Homebrew Beetle Species Details
A beetle is hatched from an egg and comes from a single queen of their colony like that of any other insect life. They spend most of their young life underground in their colony as they hone their skills and harden their exoskeleton. They are very much based on community and family always thinking in terms of what is better for the colony. While rare there are some that are born with a sense of self and adventure and they feel the need to leave the colony. They are often deemed as scouts that record information of the outside world and near the end of their life they return so that their adventures and experiences can be told in the colony. While they have a great sense of self they are often happy in groups creating alternate colonies in their mindsets.
Beetle Traits
Your beetle character gains traits that enable it to cope with the perils of a savage world.Burrowing
Beetles are excellent diggers as such you can use your action to burrow into the ground. While underground you gain a tremor sense of 30 feet and can move through most natural rock and dirt normally. You can use your bonus action to emerge from the ground.
Rolling Slam
Once every long rest you can use your bonus action to sacrifice your movement and instead roll into a ball and roll up to 30 feet and can bash into a target for 1d8 + strength
Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
Age
Young beetles crawl for a few weeks after birth before learning to walk on two legs. They reach adulthood by the age of 15 and live an average of 50 years.
Alignment
Beetles are typically Lawful Neutral following the mundane life of their colony and surviving for the betterment of the colony. Those that leave sometimes break from the normal and adapt a neutral or even chaotic outlook on life.
Size
Beetle adults stand 5 to 6 feet tall and average 450 pounds. Their shells account for roughly one-third of their weight. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet. You also have a base burrowing speed of 30 feet as well when burrowed into the ground.
Claws
Your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Natural Armor
Due to your shell and exoskeleton and the shape of your body, you are ill-suited to wearing armor. Your exoskeleton provides ample protection, however; it gives you a base AC of 17 (your Dexterity modifier doesn’t affect this number). You gain no benefit from wearing armor, but if you are using a shield, you can apply the shield’s bonus as normal.
Survival Instinct
You gain proficiency in the Survival skill. Beetles have finely honed survival instincts.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Aquan and Common.
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