Puppet Jester (5e Race)
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PUPPET JESTER
- For my next trick,I'll make you disappear.
Puppet Jester Description
Puppet jesters look like jesters. They wear black and red fools hast with their upper torso having the same black and red pattern to it with spiked shoulder pads on each shoulder. They have metal pieces down the middle of their chest that reach to their stomachs.their pants are black and white checkered and they black and red pointed boots that normally have hidden shivs on the ends of them. they wear black gloves and whites masks with a pointed nose,no eyes just white holes that sometimes glow blue. They also have a creepy grin that reaches from ear to ear with a sinister laugh to add to their maniacal look. Puppet jesters always carry loads of shivs and small blades that they mostly dip in poisons or chemicals to harm their targets and kill them slowly. They use toys and simple magic tricks to annoy,confuse and harass their enemies before killing them.
Puppet Jester History
Puppet Jesters are puppets in the forms of court jesters or clowns made from good wizards and toy makers these once kind puppets brought to life by the children's happiness and positive thoughts were made for the children of their towns to play with. However through the dark wizards powers They started to come to life through the children's own dark thoughts and negative emotion. Stealing the children's souls away from them and molding it into their own bodies so that they may have more power. They only live to create chaos and kill and slaughter anything and everything around them. They do not know consequences and if they understood they wouldn't care either way. They were brought into the world through dark magics with only one purpose and that is to wreak havoc anywhere they go.
Puppet Jester Society
Though they may not have a society they believe in nothing and no one.They are mindless puppets who live to kill and harm.
Puppet Jester Names
Male: Pinocchio,Void,Pincushion.
Female: Chaos,Sally,Dark Star
Puppet Jester Traits
Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2 and your Constitution score increases by 1.
Age. Puppet Jesters do not die unless they forfeit their own souls. You do not have an age or maturity.
Alignment. They tend to be Chaotic,Evil or Chaotic,neutral.You would never choose to be good or lawful.
Size. since you are a speacial puppet you are somewhat on the small side. You range from 2 ft to 3 foot your size is medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
"Darkvision". "You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray."
Now you See me, Now you don't.. Only once per long rest you can turn invisible in combat this can be used up to three times before a long rest.However You lose invisibility when you attack. You gain advantage on attack rolls while invisible. If you strike the back of your target while invisible you can crit with a 19 or 20.
Marionette body.. Since you are a puppet you don't have to eat,drink or sleep.You are immune to being poisoned but you are vulnerable to fire. You can go into a puppet like state where it looks like you are just a normal puppet.Tricking others into thinking you are not a living thing.When doing so you can hear and see all around you.You can not be mind controlled or have anything of the sort effect you since you do not have organs.
Poison shivs.. You have 30 poison shivs and can make more. You can throw two of them at two different targets or both at one up to 20 ft away from you and deal 1d4 + Intelligence. These also crit with a 19 or 20 if attacking a target from behind.
Trickster.. starting at lv 6 Using your dark magic you have the power to clone yourself.your clone will follow you and copy your actions. If a creature attacks you they must make a Intelligence check if they fail they attack your clone instead of you. your clone has half your HP and if it dies it explodes into multiple different jack in the boxes that throw small blades at everything including allies but excluding yourself within a 30 ft radius of where it was dealing 1d20 + Intelligence. At lv 11 you summon and may have two clones at once with the same actions and abilities.The explosion does damage without an armor class roll. This can only be used once per long rest twice per long rest at level 15.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.
Puppet Jester Characteristics
When creating a Puppet Jester character, you can use the following table of traits, ideals, bonds and flaws to help flesh out your character. Use these tables in addition to or in place of your background's characteristics.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | You only gain pleasure from seeing the pain of others. You enjoy watching blood drip from those you harm. |
| 2 | You constantly laugh but in a sadistic kind of way. You do not feel pain so maybe that's why you love inflicting it on others. |
| 3 | You enjoy taunting and toying with your targets. You do not like swift executions. You prefer the thrill of the torture. |
| 4 | Having little to no regard for others well being may be hindrance. |
| 5 | Killing is the only thing that brings you joy. You do not let anyone or anything get away from you. |
| 6 | When your victims live you get furious. You cant stand it when your attacks fail. |
| 7 | you do not get serious. You would rather mess around than do anything seriously. |
| 8 | You play a fool and play it well. You prefer trolling and tricking others rather than fighting seriously. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | No one is safe from your bloodlust you do not care who your target is you will kill them with a gleam in your eye. |
| 2 | You have no goals or ambition to do anything other than murder. |
| 3 | You think that you can not be caught. You are too slippery and stealthy. |
| 4 | You hunger for more power. Seeking every magical ability you can possibly learn. |
| 5 | Even though you posses magic you prefer to use your weapons to cut down foes. |
| 6 | You have no regard for life other than your own. You will attack anything that you feel like you want too. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | You once shared a close bond with the child who owned you before being turned evil. |
| 2 | The wizards who made you shared a bond with you and each other before splitting apart. |
| 3 | You get along with others of your own kind. You share the same goals and have the same personality. |
| 4 | You have no bonds and just want to carry out your orders. |
| 5 | Being a puppet made from a dark wizard has given you no previous bonds |
| 6 | Your previous owner gave you a lot of TLC but they abandon you making you go mad. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | The way you were made was poor.You have stitches and botched patches all over your body. |
| 2 | Because of your dark magic you have no control over your blood lust. You usually attack anything that moves. |
| 3 | you do not have common sense and can not feel fear because you are a puppet.You rush head first without thinking of the consequences. |
| 4 | Your size is a blessing and a curse. You are very stealthy and can rarely be seen but you struggle to get around. |
| 5 | You don't tend to kill or gravely wound targets right away and prefer them to bleed out or suffer in front of you.giving them a chance to possibly recover or flee. |
| 6 | Once you have your sights set on a victim you will not stop pursuing them until they are dead. |
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