Homebrew Awakened Mimic Species Details

The true form of a mimic is an amorphous, brown mass with four beady red eyes and one large sharp-toothed mouth. A mimic can extend pseudopods, up to four at once, to move, manipulate, or even wield objects while in this form.

When a mimic takes the form of an object, it shapes its mass as appropriate and changes its texture; since it actually has little mass of its own, though, even including its stomachs, it can contain a surprising amount of material in either form. Intelligent mimics commonly carry their possessions within their form, rather than dragging a sack or trying to carry a backpack on nonexistent shoulders and usually take a vague form covered in layers of clothing and armor to hide their true monstrous form.

Awakened Mimic Traits

Awakened Mimic

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Bite

Your maw is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Grappler

In addition, whenever a Large or smaller creature interacts with you or enters a space within 5 feet of you, while you have shape changed into an object, you can use your reaction to attempt to grapple that creature.

Shapechanger

While you remain motionless, as an object you are indistinguishable from an ordinary object. Your equipment does not change with you, however, it may be contained within you as long as your shape has the dimensions to accommodate it. If you die, you revert to your true form. You retain all of your normal statistics while in this form.