Homebrew Changeling 1. Species Details

Personality

Changelings are commonly harmless, passive people and are uninterested in politics and social affairs. Due to their capricious ways of life, many people have come to distrust changelings which has led to them becoming social recluses or more commonly has pushed them to create fake identities to escape persecution.

Having no culture of their own, changelings slip into other's societies and blend in. Rather than creating their own art and achievements, changelings are happy with claiming other societies' as their own. This nomadic lifestyle has led changelings to become exceptionally adaptable people. Changelings will not simply shapeshift into a new person but rather create a new whole one. Most changelings will set up a handful of personas so if one is compromised they can disappear and switch to one of their others. Their personas are incredibly realistic and have their own personality traits, backgrounds, and a network of friends. Changelings can be evasive and will often try to avoid confrontation or anything that will draw attention to themselves.

Description

Changelings can look like anyone at any given time though they do have a true form. Their natural look can be scary to some due to their lack of detail and distinctive features. Their skin tone is always pale, the darkest tone some have is a light grey. They have large colorless eyes and are circled by thick black rings. Their noses are small and subtle with no detail.

The changeling's body structures are slender, even more so than elves and border on being frail. Their hair color is most commonly a light shade of silver followed by platinum and blonde. In rarer cases, their hair can be pale shades of green, pink, and blue. Also similar to elves, changelings lack body and facial hair.

Lifespan

Changelings reach maturity slightly faster than humans and live as long as humans do topical 100 years or there about.

Alignment

Most changelings are neutral. They prefer to keep a low profile and often do not take passionate stances that would draw attention. However, changelings can be any alignment, and often readily adapt to the culture they are raised in.

Gifted or Cursed

Changelings have long been persecuted by other races, seen at best as tricksters and con-artists, at worst as thieves and assassins. Many people find it hard to trust changelings, and while their talents make them natural spies and criminals, in reality, a changeling is just as likely as any creature to turn to good or evil. Some changelings work hard to remove this stigma, but each time a changeling is caught robbing from a wealthy merchant or sneaking about where they are not welcome, it only perpetuates the stereotype.

Wary and Deliberate

In general, changelings are prudent and cautious, preferring to take risks only when they feel that their chances are good or the payoff is worth it. They appreciate the finer things in life and take great pleasure in the comforts of a wealthy lifestyle when they can obtain it. They avoid direct confrontation, preferring stealthy strikes and hasty retreats whenever possible. In conversation, they are soft-spoken but have a gift for drawing out more information than the other party usually plans to reveal.

Searchers

Without a longstanding history or home of their own, changelings have a natural curiosity about the cultures of other races. Many strike out as adventurers to learn (and adopt) as much as they can.

Changeling Names

All changeling names are unisex and are very short, usually one syllable.

Example Names: Bin, Dox, Fie, Hars, Jin, Lam, Nit, Ot, Paik, Ruz, Sim, Cas, Toox, Yog.

Naturally Deceptive

Changelings' inborn abilities leave them uniquely suited to professions that rely on subterfuge or disguise.

Changelings in Eberron

Virtually all changelings take up one of three philosophical beliefs when it comes to their mutable forms and these philosophies guide many aspects of a changeling's day-to-day life.

Changelings do not manifest dragonmarks.

Sarlona

The changelings of Riedre experience far more respect than those that inhabit Khorvaire due to them being embraced by the Inspired. Any hopeful changeling can make their way to Riedra in search of acceptance - however, it comes at the price of losing ones' individuality as Riedran changelings are specifically tutored on how to relinquish all sense of individuality so that they may further serve the Inspired.

Riedran changelings are invariably drawn into the service of either the Thousand Eyes or Iron Gate and most are deeply loyal. Due to their devoted service to the Inspired, changelings are feared and distrusted in the other lands of Sarlona. This devotion is often exploited by the changelings who serve the Inspired's enemies. The dragons of Argonnessen, for example, use changelings to infiltrate the ranks of the Inspired and other nations often find changeling agents are better suited for operations in Riedra.

5e Rendition

Changelings do not build cities of their own, but live among humans, goblinoids, or other races, blending in among them and living in their shadow. They are most commonly found in large cities, where they form the backbone of the criminal underworld, though many find more respectable work as entertainers, government agents, and sometimes adventurers. Even in large cities, they do not cluster into extremely large groups. A changeling “clan” is actually a voluntary association of changelings grouped together for mutual protection rather than a group of blood relatives. Clan heads govern by the consent of the clan, and this position tends to change hands frequently. Bosses maintain order and help organize the clan for common purposes.

History

Due to their nature, changelings do not have much recorded history however what is known is their creation was a result of many years of interbreeding between humans and dopplegangers, leading to the birth of the first changelings.

During the Lat War, changelings were often employed as spies and assassins, only reinforcing the stigma still observed in the present day.

Changeling 1. Traits

A changeling can shift its face and form with a thought. Many changelings use this gift as a form of artistic and emotional expression, but it’s an invaluable tool for grifters, spies, and others who wish to deceive. This leads many people to treat known changelings with fear and suspicion.

Ability score increase

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age

Changelings reach maturity slightly faster than humans and live as long as humans do topical 100 years or there about.

Alignment

Most changelings are neutral. They prefer to keep a low profile and often do not take passionate stances that would draw attention. However, changelings can be any alignment, and often readily adapt to the culture they are raised in.

Size

Size. In their natural forms, changelings average between 5 to 7 feet in height, with a slender build. Your size is Medium.

Speed

• Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Language

You can read, speak, and write Common.