Jronian Shadow Slave (5e Subrace)
Jronian Subrace[edit]
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| AI rendition created by VegetaWrath |
A slave sits alone in a cage, the bars confining him as the cart moved slowly over the dirt path. There was no sound from the slave, almost no movement. Upon the ear is a tag, marking the slave with the rare registration of S16. The collar gleamed around the throat, but the slave was scarred from battles fought. Finally, the cart stopped, and the driver got off, dragging the heavy cage toward the back of the cart with a hook. A new person comes to view the slave within the cage. “Is the slave trained to be obedient no matter what?” The man asks, looking at the caged slave within as though he were purchasing a dog or some other piece of equipment.
The driver nods. “This slave is raised from birth and is conditioned to perfection. The slave will only listen to its owner. It is registered as S16. These beasts are never given a name and are amongst the rarest. They are trained killers and that is their only purpose, to kill on command by its Master.”
After a few hours, the man only smiled, the cage with its lone occupant in the basement now of the home. Crouching down, the man placed a hand upon the small cage. “You will do just fine. I plan to use you in my hunting for new slaves to sell at the market.” A light chuckle escapes his throat of his Master as the slave can only look on from the confines of the cramped cage.
History: Shadow Slaves were created from years of experimentation and selective breeding of humanoid slaves. Slavers at the markets sold slaves without much care nor concern about who they were selling the slaves to. When scientists began to purchase them, they would lock the slaves away in cells and cages, trying to figure out how to draw the bloodlust in the docile creatures out and then to harness that rage. Many slaves were killed and experimented on to find out just how to control the behaviors of the slaves that they bought. When the slaves snapped into fits of madness known as going kennel crazy, they would breed these slaves in hopes of carrying on the vicious trait. When they found they could not control or brainwash the adult slave to their liking, they experimented with breeding two slaves together.
Taking the infant away from the parents when just hours old, the infants were kept isolated from everyone except their handler and the one brainwashing them. Their education is taught mostly in harsh methods and as they grow up, they learn to only be loyal to their handler. As young adults, they are then forced to kill for their food. However, these young adults were kept hungry, feeding them only once every other day or even up to a week without food. The slave is then told in order to get food, they must learn to hunt it down and with this, they are drilled over and over until their methods are perfected and they become vicious hunters.
Finally, the obedience long instilled on them is enforced strictly. They know nothing else but to appease their handler and to kill for their food. However, they are then trained to be personal attendants to their handlers so that they learn how to better appease those that they will soon be sold to. Each shadow slave is ear tagged with the letter S and a two-digit number. Only two of the slaves with the best traits wanted in a shadow slave are kept at the laboratory where they are used to breed new shadow slaves. Once the breeding cycle is done and they can have no more offspring are these two slain and a new pair is chosen making the cycle start all over again. The cruelty and the programming are so thorough, there is no way to reverse the extensive training these slaves go through.
Suitable Classes: Barbarians, Fighters, Rogues, Rangers, and Shadow Slaves are the classes that best fit this sub-race.
Age: You age like a normal Jronian of approximately 800 years, however, due to your being a slave used for combat situations, often times your life may be dramatically reduced.
Size: You are considered a size medium.
Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet. At level 2 these increases to 35 feet.
Alignment: A Shadow Slave is considered anything from Neutral Good to Chaotic Evil.
Languages: You know Common, Undercommon, Elvish, and one other language of your Owner's choice. You cannot read or write in any language making you illiterate and unable to copy spells down in any spellbook.
Deities: You have been taught to believe that your Owner is your deity and that you should worship them as such. However, you may also be taught by your Owner to worship their deity as well.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
Expert Tracker. Your Owner has a favorite enemy race. If you are kept on a leash by your Owner, you are an expert in tracking. You pick up on the slightest sign of your Owner's intended target. If off leash you take a disadvantage at tracking due to distractions and your personal curiosity.
Poison Immunity. Thanks to all the experimentations and the drugs used on you, you have gained immunity to poison. You still feel the effects of it, such as feeling a burning in your throat, or being itchy. However, the poison does not decrease your hit points.
Unfettered Stealth. You were trained to be stealthy in everything you do. Because of this, you are automatically proficient in Stealth.
Superior Darkvision 120 feet. Due to experimentations, being kept in the dark, and breeding, you are granted Superior Darkvision which allows you to see in dim light like it was normal light, and darkness as though it were dim light. This is not able to be used in darkness caused by magic.
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