Homebrew Drowliath Species Details

Slender, Graceful and Powerful

With their unearthly grace and fine features, Drowliath appear hauntingly beautiful to humans and members of many other races. They are taller than humans on average, ranging from just over 6 feet tall to just under 7 feet. They can be more slender than humans or considerably more muscular, with weight ranging 125 to 200 pounds, depending on the nature of class they choose to follow. A more physical class creates a more muscular body, while a more learned individual will tend to be lighter and thinner. Males and females are about the same height with no measurable difference between them.

A Drowliath is, at its core, still a drow so their skin will be ebony black, dark purple or gray and pure white hair. Drowliath, like other elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry.

A Not-so-Timeless Perspective

While normal elves can live well over 700 years, Drowliath have a mixed bloodline that dilutes the famed elven lifespan down to about 200 years. They are more often amused than excited, and more likely to be curious than greedy. They tend to struggle with humor and are quick to ire if they feel they've been slighted or embarrassed. They are slow to make friends, quick to make enemies, and even slower to forgive anyone. They reply to petty insults with threats if not outright violence.

Like the branches of a young tree, Drowliath are flexible and fierce in the face of danger. Unlike their Drow cousins, Drowliath are not relegated to living underground, as they've adapted to surface living, though they still prefer darker, cooler days on the average. When the need arises, Drowliath reveal a stern martial side, demonstrating skill meshed with killing intent.

Drowliath Names

Drowliath are considered children their twentieth birthday.

On their twentieth nameday they are taken to a local spot of importance where they undergo a ceremony that proclaims to all of nature that they are ready to enter life proper.

Male Adult Names: Adrus, Crazbur, Daxon, Tarigure, Xanis

Female Adult Names: Aminia, Beschele, Celeste, Seylah, Farida

Family Names: Usually that of the father, an active choice to snub the matriarchy of the normal Drow society.

Drowliath Traits

Your Drowliath character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of mixing two strong bloodlines.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity and Strength scores increase by 2.

Age

Drowliath reach adulthood at 20 and can live around 180-200 years if they aim to die of old age ... which is an uncommon decision for such a restless race.

Size

Elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you 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.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Trance

Elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish and Giant. Elvish is fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar. Elven literature is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires. On the opposite spectrum, Giant is a harsh language that uses a series of deep throat grunts and growls as part of it's everyday pronunciation.