Homebrew Eldrii Species Details
From what can be gathered by the handful of sages and maniacs that know of Ouie, an obscure Great Old One, it is one of the very few that seems to have a very specific pattern. Every so often, shortly after stillbirths are delivered, mutated imitations of newborns called Seers are created by Ouie’s powers with scars of their parasitic creation. Most of them are killed by unspeakable horrors in the Far Realm of which they were weaved from, but a select few are miraculously saved quickly enough are taken to the Board, a planes-walking nursing home run by a mysterious and seemingly benevolent hag Miss Pelegrín. The children grow up with only each other and Miss Pelegrín for company, and therefore know relatively little about the world around them.
The first children to grow up to a more mature age in the Board began to call themselves Eldrii, due to each child’s eldritch similarity; eyes. Ouie’s corruption left each child with disfigurements and discoloration that affected their ability to see one way or another. Some simply received discolored eyes that matched the colors of other disfigurements, and some either gained or lost some of their overall ability to see. No matter how drastic the mutation is, each and every Eldrii is cursed so that their mutant eyes are hopelessly recognizable to other people. And so, each child can be identified as an Eldrii in one way or another with that information, mostly resulting in horrified realization and terror.
Each day in the Board is every 4 years or so in the Material Plane, and every week, some unsuspecting soul is transported to the Board. When such a thing happens, the residents of the Board all take up the guise of an orphanage, in hopes that one or more of the Seers can be taken with the Visitors to the outside world. These Visitors either get frightened and leave as quickly as possible, adopt an Eldrii or two, or in rare cases even stay in the Board to help the Seers.
This race is the Great Old One variant of Aasimars. You may base an Eldrii character off of any Great Old One; not exclusively Ouie.
Eldrii Traits
This race is similar in a sense to Aasimars, whereas this one focuses on the Great Old Ones. You may choose to base a Seer character off of any Great Old One, and not just Ouie.Ability Score Increase
Your Wisdom Score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
Age
Eldrii mature at a slightly faster rate as humans, and so live a few years shorter.
Alignment
Eldrii towards either lawful or chaotic, taking after either the discipline of the Board or their corruptive nature.
Size
Eldrii can be either Medium or Small in size.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Darkvision
Thanks to the eyes born from Ouie’s corruption, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 30 ft. of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it was dim light.
Trade Off of Power
With cooperation with the DM, you can give your character the innate ability to use the powers of 1 wondrous magic item. For any wondrous item above Uncommon, you gain disadvantage on all skill checks of one Ability Score of your choice. This is meant to reflect the nature of their corruption; for example, an Eldrii with eyes all across it’s body can use the Robe Of Eyes, but the horror of it can give them disadvantage on Charisma checks.
Languages
You can speak Common and one other language if your choice.
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