Siluriformuloid
Swimming throughout all the seas, rivers, and dams of Kern are the Siluriformuloids, a race of sentient, anthropomorphic catfish endowed with the natural ability to shapeshift into other creatures. Commonly regarded throughout folklore as tricksters, they are the namesake of the phrase, “to catfish”.
Attributes
[edit | edit source]Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma ability score increases by 2.
Age. Siluriformuloids generally live slightly longer than humans, and reach maturity at about the same time as them as well.
Creature Type. You are considered a humanoid.
Alignment. Siluriformuloids have lived in infamy for hundreds of years as tricksters, so they have a tradition of leaning towards Chaotic alignments.
Size. Your size is medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet. Additionally, you gain a base swimming speed of 60 feet.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common plus two other languages of your choice.
Barbed Fins. You can use your barbed fins to make unarmed strikes, which you are proficient in. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Dexterity modifier piercing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Trickster’s Tools. You have proficiency in the Persuasion and Deception skills.
Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.
Shapechange. Once per long rest, you can use an action to cast the Disguise Self spell. You can cast this spell twice starting at 7th level, and three times starting at 15th level.