Our Werebeasts Are Different: The darfellan are the descendents of were-orcas who can no longer shapeshift, but are still excellent swimmers and have distinctly orca-like body markings.Īlso known as "death horrors," these flying reptilian monsters are magically created from ordinary animals. Messianic Archetype: The darfellans fervently believe that someday a prophesized "Deep Dweller" will emerge to end their tribal existence, gather their people together, and restore their race to vitality.Man Bites Man: They have a natural bite attack that deals as much damage as a short sword.Hidden Elf Village: Even though the sahuagin have stopped actively hunting them, the darfellans still make their coastal settlements in sheltered, secluded areas, and when among other peoples will remain tight-lipped about their homes.Regardless, darfellans tend to categorize and refer to people based on their job or function, with their actual names being secondary concerns. Fantastic Caste System: Darfellan society used to be divided into castes, but their near-genocide has left them with too few survivors to make that workable.Arch-Enemy: The surviving darfellans are brooding but normally calm, but the presence of sahuagin will drive them into a bloodthirsty fury, translating into morale bonuses on attack and damage rolls against the sea devils.Apparently Human Merfolk: Downplayed darfellans are faster in the water than on land, but like the orcas they resemble, they can't actually breathe water - instead they can hold their breath for over ten minutes.This is so similar to the phirblas' strange form of communication that there's in-universe speculation that the Lady of Pain made the first dabus from phirblas stock.Ĭoast-dwelling humanoids who lived as peaceful hunter-gatherers, until a century of vicious conflict with the sahuagin drove them to near-extinction. Rebus Bubble: Dabus don't speak, despite having mouths, instead they can cause images to appear over their heads, thought-pictures they use to communicate sounds or concepts.No Biological Sex: Dabus are sexless beings.This does however mean that they're immune to movement-impairing effects like transmute rock to mud, as well as spells like gust of wind that can aversely affect flying creatures. Hover Skates: Their feet never quite touch the ground, though dabus are incapable of true flight.Bizarre Alien Reproduction: It's never been confirmed, but dabus are speculated to reproduce by merging enough of their thought-pictures to create a fully-formed new dabus.Whatever the truth is, they know the city better than anyone, and their homes and workshops beneath its streets are rarely seen by outsiders. To some, the dabus are the secret masters of Sigil, while others consider them nothing but the Lady's minions. Almighty Janitor/ Slave Race: It depends who you ask.Horned humanoids who live in and maintain the great planar metropolis of Sigil, and only communicate through minor illusions.
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