Playable Race – Lizardmen (Sobek’s Brood)

The Lizardmen of Sobek’s Brood are a violent race of crocodile-like humanoids. They are talented aquatic ambush predators that rely on their physical talents to overwhelm and tear apart their prey.

Scaly and Scarred

Sobek’s Brood are a subspecies of aquatic Lizardmen that are heavily reminiscent of crocodiles. Thick, mottled green scales cover the majority of their body and a long, toothy snout extrudes from their wide skull. A powerful tail allows them to swim at great speeds and they can hold their breath for a long time, making them as much at home in the blood-stained rivers of Bloodflow as they are on the land.

They typically wear scarce pieces of golden jewellery, stained brown from excessive contact with blood and light fabrics to avoid being weighed down in the water. Piercings and tattoos are rare, due to it being difficult to find something that can pierce their hide with any kind of precision, yet they do enjoy marking themselves in isometric patterns in the blood of a recent meal. These, of course, are quickly washed off the next time they enter the water.

Untrustworthy Cannibals

Sobek’s Brood, like many creatures of Bloodflow, are known to regularly engage in cannibalism. While they trust their own species more than any other humanoid race, choosing to group up can often be a fatal mistake as their companion decides their fellow Lizardfolk is more useful as a meal than a friend. Each encounter with another of their kind is a mental battle to determine whether the conversation is a front to making a meal of the other.

Due to this distrust, the Realm is scattered with small, individual huts. It is incredibly rare to find a gathering of Lizardmen all living together, and in these uncommon groupings, it is usually the case that a particularly powerful member of the race has forced the others to serve beneath it.

Lizardmen Names

Lizardmen lack the lip control to make certain sounds. As such their names will avoid sounds that require your lips to make, such as B, F, M, P, V, W & Y. You can choose from the list below or come up with your own option:

Masculine	Feminine
Hishan	Katha
Yullock	Quillen
Dexion	Elinall
Joque	Zeefor
Ushano	Hullah

Lizardmen Traits

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

Age. Lizardmen mature at the age of 12 and live to the age of 70.

Alignment. Sobek’s Brood make up the majority of the realm’s population and are instinctually violent. They tend towards evil alignments.

Size. Lizardmen are tall creatures with a wide build and long, thick tails. They grow to a height of just under 8ft. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a swimming speed of 40 feet.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Hieroglyphic.

Reptilian Maw. You are proficient in your bite attack, which is a melee weapon that deals 1d10 piercing damage. You can choose to ignore this damage and instead grapple the target.

Feast. When a size small or smaller creature dies within 5ft of you, you can use your bonus action or reaction to eat the creature and regain HP equal to 1d10 + your Constitution modifier. You can use this feature 3 times and you regain this ability after taking a long rest.

A Crocodile’s Hide. While you are not wearing any armour, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit. In addition, you can hold your breath for up to 2 hours.

Reactive Ambush. While you are hidden, if a creature moves within 10ft of you, you may use your reaction to move 5ft towards the creature and make a Bite attack.

Final Thoughts

Thanks for reading! The Lizardmen of Sobek’s Brood are the first race from Bloodflow to be released! I hope you enjoy them! Bloodflow is particularly edgy Realm so I hope you’re ready for lots of blood and gore in the upcoming releases!