D&D Locathah Race

The Locathah are a fish-like sea peo­ple who pri­mar­i­ly live in and around the sunken city of Atlantis. They resem­ble large, thick cat­fish with arms and legs, and a pow­er­ful fish tail that allows them to move grace­ful­ly under­wa­ter. Their skin is cov­ered in shiny scales in shades of red, orange, and some­times green­ish-white.

Society and Culture

Locathah play a cen­tral role in the under­wa­ter econ­o­my, par­tic­u­lar­ly as mas­ter chefs. Their kitchens are renowned for their refined seafood dish­es, with sushi being the most pop­u­lar not just for its fla­vor, but also for its sim­plic­i­ty in prepa­ra­tion. Locathah are respect­ed as culi­nary arti­sans and pro­vide much of the food sup­ply in Atlantis.

They often wear tra­di­tion­al Japan­ese-inspired cloth­ing, includ­ing short kimonos, rope belts, and straw hats. These gar­ments reflect their ded­i­ca­tion to their craft and their deep con­nec­tion to the ocean.

Governance

The Locathah are rep­re­sent­ed in the Coun­cil of the Depths, the gov­ern­ing body com­posed of del­e­gates from var­i­ous sea peo­ples such as the Octopodes and the Whale­folk. The Locathah rep­re­sen­ta­tive is respon­si­ble for man­ag­ing food sup­plies and fes­ti­vals, where sushi plays a sacred role.

Beliefs and Controversies

Like their under­wa­ter neigh­bors, the Locathah wor­ship the mighty sea god Thal’Krabb, the Guardian of the Depths. Tem­ples ded­i­cat­ed to him are often adorned with sea­weed and incense to hon­or the ocean spir­its.

One point of con­tro­ver­sy among land-dwellers is the fact that Locathah some­times eat oth­er fish. But for them, this is not taboo: “If some­thing tastes this good, why wouldn’t you hon­or it by prepar­ing it?” they say with pride.

Stats

• Abil­i­ty Score Increase. Your Strength score increas­es by 2 and your Dex­ter­i­ty score increas­es by 1.

• Age. Locathah mature to adult­hood by the age of 10 but have been known to live up to 80 years.

• Align­ment. Most locathah are true neu­tral or have some aspect of neu­tral­i­ty in their align­ment. They tend toward good, com­ing from a cul­ture where com­pas­sion for the down­trod­den is a com­mon­al­i­ty.

• Size. Locathah stand between 5 and 6 feet tall and aver­age about 150 pounds. Your size is Medi­um.

• Speed. Your base walk­ing speed is 30 feet, and you have a swim speed of 30 feet.

• Nat­ur­al Armor. You have tough, scaly skin. When you aren’t wear­ing armor, your AC is 12 + your Dex­ter­i­ty mod­i­fi­er. You can use your nat­ur­al armor to deter­mine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a low­er AC. A shield’s ben­e­fits apply as nor­mal while you use your nat­ur­al armor.

• Obser­vant and Ath­let­ic. You have pro­fi­cien­cy in the Ath­let­ics and Per­cep­tion skills.

• Leviathan Will. You have advan­tage on sav­ing throws against being charmed, fright­ened, par­a­lyzed, poi­soned, stunned, or put to sleep.

• Lim­it­ed Amphibi­ous­ness. You can breathe air and water, but you need to be sub­merged at least once every 4 hours to avoid suf­fo­cat­ing.

• Lan­guages: Your char­ac­ter can speak, read, and write. Com­mon, Cat­fish and the lan­guage of your coun­try Fish and one oth­er lan­guage of your choice.