Homebrew Shadar-Kai (2024) Species Details

Shadar-kai are the elves of the Shadowfell, originally drawn to that dread realm by the Raven Queen. Over the centuries, some of them have continued to serve her, while others have ventured into the Material Plane to forge their own destinies.

Once shadar-kai were Fey like the rest of their elven kin; now they exist in a state between life and death, thanks to being transformed by the Shadowfell’s grim energy.

Shadar-kai have ashen skin tones, and while they’re in the Shadowfell, they also become wizened, reflecting the somber nature of that gloomy plane.

Shadar-Kai (2024) Traits

Dark mirrors of the typical elven races, warped by the power of the Shadowfell and the Raven Queen.

Necrotic Resistance

The influence of the Shadowfell and the Raven Queen on the Shadar Kai as a race has made them resistant to the energies of death.

Blessing of the Raven Queen

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.

  • Starting at 3rd level, you also gain resistance to all damage when you teleport using this trait. The resistance lasts until the start of your next turn. During that time, you appear ghostly and translucent.

Size and Age

Shadar Kai range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Although Shadar Kai reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the Shadar Kai's understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. A Shadar Kai typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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 can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

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 gain two proficiencies that you don’t have, each one with a weapon or 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.

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