Homebrew Eldragor Species Details

The eldragor are the offspring of angels and mortals.

The Elemental Planes are often inhospitable to natives of the Material Plane: crushing earth, searing flames, boundless skies, and endless seas make visiting these places dangerous for even a short time. The powerful angels, however, don’t face such troubles when venturing into the mortal world. They adapt well to the mingled elements of the Material Plane, and they sometimes visit—whether of their own volition or compelled by magic. Some angels adopt mortal guise and travel incognito.

During these visits, a mortal might catch an angel’s eye. Friendship forms, romance blooms, and sometimes children result. These children are eldragor: individuals with ties to two worlds, yet belonging to neither. Some eldragor are born of mortal–angel unions, others have two eldragor as parents, and a rare few have a angel further up their family tree, manifesting an angelic heritage that’s lain dormant for generations.

Occasionally, eldragor result from exposure to a surge of angelic power, through phenomena such as an eruption from the Inner Planes or a planar convergence. Angelic energy saturates any creatures in the area and might alter their nature enough that their offspring with other mortals are born as eldragor.

Heirs to Angelic Power

Eldragor inherit something from both sides of their dual nature. They resemble humans but have unusual skin color (red, green-blue, pure white), and there is something odd about them. The angelic blood flowing through their veins manifests differently in each eldragor, often as magical power.

Seen in silhouette, an eldragor usually has trouble passing for human. A given eldragor might have some features reminiscent of the mortal parent (pointed ears from an elf, a stockier frame and thick hair from a dwarf, small hands and feet from a halfling, exceedingly large eyes from a gnome, and so on).

Eldragor almost never have contact with their angel parents. Angels, particularly Solars, seldom have interest in their mortal offspring, seeing them as accidents. Many feel nothing for their eldragor children at all.

Some eldragor live as outcasts, driven into exile for their unsettling appearance and strange magic, or assuming leadership of savage humanoids and weird cults in untamed lands. Others gain positions of great influence, especially where celestial beings are revered. A few eldragor leave the Material Plane to find refuge in the households of their angel parents.

Wild and Confident

Eldragor rarely lack confidence, seeing themselves as equal to almost any challenge in their path. This certainty might manifest as graceful self-assurance in one Eldragor and as arrogance in another. Such self- confidence can sometimes blind Eldragor to risk, and their great plans often get them and others into trouble.

Too much failure can chip away at even an Eldragor’s sense of self, so they constantly push themselves to improve, honing their talents and perfecting their craft.

Eldragor Lands

As rare beings, eldragor might go their entire lives without encountering another one of their kind. There are no great eldragor cities or empires. eldragor seldom have communities of their own and typically adopt the cultures and societies into which they are born. The more strange their appearance, the harder time they have. Many eldragor lose themselves in teeming cities, where their distinctiveness hardly raises an eyebrow in places accustomed to a variety of different people.

Those living on the frontier, though, have a much harder time. People there tend to be less accepting of differences. Sometimes a cold shoulder and a suspicious glare are the best eldragor can hope for; in more backward places, they face ostracism and even violence from people who mistake them for fiends.

Facing a hard life, these eldragor seek isolation in the wilds, making their homes in mountains or forests, near lakes, or underground.

Eldragor Names

Eldragor use the naming conventions of the people among whom they were raised. They might later assume distinctive names to capture their heritage, such as Flame, Ember, Wave, or Onyx.

Eldragor Traits

Your eldragor has certain characteristics in common with angels.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Primordial. Primordial is a guttural language, filled with harsh syllables and hard consonants.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution and Dexterity scores increase by 2.

Age

Eldragor live about as long as elves

Alignment

Descended of Angels, eldragor tend toward a good alignment.

Size

Eldragor are as varied as their Angel parents but are generally built like elves, standing anywhere from 5 feet to over 7 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet, and your base walking speed is 90 feet.

Divine Ancestry

You have no need for food, water, or sleep.

Innate Magic

Your spellcasting ability is Charisma. You can innately cast; 

At will: detect evil and good
1/day each: protection from evil and good, purify food and drink