Homebrew Tarrasqueborn Species Details
Born of tarrasques, as the name proclaims, tarrasqueborn lumber through a world that greets them with confusion and fear. Shaped by cruel gods with a wicked sense of humor, none are quite sure where or how tarrasqueborn were willed into existence. And just the idea of a tarrasque procreating with a humanoid is just too grisly to consider.
Tarrasqueborn look very much like tarrasques standing erect in humanoid form, although their heads are considerably larger than other humanoids, often comically so. They are tall and strongly built but often lumber like beasts and have large, spike-covered shells on their back.
Though all tarrasqueborn strive to be self-sufficient, they recognize that help is sometimes needed mostly because of their large, cumbersome heads and inability to judge their meals before swallowing. They choke on food a lot. Like, a lot.
Tarrasqueborn Traits
You're a fumbling idiot that nobody could bring themselves to hate!Darkvision and Blindsight
You have Darkvision up to 60 ft and Blindsight up to 30 ft.
Magic Resistance
You have advantage on saving throws against magic induced effects.
Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution by 2. Your intelligence is decreased by 2.
Age
Nobody knows of how you were created, so your age limit is a limitless mystery.
Alignment
Tarrasqueborn are bestial and tend toward the chaotic alignment. They don't typically side with good or evil.
Size
Tarrasqueborn are taller and heavier than humans, standing well over 8 feet tall and averaging almost 400 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Tarrasque Abilities
Bite. Your large jaws make for a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Magic Resistance. You have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Partially Swallow. After you make a bite attack against a Medium or smaller creature, you can immediately use your bonus action to attempt to swallow the same creature. Make a bite attack. If the attack hits, it deals its normal damage, and the target is grappled by you. While grappled, the target is blinded or restrained (your choice) plus you are suffocating and can’t make a bite attack against another creature until the grapple ends.
Reflective Carapace. The large shell on your back can protect you from magic. If you are targeted by a magic missile spell, a line spell, or a spell that requires a ranged attack roll, roll a d6. On a 1-3 you are affected as normal. On a 4-5 you are unaffected. And on a 6, you are unaffected, and the effect is reflected back at the caster as though it originated from you, turning the caster into the target.
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.