Homebrew Yawlaztal Species Details

Yawlaztal, or Armor Spirits, inhabit armor and use it as their mortal forms. Their names came from the Wyverntongue words for Spirit (Yawla) and Metal (Aztal). Most Yawlaztal are elementals who have given up their elemental powers for an imitation of a mortal form. Other Yawlaztal are ghosts, bound to their armor by some ancient magic. Even rarer are sets of armor that have gained sentience. Whatever their origin, facing one in battle is quite the challenge. 

Names

Yawlaztal often take names from the cultures of their origin. Human ghosts from Neverwinter for example, often took human or elven names. Elemental spirits often the names of genasi, while the sentient armors took names from the culture and area they were forged in. 

Appearance

A single unifying trait amongst all Yawlaztal is their ability to pass as ordinary suits of armor. Opening their helmets (If they have them), reveals only an empty space where a head should be. All yawlaztal are physically hollow on the inside, lest they use their inner space to store items.

Yawlaztal Traits

Yawlaztal are creatures of mixed origin that inhabit armor of mortal races and have some unique traits that define them.

Ability Score Increase

Because of your spiritual origins and incorporeal form, your Dexterity Score increases by 2 and your Wisdom and Intelligence Scores by 1.

Age

Yawlaztal typically live rather long lives, the youngest normally living to at least a thousand years, but most living up to ten thousand.

Size

Yawlaztal come in all shapes and sizes depending on the armor they possess. Your creature size is Medium.

Heavy Metal

Your unarmed strikes deal 1d6 piercing damage. You also gain +2 AC.

Alignment

Most Yawlaztal that formed from elemental spirits tend towards chaotic alignments, whilst those that formed their own sentience have a strong sense of honor. Those that formed from ghosts retain their previous life's alignment, regardless of missing memories. 

Armored Nature

Ad a Yawlaztal, you gain resistance to one choice of weapon damage in addition to psychic. As an elemental armor spirit, your hardened armor can shrug off blows from certain weapons, and damaging your mind is a foolish endeavor. 

Ghostly Form

When ever a weapon attack is made against you and hits, you can use your reaction to cause it to miss. You can use the feature an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest.