Homebrew Clatcher Species Details

No race is as passionate about exploring the world, yet so appreciative of the comforts of home, than the clatcher. These tall, slim goblinoids can be found almost everywhere, ending up in dense cities, remote mountains and deserted islands in their adventurous pursuits of beauty - for it is beauty that they value above all else. It is the ultimate goal of many clatchers to find the most stunningly beautiful landscape, item, or even person, so that they can return home and enrapture their fellows with detailed recounts of it.

Chromatic Hierarchy

The eyes are a clatcher's most valued attribute, for more reasons than one. Their vision surpasses that of most other races, and they can clearly make out details from great distances. The eyes are so important in clatcher society that their entire social order is built around the colour of their sclera-less eyes. A clatcher can have one of five different eye colours, each of which gives it a different standing in the hierarchy. Yellow-eyed clatchers are the lowest, living in the poorer districts of their cities and carrying out jobs none of the others want to do. Blue-eyed clatchers fall slightly higher, and often work as merchants or other reasonably well-paid occupations. Clatchers with red eyes are combat-trained from youth to be the warriors, soldiers and guards of their cities - clatchers with yellow or blue eyes must treat them with great respect. Rarer are the green-eyed clatchers, who are assigned to train in the arcane or divine arts. Clatcher wizards are almost always found with green eyes. At the top of the pecking order are the purple-eyed clatchers - this eye colour is exceedingly rare, and is all it takes for a clatcher to be accepted into the nobility or even royalty.

Labyrinthine Cities

Clatcher cities are literal mazes of streets and alleyways, dimly lit at all times to avoid blinding its residents, whom can see perfectly in darkness. Generations of living in such conditions have led clatchers to evolve a flawless memory for pathways and directions. The winding, confusing streets act as a defence mechanism, to hinder invaders infiltrating the city while allowing the clatchers to make their way without error.

Persistent Explorers

Many clatchers living in the city rapidly grow tired of seeing the same sights day after day. When this happens, they are wont to simply leave, with little ceremony, to explore the world beyond the city walls and see things of beauty. Some clatchers never return home, finding a new place somewhere else in the world and deciding to remain. Others reach a point where they choose to make their way back, and share their experiences with other clatchers by way of stories or artwork, thereby stirring their listeners into exploring themselves.

Clatcher Name

Clatcher names tend to be short and simple, though some choose to adopt a new name from a culture they particularly like.

Male Clatcher Names: Alk, Dree, Gib, Haron, Mryk, Ulun, Veyo

Female Clatcher Names: Aeni, Habba, Kaali, Lan, Orta, Shli, Zama

Clatcher Traits

The clatchers' unique culture has led to a variety of invaluable skills.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity and Wisdom scores both increase by 2, and your Strength score decreases by 1 to a minimum of 3.

Age

Clatchers mature early, at the age of 12. They ordinarily live for about 60 years.

Alignment

Clatchers tend toward a Neutral alignment, though those that enjoy exploration are highly susceptible to leaning toward Chaotic.

Size

Clatchers are as tall as humans, but are dramatically thin in relation to their height. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

The finely-tuned eyes of a clatcher can see in dim light or near-perfect darkness. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern colour in darkness, only shades of gray.

Perceptive

You gain proficiency in the Perception skill, and you have advantage of Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Labyrinthine Recall

You are able to remember, with perfect accuracy, where you have been in the last 24 hours. With a successful DC 15 intelligence check, you can remember where you have travelled in the last 72 hours.

Slim Frame

Due to being a smaller target, ranged attacks made to hit you have disadvantage.