Homebrew Elkling Species Details

People Of Nature

Elklings are just as much an aspect of nature as nature is an aspect of them. Elklings ties to life are visible in their form. They posses 2 ram-like horns which protude from the sides of their heads and two grand and extravagant antlers which extend out from their temples. They have delicate, faun-like, features aswell as smooth pointed ears. The most peculiar facial trait of Elklings is their eyes. They have four pupils, two per eye and extraordinary and vibrant iris colours such as silver, amber, purple or red. Elklings have a humanoid torso but from the waist down have deer-like legs which end in metallic coloured hooves and a short tail.

Time Trapped

While the origins of the Elklings is one of realities greatest mysteries, seemingly no one, not even the Elklings themselves know where they came from, a few believe that Elklings created themselves, they have no true origin. Some believe that the Elklings vital escence is intertwined with time itself because of their origins. They believe that at the end of time, at the end of existence itself, the Elklings discover a way to travel back to the start of reality, in turn, creating themselves, and locking themselves in a quantum loop which directly infuses their escence of being with time itself.

Tribes and Tribulations

Elklings are a rare, yet beautiful race. They live in small woodland tribes which are few and far between. While the uneducated mistake them for those of fey origin, this is understandable due to their affinity with nature and overwhelmingly woodland appearance. Living wild in the woods and forests of the world is not nescessarily a pleasant life, when their camps are threatened by raiders or beasts Elklings are fully prepared to pack up and move before the attack even occurs, this nomadic way of life is needed to keep themselves alive.

Names

Elklings do not posses surnames and instead usually have short 1 or 2 syllable names. Examples of these are:

Male: Daek, Vosli, Marik, Niltae

Female: Vorn, Emlea, Avit, Loria

Non-Specific/Other: Cors, Ferin, Balsi, Fero

Elkling Traits

As an Elkling you have the following traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 2 and your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Age

Elklings mature slower than humans reaching adulthood at roughly 25, they live longer than humans usually living about 150 to 200 years.

Alignment

Elklings tend to have neutral alignments but anything is really possible.

Size

Elklings, due to their slender legs, usually stand around 7 feet tall at full height. Your size is medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Preordained Intellect

Your have an expertise in the History skill.

Higher Mind

You can cast the Mage Hand cantrip out of combat or as a bonus action. You also have 15 feet of telepathy.

Precognition

Starting at 3rd level, you are able to see in to the future once per day.

Your pupils orbit each other, your eyes haze over and begin to glow. You are struck with visions of possible events of the future. You may ask up to 2 questions about possible events which could occur within the next half an hour (in game time), the DM must answer these questions in the form of visions which may be cryptic or clear depending on the complexity of the events or question asked. These visions may last anywhere between 6 to 30 seconds depending on their complexity.

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