Homebrew Shardmind Species Details

Physical Qualities

Shardminds are crystalline creatures consisting of hundreds of small shards of translucent green, white, red. or amber crystal assembled into humanoid form and animated by a force of pure psionic energy. Shardminds choose their forms to mimic the shapes of humanoids; some take on forms that seem more masculine. while others appear more feminine. shardmind's animating force glows dimly from within each of its component shards, emanating most brightly from where the eyes of a natural humanoid would be. This Inner light sheds dim light in a shardmind's space, but a shardmind individual can squelch the light with an instant's concentration-in order 10 hide in the dark. for example.

The crystalline fragments making up a shardmind's body are in constant, silent motion, almost like the circulation of blood. When a shardmind is stunned or unconscious, it might lose control of the tight mental reins that keep its body in humanoid form, a few shards slipping free into orbits around its body until the shardmind regains control.

Shardminds are living creatures only in the loosest sense. Their crystalline bodies require no sustenance, and they don't breathe. They don't need sleep, though they must still rest for six hours to gain the benefits of an extended rest. They don't have gender and don't reproduce, but the shardminds alive today aren't the same ones that sprang to life during the Dawn War. Shardminds say that the Living Gate shattered into countless fragments. and each time an awakened shardmind is killed, another one somewhere in the universe stirs to Consciousness.

Shardmind Traits

You're a sentient crystal

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 2 and either your Wisdom or Charisma increases up by 1 (your choice).

Age

Due to their crystalline nature, it is unclear if Shardmind age.

Alignment

Most Shardmind are lawful, believing firmly in the benefits of a well-ordered society. They tend toward neuteral as well, with a strong sense of duty.

Size

Shardermind stand between 5'9 and 6'2 feet tall and are between 180 and 230 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armour.

Skill Proficiency

You gain proficiency with Arcana.

Crystalline Mind

You have advantage on saving throws against anything that would cause psychic damage.

Living Construct

The means of your creation has provided you a series of benefits:

• You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
• Instead of sleeping you go into a meditative state reflecting on recent events. You must stay relatively still, however you are not Unconscious and can see and hear as normal.
• While you do not need to sleep, magical effects that induce sleep can still render you Unconscious.
• You can not die due to old age.

Shard Swarm

You loosen your mental grip on your physical form, distracting your foes with a swarm of shards. You then re-form elsewhere.

As a bonus action, you can cast the misty step spell once using this trait. You regain the ability to do so when you finish a short or long rest.

 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Deep Speech. You can also communicate telepathically with creatures up to 60 ft.