Homebrew Friúnin Species Details
The God of Emotion
As old as time itself, emotional energies permeated the essence of every aspect of creation. Everything from a calm breeze to violent meteoric impact has been entwined in a unific vibration that makes up the emotional spectrum. At the epicenter of this vibration sits "The Great Connector", Friúnn, god of connection, authenticity, truth, and emotion. Born from the cosmos itself, Friúnn is Chaotic Neutral entity that almost never shows itself and views each emotion just as important as the last. Like the emotional spectrum itself, Friúnn exists as kaleidoscopic maelstrom, shifting and flowing, often in unpredictable ways. They find beauty in powerful emotions and those favored by Friúnn will be rewarded with deep emotional fulfilment of their endeavors. Friúnn can find favorability in most creatures, even those explicitly evil. Everyone from a humble monk to a savage serial killer can be beautiful in the eyes of Friúnn. Regardless of entity, they must be true to themselves.
Friúnn is not partial to spurious individuals and pretending to be something you are not is the antithesis of Friúnn's command. This puts Friúnn in natural conflict with the mad, introspectively oblivious, or performatively chaotic entities.
Even so, Friúnn will often ignore their displeasures, understanding that nature will take its course and sort the problem out for them. However, despite their initial fascination with him, no one has brought The Great Connector more strife than the Mad God himself, Cyric. Cyric's relentless self-obsession cause him to internalize a distortion of his being, fracturing his sense of self and leading him to commit an array of atrocities Friúnn might have otherwise found acceptable. Thankfully, Cyric was taken down by other forces, but The Great Connector still thought a correction was needed.
Friúnn rationalized that most intelligent being learn first through example. So, Friúnn chose to hyper concentrate emotional energies into sentient, definitively authentic beings called the Friúnin, or Fri (fr-ee), as they are colloquially known, and grant them the ability to do the same. Through them, Friúnn hoped to fill the world with honest expression and prevent the rise another Mad God.
The Emotional Spectrum
Friúnin, or Fri, come in every color of the rainbow, acting as personifications of all sorts of emotional states and makeups. While Friúnn initially only made a few representing the primary emotions, they have quickly spread and evolved to into complex emotional beings a little more akin to other races. However, Friúnin usually encapsulate one or two stronger emotions that make up their heart.
Each Friúnin still exemplify the primary characteristics of their predecessors, typically taking on a color that denotes their type. The size and weight of a Friúnin are dependent on their Expression of that emotion. For example, a purely Jubilant Friúnin will consistently be small in stature, but still medium sized and light weight meanwhile a Proud Jubilant Friúnin could be short and dense, large and light, or simply take on the common colors of one Expression while taking on the physical characteristics of another. They do not have hair and instead have tendril-like projections from their heads. Their skin is opqaue, but still semi translucent. Jubilant and Proud Friúnin have also been known to have a faint glittery quality to their skin while Unstable and Cautious are prone to darker, spotted complexions. Each primary Expression has an aura that either affects themselves, those around them, or both.
Expressions
Friúnin can be sorted into seven primary types, or Expressions, each with different physical characteristics and emotional proclivities. As Friúnin grow, their Expressions can change, but stay within certain boundaries of their primary type. The common characteristics for each Expressions are listed below:
-Jubilant: Smaller in stature and light weight, these Friúnin are spritely and always seeking a good time filled with merriment and cheer.
-Calm: These Friúnin are close in size and weight to the average human and above all else seek close bonds with others.
-Cautious: Friúnin of this Expression are naturally wary and focus their efforts on making peaceful environments or avoiding stressful ones, sometimes to the detriment of others. They are typically smaller and heavier.
-Curious: Relentlessly inquisitive, these Friúnin treasure knowledge and understanding. They tend to be taller and average weight.
-Proud: Focused on maximizing their own brilliance, these Friúnin are not easily shaken and big, sometimes even Large sized and incredibly heavy.
-Irritable: Prone to agitation, these Friúnin often avoid crowds and prefer isolation where they can focus on their hobbies. They are quite large and light weight.
-Unstable: The most unpredictable of any of the Expressions, Unstable Friúnin have no innate proclivities and most commonly are small to medium sized with strange weight fluctuations ranging from a 1 to 500 pounds depending on the intensity of their emotions.
Social Dynamics
Friúnin are generally accepted, but Unstable Friúnin have made a bad name for themselves, especially purely Unstable ones. Because of their Aura perception, they are disliked by rural communities, citing a threat to the social or economic dynamics of the area.
For those who accept Friúnin, they most often will find a friend with a great deal of social understanding and emotional insight. However, do not possess a concept of gender identity, which has led to some confusion and disconnection in their social circles with other races. That being said, Jubilant, Calm, Curious, and Unstable Fri have shown themselves capable of understanding gender, even if they don't have one of their own.
Friúnin are most commonly asexual and cannot procreate with non-Fri, though Calm, Curious, Proud, and Unstable Fri have been known to experience sexual desire. In procreation, Fri can reproduce alone or with any number of other Fri, so long as enough emotional energy is present for creation, of which the requirement is immense. Friúnin are primarily sustained by the emotional energies they derive from their hobbies or others' emotions but are free to eat and drink most foods and non-foods. They like to sleep, but Jubilant, Cautious, and Curious Fri often exemplify just how optional it is for them. As long as there is enough emotional energy available to sustain them, they do not need rest or other sustenance of any kind.
Like most other races, breathing is extremely important to Fri, but to them it is also an important regulation tool for managing their emotional input and output. They use it to calm down, generate energy in a pinch, and control their focus. Skilled breathing is not upkept by all Friúnin, with Cautious, Irritable, and especially Unstable, far less prone to it than other Expressions.
Regarding belief systems, they accept Friúnn as their creator, but do not inherently hold reverence for them, or any other gods for that matter. There have been cases of Calm, Cautious, and Proud Fri to seek the favor of a god and can generate a lot of emotional sustenance from their connection, but the other types are too involved with their own devices to be concerned with deities.
Friúnin Names
Friúnin are more concerned with phonetics than any meaning to their names and they name themselves shortly after manifesting. They prefer to be addressed by their chosen name, but commonly place their color or Expression before it to help clear up confusion in social settings. Fri names never have less than two vowels or more than three and commonly have the same vowel present throughout the name, though that itsn't a hard requirement. They also prefer for names to end in a vowel, but if phonetics dictate a consonant to be the better choice, they will opt toward that. Fri do not have a concept for their own gender so all name Fri names are considered unisex. If a Fri has a last name, it is because they chose to have one and has no inherent meaning or significance.
Example Names: Arrara, Ooro, Epeppe, Addulo, Purian, Ululu, Jerisa, Imnili, Droxio (dro-shee-o), Murmura, Vibolo, Hiooh, Powa, Branu, Folo, Mimi, Dusan, Vonus, Gilo
Stability
Regardless of Expression, each Fri seeks stability. Whether that comes from themselves or other people. But given the nature of their essence, they have particular susceptibility to explosive or high-pitched sounds, especially Irritable, Cautious, and Unstable Fri. This can put them at odds with Jubilant, Curious, or Proud Fri who, despite still struggling with noise, are very prone to making noise themselves.
Friúnin Traits
Your emotional energies manifest in a variety of different ways, providing different skill sets for different Expressions.Noise
Friúnin will find their emotional energies disrupted by powerful sound waves or high frequencies. This makes you Disadvantaged on Constitution saving throws against Thunder damage and effects.
Ability Score Increase
Your Wisdom score increases by 1, and your Charisma score increases by 1.
Life and Death
When a Friúnin is manifested, they are fully formed. They do not age beyond that, but they depend on emotional sustenance to stay alive. As such they will live for as long as they are fulfilled. Most Friúnin deaths are the result of misadventure, murder, starvation from emotional energies, or readiness of death.
Size
Friúnin vary in size and dimension depending on their Expression and emotional nutritional factors. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Expression
You are a personified emotion. Choose one type of Expression from the Emotional Expression table. Because of your Aura perception, you have Proficiency with Insight Checks. Your Ability Score Increase and additional Proficiency are determined by the Expression type, as shown in the table.
Emotional Expression
| Expression | Ability Score Increase | Proficiency |
|---|---|---|
| Jubilant | Charisma | Performance |
| Calm | Wisdom | Persuasion |
| Cautious | Dexterity | Perception |
| Curious | Intelligence | Arcana |
| Proud | Constitution | Athletics |
| Irritable | Strength | Intimidation |
| Unstable | Charisma | Deception |
Aura Perception and Language
Your Aura perception allows you discern any language spoken to you by a creature within 10 feet, but you cannot read or speak the language back without knowing it. You can speak, read, and write Common and have Proficiency in Insight Checks.
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