Homebrew Gem Species Details

Gems are semi-immortal beings made through a process called Gem kindergarten production. This is an artificial creation method used by the Gem-Homeworld to grow new Gems by extracting energy and minerals from a planet oftentimes destroying it. Gems are created with predefined roles assigned by Homeworld based on their Gem type. Each role dictates their purpose, abilities, and societal ranking, Diamonds (Leaders of the Gem Empire), Pearls (Personal Attendants & Servants), Quartz Soldiers (Elite warriors and generals),  Rubies (Low-level foot soldiers & guards), Sapphires (Strategic advisors & future-seers),  Peridots (Tech support, scientists, and engineers),Bismuths (Blacksmiths & weapon forgers), Lapis Lazulis (Terraformers, water manipulators), Hybrids( half human half gem). Homeworld has a strict caste system, where higher-ranked Gems (like Diamonds) command absolute authority, while lower-ranked Gems (like Rubies) are treated as disposable.

Gem Traits

Gems are magical, crystalline beings originally created for specific purposes, but many have since forged their own destinies. They have light-based bodies that emerge from a central Gemstone, granting them unique abilities and resilience.

Lightform

Your body is a projection of light, anchored to your gemstone.

You do not need to eat, sleep, drink, or breathe like organic beings.

Instead of sleeping, you enter a meditative trance for 4 hours, gaining the same benefits as an 8-hour long rest.

You are immune to the unconscious condition, except when reduced to 0 HP.

Gemstone Core

Your essence is contained within your gemstone, allowing you to persist even after physical destruction.

When reduced to 0 HP, you do not die. Instead, your body disappears, and your Gemstone falls to the ground.

While in this state, you are incapacitated and unaware of your surroundings, but you automatically begin reforming after 1d4 hours with 1 HP.

If your Gemstone is shattered, you die instantly, and your soul is lost unless restored by powerful magic (Wish, True Resurrection).

Hard Light Body

Your form is a construct of solid light, making you resistant to certain effects.

You have resistance to poison and psychic damage (due to lacking a traditional nervous system).

You are immune to disease and the poisoned condition.