Simic Hyrbids

The flesh can be remade

Basic Information

Anatomy

Humanoid, generally

Biological Traits

Simic hybrids are the result of arcane and occult rituals that graft the body parts and traits of animals to an adult humanoid, typically human or elven. The most favored animal being underwater sea creatures of any type. The exact results of this are random, and a few of the most common mutations catalogued are: Ray like fins that can be used as wings to glide, improved climbing capability, gills to breathe underwater, appendages ranging from tentacles to crab like pincers used to grapple opponents, hardened crab like carapace, and the ability to spit acid. Their mutations also allow them increased survivability on top of all these other traits.

Genetics and Reproduction

Technically they reproduce sexually, but since they are generally just a species given the parts of other animals, reproduction wont spawn a hybrid in itself, simply another member of whatever species they were previously.

Additional Information

Geographic Origin and Distribution

No one is entirely sure, but it is said their ilk are located somewhere in an underwater cave where they reside. Some rumors even tell of them inhabiting the now flooded Underdark in secret passages and cut outs.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

The most common upgrade simic hybrids take is the ability to see better in the dark

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Typically follow human or elven naming traditions.

Major Organizations

The Simican Cult is where all these hybrids are spawned from, and who they pay allegiance to.

Major Language Groups and Dialects

They can speak elven and common

Culture and Cultural Heritage

Simic Hybrids are apart of the Simiac Cult, who worship some strange eldritch like being deep beneath the waves. Said to be "Uvaocte the Great Kraken" they believe that this being hates their current forms, and must mutate themselves to be more pleasing to its eyes. One day it will awake from its slumber and rise out of the sea and kill all who it finds displeasing to its unholy visage.

History

No one knows for sure when exactly the Simic Hybrids or their cult first started, but around the year 3291, tales of strange pale blue men with crab pincers next to their arms began to crop up. It is said they would seek to expand their cult from the shadows of scoiety, and to this day they remain in unkown element. The Church of the Flame decries them as heretical witches and experimental madmen, while they simply tell of themselves of true believers, for their eyes are truly opened.

Lifespan

Unkown, as not much is known of the cult and its hybrids, but its theorized the lifespan of whatever species they were is slightly reduced

Average Height

Same size as parent species

Average Weight

Same weight as parent species

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

Many sport pale blue like skin, but this can vary wildly depending on parent species