Homebrew Achlys Fae Species Details

 

Achlys Fae are a race of mixed demon and fae heritage. Born to be warriors, they are ruthless and are trained from young ages to be ready for the battlefield. They live deep within the mountains in small war camps where they train their young and put them through extreme trials to become warriors, including a blood rite where they are left in the mountains unarmed with their wings bound and expected to fight their way back to the camps.

Brutal and Beautiful 

Achlys Fae are a tall and proud people, standing between 5'9" and 6'9”. They normally have a slender build and the most common skin colors are shades of vibrant bronze, but some do have a paler rose golden, or even silvered complexion. Their hair grows thick and often long, tied in different elaborate buns, knots, braids and up-dos. Hair color ranges from a golden hue to platinum blonde, or silvered white. Their irises glow in the same metallic golden, silver and platinum hues. Some individuals are born with deep onyx black hair and often a lighter complexion. Their irises glow like nebulaeic clouds in the night sky, dotted by hundreds of tiny dots of silver. These individuals are fairly rare and are called the Starborne. 

Achlys Fae are heavily muscled due to their lifestyle, and from the need to support the two bat-like wings that sprout from their backs. These wings are ginormous; they are also an Achlys pride and joy, to be protected at all costs and treated with reverence. In Achlys culture, tattoos are awarded when an individual is initiated as a warrior, and are believed to grant luck and glory on the battlefield. Tattoos are also used to represent important figures or events in an Achlys life.

Ruthless Initiation & Pride

To become a true warrior, an Achlys must participate in the Blood Rite - a brutal test of survival. Once a year, in early spring, those wishing to progress from novice to full warriorhood convene deeper into the mountains. They have their wings bound and weapons and magic are banned; the only supplies they are granted are the clothes on their back. Participants are given one week to return to the camps. Where they drop the contests changes each year. During this time, novices must survive exposure, the creatures of the mountains, and each other as they race against time. Many Achlys who enter the rite often kill each other for food, clothes, vengeance, or glory. 

Achlys enjoy honor and prestige on the battlefield. Most of them train for years in order to hone their skills. For this reason, some travel in search of nothing else but achievements in battle to bring glory to themselves and their people. Those with the best feats are respected among other Achlys, and they memorialize their achievements in elaborate tattoos on their bodies. Achlys are also proud people; they will often seek revenge if they feel their values or loved ones have been insulted or threatened, stopping at nothing to neutralize that threat and protect what's theirs. While most Achlys are warriors, some spend their talents in more subtle ways, learning to sneak, spy, and assassinate with finesse.

Aerial Warriors

Nowhere are Achlys more comfortable than in the sky. They can spend hours in the air and can go as long as days when necessary, locking their wings into place and letting the thermals hold them aloft. In battle, they prove dynamic and acrobatic fliers, moving with remarkable speed and grace, diving to lash opponents with weapons or magic before turning and flying away. On the ground they still move swiftly and powerfully, however, their wings can make it difficult to maneuver in tight quarters.

Achlys Fae Traits

Your extensive training in the Achlys Fae tribes from a young age has granted you many instinctual traits.

Flight

Your Achlys wings grant you a flying speed of 40 feet.

Alignment

Achlys tend to lean towards the chaotic side of the alignment chart. The tribes they are raised in are very much stuck in these ancient traditions, which stray from the modern norm.

Achlys Blood Rite Training

Your performance in the Blood Rite has proven your proficiency in the Survival skill.

Achlys Fae Training

Achlys go through brutal and sometimes even fatal training during their childhood, as they are always preparing for outside threats. You have proficiency with all martial and simple weapons and either medium or light armor.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Achlys reach full maturity at the same age as humans and stop physically aging somewhere in their late 20s, they live as long as most elves sometimes longer and 600 to 800.

Size

Achlys Fae range from under 5 to over 7 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to the mountains 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.

Reputation

You have proficiency in the Intimidation skill

Fey Ancestry

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

Trance

Achlys Fae don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through 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 Elvish. Elvish is fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar. Elven literature is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires.