Homunculus

She regarded the small creature with its single huge eye covered by a glass face plate.

"What are you?"

The creature looked down at its blue hands, as if seeing them for the first time.

"I was once human, but that body was taken from me. But now... now I am free again. To remember my past and mourn what I have lost."

A Mind Out of Body

The Great One looks for exceptionally intelligent individuals to add to its thralls. It took your former body and transformed it into the body you have now. Somehow, you have been freed of your servitude to the Great One, and your memories of a former life have returned to you, but your body has not.

Strange Physiology

The homunculi body is unique, your skin is blue and your face is just one huge, lidless eye. Your eye is covered by a metal frame with a glass plate partially filled with water, keeping your eye moist.

Homunculus Traits

Your Homunculus character has a number of unique attributes as the result of its unusual being.

Ability Score Increase. (3) Your Intelligence score increases by 2 and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. A homunculus is created with the soul of another creature - which may have lived it's full life or it may have been cut short. They do not physically mature. Their bodies slowly wear out over time, but they can last for well over a century.

Alignment. A homunculus serves the Great One and its otherworldly demands, which the laws, morals and lives of man. You have been freed from that bond, and aware returns to you with memories of your former self, and whatever alignment your former self.

Size. (-1) Homunculi average three to four feet tall and weigh 65 pounds, including the faceplate. Your size is small.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

All Seeing Eye. (.5) Your huge eye and convex face plate allow you to see a wider range of view and take in more information. You have proficiency in the Perception skill, can see twice as far as the average creature, and can read lips.

Deafness. (.5) You are without ears and cannot hear. You have resistance to thunder damage, but are subjected to the deafness condition.

Minor Telepathy. (.5) You are able to read the surface thoughts of others in a very limited fashion. As someone is about to speak, you can telepathically hear what they say if they are within 60 feet of you, even if they whisper. You do not understand it if they are not speaking a language you know.

Hypnotic Gaze. (1) Once you reach 3rd level, you can cast the sleep as a 2nd-level spell once between each long rest. Once you reach 5th level, you can also cast the hold person spell once between long rests. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

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Artist Credit: Filip Burburan

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Homunculus typically know one additional language that they would have know in their previous life - such as Elvish if they were an elf, or Dwarven if they were a human that interacted frequently with dwarves.

Design Notes The numbers in parentheses represent the score based on this document, which helps to balance races. If the total score is about 4.5-6.5, the race is in line with the PHB races.