Homebrew Brightmaid Species Details

Brightmaids are the result of a unicorn blessing a baby while still in it's mother's womb.

Due to this blessing, they are graced with great beauty but also cursed with numerous 'birth defects'. The most common of which is a horn between 1-5 inches long on the upper middle portion of the forehead. But this can also include a unicorn tail (similar to a lion's tail), hooves for feet, an equine pelt, or an equine version of satyr legs, as well as numerous others.

There are unicorns of all colors and patterns. Brightmaids usually display the color schemes of whatever unicorn blessed them. For example, a white unicorn with silver mane and golden hooves would likely result in a pale humanoid with silver hair and golden hooves. By contrast, a brown-and-white unicorn with a black mane and tail would probably result in a brightmaid with patchy brown-and-white skin with black hair and tail.

Brightmaids will superficially appear similar to whatever race their mother was, regardless of biological father, though their physiology is more unique to brightmaids than their mother race. Despite their name, brightmaids can be either male or female.

Due to their strange appearance, Brightmaids are often either revered or hated. Viewed with jealousy because if their beauty and blessed state or disdain and dislike because they are different. This social ostracizing can lead many Brightmaids to darker things and many can be subject to drastic alignment shifts, especially if their Unicorn was of a questionable or Evil alignment to begin with. Brightmaids that give into their darker nature completely are called Blightmaids.

Brightmaid Traits

Although a brightmaid physically appears to be member of his or her mother race, their racial features are quite different.

Languages (Mother)

You can speak, read and write Common and Celestial.

Age (Mother)

Brightmaids usually live about a century more than other members of their race, and ages more slowly in adulthood. A human brightmaid, for example, reaches adulthood around 18 and can live to be 200.

Angel: At the age of 18, you stop aging.

Ability Score Increase (Brightmaid)

Your Charisma and Wisdom scores both increase by 1, and one other ability score of your choice increase by 1.

Alignment (Brightmaid)

 Brightmaids usually share the temperament of the unicorns who enchanted them, which usually means they are drawn to be good.

Size (Mother)

Brightmaids are usually around the same height as is considered average to whatever race their mother was. Your size can be Medium or Small, as correlates to your mother race.

Your size is Medium

Radiant Resistance (Mother)

You have resistance to radiant damage.

Perfect Mind (Mother)

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.

Celestial (Mother)

Your type is celestial. As such, you are immune to the effect of some spells such as charm person or hold person as they target specifically humanoids.

Healing Touch (Mother)

 As an action you can touch a creature. The target magically regains 1d8 hit points, and is freed from any poison, blindness, or deafness. You must finish a long rest before you can use this again.

Immortal (Mother)

Your body and soul are one and the same. When you die, you return to the Outer Plane of your deity, leaving no body behind. You can still be subject to the raise dead, resurrection or wish spells, representing the caster appealing to your deity for your return.

 

Horn (Blightmaid)

Your horn is a natural weapon, which you can use to make a melee weapon attack. A hit deals piercing damage equal to 1d4 plus your Strength modifier. You are proficient with this weapon.

 

Ethereal Appearance (Brightmaid)

Your appearance and natural charisma benefit you in social situations. You have proficiency in the Persuasion skill.

Unicorn's Gift (Brightmaid)

You know the druidcraft cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the calm emotions 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.