Homebrew Forbidden Phoenix Species Details

Long ago there were these immortal birds called the Phoenix and they all rose from great tragedies of all the land; they were not harmful to those who sought shelter and freedom. They were a kind and peaceful race who always cared for one another and never looked on the dark side of the world, however it did not take long for the dark side of the world to come looking for the Immortal phoenix light and essence which could save a mortal from death and make the mortal live longer than they regularly would but this came at a cost to the phoenix the immortal phoenix could only give away so much and once they gave all they could the mortals of the realm took all the ones they could get and since the phoenix are kind and come from the rebirth they trusted them and were killed because their essence wasn't strong enough to keep them alive or sold off as a small light source for the highest bitter.

 

Forbidden Phoenix Traits

You come from a place not known to any, it is not known how you were conceived or if you come from a past life all you know is that you have a curse put atop of you that hinders your phoenix powers and you like to do good and it hurts you if you don't for you have a wild magic inside you that gets easier to deal with and use instead of it controlling you at 2nd level you are able to fly and you journey helps you control them.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age

A Phoenix doesn't die in the sense they either let themselves be extinguished or they can have their spark flown and land on a flammable substance and regrow through life again but typically they are already mature when they become a phoenix so typical age doesn't matter

Alignment

Most Phoenix are good and that makes it hard to choose sides when it comes to law and chaos. Culture and mind say to be good but it can be powerful to be evil when it comes to a phoenix

Size

Typically the phoenix isn't a large animal until fully developed and in your current state you cannot be any taller than a regular elf. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Flight

You have a flying speed of 50 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Talons

Your talons are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Celestial, and Auran.