Homebrew Glamour Fairy Species Details
Like their cousins, the elves, fairies are a magical people living all throughout the world, but not entirely part of it either. They live where there is a strong connection to nature such as a secluded lake or ancient forests untouched by man but they may also be found in places where magic is abundant; a potent ley line or around an exceptionally powerful magic wielder. Fairies love nature and magic and have a curiosity of the world and its inhabitants. Though finding these elusive beings hidden behind their mastery of glamour is an adventure all its’ own.
Despite their small stature, fairies are exceptionally beautiful and even their males are elegant and graceful in appearance. Fairies range from six to eight inches tall when fully grown and rarely exceed a pound or two. Their coloration encompasses the normal human range and include skin in shades of copper, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green, pink, or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. Fairies have no facial and little body hair. They favor making their own clothing in a variety of bright colors.
Glamour Fairy Traits
Small, mischievous, and playful!Tiny Hands
You have disadvantage on Athletics checks, but you are proficient in the Sleight of Hand skill.
Shrink
You can touch an object that is sized for a Medium or Small creature and shrink it to a size appropriate for your tiny hands. If the object is a weapon, decrease the damage die by one size unless it has the finesse or light weapon properties (the versatile damage of that weapon also decreases by one size). You can touch multiple objects if they are the same type. At 3rd, 9th, and 15th levels, you can choose one weapon type you are proficient in, the damage die does not decrease whenever you use Shrink on it.
Age
A fairy’s life-span is tied to the forest they are born from. A number of factors will affect their overall life-span but hailing from a healthy wood they can live for several hundreds of years. There are those from ancient woods that are even thousands of years old. They reach maturity about the same time as humans but maintain a youthful appearance their entire life.
Alignment
Fairies primarily lean toward chaotic neutral alignments due to their playful and care-free nature.
Size
You are Tiny. Fairies hardly reach a foot tall. For all intents and purposes the Tiny Players (5e Variant Rule) apply to you.
Speed
You have a normal walking speed of 10ft. You have a fly speed of 30ft and you can hover if you are no more than 10ft off the ground, if you are more than 10ft off the ground when you end your turn you will fall until you are within the 10 ft range.
Darkvision
Accustomed to twilight 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.
Fey Ancestry
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, and Sylvan.
Glamour
As a member of the Faye, you can use glamour to change how you are perceived to others. You decide what you look like, including your height, facial features, sound of your voice, hair length, coloration, and distinguishing characteristics, if any. While you may pass for a human or elf, you cannot make yourself appear as a member of another race, but you can hide your wings (if present).
If a creature uses its action to examine you, the creature can determine the glamour is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the illusion becomes faint to the creature.
Glamour cannot be used in combat and requires concentration; any damage taken breaks the illusion and cannot be reapplied until after a short rest.
You may also use glamour to avoid being seen but cannot vanish entirely. Others hazily know someone is there, but they don't recognize you for who or what you are; a shadow without a face that others can't help but overlook. You gain advantage on stealth.
An enemy can roll a perception check against your spell DC and a successful roll will expose you. When done in dim or dark lighting, they roll with disadvantage unless they have Dark Vision.
Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
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