Homebrew Ashen Species Details

When Sutran, god of death and the underworld was casted to his own dimension, his anger and resentment towards life made him create the ashen. Alive by the will and malice of a fallen god, the ashen are humanoid creatures that resemble the look of a human, but are made of dark ash and in some places on their body, you can see a faint glow of orange, which is thier life essence shining through their skin. Their eyes vary in glowing colors and thier hair looking as though it disobeys the laws of gravity. Ashen operate the same as humans, they have emotions, they can hunger, they feel pain, but Ashen do not sleep, they enter a 5 hour stasis where they stand still with their eyes open. Ashen are not concious during this and do not dream.

Far From Home

Ashen are creatures bound to Ethal, Sutran's dimension of death and nothingness. All Ashen resent Sutran and try to escape from Ethal, very few ever do. Ashen are a very rare occurance in the world and most people see Ashen as a voilent or monsterous creature. The Ashen that have escaped from Ethal usually hide their identities and live quiet, quaint lives away from other people or in small communites.

Ashen Traits

Ashen share a number of traits in common with each other.

Return to Ash

As a bonus action, you turn into a cloud of ash until the start of your next turn. While in this form you lose all your current movement speeds while gaining a flying speed of 40ft and become incapable of performing any actions or interacting with any objects physically. Additionally you are immune to all types of damage except fire, cold, and physic damage while in this form. After using this trait, you take 1d4 force damage and it cannot be used again until you finish a short or long rest

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution ability score increases by 2, and you wisdom ability score increases by 1.

Darkvision

You have darkvision of 60ft, darkness in this range you see in shades of whatever color your eyes are.

Age

Ashen are created into adulthood, and usually live for 100-200 years.

Size

Ashens vary in height, from 5 to 7  feet, and usually weigh between 100-180 pounds. Your Size is considered medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30ft.

Vulnerability

Although your ashy constitution can help you withstand certain blows, it makes you susceptable to being blown away in high winds. Any spell or effect that is capable of dispersing gas or vapor, or extinguishing a candle, does 1d4 force damage to you and pushes you back double the intended distance, if any. While additionally imposing disadvantage on any attack roll, ability check or saving throw.