Homebrew Fae Species Details

Fae are magical creatures, looking like a part of a dream. They move as if floating, having a sort of ethereal beauty to them. They mostly live in the Feywild, but may reside deep in the forests of the Material Plane.

Hauntingly Beautiful

Fae are unearthly beautiful. They look like they are from a dream, defying reality. They appear vaguely elven, but even more beautiful and otherworldly. They have antlers on their head, small fangs, long claws, and a vestigial tail. They also sometimes have other animal or plant attributes, such as flowers growing from their hair or deer legs. They have fine features, but look wild with their unkempt hair and the mischievous glint in their eyes, which only makes them more beautiful. They are around as tall as a human, not including their antlers, but are slightly more slender than humans. There aren't any male and female fae. Fae don't use gender, so when coming into contact with humanoids it feels strange.

Fae can be coloured anywhere in the normal human range, but can also be green, almost bluish-white, or other exotic nature colours. Their hair can be green or blue, along with the normal hair colours, and their eyes can be anywhere from liquid pools of silver to shifting lakes of vibrant green and deep brown. They can also have the black eyes of an animal or really any other colour you can think of. Fae don't have any facial or body hair.

A Timeless Perspective

Fae can live well over a thousand years, so they don't usually trouble themselves with the politics and petty fights of humanoids. They are very mischievous, and are often amused about things that might anger other races. If wronged in any way, though, they will harbour a grudge and strike back with vengeance. When pursuing a goal or doing something they love, they will be focused and do whatever it takes to get it done.

Fae embrace change and chaos. They are flexible in the face of danger, and will usually use their charisma to get out of situations, but will also use magic and an unparalleled skill with bows and swords to fight back if need be.

The Feywild

Most fae live in the Feywild, in small close knit family groups or on their own. They also may live with other fey creatures. They use magic to do everyday tasks and usually don't build houses, preferring to live a nomadic life. They very rarely come into contact with humanoids, but when they do they usually like to pull pranks on them without ever being seen and, if the humanoids respond in good humour, reveal themselves and teach them the secrets of the forest. They might also be found deep in forests on the Material Plane.

Fae encountered outside their home usually got separated somehow, and are looking for a way back. Very rarely, they set out on their own, looking for something more in their life.

Exploration and Adventure

If fae get separated from their family or the Feywild, they will usually set out to find a way home by adventuring. Sometimes, they enjoy it enough that even when they find a way to get back home they will keep adventuring. They enjoy humans because they change so fast, and find elves dull because, even though they live as long as the fae, don't like change.

 

Fae Traits

Your fey character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of thousands of years of fey refinement.

Nature's Intuition

Thanks to your mystical connection to nature, you gain proficiency with two of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Stealth, or Survival.

Ability Score Increases

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

Age

Fae can live for thousands of years, but they age much slower than that.

Size

Fae are slender and about as tall as humans, not including their horns. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Used to running through the forests and jumping over fallen logs, your base walking speed is 40 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep. You also gain the Fey Touched feat.

Light Sleeper

Fae are light sleepers. You only need to sleep for 30 minutes for a short rest, and 4 hours for a long rest. You also gain a +5 bonus to your passive Perception score when sleeping.

Creature Type

Your creature type is fey.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan. Sylvan is the language of the fey, and sounds like birds chirping, the bubbling of a river, leaves falling, and other natural sounds. It uses the Elvish script.

Fae Weapon Training

You are proficient in shortswords, longswords, shortbows, and longbows.

One with the Wild

You know nature like the back or your hand. Moving through non-magical difficult terrain costs you no extra movement. You can also pass through non-magical plants without being slowed by them and without taking damage from them if they have thorns, spines, or a similar hazard. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against plants that are magically created or manipulated to impede movement, such as the entangle spell. Additionally, you can attempt to Hide even when only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, or other natural phenomena. You have proficiency in the Acrobatics and Stealth skill, and advantage on Animal Handling and Persuasion checks against beasts, fey and plants.