Homebrew Wechselkind Species Details

Children are a wonder. A tiny miracle in the dark and troubled world of Etharis. Despite their miraculous nature, occasionally newborns are kidnapped by faeries and replaced with a wechselkind. These living dolls are composed of wood and clay and are ensorcelled to look human. For months, the child might demonstrate exceptional intelligence for a baby, but not grow in size or weight. Unexpectedly, the glamour fades and the intellect is revealed as a ploy. The family is left with an enchanted figurine that is most certainly not their child. In short order, the miracle is over, replaced with a nightmare.

The shocking realization that they’ve loved and cared for a constructed changeling for an unknowable amount of time devastates most families. Their naturally born child has been missing for as little as a few hours or as long as a few months. Searches don’t result in rescues. Auguries reveal no trace. Often, the pursuit leaves the family worn and broken. The only place to project their rage at the situation is on each other and the wechselkind itself.

Few wechselkind survive their reveal. Those that do, contend with a dark world that sees them as collaborators instead of victims. Whether they are reared by a family, another wechselkind, in a wechselkind orphanage, by a collector, by the streets, or darker forces, their unspeakable origin damns their future. Every being that meets one knows that represents a faerie orchestrated kidnapping, the loss of family, and mortal impotence against the whimsy of the fey.

Wechselkind that make it through their reveal have a hard path ahead, as they search for a niche within society. Wechselkind fill unexpected roles in the world, with each survivor sporting a different function that ranges from criminals to entertainers.

Wechselkind Traits

Artificial Form- As a constructed creature, your body functions differently than a normal person. You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage. You are immune to disease. You don't need to eat, drink, sleep, or breathe. You are still considered Humanoid.

Artificial Form

You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned and have resistance to poison damage. You do not need to eat, drink, sleep, or breathe. You are still considered humanoid.

Ability score increase

Your constitution score increases by 2 and your charisma score increases by 1.

Faerie Glamour

You may cast disguise self once per long rest. You can only use this spell to assume the form of the child you were meant to replace. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell. 

Childish Agility

You can move through the space of a creature at least one size larger than yours. You gain proficiency in the Acrobatics skill. 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Sylvan and one other language of your choice.