Homebrew Dullahan Remastered Species Details

A Dullahan's sole purpose in this realm is cleanse it of lost and restless souls. This prompts many of them to wander, looking for the undead and those that create them. Dullahan's are created when a person lives their life and causes significant disruption to the natural order. (necromancers - aiding undead, etc.) Therefore when they eventually perish the god of death Myrkul demands reparation before he adds their flower to his garden. A Dullahan is a manifestation of the soul Myrkul has refused to add to his garden and are forced to roam the material plane as a headless spirit bound to a spectral steed and spend their rebirth hunting undead and any who create them. Only after a Dullahan has satisfied Myrkul's desire for reparation, will they be allowed to join his garden as a flower for eternity. However Dullahan's do age and if their service is not completed before their material body degrades too much, they are bound to the material plane as a spirit forever.

Being a reaper of souls, most other creatures fear the site of Dullahan. Due to this, a Dullahan is typically alone when away from their village except for their faithful smoke steed. This makes them very hesitant to make connections, but they are steadfast with the connections that they do form. Dullahan are known to occasionally form connections with other ostracized and fearless creatures, such as tieflings, fey, and halflings.

Dullahan Remastered Traits

Dullahan being physical manifestations of a spirit with the signature feature of having a detached head come with numerous unique traits.

Alignment

Dullahan are typically neutral good, due to their purpose in keeping the lifestream pure, although a few have been known to end up enslaved to evil masters.

Age

Dullahans mature at the same rate as humans, but live far longer. They become adults when they are roughly 19 and can live close to 200 years

Size

A fully grown dullahan is typically from 5 foot 5 inches to 6 foot 7 inches tall, not including their heads which range from 8 to 12 inches (proportional with your height). Your size is Medium.

Fey Ancestry

Dullahan's being a manifested spirit. This gives them an immunity against being charmed and magic can not put them to sleep.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Headless Horseman

When a dullahan reaches adulthood, they permanently bond to a Shadow steed. This steed appears when they are most in need or at dusk on the night of their 19th birthday, and will be the dullahan's constant companion from that point forward.

You can summon your Shadow Steed at any time using an action as long as there is enough open space for it. When its hit points are reduced to zero, it disappears to the fey wilds to heal and is unable to be summoned for 3 days.

Detached Head

The Dullahan draws oxygen from its head, hence as long as the head is able to breath, the body is able to exist without an oxygen source.
The Dullahan sees from its head, however due to the body not always being attached to the head the body has adapted and gained 15ft of blindsight
The voice of the Dullahan only originates from the head
If someone attempts to remove the head from the Dullahan it must succeed a contested strength check with the body. Furthermore if the body is struck with a critical hit the head is thrown 10ft away in the direction opposite from the source of damage.

Dullahan Remastered