Homebrew Nullborn Species Details

Null elementals break the very fabric of existence by existing. Whether its creation was accidental or intended, an event of great concentrated energy would have taken place that would have ripped open the fabric of spacetime. Such beings — though that word complicates matter, as many wizards will tell you — have been theorized for centuries. Many mages have recklessly attempted to prove their possibility of existence, either for the pride in recklessly achieving the unachievable, foolish and overconfident intentions of controlling one, or bringing limitless nihilistic destruction to the material realm.

Null cults have sprung up throughout the centuries that worship the concept of absolute nothingness, proving the absurd human fascination with matters beyond comprehension. Time and time again these cults have attempted to bring a null elemental into existence by recruiting wizards of great power and infecting them with this absurd fascination, blackmailing them, or searching for timeless relics of arcane power that could be a potent enough power source to punch a hole in the universe.

No null elemental has ever been successfully created, at least as far as anyone can know. The existence of one would disrupt the entire material plane, but arcanists threorize that if one was somehow created, corporeal beings would have no way telling the difference until it arrived right in front of them to wipe them from the face of existence. And only those of a strong enough mind would have the capability of perceiving the null elemental as it pulled their molecules back into nothingness. Creatures and objects destroyed by a null elemental would be wiped from existence — present, past and future — so that even if a null elemental has wiped out a whole continent, no one would be able to remember that continent existing.

Some cults preach that this is already happening, and at any living moment of a creature, its eventual demise is perpetually approaching. Some equally insane cults believe that this is the only true aspect of existence. Matter is only made so that it can be unmade in this way, and one should come to terms with the invisible ending always approaching by this ultimately natural force. Others believe that this demise has already occured time and time again in previous universes. That it is the unavoidable purpose of humanity to tamper with that which they don't understand, until they cause their literal undoing. Timeless eons would pass until a new universe was born, and it would play out the same way once again, creating an incomprehensible loop of existence and nonexistence tied together by their very definitions.

When a null elemental first comes into existence, complete destruction in its near vicinity is not the only effect observed. Throughout the whole plane, no matter the distance from the elemental, disruptions in the laws of physics are observed now and then. Besides miniscule changes in gravity and the flow of time, some creatures produce offspring that is touched by the errant energies dispersed by the multi-dimensional creature.

These people at first appear to phase in and out of existence the more you look at them. Once a person matures, it begins to learn to stabilize itself, however a blue unearthly glow is always surrounding their physical body. Nullborn don't need to eat, drink or breathe, which sets them apart in the communities they're born in. While others sleep, nullborn need to meditate on their existence, grounding it into reality and prevent it from slipping away into nothing. Rumor has it that a nullborn that reaches perfection in their talent could sustain themselves in existence forever, but some nullborn never learn to master it, phasing out of existence only a few years into childhood.

Nullborn Traits

Your special nature grants you the following traits:

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Primordial. Primordial is a guttural language, filled with harsh syllables and hard consonants.

Semi-Corporeal.

You don't need to eat, sleep, drink or breathe. When taking a long rest, you need to spend 4 hours to focus on your existence by meditating in order to ground yourself into reality.

Prime State.

Once per long rest, you can use an action to shed your physical existence, becoming a cloud of gas and light for 10 minutes. Looking much like a nebula, you can momentarily pass through other creatures and objects in your amorphous form, but you can't end your turn inside an object or creature. If you do, you are shunted out to the nearest unoccupied space. While in this state, you can't attack, speak or cast spells. You can use an action to end this effect early. After you reach 10th level, you can stay in this state for up to 1 hour.

Elemental Phase.

When you complete a long rest, you gain resistance to one random element. Roll 1d8. Your focus anchored you in reality so that it partially phases through you.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score is increased by 2, and your choice among Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma is increased by 1.

Age

Nullborn have an entirely random existence, and their life spans vary wildly from individual to individual. They mature at the same rate as the heritage they were born in, but some nullborn may live for centuries, while others might reach their natural end only a few years after arriving into the world. 1d6+6 days after a nullborn dies, its remains begin to phase out of existence, until they return to nothingness.

Alignment

Nullborn are infused with the temperant nothingness that surrounds all being. Thus, they tend to be stoic and lean towards neutral alignments. Some nullborn however, rather than experiencing peace and timelessness at the though of nothingness, might feel a maniacal pleasure at the thought of its approach, and might seek to hasten it. Good nullborn tend to be dispassionate given they fact they don't understand corporeal matters, and may look at the big picture, rather than what is happening right now.

Size

Your size is medium and your speed is 30 ft.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.