Homebrew Firfling Species Details

Firfling

Your Firfling character combines traits from Firbolgs and Teiflings both.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 1, your Constitution score increases by 2, your Wisdom score increases by 1, and your Strength score increases by 1. You have a free score to increase by 1.

Hellish Resistance

You have resistance to fire damage.

Age

Related to humanoids related to the fey, Firfling have long lifespans. A Firfling reaches adulthood around 23, and the oldest of them can live for 300 years.

Alignment

Firflings, due to their upbringing tend to lean towards Chaotic good, no one can stop them from doing what they want, but they aren't about to put itching powder in your trousers without reason.

Size

Firflings are between 6'10 and 7' feet tall and weigh between 240 and 300 pounds, with a bit of a stocky build. Your size is Medium.

Appearance

Firflings look like the literally incarnate of hell, with the ability to have hooves, horns, a long winding tail, and fur covering them head to toe. Most outcast them for looking so differently and those with the gods or occult will either try to kill or worship them. 

Darkvision

Thanks to your tiefling blood, 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.

Firbolg Magic

You can cast detect magic and disguise self with this trait, using Wisdom as your spellcasting ability for them. Once you cast either spell, you can’t cast it again with this trait until you finish a short or long rest. When you use this version of disguise self, you can seem up to 3 feet shorter than normal, allowing you to more easily blend in with humans and elves.

Hidden Step

As a bonus action, you can magically turn invisible until the start of your next turn or until you attack, make a damage roll, or force someone to make a saving throw. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Speech of Beast and Leaf

You have the ability to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.

Languages

You can read and write in Common, Infernal, Elvish, Giant and two other languages.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Feat

You can choose a feat.

Firfling Traits

Firfling share certain racial traits as a result of their infernal and Firbolg descent.

Firbolg Magic

 

You can cast detect magic and disguise self with this trait, using Wisdom as your spellcasting ability for them. Once you cast either spell, you can’t cast it again with this trait until you finish a short or long rest. When you use this version of disguise self, you can seem up to 3 feet shorter than normal, allowing you to more easily blend in with humans and elves.

 

Hidden Step

 

As a bonus action, you can magically turn invisible until the start of your next turn or until you attack, make a damage roll, or force someone to make a saving throw. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

 

Powerful Build

 

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

 

Speech of Beast and Leaf

 

You have the ability to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.

Feat

You can choose a feat.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 1, your Constitution score increases by 2, your Wisdom score increases by 1, and your Strength score increases by 1. You have a free score to increase by 1.

Age

Firflings reach adulthood at the age of 23 and can live to be 300 years old.

Alignment

Firflings, due to their upbringing tend to lean towards Chaotic good, no one can stop them from doing what they want, but they aren't about to put itching powder in your trousers without reason.

Size

Tieflings are about the same size and build as humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Thanks to your infernal heritage, 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.

Hellish Resistance

You have resistance to fire damage.

Infernal Legacy

You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the hellish rebuke spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the darkness spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Languages

You can read and write in Common, Infernal, Elvish, Giant and two other languages.