Homebrew Ancient immortal Species Details

The Ancients have walked the planes for an untold number of years, some legends say that they are older than the gods themselves but if you ask them it's not important. Ancients all share some common physical traits with one another. All true Ancients have glowing markings stretching across their bodies, these markings can range from winding vines to arcane runes and change throughout the life of the Ancient. Ancients like their name suggests have lived for a very long time, so long in fact that they can no longer remember their true age. Ancients were able to survive for so long because they do not age and cannot stay dead, if they are killed they will come back after a thousand years with no memory of the time they spent in the afterlife if they go to an afterlife at all. The only way to truly lay an Ancient to rest is if they are killed by another Ancient, some legends say that there were once hundreds of thousands of Ancients walking the planes but as they grew older they grew tired of the same old thing so they went to war on themselves finally being at piece after an eternity of boredom. All that remains of the Ancients are those who fled the battle or the champions who rose high above the rest of their race, in total there are less than one hundred of them left.

Ancients were not given names they chose their own and many have multiple different names depending on where they are. All Ancients possess the power to walk across the planes whenever they wish but they can only take themselves, it is impossible for an Ancient to take another being with them when the walk across the planes. Ancients cannot die of thirst or hunger but they do get thirsty and hungry, they also do not need to breathe in order to survive.

 

 

Ancient immortal Traits

Ancients share a number of common traits with each other.

Planer walking

As an ancient you can freely walk between the planes at will using the Plane shift spell but you can only use the spell to transport yourself and the items on your person.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age

Ancients have an endless lifespan.

Size

Ancients are between 9 and 10 feet tall and weigh between 400 and 550 pounds. Your size is Large.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Living library

You have proficiency in the History skill and in the Arcana skill

Ancient’s 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.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write all languages.