Homebrew Aerouant Species Details
"Miranda slumped in the back of the wagon, staring out at the devastation of their camp. The Clan had been broken, her cousins scattered to the winds and only she and four of her brood-mates had survived the cloud giant slave raid. The flames leapt higher into the air as the wagon began to move. Her freedom was over, and she would live out her existence as a slave to the giants. She often wondered who her father was, and wished now, more than ever, that he would swoop out the sky on great copper wings and rescue them all.
She looked at her older sister, Kella, who was crying into the shoulder of their brother, Marius. Another sister, Delia was asleep in the lap of the eldest of their family, silent and brooding Naren. Of the other siblings, there was no sign. Only she sat alone, wishing not for the first time that perhaps their Clan living so near the cloud giant colony was just not such a great idea..."
An aerouant (an ancient word for dragon) is a being that is the product of an deeply emotional and spiritual, consensual encounter between a male dragon and female humanoid (usually human, elf or half-elf).
The humanoid mother typically produces 6-13 siblings in a brood, with each sibling being born 2-3 months apart. The entire gestational period can take from 1-3 years. Brood children are born inside a thin protective shell that sheds upon natural birth, which is usually quite painless.
All aerouant siblings maintain psychic connections to each other that allow them to maintain a form of telepathic or empathic connection.
Hidden Dragon Heritage
Aerouants usually have hair and eye color that reflect their particular draconic parentage, while the skin tone aligns with that of their humanoid parentage. As the existence of aerouants is not widely known, most of this race can easily pass for their mother's parentage in mixed societies.
An aerouant's stature mirrors that of its humanoid mother's race, although they often display physical and mental characteristics beyond what is apparent in their body structure or type.
Multi-Parent Clans
An aerouant clan can consist of many siblings, cousins and other near relatives. A dragon wishing to take a humanoid mate will often choose more than one humanoid female, each willing to consent to bearing a brood of aerouant offspring. The dragon rarely remains in the lives of its family(s), while they do tend to draw to each other and form colonies.
The dragon father connects on a deeply personal and psychic level with its mates, often foregoing its own nature to produce a family (i.e. chromatic dragons mix with humans with the same care and thoughtfulness as metallic dragons, and all prior cultural or ethical differences are considered unimportant. It is not known if other varieties of dragon such as the gem dragons can produce aerouants.
A unique Clan is considered to be all the mates and children of one specific male dragon, who live together for their mutual benefit. Clans do have a strong bond with one another, and expend great effort to remain a functioning, productive unit. Each clan also has a unique, distinctive name that reflects the father's draconic history.
Aerouant Names
Aeroaunt names reflect their mothers' cultural and racial norms and traditions, so there is no set of names unique to their race. Typically the mother keeps her own full name and passes her family name down to her children, which the clan name is not used for individual identification. The Clan names are only used to identify the groups among larger groups of aerouant.
A sampling of Clan Names: Pyroxis, Frigia, Flashius, Onyia, Emerella, Rubius
Aerouant Traits
An aerouant's racial traits are not apparent at first glance, and they can often pass for humanoids - albeit with slightly unusual colorations.Telepathic Touch
At times, you can send out a telepathic "ping" to your brood-mates and determine their approximate location, mood and health status.
While pure telepathic contact is not possible using this trait, an aerouant is able to determine, under the right circumstances, where each of their siblings are and what their current condition is. The contact is more empathic, and can serve as a reassuring presence in times of need.
Only one sibling can be touched at a time, and then only with a 12-hour interval between attempts. On a successful WIS check at DC 12, an aerouant attempting to use the Touch can determine, for one specific sibling:
- Their general direction and distance within 100 miles.
- Whether the sibling is happy, sad, angry, content or any other emotional state
- If the sibling is sick, injured, or in pain or other physical distress.
The slbling so Touched is aware that you have reached out and connected with them, at which time they can respond to ascertain your own status without the above interval restrictions.
If a sibling dies or otherwise experiences an ultimately fatal catastrophic event, they will unconsciously send out a final Touch to all siblings. After that point, all contact will cease and the link will be severed.
Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 1, and your Intelligence score increases by 2.
Age
Baby aerouant are born naturally to humanoid mothers, but are encased in a thin protective shell. This shell dissolves easily upon birth, but allows the child to develop more quickly than humanoid children of comparable age. They are typically walking at 6mos, speaking at 1 year and have reached their maximum normal height by 8 years of age. An aerouant can live between 100-150 years.
Size
Aerouants are no bigger or smaller than the racial type of their female parent, but possess superior physical and mental abilities. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Draconic Ancestry
You have a draconic father. Choose one type of dragon from the Draconic table. Your damage resistance are determined by the dragon type, as shown in the table.
Draconic Parentage
| Dragon | Damage Type |
|---|---|
| Black | Acid |
| Blue | Lightning |
| Brass | Fire |
| Bronze | Lightning |
| Copper | Acid |
| Gold | Fire |
| Green | Poison |
| Red | Fire |
| Silver | Cold |
| White | Cold |
Damage Resistance
You have resistance to the damage type associated with your draconic parentage.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Aerounic. Aerounic is a combined language of many races and dialects, that over time has become an entity of its own. Each Clan has its own variant that it can speak within itself. Aerounic is only used in highly charged and formal situations.
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