Homebrew Erdeyan Species Details

After the cataclysm that split the realm of elements apart from the greater elemental chaos, each of the elemental planes began to produce their own personal races. The Plane of Earth seemed to take its time at first as the Pech and Dao watched the other planes begin their formations. The plane of water has a spectacular event that called all the water born races to see it, The plane of air had theirs discovered within the deep reaches of the Labyrinth winds, and rumours were that the plane of fire had discovered a small light near the city of brass. The Dao wanted to know what their race had in store so they Called all of the Pech together and told them to search the plane for their light. After a month of searching, they discovered the light near the base of the City of Jewels. The Pech that discovered it, named Xyx'lyxx, brought it to the Dao by scooping up the mud underneath of it.  As he carried it he could feel the shifting light underneath of him reaching out to try and run away. Small roots and tendrils began wrapping around Xyx'lyxx's feet trying to trip him up but the pech easily dodged them. Finally, the light knowing it was about to leave the city used the roots to release a large boulder to try and squish the Pech. The Pech saw it coming and threw the light outside of the city. 

The light began to glow brightly as the Dao looked upon it. He picked up the muddy light and began taking rocks and sticking them to the mud. As the light continued to grow brighter the Dao made a small body of jagged rocks. It attempted to use the spell Move Earth on the little creature and the light faded away. in its place, a small wriggling mass began moving the rocks around it. The small form growing slowly over many years taking more rocks to build out its form. After forty years, the Erdeyan had become a hulking mass of Rock. The Dao had taught the little one to speak and tried to teach it all it knows but the Erdeyan hated its parent. It knew early on that it was not able to fully form itself. The rocks became its only form and nearing its adulthood it knew it needed to learn more than the Dao would teach it. It named himself Marduxx and began to look into the material plane. It loved the beasts that took of others and began to pray to the few gods it knew. After a while, one answered by giving the Erdeyan another light. The Erdeyan began to let it grow naturally but had accepted who he had become so he followed the story he had been told and formed a woman at the exact time he had been formed. She grew like he did and named herself Rispheen. Eventually forming a city within the mud hills and growing the Erdeyan race.

When the Erdeyans came to the material plane they did so peacefully. Bringing with them gorgeous bouquets of flowers that could only be grown within the darkness of the City of Jewels. By this point, Marduxx had come to call himself Falranxx and then, finally, Abraxx. Rispheen likewise had taken two other names: Ereos and Limpheen. Together along with a small group they came and began forming a city of flowers and trees in the middle of Faerun near the middle of Anauroch. They formed three distinct guilds within that city. One that focused on nature, one the that focused on healing, and one that focused on the radiance of the divine. Each of them adapting nature to their own uses for healing and defence.  

Erdeyan Traits

An Erdeyan taps into the nature around to heal those around them

Erdeyan Immunity

As an Erdeyan's body is made of pure Earth and was formed in the heart of the Plane of Earth, an Erdeyan has resistance against Bludgeoning damage. Their Rock-like exterior also prevents damage from the forces of nature. No weather except for that of a storm can effect you.

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom and Charisma Scores are increased by 2 and your Dexterity is decreased by 1. 

Age

An Erdeyan lives as long as the Earth itself. They grow slowly at the beginning of their lives, around 40 years before reaching adulthood. A long living Erdeyan survives a few millennia though every 300 years they completely change personality, name, and alignment. Every 300 years on the exact day of their birth an Erdeyan has a "day of rebirth". During this day they go by either name, any personality, and switch through alignments until everything cements at midnight the next night. 

Alignment

An Erdeyan begins their life by selecting any of the alignments. Throughout their lives, an Erdeyan will change through each alignment only reaching their death once every alignment has been gone through. Thus most Erdeyans are not trusted.

Size

The Erdeyans are a large race. The typical Erdeyan is 10 to 12 feet tall. They are also 600-1000 pounds being that they are made of pure rock. 

Vision

The Erdeyan has Tremorsense and thus can detect and pinpoint the origin of vibrations within 120ft. of them, provided that the Erdeyan and whatever the vibrations source is are on the same surface. However, the Erdeyan only has 15 ft. of regular vision. Beyond that, they can only see shadowy images. 

The Power of Nature

An Erdeyan trusts the earth around them and uses every aspect of nature to heal others. The Erdeyan understands how every race works and can use that ability to heal. When an Erdeyan sees a person in need they can call upon nature to assist them within 60 feet. Five times a day the Erdeyan can bolster their healing by adding 2d4 to the roll.

Roots of the Earth

The Erdeyan can use stomp their feet down into the ground to try to see if there are any roots within their tremorsense range. Roll a perception check to see. If there is the Erdeyan will ask them to help out in any way they can. If there are any roots within the area an Erdeyan can call upon them to trip up one enemy within their range. The enemy must make a Dexterity saving throw with a DC of 14 or be tripped up and knocked prone. This counts as an action in combat. Once per day, the Erdeyan can then use the roots to attempt to grapple the prone enemy. The enemy must then make a Strength saving throw with a DC of 15 or be grappled until the end of the Erdeyans next turn. 

Languages

An Erdeyan can speak, read, and write Common, Primordial, and Dwarvish.

Natural Form

An Erdeyan looks like a large orcish figure completely covered in stone. Their stones are rough and jagged when they are first born and become smoother throughout their lives. Their rocks cover over their natural form. If an Erdeyan trust a person they will reveal their form underneath. When the rocks are pulled back all damage is doubled. They are smooth, rounded beings underneath. No larger than 3 feet tall and very pudgy. They use rocks to hide their weakness being that they are incredibly tiny and helpless without their outer beings. This is entirely because the other races in the Plane of Earth tried to force their race along without giving it time to fully fashion itself.