{"name":"Mermaid","overview":"","image_id":"","ability_score_increase":"Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Dexterity or Constitution score increases by 1","age":"A mermaid matures slightly faster than a human. They reach adulthood in their mid teens, and their lifespans are shorter by a handful of years.","alignment":"","size":"Medium","speed":"Your base walking speed is 10 feet. Because of your tail, you also have a swimming speed of 40 feet.","languages":"You can speak, read, and write Common and Aquan.","parent_race":"","sub_races":"","race_features":"[b]Size.[\/b] Starting at the hips and tapering towards their tailfin,\u00a0a mermaid's tail is at least twice as long as their upper body.\u00a0Without their tails, mermaids are about same size and build\u00a0as a human.\r\n\r\n[b]Amphibious. [\/b]You can breathe air and water.\r\n\r\n[b]Land and Sea.[\/b] While you aren't submerged in water, you\u00a0can use a bonus action to transform your lower body. Your\u00a0tail becomes a pair of legs, your base walking speed and your\u00a0swimming speed become 30 feet, and you appear to be\u00a0human. This transformation lasts until you use a bonus\u00a0action while submerged in water to revert to your true form.\r\n\r\n[b]Natural Wanderer.[\/b] You have proficiency in the Survival\u00a0skill. You also have proficiency with navigator's tools, and you\u00a0always know which way is north.\r\n\r\n[b]Tidecaller.[\/b] You know the shape water cantrip. You can also\u00a0cast create or destroy water once with this trait without any\u00a0material components, and you regain the ability to cast it this\u00a0way when you finish a short or long rest. Charisma is your\u00a0spellcasting ability for these spells.\r\n\r\n[b]Voice of the Ocean.[\/b] You can comprehend and verbally\u00a0communicate with any creature that has an innate swimming\u00a0speed. You can speak with the creature whether or not it\u00a0understands a language, though any information it can give\u00a0you might be limited by its intelligence.","description":"","source":"Not The Smoooze","jsondata":"","tags":"Race","templateId":"5520","blockId":"1267373","world":"ce321e87-8541-44a1-9d42-cfcd0ba589c3","folder":"","isShared":"on"}