Homebrew Fallen Alicorn Species Details
An alicorn is a majestic equine that resides in the heavens as the favored mount of the gods and Aasimar. They can fly through the skies with their large, feathery wings, and cast powerful magic with their crystalline horn as a focal point. They come in any color one might find in any normal horse, but the most common is white. They are immortal beings- meant to serve the gods for all time- but are not worshipped in and of themselves, except by perhaps those who depend on equines for a living, and even then only as the most minor of gods. An equine creature can recognize an alicorn and will defer to it instead of human masters.
A fallen alicorn is one that has committed a greivous sin. Be it letting a mortal being or demon lay a hand on it, have its horn or wings removed- willingly or not-, courting a demon, or even willingly giving up their equine form in favor of a humanoid one. When an alicorn falls, they are stripped of their equine form and are forced to assume a humanoid form with only fragments of their power remaining. An alicorn is a powerful spellcaster, but a fallen alicorn must train to access spells like they used to. Unless they assume their equine form again by inflicting a divine injury through their horn, they cannot fly or tap into their innate reserves of magic. Even in their fallen, humanoid form, mortal equines still defer to it, but may not listen to it.
Fallen Alicorn Traits
As a fallen alicorn, you have lost your immortality and powerful magic, but still have many traits.Humanoid or Celestial?
A fallen alicorn still carries celestial blood in their veins and can speak the language as well as the resistances, but their humanoid form grants them the immunites/resistances of whatever humanoid race they assumed.
Ability Score Increase
You retain some of your equine strength and the charisma of a formerly-divine creature in your humanoid form.
Weapon and Focus
When being used as a spellcasting focus, the horn remains in its natural crystalline form and is around two feet long. When being used as a weapon the modifier is 2d4 piercing damge.
Age
The age of a fallen alicorn reflects was humanoid race they became after falling. If they became a human variant, then their age could be anywhere between 20-80. A half-elf and elf variant have a much wider margin for what age they can appear as in their humanoid form, but all are timeless in their equine form.
Speed
While in humanoid form, you cannot fly, but once in your equine form, your base walking speed increases to 40ft and you gain a flying speed of 20ft.
Healing
Touching creatures with your horn in equine form allows you to heal some of their wounds by tapping into the remnants of your divine magic.
Equine Familiarity
Mortal equine creatures, such as horses and ponies, will defer to you before their mortal masters, but you must succeed an animal handling check to see if they listen to you.
Darkvision
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.
Armor
You are proficient in Light Armor.
Transformation
The fallen alicorn's horn is the only way they can assume their equine form. By infliciting 1d4 radiant/piercing damage upon themselves with the horn, they are able to tap into the divine energy they once had.
Original Form
This is the form you have known most of your life. You know how it works, how best to utilize it. You regain your magical abilities and are stronger now. However, death in a divine form- even a fallen divine form- has consequences for those around you, so caution for yourself and your allies is of the upmost importance.
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