Homebrew Ethereal Species Details
You could have been any race, creed, or religion you want. But one thing has always proven just how quickly none of that can matter. An untimely death. Before you were Ethereal something terrible must have happened if you ended up here in the Ethereal plane. Only those who met their death before their time are cast here. But don't fret. from time to time Ethereal beings are summoned to the physical plane in order to do some task. Sometimes it could be a cult trying to attain a powerful fighter, could be a religious sect trying to protect their church and beliefs, or someone was just got a bit too curious when reading magical tomes. No matter the reason your back! kind of...
Ethereal Traits
You have trouble manipulating the Physical plane without some assistance.Ethereal
You can see and hear whats going on around you within 60ft but in order to interact with the physical plane you need to be summoned and tethered to an object. Usually in the form of a puppet or mannequin but can be anything with a humanoid form. When your bond is broken with this object, Usually by the destruction of said object, you are cast back to the Ethereal plane where you must make death saving throws in order to stay attached to the debris and not fade out of existence. Your party can summon you again if they have a Bell, The debris from your last tethered object, and a Puppet/Mannequin then preform a ritual to tether you to that object. You can only be tethered to 3 objects at once and can only control one at a time.
Hindsight
You can remember your death in vivid detail but you also know what you could have done better making you more aware of your current situation. +2 to wisdom and +1 to Intelligence.
Possession
When you are tethered to an object you can see and hear through that object as long as you are possessing it. your puppet can do anything a normal person could do as long as it fits the size class of the object you are tethered to. i.e a small puppet couldn't lift something as easily as a medium sized one. Your puppet can only be healed by the Mending spell and the damage healed is equal to your hit dice.
Telepathy
You can project your voice into the minds of those you can see within 60ft of you. Anyone with high intelligence can tell your not actually speaking if your possessing a puppet.
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