

Possessed Scarecrow Traits

Scarecrows are lost souls, bound to simple material bodies by magic.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity and Charisma scores each increase by 1.

Age

 When a spirit is bound to a scarecrow, their new life begins. Like a lost soul, unbound by time, the lifespan of a scarecrow is limitless.

Alignment

Scarecrows are common among users of dark rituals and magic, such as hags and witches, meaning they are typically evil. However, there are some neutral and even good scarecrows which occur.

Size

The build of a scarecrow can range from 4 to 7 feet, depending on the creators’ design. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

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.

Gaze of Terrors

You are pretty creepy to run into in a corn field, with your glowing eyes and all. You are proficient in the Intimidation skill.

Magical Being

As you are a body built up of hay, grass or similar materials, it is only magic holding you to this life. You are incapacitated while in the area of an antimagic field. If targeted by dispel magic, you must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against the caster's spell save DC or fall unconscious for half an hour.

Artificial Body

Your Artificial body makes you immune to being frightened, resistant to poisoning, but vulnerable to fire.

Languages

You can speak, read and write in Common.

False Appearance

While you remain motionless, you are indistinguishable from an ordinary, inanimate scarecrow. Creatures with the ability to see or feel magic can however detect the magic within you.