Homebrew Adventuring Mimic Species Details

if you are reading this then I am probably dead. but the horrors that we found in this tomb this arcane lab of some kind, I fought some horrifying creatures before but hearing Fredericks voice come from that Thing, that  abomination. I’ve never seen anything like it before it even looked like him. We tried to kill it but it kept picking us off one by one, I even saw it split down the middle into this toothy maw of some kind and bite down on Saline’s arm and drag her away. I’ve never heard someones screams get cut off like that before, the only thing I could think of was that it was some kind of mimic as it hunted us. I can hear it just outside where I’m hiding walking around calling our names out but I fear I don’t have long as I think it knows were I’m hidi—

— adventurers last notes

mimics are normally terrifying creatures but some have proved to be more intelligent and cunning than others and in these rare cases adventuring Mimic are born proving the y no longer need to lay an ambush in order to hunt as they can take the form of those poor adventures they’ve devoured mostly keeping one form that they’ve become accustom to. But adventuring mimics they have left there layers have perfected a humanoid form and are indistinguishable from the race they are copying all the way Humans, Dragonborn, and even Warforged but that’s where the likeness to other races end.

A Broad Spectrum

if there’s one way to discern an adventuring mimic from everyone else it’s how heavy they are as mimics are normally incredibly heavy to begin with and adventuring mimics are light in comparison do there kin weighing about 1,000 to 4,000 pounds but this weight doesn’t hinder the movement. 

other features about them if they are revealed ate similar to the average Mimic having a gray stone-ish like skin, no hair, a large toothy mouth and secrete a strong glue like ooz from their skin when grabbing pray but have deep black eyes.

Adventuring Mimic Traits

An adventuring Mimic have the usual Mimic traits and a few more.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma score is increased by 2, and One other ability score is increase by 1.

Age

Adventuring mimics much like normal Mimic‘s don’t truly seem to age as they just seem to get bigger with time but mimic can turn into an adventure Mimic normally around 500 years of age.

Alignment

Can you mix alignment is normally out of the question as they normally find the best ways to gather food for themself but are normally found to be neutral/evil in their search for prey

Size

Adventuring mimics height is normally in regards of the race they are copying, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Ferocious Hunger

When you eat food or drink you’ll need to consume twice the normal amount to be sated.  

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice.  Adventuring mimics I’ve been around other races long enough to pick up how to read and write other languages.

Mimics camouflage

Outside of combat you can change your form into anything you’ve seen in the past week but no smaller than tiny, creatures can discern your true form with a successful investigation check (8+ Cha modifier+ Proficiency bonus) with advantage unless you have eaten that item in the same day then creatures trying to discern you from your true form role with disadvantage.

Consume

As an action you can open a large mouth on your body to consume a body of large or smaller in a single gulp. If the creature is still alive then you simply grapple them as they struggle against your toothy grip. if a creature is consumed this way then you don’t require to eat for 3 days but still required to drink to survive.

Mimic bite

Whether you were transform into an object or not you can transform a part of your body into your mouth and bite is an action