Homebrew Blessed by Nidhogg Species Details

Born when Nidhogg decides she can give a special kind of boon to those that are loyal to her, this boon manifests itself as the hosts body changing growing black, opalescent scales where skin would be. Those that are ignorant of this ability will mistake the blessed host as a dragonborn, or half dragonborn, they are anything but. As their name proclaims, those blessed by Nidhogg walk proudly through a world that greets them with fearful incomprehension. As they have been shaped by Nidhogg herself, some of her abilities can be seen in them such as the ability to eat and manipulate dreams.

The Aspects of Nidhogg 

Those blessed by Nidhogg look very much like Dragonborn standing erect in humanoid form, though they lack wings or a tail. All of those blessed in the past have had scales the as dark as the night, with vibrant, opalescent specs that reflect and refract light in weird and unusual ways. They are tall and strongly built, often standing close to 6½ feet tall and weighing 300 pounds or more. Their hands and feet are strong, talonlike claws with three fingers and a thumb on each hand.

The blood of one who has taken the aspect of Nidhogg do not bleed, instead their blood is a gas-like substance that seems to hold the dreams of others.

Self-Actualization

To any devoted to Nidhogg, she is more important than life itself. These people owe their devotion and respect to her above all else, even the gods. Each blessed one's conduct reflects on Nidhogg, and bringing dishonor to the her can result in the total disownment of the person, ripping the blessing away. Those blessed knows his or her station and duties, and honor demands maintaining the bounds of that position.

The personality of a blessed one can be anything as can their race before they were what they are now, as Nidhogg cares not of appearances. 

Though all Blessed Ones strive to be self-sufficient, in furthering her goals, they recognize that help is sometimes needed in difficult situations. Though calling on Nidhogg's power is something that most Blessed One's would never do, when the time comes it may be necessary.

 

 

Blessed by Nidhogg Traits

As part of being blessed by Nidhogg, she give a small part of her power to them as well.

Dream Blood

You can use your action to let the blood flow out of your exposed wounds. You target each creature within a 10ft radius cylinder. Roll a number of d8 equal to 5d8 2d8 x each ten hit points that is lower than your maximum hit point total. All creatures within the cylinder are affected (ignoring unconscious creatures).

Starting with the creature that has the lowest current hit points, each creature affected by this spell falls unconscious until the sleeper takes damage, or someone uses an action to shake or slap the sleeper awake. A creature’s hit points must be equal to or less than the total for that creature to be affected. After you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you complete a long rest.

Hardened Dreams

Your ability to manipulate the dreams of others has given you extra ordinary defenses to psychic attacks. You have resistance to psychic damage and your mind cannot be read.

The Dream Eater

You can can cast the Dream spell once per long rest without expending a spellslot, it does not count as part of you known spells. 

Size

Blessed Ones are taller and heavier and also taller than their original race counterparts. Your size is Medium.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic. Draconic is thought to be one of the oldest languages and is often used in the study of magic. The language sounds harsh to most other creatures and includes numerous hard consonants and sibilants.

Age

Those that have been blessed will live for as long as their original race does.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.