Homebrew clownkin Species Details
Clownkin (Fey-Touched Harlequins)
Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma increases by 2, and you may increase either Dexterity or Intelligence by 1 (your choice).
Age. Clownkin mature at the same rate as humans, but after age 30, they age very slowly, and can live up to 200 years. Elders (150+ years) often exhibit a whimsical magical talent granted by the trickster god.
Alignment. Most Clownkin lean toward chaotic alignments due to their fey origins and trickster nature, but their morality (good/neutral/evil) varies with the emotions they feed on.
Size. Medium. You stand around 5 to 6 feet tall normally, but your strange biology allows you to shrink to as small as 1.5 feet tall.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Fey Trickster Traits
Fey Ancestry. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.
Elastic Limbs. Your unnaturally stretchy body gives you an extra foot of reach on melee attacks and interactions. Additionally, you can squeeze into spaces as if you were one size smaller, and you can reduce your size to Tiny (1.5 feet tall) for up to 10 minutes, a number of times per long rest equal to your proficiency bonus. While Tiny, your speed is halved and you cannot use weapons heavier than light weapons.
Emotion Feeder. As a bonus action, you can absorb ambient emotional energy. Choose one emotion: joy, fear, anger, or despair. You gain one of the following effects, depending on the emotion:
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Joy: Gain temporary HP equal to your proficiency bonus + Charisma modifier.
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Fear: Gain advantage on your next Dexterity saving throw or Stealth check within 1 minute.
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Anger: Your next weapon attack deals additional damage equal to your proficiency bonus.
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Despair: The next creature that targets you with an attack has disadvantage if it fails a Wisdom save (DC = 8 + your proficiency + your Charisma modifier).
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses on a long rest.
Facepaint of the Fey. Your skin is a ghostly white and your facial markings shift subtly to reflect the emotions around you. You gain proficiency in Performance, and you can use Disguise Self once per long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this.
Elder Whimsy (Optional Feature, 150+ years old)
Choose one 3rd-level spell to represent your unique fey whimsy. You can cast it once per long rest without expending a spell slot. Examples include:
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Major Image (illusionist)
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Fear (terror-feeder)
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Hypnotic Pattern (joy-feeder)
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Enemies Abound (chaos-feeder)
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.
As an clownkin, you have these special traits.Darkvision
You have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.
Fey Ancestry
You have Advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the Charmed condition.
Keen Senses
You have proficiency in the Insight, Perception, or Survival skill.
Trance
You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. You can finish a Long Rest in 4 hours if you spend those hours in a trancelike meditation, during which you retain consciousness.
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