Homebrew Fryndahl Species Details
In times past, humans and elves sometimes wed, the elf attracted to the human’s energy and the human to the elf’s grace. These marriages ended quickly as elves count years, because a human’s life is so brief, but they left an enduring legacy—half-elf children. Over the course of the last two millennia elves and men did not have neither the time nor the energy to pursue this behaviour, most elves withdrew into the Alfaerinian forest and most humans withdrew to Alabraxus. The half elves banded together and finally formed communities of their own in the outlands, and from this something miraculous happened, they slowly evolved into their own race, able to sire unique children of their own, granted some are more robust and others graceful but they were all half elven/human children, and so they convened a council of their elders and decided on making an effort to create their own identity and began developing their own culture, it took an entire generation but they persevered till we today know them as Fryndahl, it translates roughly as dual blooded or elfman. Which for all intent and purposes is what they are, they display traits of both ancestries and also display traits they have evolved of their own, the term half elf is a dead term and most good people respect this and so that term is only used as way as an insult to a Fryndahl and commonly used by forsaken and is a commonly used word in their language Gravespeak. With war a millenia past, life of a Fryndahl can be hard. Some have chosen to help rebuild the capital whereas others traveled to the frontier. They live in small farming villages, poor thorps and small trade hamlets and live a life similar to human pioneers of old, but they stand tall and have pride in their communities for they take comfort at finally finding their lot in life.
A Natural Blending of two worlds..
A fryndahl’s height ranges from under 6 feet to about 6.5 feet tall, and weight usually ranges from 100 to 180 pounds. Fryndahl men are taller and heavier than Fryndahl women, but the difference is less pronounced than that found among humans. Fryndahls are paler, fairer, and smoother-skinned than their human ancestors and not quite as much as their elven ancestors. Their hair colour, and other details vary just as human do. Fryndahl eyes are green or violet, just as are those of their elf ancestors. A fryndahl reaches adulthood at age 90 and can live to be over 880 years old. All fryndahls are now the children of other fryndahls. Fryndahls who mate with humans produce human children and those who mate with elves produce wood elves (no noble nor eladrin would ever lower themselves to mate with a lesser race.
Diplomats or Wanderers
Fryndahls once had lands of their own, dotted throughout the outlands neighbouring shirefolk lands and human lands. Their towns have a “European” feel to them and they have developed their own architecture and style similar to middle age – Germany. Relations between individual fryndahl towns and also their human and shirefolk neighbours were good and they frequently hosted each others citizenry for agricultural festivities and traded openly and fairly amongst themselves.
When the dark days came fryndahl led the resistance against the invading forsaken. Now they freely intermix with the burgeoning frontier villages and have a strong presence in the capital city Alabraxia.
Fryndahl Names
Names: Fryndahls use either human or elven naming conventions. Though some fryndahl have taken to using the fryndahl language as a basis for names, the names so far seem to be mostly unisex., adding to their races uniqueness.
Fryndahl unisex names: Arathorn, Carrie, Gari, Khaaras, Theon, Mishael, Sharn.
Fryndahl Traits
Your fryndahl character has some qualities in common with elves and some that are unique to fryndahls.Ability Score Increase
Your Charisma score increases by 2, and two other ability scores of your choice increase by 1.
Age
Fryndahls mature at a much slower rate humans do and reach adulthood around the age of 90. They also live much longer than humans, however, often exceeding 880 years.
Alignment
Fryndahls share the chaotic bent of their elven heritage, but, like humans, they tend toward good rather than evil, but fryndahl villains are not unheard of. They chafe at rules, resent others’ demands, yet where in the past they might have rebelled in the current climate they accept a certain level of interference from laws.
Size
Half-elves are about the same size as humans, ranging from 5 to 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
Thanks to your elf blood, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Fey Ancestry
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
Shadowfell Resistance
Fryndahl over the course of the last millennia battling undead and repelling the minions of the shadowfell, fryndahl have developed a resistance to necrotic damage.
Skill Versatility
You gain proficiency in two skills of your choice.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Fryndahl, Elvish, and one extra language of your choice.