Deepborn
The Crooked Moon
Deepborn are a fish-like species native to Olmarsh, typically rising up from the abyssal depths of the province’s black sea that’s home to terrors beyond imagining. Immersed in a near constant eldritch presence that emerges from the deep and descends from beyond the stars, this folk manages a state of paranoia by embracing and harnessing the uncanny and cosmic.
While they are primarily piscine in their anatomy, they can possess features found in a wide variety of sea creatures, including cephalopods and crustaceans. They typically live to 150, but certain members of occult orders have been known to live to 600 years.
Deepborn Traits
As a Deepborn, you have these special traits.
Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.
Darkvision. You have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.
Eldritch Gibbering. Thanks to your eldritch connection to the Hungering Ones, you speak Deep Speech. As a Magic action, you can gibber in that language. Each creature of your choice in a 30-foot Emanation originating from you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC 8 plus your Proficiency Bonus and Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma modifier; choose when you select this species) or roll a d6 and consult the table below. The effect lasts until the start of your next turn. Once any target fails its save against this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.
| 1d6 | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1–2 | The target has Disadvantage on attack rolls. |
| 3-4 | The target’s Speed becomes 0. |
| 5–6 | The target can’t take Reactions |
Endless Hunger. As a Bonus Action, you can embrace your connection to the Hungering Ones. Until the start of your next turn, you know the location of any creatures that aren’t Constructs or Undead within 60 feet of yourself, and your attack rolls against those creatures can’t have Disadvantage. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a Short or Long rest.
