Homebrew Darkfallen Species Details

Darkfallen, are Eladrin or High Elves that have died. Upon their deathbed they have made a deal with their deity, be it good or evil for prolonged life. Upon their deaths, the diety has "resurrected" them into a form of undeath. 

Darkfallen resemble their living selves, however they have a greyish / blue tinge to their skin and  their eyes shine with pale blue light. On closer inspection it is noted that they do not breath or have a heartbeat. Darkfallen are proficient magic users and can wield not only the magics that they specialized in before death but also necromancy and blood magics. 

Darkfallen, believe that they have an unfinished task or goal that they were unable to complete in their life and as such their undeath can allow them more time to complete this goal.

Given that High elves and Eladrin live to multiple hundreds of years old, Becoming a Darkfallen offers opportunities to extend their knowledge and abilities well beyond the mortal constraints of life. This endless undeath that they choose however comes at the cost of raw emotion, leaving Darkfallen devoid of what mortals call "feelings". However it also creates a sense of purpose and focus that allows for highly developed intelligence, wisdom, reasoning, planning and foresight. 

Darkfallen are keenly effected by radiant damage, Even if their chosen deity was a radiant god.They are able to be damaged by most damage types, only being resistant to necrotic damage. Upon the loss of all their health however a Darkfallen falls into a deep "death slumber" for 2d12 days. If they had holy water poured over their body while in this form they die permanently. A revivify spell however can revive a Darkfallen prematurely from "Death slumber".

When they made their bargain with their Deity, Darkfallen signed a "contract in stone' and treasure this tablet as their most precious possession. Their Deity may have various reasons to provide this service and contract, be it that they want them as an agent, to gain followers, to research particular magics or paths or just to "mess with" another deity. However if this tablet is broken, the Darkfallen will crumble to dust. 

 

Darkfallen Traits

As a Darkfallen, you have the following racial traits.

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid. You are also considered an elf for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be an elf. You can also be considered an undead creature. 

Undeath

You don't need to sleep, or breathe, however your body craves normal sustenance, in particular uncooked meat or blood once per two days. This "hunger" cannot be quelled and increases in ferocity the longer you go without sustenance,  Roll 1d4 for side effects after two days without uncooked meat or blood. 

1- You become irritable and withdrawn, rationality is reduced and unpredictability increased. 

2- You start to sub-consciously hunt small animals and rodents for your sustenance. 

3- You start to hallucinate and feel light headed/euphoric , visions of your past life blur with current reality and you struggle to differentiate friend from foe.

4- You can smell the smallest drop of blood or flesh from a long distance and need to be restrained lest you run toward it. 

Size

You are Medium.

Speed

Your walking speed is 35 feet.

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed condition on yourself.

Fey Step

As a bonus action, you can magically teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

 

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception 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.

Whenever you finish this trance, you can change your season, and you can gain two proficiencies that you don’t have, each one with a weapon or a tool of your choice selected from the Player’s Handbook. You mystically acquire these proficiencies by drawing them from shared elven memory, and you retain them until you finish your next long rest.