Homebrew Uplifted Chuul Species Details
Survivors of the ancient aboleth empire, chuuls are crustaceans the aboleths modified and endowed with sentience. Uplifted Chuul have gained even more mental acuity at the expense of some of their more powerful physical traits.
Their size is Medium. They typically stand 7-9 feet tall and can weigh between 350 and 450 pounds. Where normal chuul stand on four legs and have two pincer arms, uplifted chuul stand on their hind legs and use their forelegs as manipulators. They retain a powerful unarmed attack in the form of their pincer claws, but lose the ability to grapple upon a successful strike.
Uplifted Chuul Traits
mediumAbility Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Age
Chuul live much shorter lives than their human and demi-human counterparts. A chuul matures quickly, reaching adulthood within 3-4 years of hatching. Most chuul only live to be 25 years old, although some live marginally longer.
Size
A full-grown uplifted chuul stands 7 to 9 feet tall, and can weigh between 350 to 450 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet, and you have an equivalent swimming speed
Natural Armor
You have a hard, chitinous exoskeleton. When you aren’t wearing armor, your AC is 13 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.
Standing Leap
You can make a running long jump or a running high jump after moving only 5 feet on foot, rather than 10 feet.
Pincer Arms
Evolution has caused you to gain significant dexterity in your forelimbs at the expense of power in your pincer arms. However, they remain formidable weapons. Your claws as act as natural melee 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. Your pincer arms can’t wield weapons or shields or do anything that requires manual precision, such as using tools or magic items or performing the somatic components of a spell. Your pincer arms have a reach of 5 feet, and you can use them to lift a number of pounds equal to five times your Strength score. You can use these arms to do the following simple tasks: open or close a door or a container; grapple someone; or make an unarmed strike with your claws.
Survivalist
You have proficiency in the Perception and Survival skills.
Four Legged Sprint
As an uplifted chuul you have grown accustomed to walking on two legs. However, with a bonus action you may choose the dash action, running on all four legs for greater speed.
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