Homebrew Echoborn Species Details

The Echoborn are souls claimed by the Raven Queen, the Matron of Ravens, and entrusted with purpose beyond a single lifetime. When an Echoborn's mortal body dies, its soul returns to Letherna, the Raven Queen's frozen domain in the Shadowfell, where it rests among the memories of its past lives until the Matron weaves it into a new body once more.

No two Echoborn appear alike. Each bears the likeness of an ancestry their soul inhabited in a previous life an elf, dwarf, dragonborn, or any other people but transformed into an ethereal reflection of that form. Their skin often appears pale, ashen, or faintly translucent, with silver, violet, or obsidian eyes that seem to hold forgotten memories. Hair may drift as though moved by an unseen wind, and their footsteps are unnaturally silent as they hover just above the ground. Wherever an Echoborn travels, ravens are seldom far away, watching from rooftops, circling overhead, or calling from the distance as silent omens of the Raven Queen's gaze.

Though they remember little of their previous lives, fleeting echoes remain forgotten names, familiar faces, distant places, and skills that surface without explanation. Many Echoborn dedicate themselves to preserving the natural passage of souls, opposing those who seek immortality through undeath or who would unravel fate itself. Others wander in search of the purpose for which the Raven Queen returned them, trusting that every step they take is another thread in a destiny only she can fully see.

 
 

Echoborn Traits

Bound to the Raven Queen and the natural cycle of life and death, you are one of the Echoborn an immortal soul granted a new mortal form to fulfill a purpose yet unfinished. You have the following traits.

Darkvision

You have Darkvision with a range of 120 feet. Within that range, you can see in Dim Light 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.

Beyond the Veil

You don't breathe.

You are immune to magical effects that would force you to suffocate.

Hover

At will you can slightly hover above the ground and are non slowed by rough terrain.

Soul of Many Lives

Fragments of countless former lives linger within you.

After each Long Rest, choose one of the following:

  • Gain proficiency in one skill until your next Long Rest.
  • Gain proficiency with one tool until your next Long Rest.
  • Learn one language until your next Long Rest.

Fate Marked

Once per short rest, choose one creature you can see within 60 feet. The creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw. If the creature fails the Echoborn can mark a death saving throw to make the creature mark one off as well for 1 hour or if they are killed and revived. If the creature in unconscious they fail automatically. If the Echoborn goes unconscious before the creature, the creature regains the death saving throw and the Echoborn keeps the marked death saving throw for 1 hour or if they are killed and revived.
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