Homebrew Domovoy Species Details

A Domovoy (Home Dweller) is occasionally born when a lot of love and care is placed into a home. At night, while the residents sleep, they do chores and clean, snacking on crumbs and leftovers. A Domovoy brings fortune and prosperity to homes they inhabit, and are thus sought after for this effect by those aware of their existence (such as hags). They prefer to be unseen to humans, but have good relationships with farm animals and pets of the house.

They live one-hundred time longer than a human (up to about 10,000 years), and mature very slowly.

A Domovoy stays in their home until it is destroyed or grows too decrepit to clean, and then leave in search of a new home. If they are homeless and/or do not have a purpose to motivate them, they grow depressed and wither away.

Domovoy Traits

Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Tiny (about 1 foot tall)
Speed: 30 feet

As a Domovoy, you have these special traits.

Surfaces Walking

A Domovoy can run their full movement along relatively smooth vertical and even upside-down surfaces, easily sticking to them.

The surface must be inanimate.

Languages

You know common, and can talk to animals.

Farm, homestead animals, and common pets tend to naturally like you, and you have advantage in in charisma checks in convincing them (horses, dogs, cats, pigs, etc.)

Fey Kinship

Fey see you as harmless, and do not attack you on sight if you are alone, making negotiation possible. If you are with companions, fey are less likely to attack on sight, and if they do you will not be targeted first.

Even during high tensions, this effect persists.

Restless

If a Domovoy is affected by an effect of the mind (such as Charm, Dominate, etc.) for 10 turns, an ally can wake them up with an easy physical jostle, like waking up a sleeping person.

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