Homebrew Elan 3.5 Adaptation Species Details

Elans are not born; they are made. Living humans are selected from a pool of applicants and screened by a special elan council. Those who pass muster undergo a secret psionic process in one of several hidden elan enclaves, where they abandon their humanity for a new, psionically energized existence. Thus, elans do not reproduce biologically, but rather psionically, through a mysterious psionic ritual known only to elans. Even then, their “children” are usually already fully formed adult humans. Nonhuman elans are never created, and it could be that the ritual simply doesn’t work for any creatures but those who were originally human. When those who are still human seek the transformation to elans, they must petition existing elans for the privilege of going through the process. Elans are a secret lot in this regard, and do not publicly reveal their enclaves or places of making; the elans select new aspirants and turn away those they feel are unsuited for life as an elan. Newly created elans retain the basic memories and personalities of their previous human lives, but lose all their previous class levels, skills, and other characteristics.

Elan 3.5 Adaptation Traits

Forging a new Elan.

Aberration

You are an aberration

Ability Score Increase

Increase one ability score by 2 and a different score by 1

Age

Elans are created as adults from humans. The only thing known about these bodies is that they can last over 1000 years, but no one has seen a natural end of an Elan.

Speed

You have a walking speed of 30 feet

Languages

You know how to read and write common

Elan Sense

When an Elan undergoes the ritual to become an Elan they are attuned to the other Elans who participated in that ritual. Allowing them to sense one another within 120 feet of each other.

Repletion

Elan live off their own psionic energies. By performing a 1 hour ritual each day they gain the ability to forego food and water indefinitely. 

Psionic Resistance

Due to Elans possessing body's as Psionic energy they have gained Resistance to all Psychic attacks.

Trance

Elans don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.