Homebrew Shardfolks Species Details

Sudden Sentience.

When a powerful magic permeates a place, it sometimes happens that the minerals present awaken. Suddenly conscious, they gather to take the form of humanoids made of crystals, rock or ice.

Mysterious Guardians.

Living apart from other humanoid societies, the shardfolk generally spend their lives protecting the place and the magic that formed them.

Shardfolks Names.

Shardfolks are not male or female, they are simply humanoid crystals. There names are usually equally simple. Short and sharp for the crystal and ice shards, or more guttural for the rock shards people.

Shardfolks names. Shinai, Cyan, Grond, Tol, Aiel, Trann

Shardfolks Traits

All Shardfolks share the following traits.

Living Construct

You don't need to eat or drink, and when you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but it doesn’t render you unconscious, and you can see and hear as normal. You are immune to spells and effects that should put you to sleep.

Age

 A Shardfolk is already adult when it reaches sentience, and can generally lives around 500 years after that.

Size

Shardfolks range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Primordial.