Tortle

Tortles are typically found on Poyor Islands.

• Ability Score Increase. Increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1.
• Size. Small or Medium. You choose the size when you select this race.
• Speed. 30 ft., swim equal to your walking speed
• Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.
• Age. Tortles reach adulthood at age 15 and live up to 50 years.
• Claws. You have claws that you can use to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier slashing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
• Dragonmark. You have a Dragonmark of your choice.
• Hold Breath. You can hold your breath for up to 1 hour.
• Natural Armor. Your shell provides you a base AC of 17 (your Dexterity modifier doesn't affect this number). You can't wear light, medium, or heavy armor, but if you are using a shield, you can apply the shield's bonus as normal.
• Nature's Intuition. Thanks to your mystical connection to nature, you gain proficiency with one of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Stealth, or Survival.
• Shell Defense. You can withdraw into your shell as an action. Until you emerge, you gain a +4 bonus to your AC, and you have advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in your shell, you are prone, your speed is 0 and can't increase, you have disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, you can't take reactions, and the only action you can take is a bonus action to emerge from your shell.
• Language. You can speak, read, and write Aquan.

These turtle folk live on many worlds, most often journeying up and down coasts, along waterways, and across the sea. Tortles don't have a unified story of how they were created, but they all have a sense of being mystically connected to the natural world. Carrying their shelter on their backs gives tortles a special feeling of security wherever they go, for even if they visit a far, unknown country, they have a place to lay their heads. Tortles exhibit the same range of coloration and patterns found among turtles, and many tortles enjoy adorning their shells in distinctive ways.

Ancient Tortles were created by magic mutating turtles into monsters, but the Goddess Beory gave them wisdom and the intelligence to speak. Tortles lay around five eggs, the eggs are laid one at a time one day apart. They hatch in the order they were laid. Around one year, tortles can walk and talk. They only celebrate their fifteenth birthday when they are considered an adult. During this celebration they are given the option to leave their homeland and travel if they want to. Female tortles can lay eggs at this age. They will lay eggs after two to three days after get fertilization. Their eggs will hatch after one month.