Homebrew Feyling Species Details

Physical Description

Feylings resemble something like humans at a glance. However, their bodies have telltale fey touches. For example, their ears are typically pointed like that of an elf or pixie's. Their figures are also very graceful like that of quicklings and fairies. Notably, their teeth show elongated canines, like that of a feline. If one looks closely, their eyes sometimes seem a bit too big, or their sclerae lack as much visibility due to an enlarged iris and pupil. Those exposed to the Feydark may develop hybrid features of both fey and fiend, notably tails and horns.

History

The Feyling are often believed to be humans who had been exposed to the Feywild at a young age. Supposedly, it is the fate of many who are kidnapped as newborns by malicious fey and replaced with a changeling. The energies of the chaotic plane of fey change the human baby into something other, a fae born. They often grow up with fey before traveling to the natural world as many do. Due to their upbringing and nature, they are not truly either fey nor human at this point. Many consider them abominations with a seeming skin. Feyling have thus learned to keep their natures secret. Those who do not face persecution. Though are born a Feyling, due to the cross species breeding of mortal and fey.

Society

Feyling make their living in mixed elven or human societies for the most part. They make excellent thieves, scouts and spies for both legal and illicit dealings. Due to a tendency for chaos, it is usually the latter. There are some communities of fae born, all scattered about the elven forests. They tend to stay away from bestial habitats and towards places of quiet. In these small communities, they act as though they are royalty ruling their own kingdom. This sandcastle often is crushed by reality when they are caught in territorial disputes, and then they are forced to move. Fey see them as second-class mimics, and humans see them as other. Feyling nonetheless feel most comfortable among other fey if not their own mixed kind. The Feyling also have an affinity for chaotic magic, seeking the darker pages of the arcane than others.

Personality

They are best described as childish people. Feyling love to play pranks and live lives of whimsy. In their own make-believe kingdoms, feyling love to pretend like the universe revolves around them. When introducing themselves, they like to use titles they have never earned. For example, one who seems himself as a leader would call himself a king. They have the arrogance of a child's pride, which makes them unbearable for more serious races like dwarves. And sometimes they are annoying even to other fey like elves. Typically, Feyling lack the more empathic emotions that mortals have, knowing only joy and danger and less of sympathy, guilt and regret.

Feyling Names

They have names in Sylvan usually. Upon coming to the natural world, some mix it with Common. And of course, all love to take aggrandizing titles. With a greater ego comes a longer and more grand-sounding name.

Male: Atheirn, Dristan, Eardan, Lachlann, Osgar

Female: Filamir, Cait, Doile, Murial, Ros

Titles: The Munificent, Lady of Grace, King of the Forest, Lord of the Sky, Huntmaster

Feyling Traits

Your Feyling character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of the Feywilds chaos being absorbed by your soul.

Ability Score Increase

When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.

Age

A Feyling typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old. Though a Feyling's age upon the Feywilds can hundreds of years beyond.

Size

Feylings range from under 3 to over 7 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Fey Magic

You know the druidcraft cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the faerie fire spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the misty step spell once and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Trance

Feyling don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Languages

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