Homebrew Yordle Species Details
GLAMOR
As spiritual creatures, although the Yordle assume a physical form, their perception may vary from person to person as others see them behind the magic veil that protects them.
Glamor is a natural form of Yordle expression that flirts with magic, changing its appearance to others and often giving them the appearance of small humans.
APPEARANCE
Yordles are usually small, rarely more than 3.3 feet high and usually range in the 2.6 feet range. Their skin ranges from being completely smooth to even being covered with hair, traits that normally differentiate males and females of this breed. Your hands have 4 fingers but your feet vary between individuals, having between 2 and 4 fingers.
Hair and fur color vary widely, but a common tendency is that males of the race tend to be furry while females tend to have little fur.
Their eyes are large with circular irises with oval pupils and usually they see frequencies below red, unlike humans.
CULTURE
Yordles have a greater need for social life with others of their kind, much more than humans for example. Usually they are a friendly and peaceful race, often associated with playfulness and small pranks, usually benevolent.
Long-isolating yordles, especially if they have been isolated from other yordles, begin to have psychological problems, when with ominous inclinations, this can make them really evil.
YORDLE NAMES
Yordles do not have a surname. When they do, usually is a surname that describes some habit or trait.
Male names: Teemo, Rumble, Veigar, Ziggs, Aellhand, Brundon, Carrus, Ferrin, Greemus, Halbert, Jacoby, Lelando, Marko, Pellas, Raurus, Xavier, Zeke.
Female names: Tristana, Lulu, Poppy, Brandy, Catarine, Eala, Galli, Helena, Kellie, Kittie, Margo, Quiver, Sabrina, Terri.
Yordle Traits
The Yordle race has innate magic that helps them achieve extraordinary things that are normally impossible for someone of their stature.Ability Score Increase
With the assistance of magical means, Yordles have an increase in their Dexterity score (+2), helping them compensate their small stature. Additionally, the social interactions demanded for their mental health grants them increased in Charisma score (+1).
Age
The mysterious life cycle of Yordles usually makes it very difficult to determine how old they are. Their magical nature and the glamor added to their everlasting playful and young nature doesn't allow any reliable study to conclude one's real age. Still, it is known that this race is able to outlive humans by a large amount of years.
Alignment
The high sociability and community inclined behavior makes Yordles have a clear tendency to good alignments. But there are a few cases when the isolation from other Yordles due to imprisonment or war ended up causing heavy psycological traumas. In thoose cases, evil aligments are not uncommon depending on the influences surrounding the individual.
Size
Most Yordles are less than 3.3 feet tall and weigh around 66 pounds.
Speed
Yordles are surprisingly quick for their size. Being able to keep up with most other races with a base walking speed of 30 ft.
Innate Magic
Having a magical connection by nature, allows Yordles to make simple tricks usually as means to accomplish daily activities or prank each other. Varying in a wide range of cantrips, with Friends being the most common one.
Keen Senses
Because they have keen senses, both vision and hearing, they have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Darkvision
Through his special eyes, Yordles has a superior view in the dark and dim conditions. You see in the dim light up to sixty feet as if it were full light, and in the dark as if it were in the dim light. You cannot discern colors in the dark, only shades of gray.
Languages
Given their high social skills, Yordles are very efficient in communication and easily learn other languages.
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