Homebrew Dreamweaver Species Details
Dreamweavers are female Caethrens who have strongly inherited the blood of Somnus, the Goddess of Dreams, Empathy, and Compassion. Dreamweavers are an extremely rare subrace of humans and oftentimes, keep their abilities and identities to themselves.
Heritage Manifested
A dreamweavers' heritage physically manifest in the silvery shade of their hair and their eyes and when their dreamweaver abilities are in use, their eyes glow violet. As a subrace of humans (Caethren), dreamweavers can stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds. Dreamweavers' skin shades range from nearly black to very pale. Dreamweavers reach adulthood in their late teens and rarely live even a single century.
With their heritage, dreamweavers have the unique ability to peer into the minds, emotions, and dreams of others.
Master and Apprentice
A dreamweavers' abilities awaken at a young age and can be very ficky to control and activate. As such, dreamweavers typically have a master to teach them about how to control their abilities and about the history of their awakened kind.
Kind and Caring Heart
Dreamweavers possess immense empathy and compassion for others and actively seek to aid others in pain or need help.
Dreamweaver Traits
Dreamweavers have the unique ability to peer into the emotions, dreams, and memories of others.Ability Score Increase
Your Wisdom score increases by 2 and your Charisma score increases by 1.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Dreamweavers typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, 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.
Emotional Awareness
Whenever you make a Wisdom (Insight) check related to understanding the emotions (external and internal) a character is feeling, you are considered proficient in the Insight skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus. If you have proficiency in the Insight skill by other means, you now have advantage in Wisdom (Insight) checks for understanding creature's emotions.
Dream Gazing
Once per long rest, you may peer into the dreams of a target sleeping creature you are touching and watch how their dream unfolds. Target sleeping creature must make a wisdom saving throw. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failed save, you may view the target's dream. On a success, you are unable to view the target's dream.
Memory Gazing
Once per long rest, you may attempt to peer into the mind of a target creature you are touching and view a memory of theirs. Player rolls a Wisdom check. The DC depends on if the player is attempting to view a specific memory, a random memory, or if the target creature is trained to fight back against this mental attack. As such, the DC is up to the DM's discretion.