Homebrew Ascended Human Species Details

Found throughout the multiverse, humans are as varied as they are numerous, and they endeavor to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Their ambition and resourcefulness are commended, respected, and feared on many worlds.

Humans are as diverse in appearance as the people of Earth, and they have many gods. Scholars dispute the origin of humanity, but one of the earliest known human gatherings is said to have occurred in Sigil, the torus-shaped city at the center of the multiverse and the place where the Common language was born. From there, humans could have spread to every part of the multiverse, bringing the City of Doors’ cosmopolitanism with them.

Ascended humans have gone beyond the limitations of normal humans. Legends say that the old Gods of humanity are made up of humans who ascended when their race was born. Every few centuries a human ascends and takes their place among the Gods, there hasn't been a mass ascension since the fall of the titans and rise of Olympus but the oracles tell of a coming time when the pantheons are rewritten and new gods rise from the ashes.

Human Traits

Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium (about 4–7 feet tall) or Small (about 2–4 feet tall), chosen when you select this species
Speed: 40 feet

As an Ascended Human, you have these special traits.

Resourceful

You gain Heroic Inspiration whenever you finish a Long Rest and a bonus d6 to add to any roll (does not stack.)

Skillful

You gain proficiency in two skills, tools, or weapons of your choice.

Versatile

You gain an Origin feat of your choice.

Incomplete

Until you reach 20th level, your divinity is not yet stable. If your hit points are reduced to 0, you lose the benefits of Radiance and Truesight until you finish a Long Rest.

Radiance

At level 5 your ascension to Godhood has reached a level that hangs around you like an aura. When people are around you they have no choice but to respect for you and an air of reverence and awe follows you wherever you go. You have advantage on charisma checks against creatures within 15 feet of you, and you can imbue one attack per turn with radiant damage or force damage on top of the normal damage type.

Truesight

At level 10 your divinity has reached your senses and once things have entered your aura nothing can fool you. You have 15 ft. of Truesight and 60ft. of Darkvision.

Legendary

Divinity flows through your veins and reinforces your flesh, at level 15 you gain a legendary resistance which resets on a long rest, if you fail a saving throw you can choose to succeed instead.