When a genasi has two elements in its ancestry instead of only one, those elements often interfere with each other and produce only one element or the other -- but sometimes, the two elements work in harmony and the genasi manifests a dual element instead of one of the normal four.

As an ash genasi, you have manifested both earth and fire, connecting you with the deathly dual-element of ash, the dead flames. Your mood gravitates toward dourness, and you tend to take on a more pessimistic perspective than others.

Ash genasi have gray skin tones that range from nearly charcoal black to a pale, almost bone-white color, which is almost constantly flaky and ashy. Their hair is usually a dark red or orange, but some rare ash genasi have smoldering flames instead of hair, which never grow very long or very intense, and baldness is very common among ash genasi. Many ash genasi also smell of smoke and burnt hair.

Ash Genasi Traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Ashen Resistance

You have resistance to fire damage and necrotic damage.

Awaken the Ashes

You know the control flames cantrip, but you can only use it to extinguish flames and create simple shapes. You can also cast the fog cloud spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.