Homebrew Baxyn Species Details
Baxyn's are a race who primarily exist in the dimension of Eboneth, after hundreds of years of evolution and adaptation. They are elemental creatures that have a natural form of dark smoke with two bright shining eyes, however they often materialize to take on whatever physical form they choose. They can attempt to materialize to mimic an existing race, but they can't perfectly mimic said race, with proportions looking off and black smoke emanating off of it. Baxyn are social creatures, who strive to be apart of a small group of people (a party), and would do anything to protect their people. They are rarely seen in the main city, preferring the freedom from outside, however dangerous it may be. Baxyn do not need to eat or drink, rather they require the smoke of a fire to keep them sustained. They rarely take on their natural form outside of their party, some have a normal materialized form while other take on a form to fit the situation/people.
Baxyn Traits
All Baxyns share a few racial traitsMaterialise/Dematerialise
Materialising helps you need to hold something steadily, physically interact with something, acquire touch as a sense and in most cases, interact with someone outside of your party. This can also work similar to the shape shift ability, where you can adapt the general shape of any races or beasts of medium size, regardless on the arrangement of limbs, body parts etc. however you can't perfectly disguise as another race, with proportions that look a little 'off' and smoke emanating off of you. You cannot imitate a specific character with much success.
Dematerialising can be useful when going through small spaces, escaping restraints such as rope, handcuffs or even people's grasp and getting through anywhere that isn't completely sealed off. You cannot get through a completely sealed off area since you cant go through physical barriers/objects, but if there is so much as a crevice that leads through, you could escape. When going through small spaces, you still occupy the same amount of space, just a different arrangement of it. Baxyns also must dematerialise when 'eating' (absorbing smoke)
Darkvision
Due to evolution after living in safe areas such a caves, Baxyn have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.
Creature of smoke
When Baxyns eat, they accumulate extra smoke with they can use to cast the spell fog cloud. If they don't cast the spell the access smoke slowly seeps away back to it's normal mass. After a long rest, you can once again use fog cloud. By not eating in over 24 hours or taking a level exhaustion, you don't have enough access smoke to cast fog cloud.
Fire Feast
You lack the ability to be able to consume food due to the fact that you're made up purely by smoke. Even in a materialised form, you cannot eat actual food. To sustain yourself, you need to accumulate smoke off of an ongoing fire. Not doing so in over 32 hours will result in a level of exhaustion.
Feather Fall
Due to the fact that you're made of smoke, when falling you can slow your fall by catching yourself at the end, halving your fall damage.
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