El Maques (5e Race)
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El Maques[edit]
Physical Description[edit]
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In your true form, El Maques look like any other creature. When threaten or in danger, they can transform into a brioche which is also called El Maques. El maques are constructs that look like a fire beetle or other bugs. Its back has glued fake jewelry to increase its worth. Only a dumb person would believe that it is made of real jewelry.
History[edit]
There once was a Mayan Princess named Cuzam. Her father sought out the perfect partner for her to marry. He was a great man and she was perfectly happy with her father’s choice. One day she meets another man. Handsome and great. However, not the kind of man her father, the King, would like.
Cuzam has an affair with this man but still decides to get married. The King eventually finds out and decides to kill him. The Princess begs her father not to kill him. She confesses her love for him and how happy he’s made her.
Seeing the daughter in distraught makes the King reconsider. Therefore, he forms a new plan. He will allow Cuzam to be with that man, while she is married. However, he decides to turn this man into a jeweled beetle she can wear and take everywhere she wants. Cuzam names her new beetle, Maquech. The Maquech has jewels on its back to depict royal jewels.
Sad about her lover reduced to a bug, Cuzam seek out for a cure behind her father's back. Cuzam sneak out to the castle and into an enchanted forest. She found an old witch living in a house made of candy. Cuzam begged for the witch to undo the curse. The witch explains that the curse is very strong. She could not remove it. But she can lessen the curse by spreading it thin. If the princess agrees, she can cause the curse to be placed on her and reduce the strength of the curse by half. Without a though, Cuzam said yes. The hag created her potion and dipped an apple into it. Then she cooked the apple in a forge. The witch handed Cuzam the fresh apple. Cuzam took a bite and sealed the fate of Cuzam and her lover Maquech. The first two El Maquech was born on that day.
El Maques Traits[edit]
cursed creature doomed to turn into a broche.
Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score by 2 and increase a different one by 1, or increase three different ability scores by 1. If you are replacing your race with this lineage, replace any Ability Score Increase you previously had with this.
Age. Your life span has not changed since getting this curse
Alignment. Your alignment has not changed since getting this curse
Size. You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you gain this lineage.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Ancestral Vision.. If you replace a race with this lineage, you can keep the darkvision you gained from it.
If you don't keep darkvision or you choose this lineage at character creation, you have advantage on saving throws against poison and disease, and resistance to poison damage.
Ancestral Legacy.. If you replace a race with this lineage, you can keep the following elements of that race: any skill proficiencies you gained from it and any climbing, flying, or swimming speed you gained from it.
If you don't keep any of those elements or you choose this lineage at character creation, you gain proficiency in two skills of your choice.
El Maques Transformation. As a reaction, you can transform into El Maques to escape death for up to 10 minutes. For the duration, you gain the following:
- You are an El Maques, a 3 inch jewelry bug. You become a tiny construct.
- Due to your construct typing, many spells like healing word does not effect you
- You are blinded and incapacitated
- Your speed drops to 0
- You resist all damage except psychic damage.
You can end the state and revert to your true form using a bonus action on your turn. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you complete a long rest.
Curse. When you are dying, stable, or incapacitated, you become El Maques and activate El Maques Transformation. You use this without using up an use and you can enter this form even if you are out of uses. When your curse activates, you remain in this form until dying, stable, or incapacitated ends.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. If you are replacing your race with this lineage, you retain any languages you had and gain no new languages.
Subrace. Elemental, Forge, and Snow White
Elemental[edit]
You have been cursed by a creature strongly tied to the elements. Or you used to have a stronger curse but a good person has reduced the cursed to a more acceptable levels.
Elemental Absorption. At 3rd level, if you use El Maques Transformation when you take acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage, you gain resistance to that damage type. Additionally, you reduce the remaining damage by 2d6.
Forge[edit]
You are cursed by mechanical or robot themed creature
Fiery Revenge. At 3rd level, when you use El Maques Transformation, with the same reaction, you cast Hellish Rebuke at 2nd level without any components.
Snow White[edit]
Your curse was caused by eating an apple or cursed by a creature themed with the cold north.
Snow Covered. At 3rd level, when you use El Maques Transformation, with the same reaction, you cast Armor of Agathys without any components. As long as you have temporary hit points and in the snow, your passive stealth is increased by 10 and you are immune to extreme cold weather.
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