Homebrew Alternative Fairy Species Details

Fairies rarely reach over 1 foot tall, and their wings come in many designs and patterns, ranging from butterfly to beetle. They often look like tiny elves, with pointed ears and ranging skin tones. They carry the normal array of human skin tones as well as light shades of the rest of the spectrum of colors, coming from light shades of red to copper and bronze. They can even carry small attributes of the insect family they hail from, including antennae, fluff, and the wing styles. Their eyes often look like a molten liquid but the pupils can be visible if you can ever get a close enough look. They love vibrantly colored clothes or shiny metal armor, something that speaks about their personality on a level that other pixies and some people can understand. 

In the world, fairies make their homes in deep forests or hidden grottos beneath the hills of the Moonshae Isles, far beyond the sight of other humanoids. In these places, fairies cast their shimmering lights to color their domains in incandescent hues, gradually shifting from soft red to bright yellow to deep violet and back again. Some say that the realms of the fairies are the places where rainbows begin and end, and those rainbows are fairy roads emanating from the light of the kingdoms they connect, which can be seen by mortals only when the sun shines through the rain. Though fairies prefer to keep out of sight, they can be found almost anywhere in the Feywild. As intrinsically magical as they are whimsical, fairies enhance the world around them with their presence.

Alternative Fairy Traits

They are shy and reclusive flying fey creature that adores playing tricks and pranks on others.

Ability Score Increase

Your dexterity score increases by 2

Darkvision

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.

Fey Ancestry

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

Invisibility

Once you reach 3rd level, you can cast the invisibility spell once with this trait, requiring no material components, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a short or long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Shrink

You can touch an object that is sized for a Medium or Small creature and shrink it to a size appropriate for you. If the object is a weapon, decrease its damage dice by one size unless it has the finesse or light weapon properties (the versatile damage dice of that weapon also decreases). If it is a container, such as a backpack or coin purse, all objects inside shrink proportionately. You can have multiple object shrunk at once but once the object leaves your person, it's container or you die, it returns to its original size.

Tiny Limbs

You have disadvantage on Athletics checks, but you are proficient in the Sleight of Hand skill.

Languages

You can speak, read and write Common, Elvish, and Sylvan.