Homebrew Foundling Species Details

“I could never of imagined such horror in a creature so powerful,” Buric whispered. He and his warband had ventured down into the Underdark days prior to search for the foundlings, but never thought he would actually see one.

The creature walked over to a mangled corpse, placing his hand on the bodies' chin. He moved his hand around its head, almost inspecting it before moving around towards its back. The foundling touched the corpse on the head with its index finger, as it illuminated in light before his simply disappeared into thin air. Buric turned to his comrades, prompting them to interact with the corps, of which one of his men did. The soldier removed his sword from his scabbard and pointed it towards the corpse, but he soon dropped it and ran back to his comrades. "Get back there!" Buric shouted, but the merc ignored him and kept on running. Buric looked towards the corpse alarmingly, before dropping his weapon with a clang. A finger of the corpse twitched, grabbing a small pebble. The foundling has become one with the corpse.

— Thelma Grussenvor of Waterdeep

 

Strange Beings

Foundlings often never meet anyone in their lifetimes, but when they do, the interactions are often not calm or understanding.

Dwarves. “Dwarves are short little stumps, but they have bravery like none other Above. There craftsmanship is wondrous, and their smithing is excellent but their bodies are too small and weak for us too inhabit."

Halflings. “Halflings are useless midgets, who are too inviting and warm for this world. If they ever caught courage, maybe respect would reach them. But for now, no dealing shall happen between us."

Humans. “Humans are our standard shells, being the strongest of the Above."

Foundling Looks

The foundlings are white skeletal creatures who are often more on the slender side, but are taller than the average human, around 6'2 or taller.

Foundling Names

Foundlings are created through magical water, and often give themselves names the moment they are born. 

 

 

Family Names (Common Translations): Harden, Gennessa, Harros, Edreim, Tiel, Solomon, Murran, Grimshak, Udallar, Vinturn

Foundling Traits

Your foundling character has a variety of abilities learnt through their tough life.

Spell

You know the Invisibility spell.

Shell

The foundlings can inhabit a medium-sized humanoid that is under CR (5) corpse as an action. You gain all the attributes and skills of the humanoid and can leave the body as an action.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Foundlings do not physically age but most are around 30 years old, but they could be any age.

Size

Foundlings ate often taller than 6ft bit no taller than 6'5. Your size is Meduim.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to the dark caves and ravines, the Foundlings have darkvision.

Languages

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