Tortle

Flavor

5e Racial Stats

• Ability Score Racial Traits: A Tortle increases their Strength score by 2, and their Wisdom score by 1.
• Type: Tortles are humanoids with the reptilian subtype.
• Size: Tortles are medium.
• Speed: Tortles have a base speed of 30ft.
• Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and Aquan.

Claws (1)

Your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Cold Blooded (x)

Tortle are cold-blooded, they cannot be detected by thermal vision; however, they are especially susceptible to the environment around them, they suffer Disadvantage on any Environmental cold or heat effects, and are Vulnerable to damage caused by Environmental cold or heat effects. Resistance to either Cold or Fire, cancels out the Environmental vulnerability of that environment. Natural resistance to one of these environments negates that environment's penalties.

Hold Breath (1)

You can hold your breath for up to 1 hour at a time. Tortles aren’t natural swimmers, but they can remain underwater for some time before needing to come up for air.

Natural Armor (x)

Due to your shell and the shape of your body, you are ill-suited to wearing armor. Your shell provides ample protection, however; it gives you a base AC of 17 (your Dexterity modifier doesn’t affect this number). You gain no benefit from wearing armor, but if you are using a shield, you can apply the shield’s bonus as normal.

Shell Defense (2)

You can withdraw into your shell as an action. Until you emerge, you gain a +4 bonus to AC, and you have advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in your shell, you are prone, your speed is 0 and can’t increase, you have disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, you can’t take reactions, and the only action you can take is a bonus action to emerge from your shell.

Survival Instinct (1)

You gain proficiency in the Survival skill. Tortles have finely honed survival instincts.

Basic Information

Growth Rate & Stages

Base	Intuitive	Self-Taught	Trained
15 years	+2d6 years (17 – 27 years)	+4d6 years (19 – 39 years)	+6d6 years (21 – 51 years)

---

Young	Middle Age	Old	Venerable	Maximum Age
under 7 years	62 years	95 years	125 years	125 + 3d20 years

Average Physique

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Female	4' 8"	+2d8" (4’ 10" – 6’ 0")	360 lb.	+2d8*7lb. (374 – 472lb.)
Male	4' 10"	+2d8" (5’ 0" – 6’ 2")	380 lb.	+2d8*7lb. (394 – 492lb.)

Related Organizations

• The Yokugan Marquisate