Homebrew Emotional Shifter Species Details
This version of shifters, *my* version, is heavily based on the condition known as Dissociative Identity Disorder, with a magical twist, of course. I'm mainly making this because I have a very specific idea for a character and I couldn't find an existing race that fit the bill. That being said, if you've stumbled across this and read this far, feel free to use this race for yourself! Go forth and have fun!
As an emotional shifter, you have been blessed (or cursed) with heightened emotions. You feel the entire emotional spectrum 10 fold what the average being feels. In other words, you're an empath, but much *much* stronger. You feel not only your own emotions, but the feelings of those around you, amplifying them and projecting them back. Occasionally, these emotions become so overwhelming and all consuming that your physical body begins to transform. You take on completely new appearance, name, behaviors, mannerisms, etc., all of which are determined by the emotion at hand. You also possess the ability to see the color of any individuals "soul", and this, in turn, allows you to see the different versions of yourselves "soul" colors as well.
NOTE (I don't know how else to input this, but it's important): There is no specific race you need to be, as this is less of a "race" and more of a state of being. Each addition alternate personality (or alter) you make can be (visually speaking) any race and also their own class.
Emotional Shifter Traits
Emotional shifters are given the traits Shapeshifting, Soul Sight, Empathy, and Dissociation.Empathy
Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. As a natural empath, you are in tune with the emotional and psychological spectrums. Begin so deeply in touch with the feelings of those around you can often come in handy when helping a friend, but can just as often overwhelm and smother you.
Dissociation
You possess the ability to spiritually and mentally leave your body during times of stress or crisis. The vacancy will be filled by another alter, and you must roll 1D20 to see how much of the ensuing events you can recall. Using this ability too often will slowly deplete your ability to control it, as well as your ability to interact with the outside world, and your ability to assess you emotional, mental, and physical needs.
Shapeshifting
When an emotion becomes powerful enough to spawn a new personality (or alter), the physical body will start to change shape. Hair, eyes, build, clothing style, facial features, name, behavior, mannerisms, voice, memories, everything will be completely different for each personality. The natural state of the body is limited, in that it can't be given new magical abilities, only cosmetic and personal ones.
Soul Sight
This ability allows the user to peer into the true hearts and intents of those around it. Though requiring a high level of skill to use and master, this powerful technique can offer great insight when dealing with others. You are often the first to sense when someone is lying or a threat, and this sight can allow you a different perspective on the general state of those around you. Subsequently, you are also able to use these abilities on yourself and your alters, distinguishing each other by things like color, shape, feel, and vibe. The only major downside to this gift is that others will often not believe you, and some may assume you to be insane.
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