Homebrew Corpse Crawler Species Details

These were the stories of a restless people who long ago took to the seas and rivers in longboats, first to pillage and terrorize, then to settle. Yet there was an energy, a love of adventure, that sang from every page. 

She’d never given much thought to humans, but these stories fascinated her. In these yellowed pages were tales of bold heroes, strange and fierce animals, mighty primitive gods, and a magic that was part and fabric of that distant land.

— Elaine Cunningham, Daughter of the Drow

In the reckonings of most worlds, humans are the youngest of the common races, late to arrive on the world scene and short-lived in comparison to dwarves, elves, and dragons. Perhaps it is because of their shorter lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elder races, and that’s why they build their mighty empires on the foundation of conquest and trade. Whatever drives them, humans are the innovators, the achievers, and the pioneers of the worlds.

 

EVERYONE'S SECOND- Worst Fear

 

Halflings. “It’s hard to beat a halfling meal in , as long as you don’t crack your head on the ceiling—good food in front of a nice, warm fire. If halflings had a shred of ambition, they might really amount to something besides food.

 

 

Having so much more variety than other cultures, humans as a whole have no typical names. Some human parents give their children names from other languages, such as Dwarvish or Elvish (pronounced more or less correctly), but most parents give names that are linked to their region’s culture or to the naming traditions of their ancestors.

 

Corpse Crawler Traits

It’s hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human character has these traits.

Corpse strong

The Resilience of a Corpse

Dude, you are dead and with that comes the fact that some things just don't affect you the same way it did when you where a mortal.

Dark eyes

Darkvision

Through the necromantic energy animating you, you are able to perceive with greater clarity that which lurks in the darkness. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. you can't discern colour in darkness, only shades of grey.

Corpse hunger

When you do so you restore an amount of hit points equal to 1d4 + your Constitution modifier. If a creature is slain and has not been dead for longer than 1 minute, you can choose to consume heavily of its flesh and restore an amount of hit points equal to 1d8 + your Constitution modifier. This can only be done once to a single corpse.

Sun Scorned

Light and dark are forces immeasurably powerful and at constant odds. As an emissary direct from the damned, you must be wary of the light, its champions, and its star child that hangs o'er head. 

Ability Score Increase

 Your ability scores each increase by 1 besides CON

Age

Humans reach adulthood in their early teens and live less than 70 years.

Alignment

 H tend toward no particular alignment. The best and the worst are found among them.

Size

 from barely 4 feet to well over 4'5 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 40 feet. Run is 55, swim is 12, climb is 30,fly 0 and crawl is run

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice.  They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, , Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.