Homebrew Crowbold Species Details
“Never laugh at live dragons.”
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Born of dragons and kenkus, as their name proclaims, the crowbolds walk proudly through a world that greets them with fearful incomprehension. Shaped by Kenkus and Kobolds themselves, crowbolds originally hatched from dragon eggs as a unique race, combining the best attributes of dragons and kenku. Some crowbolds are faithful servants to the Raven Queen, others form the ranks of soldiers in great wars, and still others find themselves adrift, with no clear calling in life.
Proud Ancenstors of the Gods
Crowbolds look very much like kenku standing erect in humanoid form, though they lack feathers and have scales, wings, and a tail. Their small, fine scales are usually black or gray in color, sometimes ranging to scarlet, brown, white, or copper. They are short and squat, often standing close to 6½ feet tall and weighing 300 pounds or more. Their hands and feet are strong, talonlike claws with three fingers and a thumb on each hand.
The blood of a particular type of dragon runs very strong through some dragonborn clans. These dragonborn often boast scales that more closely match those of their dragon ancestor—bright red, green, blue, or white, lustrous black, or gleaming metallic gold, silver, brass, copper, or bronze.
Crowbold Names
Crowbold names are commonly spoken as a series of clicks unpronouncable to normal creatures, so they are commonly given nicknames.
Male Names: Flyte, Payne, Whipz, Cragg, Beakmaw, Karnaj, Terr, Manglz
Female Names: Glair, Skolld, Punnisch, Byte, Clawr
Crowbold Traits
Your strange heritage manifests in a variety of traits you share with both kobolds and kenku.Raven Queen's Blessing of Lightfootedness
Without armor, Crowbolds have a fly speed of 60 ft. and a walk speed of 40 ft.
Raven Queen's Blessing of Intelligence
Crowbolds without weapons equipped gain +2 to their dexterity modifiers.
Raven Queen's Blessing of Power
While crowbolds have nothing equipped, damage dealt by them is doubled, and damage taken is halved.
Raven Queen's Blessing of Knowledge
Crowbolds can instantly learn any language being spoken to them, but will forget it after 24 hours.
Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Intelligence and Strength scores increase by 1.
Age
Young crowbolds grow quickly. They walk hours after hatching, attain the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 3, and reach adulthood by 15. They live to be around 40.
Alignment
Crowbolds tend to extremes, choosing to either follow the dragons or the Raven Queen. Most crowbolds side with the Raven Queen, and lean towards a chaotic nature.
Size
Crowbolds are smaller and lighter than humans, standing around 4 feet tall and averaging barely over 60 pounds. Your size is Small.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 25 feet, and your base flying speed is 30 ft.
Draconic Ancestry
You have draconic ancestry. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic Ancestry table. Your breath weapon and damage resistance are determined by the dragon type, as shown in the table.
Draconic Ancestry
| Dragon | Damage Type | Breath Weapon |
|---|---|---|
| Black | Acid | 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) |
| Blue | Lightning | 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) |
| Brass | Fire | 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) |
| Bronze | Lightning | 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) |
| Copper | Acid | 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) |
| Gold | Fire | 15 ft. cone (Dex. save) |
| Green | Poison | 15 ft. cone (Con. save) |
| Red | Fire | 15 ft. cone (Dex. save) |
| Silver | Cold | 15 ft. cone (Con. save) |
| White | Cold | 15 ft. cone (Con. save) |
Breath Weapon
You can use your action to exhale destructive energy. Your draconic ancestry determines the size, shape, and damage type of the exhalation. When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a saving throw, the type of which is determined by your draconic ancestry. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus. A creature takes 2d6 damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. The damage increases to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th level, and 5d6 at 16th level. After you use your breath weapon, you can’t use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Damage Resistance
You have resistance to the damage type associated with your draconic ancestry.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic. Draconic is thought to be one of the oldest languages and is often used in the study of magic. The language sounds harsh to most other creatures and includes numerous hard consonants and sibilants.
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