Homebrew Purelit Species Details

I was strolling through the forest one evening, when I heard the sound of running. When I turned to face the sound, I saw a sudden bright flash of light, which nearly made me blind! I went forth to investigate, and what do i see? The most graceful and beautiful man I had ever glimpsed! With long white hair and calm, perfect features. His features illuminated by his the faint glow his pale skin seemed to give off. in front of him was the smoking corpse of a monster, burned by the intense flash of light I had seen earlier. He regarded me for but a moment, before letting off another flash of light. When I opened my eyes, he was gone, never to be seen again.  — Incanus Star Touched, author and taleweaver.

The beautiful Purelit are a race crafted by the spirit of Light, Gardius, to embody purity and light.

Bound to The Lightshardes

Every Purelit shares a connection to the original Spirit of Light, Gardius, who created them. This is often displayed by a bond with a Lightsharde which is said to have a piece of Gardius's essence inside of it. The inheritance of light gives them their mystical beauty. Purelit appears human, but their connection to the Lighshardes affects them in many ways. Purelit have graceful and serene features, often seen as the paragon of beauty. Their skin and hair tones can take on any variation that humans display, but they always seem to shimmer and their eyes are always pure white, silver, or grey. 

 The Purelit are people who seek beauty, while hidden away in their secret realm. Those rare few that leave are often driven by a desire to take direct action agains the enemies of their race. Their connection to the light which they embody is linked to a bond with a Lightsharde, a crystal holding a spirit of Light which grows naturally around. The Lightsharde is granted to a Purelit at birth and it becomes a part of them. As the spirit of Light inside the Lightsharde bonds with the Purelit, the beings are never truly alone while they have it with them. Not having the Lightsharde around them makes them anxious.

Depending on the life that the Purelit plans to lead, the crystal will be shaped differently. Spellcasters will often form it into an arcane focus, such as a gem on the top of a staff, while warriors will combine their Lightsharde with their weapon. Although the Spirit of Light is bound to them, the Purelit cannot often speak directly with the other soul, instead being influenced by it.

Your connection to the Spirit of Light may manifest itself in quirks your character may have. You can roll or choose from the list of quirks below.

Purelit Quirks

Hunted by the Darkness.

The Purelit and Shavadri were once a neutral species, a perfect combination of Light and Darkness. Before the split, they were called the Savaade, kept in check by the dual spirits inside of them. They carried on in peaceful neutrality for many centuries, entreating the ancient humans and other races, but rarely joining in their conflicts. One fateful day, however, two twin brothers were born. One had only a strong Light spirit inside of him and the other only a strong dark spirit. The twin brother fought constantly, and savagely. They each entreated the other Savaade and eventually built two factions among the race. The brothers each went their separate ways, one group of Savaade following Gardius, the light brother and the others following Wraythe the dark brother. The spirits inside of them led them to grow to immense power and grow to the power of gods among their respective races. The two races, the Purelit, and the Shavadri fight constantly, the more aggressive Shavadri often bringing the attack to the passive and idealistic Purelit. 

Many Purelit defends themselves by remaining hidden in their secret realms, the portals to which are secreted in beautiful places. Some Purelit, however, give chase to the Shavadri, hoping to eliminate them from the world once and for all. These are often spurred by the spirit inside their Lightsharde, beings who witnessed the evil of the Shavadri. Only pureblooded Purelit are allowed inside their havens. If ever a Purelit has a child with another race, the child is left with the non-Purelit parent or orphaned.

Purelit Names

Purelit often take names that inspire ideas of beauty. They could be names from any race or a combination of names, but they always sound mystical and beautiful. Sometimes Purelit will take ideal names that represent a personal goal of theirs. They use this name to disguise their true nature when hunting or exploring in the world.

Male Purelit  Names: Talus, Aluran, Kurain, Chelkous, Landan, Shemzue, Emgoli

Female Purelit Names: Koralla, Ambelli, Nasuada, Tariella, Lana, Ellonia, Vahna

Ideal Names: Grace, Gentle, Halt, Verity, Reign, Dare, Mercy, Faith, Swift, Luck, Justice

Purelit Traits

Your Purelit character has the following traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma and Wisdom scores both increase by 1.

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.

Age

Members of the Purelit race reach maturity around the same age as humans but tend to live a little longer, up to two centuries. Only in the last few years of their life does aging seem to affect them physically. 

Alignment

Their connection to Light leads the Purelit to tend towards lawful and good alingments. While a few chaotic good Purelit exist, they are often shunned as being too close to the Sha'vri whom they despise.

Size

Purelit are similar in build to humans, though they are typically a few inches taller. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Speech of the Mind

You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see within 60 feet of you. You don’t need to share a language with the creature for it to understand your telepathic messages, but the creature must be able to understand at least one language or be telepathic itself.

As a bonus action when you’re speaking telepathically to a creature, you can give that creature the ability to speak telepathically to you until the start of your next turn. To use this ability, the creature must be within 60 feet of you and be able to see you.

Lightborn Resistance

You have resistance to Radiant and Necrotic damage,

Mystic Radiance

You have a natural glow that surrounds you at all times unless you willingly turn it off. Using this trait, you can intensify this glow. 

At base, you produce light in a five cube centered on you.  By focusing on your inner light, and channeling the power through your Lightsharde, you can momentarily turn the light up to a blinding intensity. When you use this feature each creature in a 30 foot sphere around you must make a Constitution saving throw equal to 8+your charisma mod +proficiency bonus, or become blinded. You can use this trait once every long rest.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and celestial