Homebrew Voidling Species Details

History
Voidlings are literally born of the void and, when they appear on the Prime Material Plane, take the appearances of the nearest humanoid race. Strange things have been known to happen around voidlings. They are elusive and rarely reveal themselves or share anything about themselves or their race. However, it is believed the first voidling appeared with the first humanoids, but this has never been confirmed. They cannot have children. Ancient records mention an empire of peoples who were of a variety of races, yet worked together seamlessly. No evidence supports them being voidlings, but it does explain the few times that voidlings have been identified, they act superior. Mentions of voidlings are fragmented and uncertain, but speak of a race on the fringes of society, acting secretly and without letting anyone know of their existence. Legends claim they destroy knowledge about themselves to keep it hidden.

Society
Voidlings are very independant, yet can work well in groups. They rarely accept charity. Voidlings often act superior to other races, including the race they appear as. They pretend to be the race they appear as so much, it is hard to tell they are anything but that race. Voidlings ignore each other to hide what they are, but may occasionally meet to share information and to see if anyone seems too suspicious of what they are. Fearing others know what they are so much, they discredit and destroy anything about their race and loathe to reveal it to anyone, including trusted friends. They often seem lonely, even in large groups they are actively befriending. Voidlings have no problem at all working with other races and groups. They will do so as long as it ultimately meets their own goals. Most other races and groups are the ones who have problems with the Voidlings, once they are discovered. Being creatures from the Void, these self-centered creatures are often labeled as monsters and demons, and get treated as such by other races when they meet. This leads to anger and conflicts between the Voidlings and others. But those that can manage to get past the nature of the Voidlings usually finds a reliable ally that can be useful in many situations.

Homeland
These creatures are born of the Void. They live in a land deprived of light and goodness. Voidlings shun the light and they often hate vibrant colors as well. They are fine dwelling within shadows and gray, mist-filled areas deep within swamps. The only time they venture forth from their hiding places, is when they have a goal to achieve, and even then they will avoid the light as much as possible. Some prophets claim that The Void is the Realm of Souls, Plane of Nonexistence. If that's true is not known for sure by anyone, except the natives who have always lived there. But what is known, is that The Void is a plane of magic beyond common wizard's or prophet's minds. The Void does not have any clear ends, it is just infinite, at the same time it isn't. It is more like a dream world, where anything can happen. No living person except the natives of The Void will ever be able to fully understand it. If you survive a Void trip, you will almost certainly have acquired a greater understanding of the whole Universe, and the essence of existence itself. You may also have acquired a great deal of magical or martial knowledge and power. But one thing is known for certain. You're never going to be the same.

Religion
Being as they were born from the Void, these creatures have very little need for religion. The idea is silly to them, for there are no deities in the Void. They have been known to pledge themselves to an ideal or a concept when the need arises, but they have no need for gods or demigods.

Names
Unless a Voidling has done something special to deserve earning a name, they are often referred by some moniker that describes them best. After many long eras within the Void, these creatures learned the value of not having names, as certain others within the Void could bend you to their will if they knew your name. So Voidlings ditched the idea of names all together, while a rare few under the service of more powerful creatures were given names due to special deeds they had done. It is extremely common to hear Voidlings refer to each other with names such as Black Button, Red Eye, Green Tooth, Squirrel Eater, Burned Feather, or Crooked Toe.

Voidling Traits

A secretive race born of the void.

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom increases by 2 and your Dexterity increases by 1

Age

Voidlings mark age from when they appear in the Prime Material Plane. They usually spend about 10 years learning and studying, thus, they reach what they consider as "adulthood" at age 10. Their lifespan is unknown, but believed to be thousands of years, if not infinite.

Alignment

Most voidlings are chaotic neutral, but voidlings have been known to have all sorts of alignments.

Size

Varies depending on the race they appear as.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. You do not gain the speeds of burrowing, flying, swimming, or digging of your racial appearance.

Aberration

You are of the Aberration creature type. Proficient with all simple weapons. 

Racial Appearance

Choose another race. Your size, weight, height, and appearance are the same as that race. Voidlings are not shapeshifters and will retain this appearance for life. When seen with the aid of True Sight, they appear as a vaguely humanoid black void. Despite some voidlings appearing like a race that can fly or is better at swimming, digging, or has some other ability, such as breath weapons, voidlings do not seem to gain these advantages. They instead must create an excuse, usually involving injury or illness, as an explanation as to why they are unable to do these things.

Born of the Void

If you die, your essence returns to the void. Unless you are resurrected (you cannot be reincarnated) within 3 days, your essence is used to create a new voidling that is not you and has no memory of or connection to you. Once this has happened, you are permanently dead and cannot be brought back to life by any means.

Magic-Less Void

You may cast the counterspell and dispel magic spells once as a 3rd level spell, without requiring any components once per long rest. You can use this feature again when you finish a long rest.

Void Sense

You have an innate sense for voidlings. If you can see a creature within 30 feet of you, you know if they are a voidling.

Indifference of the Void

The void is vast and empty, death does not live there. You are immune to necrotic damage, but vulnerable to radiant damage.

Languages

You can read, speak, and write Common and Deep Speech.

Superior Darkvision

You come from a place devoid of any light. Your darkvision has a radius of 120 feet.

Sunlight Sensitivity

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.