Homebrew Lesser Medusa Species Details
Weak men and women who desire eternal youth, beauty, and adoration might pray to malicious gods, beg dragons for ancient magic, or seek out powerful archmages to fulfill their wishes. Others make sacrifices to Demon Lords or Archdevils, offering all in exchange for this gift, oblivious to the curse that accompanies it. Those who strike such bargains gain physical beauty, restored youth, immortality, and the adoration of all who behold them, granting them the influence and power they so desire. However, after years of living like a demigod among mortals, the price for their vanity and hubris is exacted, and they are forever transformed into lesser medusas. A lesser medusas hair turns into a nest of writhing tentacles, and it gains the ability to petrify those with its gaze, turning them into stone monuments with its corruption.
Lesser Medusa Traits
As a lesser medusa you gain the following racial traitsAbility Score Increase
Your Charisma score increases by 2 and your Constitution Score increases by 1.
Age
Lesser medusas can live forever as long as they are not killed, as such they are immune to magic that causes any aging affects.
Alignment
Lesser Medusas are usually evil, bearing hatred for those who have cursed them. However, some medusas attempt to redeem themselves after being cursed, taking the opportunity to right their wrongs with their newfound power.
Size
Lesser Medusas are about 5 and a half feet tall and weigh between 140 and 200 pounds. Your size is medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Once Beautiful
You have proficiency in the Persuasion Skill.
Petrifying Gaze
As an action, you can attempt to turn a creature that you can see into stone.
Choose a Medium or Smaller creature of your choice that you can see you, within 30 feet of you. That creature must make a Constitution Saving Throw. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus. If it fails, it is restrained until the end of your next turn as its flesh begins to harden.
If you use your Petrifying Gaze on a creature who is already restrained by your Petrifying Gaze, it must repeat its saving throw. If it fails, it is turned to stone and subjected to the petrified condition for 1 minute. If it succeeds, it is no longer restrained.
If a creature is physically broken while petrified, it suffers from deformities if it reverts to its original state.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common.
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