Homebrew Drehzani Species Details

Drehzani are the result of a strange natural phenomenon in which the soul of a person, in the future, is split in twine, and as a result their soul, in the past, is also split in twine. This strange phenomena only ever happens to humans, for seemingly unexplainable reasons. This strange phenomena also extends the person's life by a few hundred years, though upon death the person does not enter any plane such as the nine hells or elysium, they simply disappear, never to be seen again. They also gain the ability to use the manipulation of their soul to summon a copy of themselves, though using this ability accentuates the divide in their soul, shortening their lifespans by exactly 5 years. Drehzani are an extremely rare occurrence, most well-read scholars never knowing of their existence. 

Because of the rarity of their occurrence Drehzani have barely any culture, barely any history, they simply pop into existence and then pop out of existence, rarely making an impact on the world. The lives of Drehzani are often short, scary and lonely, an incomprehensible existence in an uncaring world, no one to truly understand your condition, nobody to truly care for you.

Drehzani Traits

Drehzani often share traits with most humans.

Age

Drehzani typically live to be 500 years old, that is if they don't accentuate the divide in their soul at all.

Ability Score Increase

You may choose to increase any 2 of your ability scores by 1.

Size

Drehzani typically have the same height range as humans, so between 5 and 6 feet. No matter what, your size is medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Split Soul

As an action you can accentuate the divide in your soul. A translucent copy of yourself appears by your side. As a free action every turn you can turn your copy fully opaque for 10 mins. They have a strength score of 1, an amount of hitpoints equal to your constitution modifier X by your proficiency modifier.

The copy can function as a Mirror image version of yourself, in that, if the copy is within 5 feet of you you can choose to roll a d20 if you wish for the copy to take a blow for you. If you use this feature then regardless of the amount of hitpoints the copy had left it disappears if it is attacked instead of you. Once, on your turn as a bonus action you can mentally command your copy to move 15 feet and interact with an object. Keep in mind the copy is not invisible and is not impervious.

Once every minute as an action you can swap your position with your copy. The copy cannot attack, though you are able to cast non-attack spells from it (DM's discretion). The copy also cannot speak, does not need to breath, eat, sleep or drink, and cannot perform Wisdom/Charisma/Intelligence checks.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Drehzani typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, as if they were actual humans, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.
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