Saiyan
On a distant world, under the illumination of a full moon, there is prosperous city. Gleaming and brightly lit, the sign
of economic success and the strength of the people who
built it. You stand in awe of it. Then, you look into the sky. Several meteorites seem to arc across the sky towards the gleaming city before landing. A minute of silence passes before fires begin to erupt all across the city and giant, ape-like monsters appear out of nowhere. Within the hour, the city is destroyed and the monsters head to the next closest city, yours.
This is a common occurence for those who find themselves at the mercy of the brutal mercenary race known as the saiyans. Or, it was before the majority of the race was exterminated. Nowadays, the saiyans are rarely spoke of, but some speak of saiyans on far off worlds who protect their home from evil. Most disregard these rumors since they can remember the saiyans for what they were, but more and more of these benevolent saiyans are appearing and soon they won't be able to be ignored.
Planet Vegeta: The Saiyan Homeworld
Across the stars exists an arid, desert world with a blood red sky. This is the homeworld of the saiyans, otherwise known as Planet Vegeta. Long ago, Planet Vegeta was a beautiful planet with vast forests and oceans, but, upon the arrival of the saiyan race, it was devastated by a bloody war. While the modern saiyans claim Planet Vegeta has always been their home, this is, in fact, a lie. Originally, they lived on a dying world known as Planet Saiya. As the core of their planet cooled, life for the saiyans became difficult and they had to abandon their true homeworld. After a time, they found Planet Sadala and colonized it. Unfortunately for the planets original inhabitants, the Tuffles, that meant that they had to be eradicated.
Saiyan Biology
Saiyans are almost identical to humans. The only things that would clue one in that they are dealing with a saiyan and not a human is their monkey-like tail and thick, spiky, and always black hair. Everything else, including average height, build, and skin tones, are the same. But, internally, the saiyans are quite different. They hold an innate power inside of them that grants them a naturally defined musculature, the ability to grow in strength from near death experiences, and the ability to become a large ape-like monster known as the Oozaru.
Turbulent Society and Rapid Change
Society for the saiyans pre-King Cold was scattered. The different groups of saiyans carved out there own territories that they would guard with great zeal due to their inherently destructive and territorial nature. But, once they were united under the banner of King Vegeta the First, the saiyans directed their aggression elsewhere and developed a somewhat functional feudal society based on fighting ability. The strongest ruled through domination and not much else.
But, with the arrival of King Cold, an alien who sought
to dominate the universe, things changed abruptly. Technological advancement was rapid under his direction and the saiyans were changed from mercenaries and pirates to a functional military force with very little equal. Due to their Oozaru form, they were able to rapidly expand the empire of King Cold. Unfortunately, things woud change again.
King Cold retired after several decades and left his empire to his son, Frieza.
The Saiyan Extinction
Frieza would prove to be a death sentence to the saiyans. Unlike his father who ruled in a way that the saiyans thought fair, Frieza was anything but fair. He was a paranoid, brutal, and narcissistic dictator who would always jump to the death penalty to anyone who dared to offend him. And, in his eyes, the saiyans were a walking offense. They held a position of military power in his empire, but did not meet his standards and were constantly and consistently getting stronger due to their peculiar biology. All of this combined led to the extinction of the saiyan race.
Frieza recalled all saiyans to their homeworld and destroyed the planet with a powerful blast of energy. Some saiyans realized that Frieza was planning something and stayed away, but a majority of the saiyans would die in the destruction of their world. The rest were scattered and in hiding. You are either one of these saiyans or one of their descendants.
Saiyan Names
Saiyan names tend to be derived from a vegetable, fruit, or other food item as a rule of thumb, but can be anything based on the cultures they have interacted with.
Male Saiyan Names: Bardock, Broly, Cabba, Kakarot, Nappa, Paragus, Raditz, Shugesh, Tarble, Taro, Tora, Vegeta.
Female Saiyan Names: Anise, Caulifla, Celleri, Courne, Fasha, Gine, Kale, Parslee, Spice.
Saiyan Traits
Your saiyan character has a powerful body and gains many transformations.
Ability Score Increase. Your Consitution, Dexterity, and Strength scores each increase by 1.
Age. Saiyans age slowly for the vast majority of their life. At 16 years of age, you rapidly grow to adulthood and remain there until you near your eighties. At that point, you rapidly age again and lose your ability to fight effectively.
Alignment. Saiyans tend to be apathetic, violent beings with a chaotic side that endulges in their desires. They tend to favor chaotic alignments.
Size. Saiyans range from 4 ft to 7 feet in height. They vary in size based on gender and their class. You are a medium creature.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30ft.
Language. You can speak, read, and write Common and Saiyan.
Powerful Build. On planet Vegeta, the gravity is 10 times that of Earth, and the body of a saiyan is adapted to that. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Saiyan Pride. Your saiyan pride won't let you back down from a fight, no matter what. You have advantage on saving throws against the Charmed and Frightened conditions.
Saiyan Instinct. A saiyan is always ready to fight. You add +1 to your Initiative rolls.
Prehensile Tail. As a saiyan, you were born with a tail that measures 5 feet in length. Should you lose your tail, it regrows in 1d6 weeks unless surgically removed. While you do not have your tail, you cannot become an Oozaru. You can use your action to control to control your tail. You can use your tail to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, pour the contents out of a vial, or hang from a tree or building. Your tail can’t attack, activate magic items, or carry more than 10 pounds. Additionally, you have disadvantage on Strength (Athletics) and Dexterity (Acrobatics) against being grappled when your tail is being grabbed.
Oozaru. When a saiyan looks at a full moon or is exposed to the Moonbeam spell, they must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw to avoid becoming an Oozaru. On a success, you maintain control of yourself. On a failure, you transform into an Oozaru until you are no longer under the influence of the moon. During this time, the DM has control over what your character does until the transformation wears off. If you fall to 0 hit points as an Oozaru, you fall out of the transformation and are unconscious.
Saiyan Variants
There are two main variants on the standard saiyan, the mutant and the half-saiyan. They retain a majority of the base saiyans racial features, but have some key differences that are listed below.
Mutant Saiyan
Mutant saiyans are an incredibly rare genetic variant of the pureblood saiyan with immense battle power that they cannot control and often drives them insane.
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2 and your Constitution score increases by 1.
Uncontrollable Oozaru. You automatically fail the Wisdom saving throw to avoid becoming an Oozaru.
Mutant Endurance. You can focus yourself to occasionally shrug off injury. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to roll a d12. Add your Constitution modifier to the number rolled, and reduce the damage by that total. After you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. This replaces the Saiyan Instinct feature.
Savage Attacks. When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon's damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the criticaI hit. This replaces the Saiyan Pride feature.
Half-Saiyan
Half-Saiyans are the result of a saiyan interbreeding with another race. Typically, a half-saiyan is half-human, but half-elven, half-dwarven, half-halfling, and many more are technically possible.
Ability Score Increase. Your Constiution, Dexterity, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1.
Tail or No Tail. Choose whether or not you were born with a tail. If you were born without a tail, you cannot achieve the Oozaru form or any subsequent forms that rely on it.
Beyond Battle. Half-saiyans have potential for great things outside of battle. Choose one skill. You gain proficiency in the chosen skill. This replaces the Saiyan Pride feature.
Oozaru
Huge Beat, Unaligned
- Armor Class 13
- Hit Points 90 (13d12 + 5)
- Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+4) 14 (+2) 18 (+4) 7 (-2) 8 (-1) 7 (-2)
- Skills Athletics +5, Perception + 3
- Senses Passive Perception 13
- Languages None.
- Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Actions
Multiattack. The Oozaru makes two fist attacks.
Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit (2d6 + 3) Bludgeoning damage.
Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 50/100 ft., one target. Hit: (3d6 + 3) Bludgeoning damage.
Fire Breath (Recharges on a 5-6). The Oozaru exhales fire in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking (6d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Art Credit
- Snake-Way by xXLightsourceXx on Deviantart.com
- Son Goku DBS Herido v2 L by jaredsongohan on Deviantart.com
- Goku Kaiohken VS Vegeta Ozharu by Javas on Deviantart.com
- OOZARU BROLY by DNAVenom (Petar Penev)
- Broly movie 2018 render 3 BY maxiuchiha22