Homebrew Beacán Species Details

''I saw 'em i did, i swear to the heavens i saw the little plant folk in the forest!''

''for the last time '' the woman picked her child up from the outskirts of the woodlands '' there's no little plant folk''

''but moma i saw them they were big and small and some glowed like stars!'' the little girls exclaimed looking at the faint lights in the dusk sky

''and what did these stary plant folk say to you?'' she asked biting the bate her adventurous child laid out for her ''magic!'' she exclaimed pointing to her wooden sword that seemed to glow with wildest looking lichen one has ever seen, the hoit of the silly little sword seemed to sprout from the hand carved crevices, mushrooms! —Malva The Wild

 

Fungal Kinships 

Beacán are a strange race not seen by many, they live in the depths of forests often in the prime material plane, the feywild, and the shadowfell. Beacán origins are as wild as they look, some believe they are the children of the wild mother, others are sure their origins are strictly from the meddling of the fey, but one thing is known by all, they are strange and that they will stay. Beacán come in all shapes and sizes some small some gargantuan others are hardly seen to the naked eye, their appearances do share some similar qualities, some have short stocky humanoid bodies while others are as thin as tree branches, some have rather large flat caps while others have smaller pointer ones, most beacán skin is textured like bark speckled in lichen and moss while some have smooth untouched flesh that seem to give off the faintest glow. 

 

Symbiotic Curiosity 

most Beacán are self reliant in their own tribes deep in the forests, many never interact with the surrounding world, a few are known to wonder out in search of a plant speaker if their people become sick, while others are filled with a slight bit more wonderlust for the surrounding lands and sneak out and hide among the shrubs and bushes of small villages wondering what those weird creatures are doing in their dead tree holdings. there are said to be some villages who have learned to live alongside small tribes of Beacán as they live symbiotically learning and trading with each other, druids are their favourite visitors and do well to treat them kindly if one is to stumble into their mists.

 

Beacán Names 

Beacán don't usually have names in untouched tribes, they normally communicate directly and often have the slightest of insight that they are needed from other members of their kin, but some tribes that have been exposed to the traditions of civilisation often take the names of whatever fills them with curiosity, such curiosities could be: lampshade, kettle, door, pathway, shrubs, fork, and other such objects that could be easily found by them 

 

Simple Wonderlust 

people who find their way stumbling into the humble dwellings of the Beacán are often met with the most currius of stares,  often finding smaller Beacán rummaging through their belongings and if unseen hoarding their possessions in wonderful tree burrows. 

a Beacáns life is simple at most, but for those small few who are filled with the most outrageous lust to explore and happen to find their way to the foot of an adventure, well anything outside their burrows is spectacular.

Beacán Traits

Beacán share certain racial traits as a result of their fungal descent.

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 1, and your Constitution score increases by 2.

Age

Beacán mature as young as a week old but due to their meddling origins can live as long as 40 years. 

Alignment

Beacán tend to lean heavily towards the neutral good alignment with their abundance of curiosity and tending to help.

Size

Beacán come in all shapes and sizes, most are between medium to small but no bigger than large, discuss with your DM about your fungal height.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Thanks to the dark dwellings that you originate from, 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.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Beacish.

A Beacáns Cycle

The life of a Beacán is relatively short compared to other races but to Beacán folk death is never the end but always a beginning there is always the opportunity to grow. 

when you die roll a D20 on a roll of:

1-4  your body does not take to the earth, you die.

5-14 your body takes to the earth and begins to grow new Beacán life creating a descendant.

15-20 your body takes to the earth and begins to grow a new version of yourself, you are reborn.