#homebrew race

[homebrew-a-la-traumaverse]

Objecthead - Homebrew Lineage by Nines, v1.0

Heads will roll... the dice.

Objectheads, as the name implies, have an object for a head. While this allows them to transcend many physical limitations, such as the need for food and sleep, they still need to keep their head on to survive - so maybe don't try replacing your head with a Revivify diamond.

[that-jinxed-girl]

[dungeonofthedragon]

I've always wanted to make a playable mind flayer. For day 10: mental, this was the first idea that sprang to mind.

(Just noticed the formatting errors in the Illithid Magic section. Will update the image later!)

[macabrecabra]

First of three updated refs I need to get done! Want to get the refs done before I sign up for Secret Satan u_u This one is for Aralia, an ucumbi from my original worldsetting, a race descendant of devils and hellspawns. She's had a rough life, but after trials and tribulations, has found peace in running an inn while also serving as an assassin for the god of fate and chance.

She enjoys most though just being in the city of Envira, seeing her people flourish now in a land of their own, and running her inn without fear someone will take it from her.

[soylent-crocodile]

Chiosite (Race)

(Caracal Sphinx by tashcrow on deviantart)

(As may become apparent later, I love big cats and I love cat monsters, especially sphinxes and manticores. Chiosites, pronounced key-os-ites, are an attempt to make a playable race of such creatures. Obviously, they do not have the humanoid body plan of most species, but I think that's fine to play with, and gave them dexterous hands to cast spells and carry weapons with.

The term bi-quad, by the way, is stolen from Jay Eaton, aka @jayrockin)

Chiosites are a strange folk who have the head and chest of a humanoid, but the body of a large cat. They are posited to be related to lamia or sphinxes, maftets or manticores, though these more powerful beasts all deny relation to the chiosites, who they see as “lesser”. Traditionally, chiosites walk quadrupedally, but are capable of walking bipedally and using their hands to manipulate and hold items; chiosites who live among humanoids and use their armor and weaponry typically prefer to do so.

Chiosite culture is isolationist and scholarly, preferring to live in prides in the wilderness or in ruins, with a rich oral tradition. In particular, chiosites often live alongside a sphinx, who is revered and trusted. Sphinxes are typically fond of their pride, but keep them at an arm’s length. Other prides may similarly worship a manticore, or fall in line with lamia. Chiosites have a concept of the Wanderer, a member of their culture who chooses to leave their community to gather knowledge and refine the pride’s philosophy; most chiosite adventurers belong to this role.

Stats: Chiosites are knowledgeable and powerful, but their paws are clumsy. They get a +2 racial bonus to Strength and Intelligence, but a -2 racial penalty to Dexterity. Medium: Chiosites are medium creatures that gain no size-based bonuses. Type: Chiosites are magical beasts. Languages: Chiosites begin play knowing Sphinx. Chiosites with high intelligence scores may select any language as a bonus language. Speed: Chiosites have a move speed of 30. When standing quadrupedally and not holding any items in either forepaw, this speed becomes 40. Senses: Chiosites have Darkvision 60ft, low-light vision, and scent. Natural Attacks: Chiosites gain two claw attacks that deal 1d4 base damage. When not using a weapon, these claws count as primary natural attacks. Knowledgeable: Chiosites grow up learning stories passed down for thousands of years, about all manner of things. They may make any knowledge check untrained, and treat all knowledge skills as class skills. Bi-Quad: A chiosite may stand either bipedally or quadrupedally. While standing quadrupedally, a chiosite may be ridden by a small creature and gains a +4 bonus to CMD vs trip checks, but must always have at least one forepaw on the ground and thus count as only having one hand. (They cannot wield two weapons or a two-handed weapon, for example.) Shifting between these stances is a move action.

[ven-of-the-valley]

When your favorite animal doesn’t have a dnd race and all the homebrews you can find aren’t quite right and cause you know way to much about the animal in question you make a scientifically accurate homebrew 👍

[jaypea00101010]

The Thanoi Race

When Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen came out last year, WotC released a bunch of monsters on D&D Beyond for free to go alongside them, monsters including the Thanoi. As soon as I saw it, I fell in love, and knew I had to make them playable

So I did! Putting together a full playable race for them which you can find HERE.

The Thanoi are a playable race of walrus people, acclimatised to their arctic home they're resistant to the cold and swim well. They're also natural born hunters, better able to attack with their tusks, especially to foes that they've got grappled.

Also included are two unique racial feats that can help sort the identity of your character!

[dm-tuz]

Feline - 5e Monster Girl Player Race

Artwork by Dansome and QueenChikkibug!

Get the full PDF for free on my Patreon!

Consider supporting me on Patreon or Ko-fi to gain access to additional options for your Feline character, such as an exclusive subrace and several unique feats!

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[haunting-your-local-ikea]

Happy bat appreciation day everyone! 🦇

I wanted to post for the special occasion a little guy inspired by my first homebrew race! (I had to be sure to post by the end of the day, so I apologize the drawing is a little simple)

I wanted to make a race that allowed me to spill all the useless facts I know about bats, so they’re inspired my actual bat facts and behaviors. So thank you @hellezoic for helping me build it!

If you want access to the race that we’ve worked to build, all I ask is that you donate $5 or more to bat conservation international to help save our nighttime pollinators and send me proof of the donation. Bats are a crucial part of our ecosystem and even our agriculture, and they are dying out more and more rapidly every year, so please make an effort to donate and raise awareness.

[homebrew-a-la-traumaverse]

Hybridized Races - Lineages of Light and Darkness

Tieflings and Aasimars and Harbingers, oh my!

Two(-ish) racial options based on the prompt of "Aasimar/Tiefling hybrid." The Twilight Tiefling mechanically draws from the spell lists possessed by the various Tiefling lineages, while the Harbingers focus on giving the Aasimar's transformations a darker contender.

Thematically, the Twilight Tiefling is probably most akin to the usual idea of a hybrid, combining each side in similar measure - but due to the inherent opposition of divine and profane magics, they lack the resistances of either of their progenitors, and the warring bloodlines cause their magic to shift erratically from one side to the other.

The Harbinger serves more as an unholy counterpart to the Aasimar, if the subraces being based on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse wasn't enough of a clue. Of course, at no point are any of these options presented as inherently good or evil, but you might have some uphill work to do for your reputation if you're releasing death and destruction wherever you go. Just like your regular adventuring party, really.

These races were commissioned by @ketothehero!

[boyswhowawa]

new pathfinder character I made !

his name is MMXII, or 2012, but nicknames for him are encouraged by his party members :D

I won't tell too much about him, but I'll probably be giving little tidbits on his adventures as a way to help me get back to doing stuff on this blog, among other things

[lotusmoonbunni]

Jiao-Long the bard and his bronze dragon husband. Jiao is mine and the dragon is my partner @molonginkdragon 's oc. I had a lot of fun designing the characters all around. Jiao is the homebrew version of my BG3 Tav

[urlocaldilf]

vote 4 gegg (i do not keep up with streams)

ALSO LOOK AT MY SKRUNKLY DND AXOLOTL GIRL ASTER (she is gonna be a rogue little shit)

[dungeonofthedragon]

Combining Day 3: Holy, and Day 4: Crystal, for Subclasseptember 2023!

Be a shiny stone person! Live your best life!

[ostreaacademy]

okay i have a bit of a challenge here for the brewers out there

reblog this post with your take on a player race for a sentient hologram (think Lyla from Across The Spiderverse or Joi from Bladerunner 2049 or similar characters)

i have a few ideas of my own that i'm toying with, i'm just curious to see what everyone else does

[mmmidnightstoriesss]

PJO Greek Demigod Homebrew

So I did this fun little thing and made a DND Percy Jackson Greek Demigod race expansion!

I love the Percy Jackson universe and everything that came after and decided I had to find a way to incorporate it into my games!

This can also be altered only slightly and perfect for Pathfinder! I include how to do so at the bottom of the guide.

Over the summer, I made a TikTok giving an overview of a quick-build for demigods and included lots of recommendations on subclasses (and trust me I dug for these let me tell you) that fit almost all of the godly parents on this list. You can find that here

Additionally, I know much is changing in the DND world and TTRPG in general right now, so I did include this message in the guide:

This expansion has the unfortunate timing of releasing at the same time as the changed OGL 1.1 announcement in January 2023 but this was already created ahead of time and I wanted to make sure and release it before I returned to uni for another semester. I do not and cannot profit off of this guide as it is essentially fanfiction for the Riordanverse, however, neither does Wizards of the Coast (not that they would unless somehow I made like one million dollars off of this which would not happen). So I hope you will thoroughly enjoy this guide.

This homebrew is quite literally a homebrew, made by a fan for fans. And I truly hope you enjoy it :) And again, as this is a homebrew, feel free to adjust it to fit your game, whether that's something in DND or Pathfinder or even a Star Wars realm or something along those lines. I'm sure you'll enjoy it, whatever is to come.

Go forth, enjoy the homebrew, and get ready for the Percy Jackson TV show and Percy's quests to get letters of recommendation poor Percy like come on he deserves some rest

Enjoy it here! And please share updates with what you and your crew gets up to!