Homebrew Faceless Species Details

Descended from shadow spirits and their human servants, the Faceless are always loners and outsiders in society. While they do possess faces and have normal mortal functions, requiring air, food, rest, and some society, the Faceless have long been the stuff of nightmares to most mortals. There is no independent Faceless society or community and the Faceless live in small enclaves in larger communities on the outskirts, taking on tasks suited to their talents and generally avoiding the light of the sun.

Descended from shadow spirits and their human servants, the Faceless are always loners and outsiders in society. While they do possess faces and have normal mortal functions, requiring air, food, rest, and some society, the Faceless have long been the stuff of nightmares to most mortals. There is no independent Faceless society or community and the Faceless live in small enclaves in larger communities on the outskirts, taking on tasks suited to their talents and generally avoiding the light of the sun.

Within the Shadowkin lineage, there is a history and knowledge of their descent from shadow spirits, genies, or other supernatural beings who paired up at some point in the past with particularly open-minded and adventurous humans or elves. Each such pairing creates a new sub-race of Shadowkin, able to easily comingle and interbreed with other Shadowkin in the world.

Faceless Traits

The Faceless have many traits in common.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common. There is no native language of the Faceless.

Dark Domain

Once per day, as a bonus action you can create a 15ft sphere of darkness centered on yourself as if using the Darkness spell. You can see through this Darkness, but other creatures cannot without Truesight or other senses independent of Sight.

Cloaked

You have Superior Darkvision out to 120 feet, but poor vision in Bright Light limited to only 30 ft. In addition, you have advantage on Stealth in dim and lower light. You are considered lightly obscured in dim or lower light, unless carrying a light source.

Shadowmeld

Once per day and as an action, a Faceless can meld with a shadow that it is touching, becoming intangible and unable to attack or perform any action other than movement within the shadow. May Rematerialize as a Bonus Action and must do so within 2 minutes. Gains Advantage on the first Attack made against a creature also within five feet of the Shadow (or within the shadow). If its shadow is eliminated by bright light, it is forced out into an unoccupied space, losing half of its remaining hit points and is knocked prone.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity and Charisma each increase by 1.

Age

The Faceless mature quickly and reach adulthood after only a dozen years. They live longer than most humans, up to 300 years.

Alignment

Independent and self-reliant, shadowkin tend toward a neutral alignment.

Size

Faceless are generally taller than humans, standing anywhere from 6 feet to over 7 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.