Kaiao

“One of the tentacled humanoids seemed

particularly curious of me, and as the group of
them started heading down the coast, they
turned and came in my direction. Their skin
was a light, sandy shade of yellow that was
striped and dotted with darker brown streaks.
As they came close to me, the streak pattern
began to dance and dazzle me with brilliant
colors. The creature’s eyes glowed with a green
blaze as its beaked mouth began to speak a
truly alien language. It put a hand to its chest,
and with a series of squeaks, chirps, and
flowing sounds, seemed to introduce itself to
me. I managed to snap out of the brief trance I
felt the light display had put me under and told
the creature my name. As I offered my hand for
a handshake, the creature looked confused, then
reached into a pouch and offered me a strange,
rocky, orb. I took it, assuming a gesture of
kindness, and found the orb began leaking an
incredibly stick, black, substance. As I tried to
remove it, both my hands became completely,
hopelessly, stuck. While stuck, the bastard
rummaged through my pockets and bag as the
seal folk watched and laughed at my
predicament! Eventually, seeming satisfied I
had little of value, the thing patted me on the
back and ran off in the direction of his
compatriots.”– Jovack Cotton, Traveler’s
Journal.
Lone Explorers
Kaiao are left to their own devices, even
Tricky Devils after birth. They are born in safe, tidal
pools, where they are left wrapped in their
The Kaiao live exciting and daring lives, egg sack. When they hatch, they will stay
constantly looking for opportunities to in this pool with their pool siblings. The
advance their individual goals. Due to
mother will bring food and teach them
their camouflage abilities, they often take
what they need without anyone knowing the basics of survival, but they are
its gone until they vanish (or simply hide expected to be self sufficient in a matter of
in plain sight). For this reason, they are months. Young Kaiao will leave the pool
generally distrusted by the other races of and form small groups of troublemakers
Cetosira but are considered valuable and thieves. Many of these small groups
assets by the other Tantako peoples. Kaiao
will eventually be brought into mixed
should never be underestimated. What
Tantako communities. As they age, their
they lack in stature they more than make
up for in nimbleness and quick wit. If a isolationist nature becomes stronger,
Kaiao is revealing itself to you, you’ve though they always share a bond with
probably already lost. their pool siblings.
 Kaiao Traits
Your Kaiao character gains the following
traits.
Size. Kaiao average 3 feet tall and weigh
between 25-40 pounds. Your size is small.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
You have a swim speed equal to your
walking speed.
Ability Score Increase. Your dexterity
score increases by 2.
Darkvision. Accustomed to hiding in
murky tidal pools, you have superior
vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.
Disguise Experts. You can change the
texture, color and shape of your body to
resemble objects in your environment.
You have advantage on stealth checks
while you are prone and motionless.
Ink Bomb. You naturally produce a sticky
and flammable ink substance that they
can use to create an Ink Bomb. Ink Bombs
can be thrown, exploding in a five-foot
radius sphere. All creatures in the area
must succeed a dc 14 dexterity saving
throw or take 3d8 fire damage and be
blinded. Creatures that succeed take half
the damage and suffer no status
conditions.
This damage increases to 4d8 at level 6,
5d8 at level 11, and 6d8 at level 16.
You can create one Ink Bomb per long
rest.