Homebrew Forged Heart Species Details
Forged Hearts are individuals who have been pulled back from the brink of death—or death itself—by an advanced magical rite known as the SoulForge Protocol. This process rebinds their soul to their body, reconstructing any damaged parts using materials from the surrounding environment—steel, wood, stone, or crystal.
Though they may appear partially mechanical, their mind and spirit remain intact, often more focused and driven than before. Each Forged Heart carries a fragment of their original race and culture, remembered in instinct and memory, while their new form is shaped by biome and magic.
Forged Heart Traits
As a Forged Heart, you possess resilience from your reforged body, arcane systems embedded within you, and echoes of your original race's traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1, representing your reforged vitality and retained personal essence
Reinforced Physiology
Your body is reinforced with arcane and alchemical upgrades. You have resistance to poison damage and advantage on saving throws against being poisoned. You are immune to disease. Additionally, you do not need to eat or drink, though you can if you choose.
Mechanical Effects:
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Damage Resistance: Poison
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Advantage: Saving throws against Poison
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Immunity: Disease
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Flavor/Note: Add “Does not need to eat or drink” in description only.
Runefiber Weave
When your body was reconstructed through the SoulForge Protocol, arcane threads were interwoven with your musculature—etched with runes of shielding, reaction, and binding. This mystical subdermal weave subtly hums with power and tightens in response to threats.
While you are not incapacitated, you gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and one additional language of your choice. This reflects your diverse background and the knowledge gained during your reforging and travels.
Allignment
- Many Forgehearts carry a deep reverence for the life they were granted back. This frequently manifests as a personal code, a structured mindset, or a sense of duty—leaning lawful.
- Those awakened in chaos or trauma may instead embrace neutrality, resisting ties to nations, gods, or former allegiances.
- Some Forgehearts, marked by tragedy, lean good, protecting life with renewed clarity. Others—especially those with a vendetta or frayed purpose—walk a morally gray path.
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