Homebrew Cait Sidhe Species Details

Creating Your Character

Cait Sidhe are small catlike fey, playful and inquisitive in nature they like to float around using their innate levitation to show off, or hide in unexpected areas. They are usually slightly incorporeal, but appear much like a regular house cat, despite being very far removed from one. Great magical ability lies in the genes of these tiny creatures. Once seen as a status symbol amongst high ranking wizards, they were a popular creature to obtain as a familiar. As fully sentient beings, to gain one's trust and loyalty to become a familiar was extraordinarily rare.

If you create a cait sidhe character, follow these additional rules during character creation.

Ability Score Increases

When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.

The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You’re free to follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be raised above 20.

Languages

Your character can speak, read, and write Common, Sylvan and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of widespread languages to choose from. The DM is free to add or remove languages from that list for a particular campaign.

Creature Type

You are a Fey

Life Span

Cait Sidhe can live for a long time due to their Fey bloodline. Middle age for a Cait Sidhe is 100.

Height and Weight

The height and weight of your Cait Sidhe are around the same as your average cat. 

Cait Sidhe Traits

These are your racial traits.

Size

You are small.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30ft.

Strange Form

Your form isn't quite as solid as a regular creature. When being hit by a non-magical weapon, it seems to almost pass right through you. You have resistance to non-magical bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage.

Levitate

Strange powers allow you to levitate above the ground. Using your movement you can travel anywhere up to 10 feet above the ground. The regular rules of levitate apply to you aside from being able to propel yourself in any direction. This is not concentration based.

Innate Caster

Being a creature of immense magical ability you gain access to certain spells as you grow and level. At character creation you gain access to cast Disguise Self at will. When you reach 3rd level you can cast Hideous Laughter at level 1 a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus with this trait and regain the ability to do so after a long rest. When you reach 5th level you can cast Invisibility on yourself using this trait once, you regain this ability at the end of a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting modifier for these spells.