Being able to sense the emotions of others, you are wiser than most people as you know how to understand living beings and their intentions, desires, ambitions, fears, hopes, etc. By understanding those things, you're more charming and people tend to gravitate around you as a source of inspiration, aid, leadership.

+ 2 Wisdom +2 Charisma

Empaths age normally as a human would until their 20th birthday. At this point of their life, they begin to age as a much slower rate and can live as long as a elf.

As an Empath, you have an innate ability to create a link with a living being up to 30 feet around you. You may make an Insight roll vs a target's Deception, if you succeed, you gain Advantage on attack and skill rolls vs that target until the end of your next turn. The distance of your link increase as you grow stronger.

5th level range increase by 5 ft

10th level range increase by 5 ft

15th level range increase by 5ft

20th level range increases by 10ft

As an Empath you naturally know how to read people. Gaining Insight as a Skill no matter what class you choose. While also knowing how to handle the most enraged of beasts. Gaining Handle Animal. 

Empaths are naturals at sense the emotions of those around them. As an Action, an Empath may use Sense Emotion as a spell-like ability. They may use this up to their Wisdom Mod, regaining usage of this after completing a Long rest. 

Emapths can move 30ft

You gain advantage on Insight rolls.

Empaths know how to speak, read, and write Common and two other languages of their choice.