Homebrew Centipeople Species Details

Centipeople:

Living in tribes:

Most often centipeople can be found in forests living in small tribes, with one leader and the rest being followers. Their houses are very simple shelter and do not necessarily look as beautiful. Most centipeople are born in their tribe and end up spending their entire lives there. The furthest most go is into the forest to hunt. There are exceptions though, some centipeople feel like they are meant for more, and leave their tribe at a young age. 

 

Sneaky:

Centipeople have a knack for lying, as in their tribes it's everyone for themselves. They will often be selfish, greedy and harsh. But when one opens up, they will be overly protective and caring of their friends, partners and family. 

Insectoid features:

Centipeople have a centaur like body. With the upper half being mostly human, with some insectoid features, and the lower body being almost fully centipede like. They have varying amounts of legs, with the average being between 4 and 10 sets of legs. They also have pinsirs around their head and often have some type of scales and antenna. Though they stand between 5 and 7 foot tall, if you were to measure one in it's full length, it would get closer to 8-10 feet. 

 

Cautious encounters:

Centipeople have to live with the same fate a lot of Tieflings and Half Orcs do, due to their strange appearance people will often avoid encounters with a Centiperson at all costs. People who don't often abuse them for looking like freaks. Though it should be said, there are Centipeople that have risen to the top and now live as high end businessmen and women. 

Centipeople Traits

Centipeople gain both bonuses and weaknesses due to their heritage.

Spiderclimb

Using your insectoid features you can climb across walls and even ceilings. At level 3 you gain a climbing speed of 20 foot and at fifth level you don’t need to use your arms while walking across vertical or horizontal (upside down) platforms.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 1, and your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

While centipeople mature a lot faster than humans, reaching adulthood around 5 years old, they also die a little quicker than humans. They are considered old around 40 and die between 50 and 60 years old.

Natural weapons

When you use this feature you make an attack roll and add your proficiency + dex modifier, on a hit the creature takes 1d4 poison damage and must make a constitution saving throw (DC 10 + half the player’s level) or be poisoned for the next half hour.

Alignment

Centipeople might not have an innate tendency toward evil, but many of them end up there. Evil or not, an independent nature and a big striving for freedom inclines many centipeople toward a chaotic alignment.

Size

Centipeople are about the same height as humans only a little taller. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Poison resistance

Poison resistance: due to the poison running through your body, you get resistance to poison damage and advantage on saving throws against being poisoned.

Fire weakness

Due to your flammable skin you have a weakness against fire damage.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common.