Homebrew Astrum Empathea Species Details
Astrum Empathea are celestial beings who hold emotion based magic of the upper planes in their souls. They are the creations and descendants of the Celestial God Sentemiastrys. Sentemiastrys is the God of emotion and dichotomy, granting their power of emotion control to their descendants, creations, and followers. They created the Astrum Empathea to aid them in their mission to mentor and guide mortals. They act as Sentemiastrys' angels.
Astrum Empathea are humanoid looking creatures that have features many mistake for insectoid. They have antenna that sense emotion around them, as well as big, round eyes that grant them truesight. Their skin is often colorful, sometimes even multicolored and speckled with pigment.
Astrum Empathea Traits
As an Astrum Empathea, you have the following racial traits.Creature Type
You are a Celestial.
Size
You are Medium. (4ft - 8ft)
Speed
Your walking speed is 30 feet.
Celestial Resistance
You have resistance to necrotic damage and radiant damage.
Truesight
Within 120ft, your vision pierces through the following:
Darkness. You can see in normal and magical Darkness.
Invisibility. You see creatures and objects that have the Invisible condition.
Visual Illusions. Visual illusions appear transparent to you, and you automatically succeed on saving throws against them.
Transformations. You discern the true form of any creature or object you see that has been transformed by magic.
Ethereal Plane. You see into the Ethereal Plane.
Healing Hands
As an action, you can touch a creature and roll a number of d4s equal to your proficiency bonus. The creature regains a number of hit points equal to the total rolled. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
Light Bearer
You know the light cantrip. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.
Celestial Revelation
When you reach 3rd level, choose one of the revelation options below. Thereafter, you can use a bonus action to unleash the celestial energy within yourself, gaining the benefits of that revelation. Your transformation lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. Once you transform using your revelation below, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest:
Necrotic Shroud. Your eyes briefly become pools of darkness, and ghostly, flightless wings sprout from your back temporarily. Creatures other than your allies within 10 feet of you that can see you must succeed on a Charisma saving throw (DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or become frightened of you until the end of your next turn. Until the transformation ends, once on each of your turns, you can deal extra necrotic damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra damage equals your proficiency bonus.
Radiant Consumption. Searing light temporarily radiates from your eyes and mouth. For the duration, you shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet, and at the end of each of your turns, each creature within 10 feet of you takes radiant damage equal to your proficiency bonus. Until the transformation ends, once on each of your turns, you can deal extra radiant damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra damage equals your proficiency bonus.
Radiant Soul. Two luminous, spectral wings sprout from your back temporarily. Until the transformation ends, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed, and once on each of your turns, you can deal extra radiant damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra damage equals your proficiency bonus.
Celestial Empathy
Due to your lineage, you understand others emotions deeply, and can control them to a certain point.
You can sense peoples emotions easily, and don't have to roll for emotion based insight rolls.
You have advantage on all other insight rolls, and your wisdom is increased by 2.
At 3rd level, you can cast the spell Calm Emotions once per long rest.
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