Homebrew Aether Born Species Details
Aether born are oppostals of the Greek God of Light "Aether". Aether created them using an essence of his own existance in order to Clean and Purify all the wrongdoing that the other gods have thrown upon the earth. weather it be wretched beasts or deadly desieses. Aather born are made to clense all of it. And if in they which succcseed on purifying said evil Aether grants them with a new power. otherwise upon failiure they are instead stripped of something or are cursed.
As someone with a very short life Aether born make up for it with an ability to steal a creatures lifeforce. Depending on the creature the amount of stolen life force may vary. Tho as someone of mostly good and neutral alignment this action is preformed by very few Aether born often times having regretted the desision. But there are still some who judge it as nothing evil and proceed with the process anyway.
Aether Born Traits
"When you have the chance, take it. Laugh, sing, dance. Make the night last. And when it does come to an end, let go. Nothing lasts forever."Ability Score Increase
You have 4 points to distribute between your ability scores but no more than 2 can go into 1 ability score.
Alignment
A demigod’s alignment depends greatly on the alignment of their godly parent and or creator. Hence in this case your are only able to pick neutral, neutral good, and lawful good.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write in common, Celestial, promordial, and 2 other laguages of your choice.
Upper Assistance
You may call upon Aether for assistance. The next time you roll a nat 1 with aethers help you instead succseed on that roll, However, Aether prefers you walk your own path and will not assist you again until the next dawn.
Darkvision
As someone who was created by the god of light you gain a darkvision distance of 80ft
Innate Prowess
You gain expertise on all skills of a chosen ability score.
Live Fast
For an Aether born, each and every moment of life is precious. Luckily, being a creature made of Aether's byproduct, you lack the biological qualities of most other creatures and gain the following benefits.
- You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
- You are immune to disease.
- You don’t need to eat, drink, or sleep.
Die Young
From the moment you enter into the world, you begin to fade away and die. Through your entire life a smokey dust exfoliates from your skin, a constant reminder of your body withering away. As the time goes by, your body dissipates at a faster rate until you finally disintegrate away in a cloud of smokey dust.
After being about 1 month old, your body gives off so much smoke that it begins to have a negative effect on your ability to hide and be stealthy. You have disadvantage on Stealth ability checks that rely on sight.
After being about 3 and a half 4 months old, you start to feel the effects of your body withering away. At the end of each week, you must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC 12. On a failed save, your Constitution score is reduced by 1 permanently.
These effect can be cancked throu stealing another ones life force.
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