Homebrew Aeldari Species Details

The milky-way of the 41st millennium knows hundreds of thousands, if not milions of habitable planets and thousands of intelligent races. Some of the most important races are described on the following pages.

 

Aeldari

The Aeldari, or Eldar as they are known to outsiders, are an ancient race. They had been around for millions of years before humans even existed, but they now feel they are nearing the end. Holed up in their craftworlds, they depend on their psychically-gifted seers to minimise their losses in the galaxy-wide wars being waged, for every Aeldari that is killed brings them closer to extinction.

She who thirsts

Millions of years ago, the eldar were bordering excess on everything they did, decadency funneling their lives.
It would cost them dearly, as this livestyle produced a dark mass of negative psychic energy that would later give birth to Slaanesh, the fourth god of Chaos. The Aeldari call them She Who Thirsts, referring to the absorption of millions of eldar souls by the newly birthed god. In the years that followed, it became apparent that the soul of every dying eldar was siphoned by She Who Thirsts, which led to each and every eldar carrying around a soulstone, ancient artifacts that will house the eldar’s soul when they die. Afterwards the soulstone is brought to the craftworld to be housed alongside their brethren.

A Broken Race

After the birth of She Who Thirsts and the death of untold billions of their people, the Aeldari were subjected to an even deeper schism: some thought the ventual demise of their race to be inevitable, and only increased the fervour with which they partook in the debauchery that led to the demise of so many of their brethren. Their decadence became perverted and entwined with sadism. Slavery and torture was common for these fallen Aeldari that would become known as the Drukhari. They were exiled from the Crafworlds and created their own pirate fleets and covens, while those that tried to regain their race’s older values retreated back into the surviving craftworlds and became known as the Asuryani.

Eldar can live to become extremely old, their oldest Farseers living for over 10 000 Terran years. Their race as a whole is over 60 million years old, making theirs one of the oldest sentient races in the galaxy. 

Aeldari Traits

Your Aeldari character has has a variety of different abilities, stemming from culture that has developed over millions of years.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.

Size

Aeldari typically range between 5 and 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Heritage of the Old Ones

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Trance

Aeldari do not sleep, as they are constantly haunted by She Who Thirsts in their dreams. Instead they meditate deeply, remaining semi-conscious, for 4 hours a day. While meditating, you dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive after years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Aeldari.