Homebrew Inchling(revised) Species Details
You are a member of a very rare race, in fact there were only 40 existing inchlings when the race began and there is still a relatively low amount worth of the race. The origin of this race is a bit of a strange one however. It all started when an old human cleric priest and his wife could not have a child. The priest then prayed to his god, the name of which has been lost to time, and he stated that he would take any child gifted to him even if it was smaller than his pinky finger. The god took this statement quite literally, and so the first of the inchling race was born. The god looked at the child of his new diminutive race and thought it was kind of funny, due to this, he made other normal humans in the village have inchling children. They did not like this! The other humans found out about the cleric priests wish, and then killed him and his wife, for this was seen as a curse that he wished for. They then tried to kill all of the inchlings! A war was waged, but with the natural stealthiness and normal human strength the inchlings came victorious over the humans. These races are now natural enemies which is why the race refers to themselves as inchlings rather than tiny humans. The inchlings population however was devastated by the war, and they had to rebuild the village for people of their size. They, rather than choosing their leader based on strength, chose based on intelligence. The race became so accustomed to this that intelligence now comes naturally. The race survived by trading the things they have created with other races, they became natural traders. They had even helped create the ever so famous warforged race. However, even with achievements like these, most humans see them as a curse upon the world and other races usually don't take them seriously due to their size. And they have only one clan in the whole world, the village where they were created is where they live with this clan, however, some reasons they might go on an adventure is either to see the world, trade their goods, study other cultures, or you know if it's an evil one, it could be traveling the world for power or greed. They are nearly as versatile as humans when coming up with reasons to go and explore, like maybe you just kind of wanted to because you can, I don't know.
Inchling(revised) Traits
Size: you stand between 1 and 3 inches tall and weigh less than a pound. You are tiny.Size
You stand between 1 and 3 inches tall and weigh less than a pound. You are tiny.
Age
You mature around the age of 20 and live about the same length as a human.
Alignment
You could pretty much be any alignment. The best and the worst come out of the Inchling race.
Ability Score Increase
Due to you living in a society where inventiveness and trading is required knowledge, you gain a +2 to your intelligence score and a +1 to your charisma.
Naturally Stealthy
You gain advantage on stealth rolls and hiding against all creatures with a size larger than yours.
Natural Barterers
You gain advantage on all Persuasion checks against a creature when attempting to trade with them.
Master of Tools
You gain advantage with any roll you make that involves a tool your proficient with
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Posted Feb 23, 2021I never would have thought of this race without the original creator of it named Coriraptor92. Here's the link for his version of the race: https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/200349-inchling
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Posted Feb 23, 2021I have just realized everyone else who made this race based this on the Japanese folk tale of Issun Boshi. I did not do that and completely went off course so that instead of inchlings valuing bravery and martial skill, they instead value intelligence and charismatic speaking for trade. My campaign is just gaining new technologies(as i mentioned warforged) and my inchling I will be playing is an artificer. So it makes more sense to me at least that they have evolved to the point where they have forgotten about being brave and strong due to their size, and learned to favor intelligence instead.
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Posted May 28, 2021I know it’s a weird question but would you mind putting some kind of picuture for the race?
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Posted May 28, 2021I want it because it just looks weird for all the race choices to have a picture, but this one doesnt
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Posted Oct 6, 2021Im just gonna say that it wont let me use any other inchling thing except this (I tried derschnitter's one) so i dunno wether to use it or not?