Dungeons & Dragons 5e Race/Species : Vilsaran
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Vilsaran
Naturally inquisitive, they strive to acquire as much knowledge as they can within their set lifespans. Whether that be studying in great libraries, traveling unexplored locales, or apprenticing to a master crafter.
Size.Vilsaran are about as tall and heavy as humans.
We Are One
You can link your mind with a friendly creature within 30ft of you to temporarily absorb knowledge and experiences from them. The process takes 1 minute of constant concentration, or instantly if the creature is telepathic. When you do so, you gain proficiency in one tool, skill, or instrument that they are also proficient with. This lasts until you finish a long rest, or until you link with another's mind.Hive Ancestry
The Collective shaped you during formation, granting you additional knowledge and a special ability: Seeker
You gain proficiency in the Investigation or Perception skill.
In addition, you may send out a psychic pulse as an action that tells you the direction and distance of any creature with an intelligence of 4 or higher.
Once you use this feature in this way, you can't do so again until you complete a short or long rest. DefenderYou gain proficiency in light and medium armor. You are also proficient in one martial weapon of your choice.
In addition, whenever an ally within 30ft of you is struck with an attack, you can entertwine the sympathetic nervous system of the attacker with their target. The attacker suffers 2d6+your proficiency bonus in psychic damage. The damage increases to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th, and 5d6 at 16th level.
Once you use this feature in this way you can't do so again untill you complete a short or long rest.Mender
You gain proficiency in the Medicine or Survival skill.
In addition, you can use an action to twist time to undo damage to creatures and objects. One creature or medium object you can see regains hit points equal to 1d6+ your proficiency bonus. The restoration increases to 3d6 at 6th level, 4d6 at 11th, and 5d6 at 16th level.
You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus before you need to complete a long rest. The same object can't benefit from this feature more than once.Telepathy
You can communicate telepathically with any creature you can see within 30 feet of you. You don’t need to share a language with the creature for them to understand these messages, but they must be able to understand at least one language.
Many of their number rose to positions of prominence during the Third Dragon war. Their ability to recall information and disseminate information was crucial in maintaining communication among the allied forces. Their de-centralized network of minds allowed information to persists even beyond the death of those prominent members. Allied leaders would find a newly arrived Vilsaran, already caught up to speed on their forces, when a Vilsaran advisor died or was killed.
Vilsaran Names
Vilsarans use their Role as a family name putting it first as a matter of efficiency, and take on one of their Vilsaran progenitors given name. All Vilsarans append a number denoting their generation, indicating how far from the 'Prime' they are. Some Vilsarans translate this number into a local language to better blend in. Among their own kind, and other telepaths, each Vilsaran has a unique 'impression' they can send over the telepathic link that serves as their name. It is what they refer to each other when among their own, and would forgo names entirely if they could.Example Names: Seeker Villar-14, Seeker Lesaila astoņi, Defender Kotetsu Jūroku, Defender Elias XX, Mender Asclepius Triántatría, Mender Ariel Enquë
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