Tortles have a saying: “We wear our homes on our backs.” 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.
You have a walking speed of 30ft
Your size is Medium or Small
Your creature type is Humanoid
Races that are not Large nor have an innate flying speed gain an extra Feat of their choice. This Feat must be a "Full Feat".
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character.
You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.
You gain 3 ability points to increase any abilities of your choice. You can't increase a single ability by more than 2 with these points.
You have claws that you can use as natural weapons.
You can hold your breath for up to 1 hour.
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.
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.