Homebrew De-winged Pixie Species Details

Standing barely a foot tall, pixies normally resemble diminutive elves with gossamer wings like those of dragonflies or butterflies, bright as the clear dawn and as luminous as the full moonrise. Curious as cats and shy as deer, pixies go where they please. They like to spy on other creatures and can barely contain their excitement around them. The urge to introduce themselves and strike up a friendship is almost overwhelming; only a pixie’s fear of being captured or attacked stays its hand. Those who wander through a pixie’s glade might never see the creatures, yet hear the occasional giggle, gasp, or sigh.  

Pixies array themselves like princes and princesses of the fey, wearing flowing gowns and doublets of silk that sparkle like moonlight on a pond. Some dress in acorns, leaves, bark, and the pelts of tiny woodland beasts. They take great pride in their regalia and beam with joy when they are complimented on their ensembles.

With their innate power of invisibility, pixies rarely appear unless they wish to be seen. In the Feywild and on the Material Plane, pixies etch patterns of frost on winter ponds and rouse the buds in springtime. They cause flowers to sparkle with summer dew, and colour the leaves with the blazing hues of autumn.

Pixie Dust

When pixies fly visibly, a shower of sparkling dust follows in their wake like the glittering tail of a shooting star. A mere sprinkle of pixie dust is said to be able to grant the power of flight, confuse a creature hopelessly, or send foes into a magical slumber. Only pixies can use their dust to its full potential, but these fey are constantly sought out by mages and monsters seeking to study or master their power.

Pixie dust is a key ingredient in potions and magical items pertaining to flight and invisibility. Because of this, rather than trading with the Pixies for the shed dust, some of the more morally bankrupt entrepreneurs take to hunting Pixie's and removing their wings to be ground up into dust. This form of Pixie Dust is more potent but less stable or sustainable than the regular variety.

Not all Pixie's are killed in the harvesting of their wings, and some adapt to their new disability and go onto become adventurers.

Tiny Tricksters

While the arrival of visitors piques their curiosity, pixies are too shy to reveal themselves at first. They study the visitors from afar to gauge their temperament or play harmless tricks on them to measure their reactions. For example, pixies might tie a dwarf’s boots together, create illusions of strange creatures or treasures, or use dancing lights to lead interlopers astray. If the visitors respond with hostility, the pixies give them a wide berth. If the visitors are good natured, the pixies are likely to be emboldened and more friendly. The fey might even emerge and offer to guide their “guests” along a safe route or invite them to a tiny yet satisfying feast prepared in their honour.

 

If you create a De-winged Pixie character, follow these additional rules during character creation.

Ability Score Increases

When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.

The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You’re free to follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be raised above 20.

Languages

Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of widespread languages to choose from. The DM is free to add or remove languages from that list for a particular campaign.

Creature Type

You are Fey.

Life Span

Pixie's mature at the age of 4 and live as long as they avoid dying.

Height and Weight

Pixie's are normally the size of 0.5 to 1.2 feet and weight less then 5 pounds

De-winged Pixie Traits

As a de-winged pixie, you have the following racial traits.

Creature Type

You are Fey. Spells that only target Humanoids do not work on you, you have Advantage on Saving throws to avoid being Charmed, and cannot be magically put to sleep.

Size

You are Tiny.

Speed

You have a base walking speed of 20ft, and a climbing speed equal to your walking speed.

Tiny Stature

You gain proficiency in Stealth (Dexterity) and +1 to your armour class.

Limited Magic

Due to the damage to your wings, your innate magical ability has been limited to the Druidcraft cantrip.

Tiny Character

Equipment

Tiny characters are often hampered by their diminutive size, hence they interact with certain items and equipment differently than characters of different sizes.

Lightweights. Tiny characters, unless the weapon is Undersized, cannot wield Lances or weapons with the Heavy property. They also require two hands to wield any weapon that isn't Light, or attack at disadvantage. Despite this, they cannot benefit from a Versatile weapon's two-handed damage die. A tiny creature can only use two-weapon fighting if their weapons are Undersized (or Light weapons if they have the Dual Wielder feat .) Weapons that are not Undersized have their damage die reduced by one stage when used by a tiny creature. A weapon does not have its damage reduced if a tiny creature uses two hands to wield it, or has the Dual Wielder feat.

Damage Die Penalty Chart.
Ordinary Damage Die Tiny Creature Damage Die
1d4 1
1d6 1d4
1d8 1d6
1d10 1d8
1d12 1d10
2d6 2d4

Not fooling anyone. A tiny character cannot conceal weapons on its person, unless the weapon is Undersized.

 

Movement and Combat

On the battlefield, a tiny creature's small size causes some specific interactions with creatures that are at least medium.

Excuse me! A tiny creature does not treat an occupied space as difficult terrain if the occupant is medium or larger.

Peekaboo! When a tiny creature shares its space with a medium or larger creature, it gains three-quarters cover from all sources except the creature it shares its space with.

 

 

 

Undersized Equipment.

Equipment designed specifically to be used by Tiny creatures cannot be worn or wielded by Small or larger creatures, and weighs only a tenth of the usual amount. A weapon with the Undersized property has its damage die reduced by one stage, but retains all its original properties.

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