Homebrew Phoenoran Species Details

 

Noble Heritage

The first of the Phoenoran's were the result of the union of a Fire Genasi and an Aaracockra, but after years they have grown in population, even forming their own cultures.

Feathers cover their bodies. Their feathers coloured like dancing flames, and patterned to look like every movement causes the colours to move and dance like an intricate painting or a roaring inferno.

Guardians of Fire

Nothing sparks more joy in a Phoenoran than the light or the warmth of a flame. This is the reason most Phoenoran's go on to be fire-dancers, or pyromancers, using the great power of fire to entertain.

Phoenorans have a strong understanding of fire; Understanding that it's not just a force of destruction, unlike most of their elemental kin. Phoenorans understand that it helps give life to areas, cleansing them of rot or disease to help birth and fertilize a new generation, they understand that it is also a great source of healing. Their settlements often have a single, large flame in the center that is often worshipped by phoenorans.

Avian Mannerisms

The resemblance of Phoenoran to birds isn’t limited to physical features. Phoenorans display many of the same mannerisms as ordinary birds. They are fastidious about their plumage, frequently tending their feathers, cleaning and scratching away any tiny passengers they might have picked up. When they deign to descend from the sky, they often do so near pools where they can catch fish and bathe themselves.

Many Phoenoran punctuate their speech with chirps, sounds they use to convey emphasis and to shade meaning, much as a human might through facial expressions and gestures. A Phoenoran might become frustrated with people who fail to pick up on the nuances; an Phoenoran’s threat might be taken as a jest and vice versa.

The idea of ownership baffles most Phoenoran. After all, who owns the sky? Even when explained to them, they initially find the notion of ownership mystifying. As a result, aarakocra who have little interaction with other people might be a nuisance as they drop from the sky to snatch livestock or plunder harvests for fruits and grains. Shiny, glittering objects catch their eyes.

They find it hard not to pluck the treasure and bring it back to their settlement to beautify it. An Phoenoran who spends years among other races can learn to inhibit these impulses.

Confinement terrifies the aarakocra. To be grounded, trapped underground, or imprisoned by the cold, unyielding earth is a torment few Phoenoran can withstand. Even when perched on a high branch or at rest in their mountaintop homes, they appear alert, with eyes moving and bodies ready to take flight.

Phoenoran Traits

Your elemental blood gives you heightened magical abilities such as:

Ability Score Increase

When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1.

Flight

You have a flying speed of 40 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing heavy armor.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, ignan, and Auran.

Age

Phoenoran's reach maturity by age 9. Phoenorans live to around 120 years old.

Size

Phoenoran are about 6 feet tall. They have thin, lightweight bodies that weigh between 100 and 120 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Fire Resistance

You have resistance to fire damage.

Reach to the Blaze

The elemental plane of fire reaches through you to grant you spectacular abilities. 

You know the produce flame cantrip. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the burning hands spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the flame blade spell with this trait, without requiring a material component. Once you cast burning hands or flame blade with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).