Homebrew Anglers Species Details

These borne hunters stand at roughly 8-9 feet tall and roughly 3-4 feet wide at the shoulder and roughly 400-500 pounds. They have a humanoid body in nature but with the head of that of and anglerfish and a sail coming down from their head to their back with fins on their arms and legs. They have a very stocky build with usually a small but noticeable gut but not to the point of being overbearing. But if they were trained either on their own terms or by outer influence they will be a very intimidating figure. Their scales color changes from angler to angler the same as their eyes and lure are usually a bioluminescent color. Most aren't even seen by anything but fish as most tend to stay deep under the blue sea. Some however seek more light scenery. Most who do this are usually met with pitchforks and fire by the villagers they stumble across some are killed and others get used as gladiators for peoples pleasure. Others are smarter and hide or work as mercenary's for good pay in meat of course. Be careful if you do not pay them well you might be their next paycheck. As eggs their mothers and fathers protect them until they hatch and then leave them to survive. This leads to them having a very survival oriented mindset looking out for themselves and rarely others. Although every statistic has their outliers as if shown affection at a young age they can be just as caring as a human. They are tough and leathery but soft but can be cuddly on the inside but mind the teeth.    

Anglers Traits

These creatures are the perfect ambush hunter while not all that fast they lure in prey with their hypnotic light. But if that fails they do not mind using their brutish strength and large mouth to devour foes living or dead.

Ability Score Increases

+2 str

+2 con

-2 int

Scales

You have a natural armor of 8 when not wearing armor

Devour

You open your jaws as wide as you can and then as fast as an arrow clamp down on your enemy and if you want to not let go and grab them. And if you kill anything with this you heal your level X 2

Hypnotic Lure

Anglers use a faint magic spark in their lure to cast suggestion  This is a unique version of suggestion that does not require concentration.

Lurker

You are able to use the sneak action in dim light or dark light and if you are successfully hidden for 1 turn you then gain a + 5 to their stealth roll against an opponents perception. You can choose to have your lure glow to cast suggestion while removing your stealth bonus to everyone but the target you are targeting.