Axolarians

H
ailing mostly from the expansive cave
systems of the Mirishi and Daepgodirian
rainforests, the Axolarians live fairly
isolated lives. They're incredibly naive and
sociable, generally to their detriment,
although this does help to curb their
population size. Were it not for the
tendancy of these amphibious creatures to throw
themselves in harms way, and their incredibly slow
reporductive cycle, Albionoria would be overrun with the
Axolarian species. This is becuase the Axolarians are
seemingly immortal; regenerating from almost all wounds
except decapitation and dehydration. They have never been
observed to age and as such, they are deemed a serious
threat to the Jordalian dominion, although these creatures
have never demonstrated a war-hungry attitude.
Axolarians are storytellers; obsessed with collecting and
sharing knowledge with their tribes, which do not yet (or
choose not to) use a written language system.
Outside of the Jordalian Federation, these creatures have
almost never been seen, and are often confused for
lizardfolk or dragonborn, although their transucent flesh
and whimsical attitude marks them out immediately as
something 'other'.
Hot & Not-Hot
Axolarians have very limited eyesight even in darkness.
They are more used to the dark, particularly once
submerged, their eyes focus more clearly, allowing them to
pick out distant objects with great clarity. However, they
have never developed the ability to discern colours; seeing
the entire world in black and white. As a result, they have Credit: Arcane Forge
no concept of a day and night cycle above ground; referring
to the time of day and general brightness as either "Hot" or Storytellers
"Not-Hot". It is not uncommon to hear an Axolarian refer to Axolarians don't tend to make it too far above ground
events that occurred "several Not-Hots ago" for example. despite their incredible regenerative powers, and therefore
revel in collecting the stories of others. They have no
Naive Friendliness written language (although some have learned the
Axolarians have loved for so long, in such safety in their languages of other creatures and started to transcribe their
cities beneath the earth, that they have very little concept of histories) and therefore rely on their memories to hold on
danger or consequences. As a result, they tend to welcome to the histories of the world around them. These stories
each new visitor as if they were an old friend, regardless of and the skills they learn from them are worth more to the
their intentions. They are hospitable to all, and revel in Axolarians than gold, and the worst crime that a being
hearing the legends and myths that wandering travellers could commit in Axolarian culture is the removal of
bring of the exciting over-world. memories, the alteration of history or causing amnesia in
one of their kind.
Regeneration
The Axolarian people have the potential to be completely
indestructable. They regenerate almost as quickly as trolls
and have been known to completely reform over time, even
from the smallest part of their bodies. As a result of the
horrifying difficulty required to kill them, it is surprising
that they have not spread further across the world and
infested every town, city and river-bed on it's surface. It is
believed that the only reason that their numbers remain in
check, is because they are immensely water dependent,
and dessicate if left in the open air for too long without
access to a large body of water. Other theoreis for their
limited numbers seem to point to their naivety and the
harm this tends to put them if they vanture from their cave
systems.
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Axolarian Traits If somehow, this creature has made it's way to you and you
are not a viewer of my videos over on Youtube, I would hate
Your Axolarian character has the following racial traits. to miss the opportunity to share my work with you. You can
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by find my videos over on youtube.com/arcaneforge where I
2, and your Charisma score increases by 1. draw at least one monster per week and talk about their
Age. Axolarians reach maturity at around 20 years old, lore, history and mythology as well as all of their real world
and do not technically have a cap on their lifespans as they influences, a pinch of biology and a smattering of
regenerate any signs of ageing away. linguistics. There's even a timelapse of me drawing and
Size. Axolarians generally reach 6-7 feet tall. Your size is talking about this particular creature, so I hope you'll check
Medium. it out.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet and you have Thanks so much for reading!
a swimming speed of 30 feet as well.
Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.
Superior Darkvision. Although completely colourblind,
seeing the world in shades of grey, which they refer to as
either "hot" or "not-hot" depending on brightness; a lifetime
spent in underground cave systems has granted the
Axolarians incredible vision in the darkness. You have
superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in
dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light,
and in darkness as if it were dim light.
Lore Hoarder. The Axolarian tradition of word of mouth
storytelling grants you proficiency in the History skill as
well as one other skill of your choice.
Regeneration. When you take a short or long rest, you
regain hitpoints equal to the maximum roll on one of your
hit dice. This does not spend any of your hit dice.
Additionally, you may spend one of your hit dice to
regenerate HP as a main action, even while in combat.
Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until you
complete a long rest.
When you take a long rest you may regenerate any
severed body parts (fingers, legs, tails and so on) or scar
tissue you may have suffered. This does not cure diseases,
poisons, mental ailments or the exhaustion caused due to
your Water Dependency however.
Sunlight Sensitivity. You have disadvantage on attack
rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight
when you, the target of your attack or whatever you are
trying to percieve is in direct sunlight.
Water Dependency. If you fail to immerse yourself in
water for at least 1 hour during a day, you suffer one level
of exhaustion at the end of that day. You can only recover
from this exhaustion through magic or by immersing
yourself in water for at least 1 hour.
Languages. You can speak, and read common and write
Common and Aquan.
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