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Siren

Sirens are the descendants of a union between Procān, god of the sea, and Bel-Silden an ancient high elvish princess from the long-forgotten kingdom of Elthin-Arvan, whose ruins lie far beneath the town of Saltmarsh. Sirens protect the ocean and coasts from invasion by the darker forces of the sea. Sirens have a lust for life and are fiercely loyal.
ability score increase: +2 WIS, +1 CHA
age: Sirens are considered adults at the same age as most humans but can live up to 500 years.
alignment: Sirens are free souls and tend to be neutral or chaotic most leaning good but there are smaller tribes of vicious flesh eating sirens.
Size: Medium
speed: 30ft walking speed in land-form, and in sea-form 15ft walking speed and 40ft swimming speed.
Languages: Common, Aquan, Elvish
race features:
  • Dwellers of Land and Sea. Sirens when submersed in water reveal their sea-bound heritage transforming into a more aquatic form in which they grow gills and webbed hands and feet. Allowing them to breathe underwater and swim more effectively but robbing them of the ability to breathe air for the length of the transformation. There is no set limit on the amount of time a Siren can stay in their aquatic form but there are disturbing tales of twisted and aberrant Sirens who spent too much time immersed in water.
  • Discordant Songs. Sirens can use their voice to cause those listening great discomfort. Sirens can cast the spell Discordant Whispers 1 * their proficiency mod times a long rest.
  • Otherworldly Air. Sirens inherit the beauty and charm of the ancient high elves allowing them to cast the Friends and Minor Illusion cantrips inherently.
  • Beloved of The Sea. Sirens due to their connection with Procān can more easily befriend and communicate with sea creatures giving them advantage on animal handling checks with sea life.
Sirens in their land-form appear as adonic or aphrodisian humans, half-elves, and elves. Much like humans, they vary in hair, skin, and eye color. As too with their height and weight being anywhere from 5 to 6 feet in height, and anywhere between 90-200 pounds. Sirens tend to be lithe and supple being graceful both on land and in the water. When in their sea-form Sirens appear much like their land-forms but have, more intensely pointed ears, gills, webbed hands and feet, fins on their arms and legs, and shimmering scales covering portions of their body. Sirens will often live in small secluded clans on smaller islands or archipelagos. Occasionally Sirens will cohabitate with human or elvish societies blending using their sea-form as sparingly as possible. Sirens are accepted in Saltmarsh and are often revered by followers of Procān. Though foreigners or mainland Imperials might find them strange. Sirens have a love for open spaces on land and in water as such very few Sirens live within large cities finding the lack of open-air and water oppressing. Many Sirens worship Procān but some worship other sea deities or even the dark entities that dwell in the depths of the ocean.

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