Homebrew Yurei Species Details
As ghosts Yurei are the solid corporeal spirits of a once living person. They retain the same size and movement speed of their race when they were once alive. Yurei however give off an unsettling and ghostly aura. They float in place and often wear clothing they would have had for their funeral regardless of whether or not they died in them. They have a pale translucent appearance and piercing eyes that unsettle many.
Yurei Traits
PlaceholderAbility Score Increase.
Your Wisdom score increases by 2.
Size and Language.
You retain the size category and languages you had before becoming a Yurei, in the case of character creation choose a different player race for determining size category and languages.
Speed.
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision.
Your ghostly traits and undead grant you superior vision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and darkness as if it was dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Cling to Life.
You are immune to effects that target un- dead originating from yourself, additionally you can be targeted by healing spells that normally exclude undead.
Ghostly Nature.
Your creature type is undead. You do not require air, food, drink, and you are immune to being poisoned, poison damage, and diseases. You are vulnerable to radiant damage however you still take damage normally from nearly every other type of damage.
Rest without Peace.
Whenever you take a short or long rest, you instead fade into a state in between the material and ethereal plane. You are invisible while resting but any area you occupy is eerily quiet and unsettling. You are still vulnerable to people who are aware you are there.
Subrace.
While technically not races, there are different types of Yurei that return to haunt their loved ones. Choose one of these subraces on the 7 subraces section:
- Funayurei (Sea Ghost)
- Fuyurei (Gas spirits)
- Jibakurei (soul/object Bound)
- Onryo (Vengeful Spirit)
- Ubume (Dead Mom Ghost)
- Yuki Onna (Snow Spirit)
- Zashiki-Warashi (Ghost Kid)
Jibakurei (soul/object Bound)
Earthbound spirits that are instead bound to a person, place, or object and grounding you to reality easier. Jibakurei tend to be more mentally and physically stable than other Yurei.
Ability Score Increase.
Your Intelligence score increases by 1.
Bound.
You are bound to a person, place, or object. Choose one of these at character creation, while within 60ft of the creature or object you chose you gain the following benefits:
• +2 to any skill check relating to that person or object.
• +2 to Saving throws with 1 ability of your choice (choose at character creation).
• +2 Bonus to death saves.
If the person is slain or object broken these bonuses all be- come -2 Penalties to their respective rolls instead until the person is revived or the object is fixed.
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