Homebrew Astralborn Species Details

Born to the astral plane, the astralborn a strange folk. Tall and thin with glowing rings across their bodies and dark skin, these folk resemble elves to some manner. It’s believed that early in their history, they were indeed elves, until they split off, forming what is today known as the Astralborn. They are known to live within the astral plane during their infancy, and leave the astral plane upon reaching 100 years of age.

Often when in typical society, the astralborn tend to isolate themselves. They’re seen as outsiders, intelligent aliens from an outer plane.

Astralborn Traits

An astralborn has the following traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Age

Astralborn mature at around 100 years old, and they can live up to 1000 years.

Alignment

Their need for beauty in everything typically makes Astralborn tend toward chaotic alignments, as they will not stop until they achieve true beauty. They typically end up being a good alignment.

Size

Astralborn have the same size and shape as humans, although they're typically taller and more slender. Your size is medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 35 feet. 

Darkvision

Space had only been illuminated by the stars, hence why Astralborn needed to develop darkvision to see. You can see in dim light up to 120 feet as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern colour, just shades of gray.

Glowing Markings

You have markings on your body that glow. As an action, you can start glowing 30 feet of bring light, and 30 feet extra dim light for one minute. Whenever you make a Wisdom (Perception) check involving sight and you have your lights on, you and all creatures within 10 feet gain advantage. Whenever you make a Dexterity (Stealth) check with the lights on, you have disadvantage. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

In addition, you can cast the light cantrip at will, which emanates from your glowing rings. This spell uses your Intelligence modifier.

Astral Resistance

You have resistance to radiant damage.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Sylvan, and Celestial.

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