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Option c) New monsters and unique player options for an awakened construct creature made of living glass.
Glassborn (Heritage/Species)
Initially created as a magical glass dragon construct with instructions to guard a priceless treasure, your life did not truly begin until you were awakened to self-awareness. No longer a mere automaton, as a glassborn, you grow, change, and learn from your experiences like all living creatures.
Glassborn Traits
Age. Glassborn do not die of old age. They reach maturity somewhere between 4 and 15 years. While their physical bodies naturally resist decay, their mental faculties may begin to deteriorate around 100 years of age.
Size. Made of magically living glass, your height and weight increase according to your life experiences. Your size is based on your adventuring tier. At Tier 0 you are Small and weigh between 50 and 75 pounds; at Tier 1 you are Small and weigh about 100 pounds; at Tier 2 you are Medium and weigh between 200 and 300 pounds; at Tier 3 you are Medium and weigh between 300 and 400 pounds; and at Tier 4, while your size is still Medium, you weigh in excess of 400 pounds and count as Large for the purposes of carrying, pushing, pulling, and grappling.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
Shapeshifter. You can take two forms: a crystalline figurine and a stained glass ornament. You use an action to change from one form to the other. Standard weapons, armor, tools, and other equipment do not typically fit you and must be customized to use effectively. This reduces the availability of such items and increases their cost by 25%.
Artificed Antigravity. Somewhere between the mechanical and the arcane, your wings don’t grant you the gift of true flight, but you can hover in place and levitate about a foot to a foot and a half above the ground. In addition, when you fall and are not encumbered, you may use a reaction to slow your speed of descent to 60 ft per round and land on your feet without taking falling damage.
Crystalline. As a crystalline creature, you do not need to breathe, and you eat only minerals and semi-precious stones as food. Purchase cost and foraging requirements for these consumables are equivalent to those for normal rations, but each day's portion weight twice as much when calculating how much can be carried.
Glass Breath (Figurine Form Only). Modeled after true dragon’s breath, you have an inborn weapon to unleash against your enemies. The DC for saving throws against your glass breath equals 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus.
You can use your breath weapon as an action, exhaling shards of glass and targeting up to 2 creatures within 30 feet of you and within 5 feet of each other. Each target makes a Dexterity saving throw or takes 1d6 slashing damage. This damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
Glass Claw. Your claws are natural weapons. Your unarmed strikes deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier.
Handmade Creation. An echo of your humanoid creator stirred to life the moment you awakened and resonates within you still. Your creature type is construct, but you are also susceptible to effects that would affect a humanoid.
In addition, your former existence as a mindless automaton occasionally calls to you. Whenever you critically fail a Charisma saving throw, your creature type reverts to construct only, your mental ability score modifiers (Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma) match those of an unawakened glass dragon, and you become confused until the end of your next turn.
Illuminated Glamour (Stained Glass Form Only). Choose either
dancing lights or
prestidigitation. You can cast this cantrip while in stained glass form.
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