Homebrew Fairy (Insectoid) Species Details
The Feywild is home to many fantastic peoples, including fairies. Fairies are a wee folk, but not nearly as much so as their pixie and sprite friends. The first fairies spoke Elvish, Goblin, or Sylvan, and encounters with human visitors prompted many of them to learn Common as well.
Infused with the magic of the Feywild, most fairies look like Small elves with insectile wings and corresponding antenna, but each fairy has a special physical characteristic that sets the fairy apart. For your fairy, roll on the Fey Characteristics table or choose an option from it. You’re also free to come up with your own characteristic if none of the suggestions fit your character.
At birth, fairies look more like puppy sized caterpillars than humanoids. They go through a metamorphosis at age 3, hatching as more humanoids after 2-3 weeks of staying in their coccoon.
Fairy (Insectoid) Traits
Creature Type You are a Fey. Size You are Small. Speed Your walking speed is 30 feet. Fairy Magic You know the druidcraft cantrip.Antenna
Because of your insectoid nature, you have bug like antenna sprouting from your head. These antenna act as a 6th sense of sort, granting fairies 15ft of blindsight, and proficiency in the Arcana skill.
Creature type
Your creature type is Fey rather than Humanoid.
Size
Your size is Small.
Flight
Because of your wings, you have a flying speed is equal to your walking speed. You can’t use this flying speed if you’re wearing medium or heavy armor.
According to all laws of aviation, there is no way a fairy should be able to fly. However, fairy wings have magical resonance flowing through them, giving them a strange shimmer in certain lightings.
Fairy Magic (Druidcraft)
You know the druidcraft cantrip.
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Fairy magic is granted to fairies due to their origins in the feywild, and is collected within their bodies over their lifetime. Some fairies are able to better harness this magic and expand it's range, while others ignore it for the first part. A fairy not born in the feywild and not exposed to enough wild or arcane magic is likely to have trouble with their naturally given magical abilities.
Fairy Magic (Enlarge/Reduce)
Starting at 5th level, you can cast the enlarge/reduce spell with this trait. Once you cast enlarge/reduce with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of this spell using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Fairy magic is granted to fairies due to their origins in the feywild, and is collected within their bodies over their lifetime. Some fairies are able to better harness this magic and expand it's range, while others ignore it for the first part. A fairy not born in the feywild and not exposed to enough wild or arcane magic is likely to have trouble with their naturally given magical abilities.
Fairy Magic (Faerie fire)
You know the druidcraft cantrip. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the faerie fire spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the enlarge/reduce spell with this trait. Once you cast faerie fire or enlarge/reduce with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Fairy magic is granted to fairies due to their origins in the feywild, and is collected within their bodies over their lifetime. Some fairies are able to better harness this magic and expand it's range, while others ignore it for the first part. A fairy not born in the feywild and not exposed to enough wild or arcane magic is likely to have trouble with their naturally given magical abilities.
Speed
Your walking speed is 30ft. However, due to your wings creating drag, your swimming speed is 20ft.
Ability score increase
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score 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.
Life Span
Fairies that reside in the feywild generally live as long as elves. If not provided with the appropriate amount of arcane or wild magic, a fairy will generally live for about a century.
Some believe that if a fey dedicates themselves to a certain kind of magic or concept, they will become an archfey. The specifications of this process are not well known.
Languages
You can speak Common and one of the following languages of your choosing: Goblin, Sylvan, or Elvish.
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