Homebrew Ghoul Species Details
Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth, carry the power of the planes in their blood. The genasi are one such people, the offspring of genies 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 genies, 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 genies can adopt mortal guise and travel incognito.
During these visits, a mortal might catch a ghouls eye. Friendship forms, romance blooms, and sometimes children result. These children are genasi: individuals with ties to two worlds, yet belonging to neither. Some genasi are born of mortal–genie unions, others have two genasi as parents, and a rare few have a genie further up their family tree, manifesting an elemental heritage that’s lain dormant for generations.
Occasionally,ghouls result from exposure to a surge of elemental power, through phenomena such as an eruption from the Inner Planes or a planar convergence. Elemental energy saturates any creatures in the area and might alter their nature enough that their offspring with other mortals are born as genasi.
Heirs to Elemental Power
Genasi inherit something from both sides of their dual nature. They resemble humans but have black and red eyes and there is something odd about them. The elemental blood flowing through their veins manifests differently in each genasi, often as kagune
Seen in silhouette, a ghoul can usually pass for human. but they have to eat 1 humanoid every 5 days to stop them from killing everyone near them .
Wild and Confident
Ghouls rarely lack confidence, seeing themselves as equal to almost any challenge in their path. This certainty might manifest as graceful self-assurance in one ghoul and as arrogance in another. Such self- confidence can sometimes blind ghouls to risk, and their great plans often get them and others into trouble.
Too much failure can chip away at even a ghouls sense of self, so they constantly push themselves to improve, honing their talents and perfecting their craft.
Ghould Lands
As rare beings, ghoul might go their entire lives without encountering another one of their kind. There are no great ghoul cities or empires. ghoul seldom have communities of their own and typically adopt the cultures and societies into which they are born..
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 genasi 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 ghouls seek isolation in the wilds, making their homes in mountains or forests, near lakes, or underground.
The distant land of Zakhara is known only in legends to most inhabitants of Faerûn. There, genies and spellcasters enter into bargains, and a ghoul can result from such pacts. Those ghouls have been sources of great weal and woe in the history of that land.
GENASI BACKGROUNDS
Each boil has its own temperament, which might make some backgrounds more suitable than others.
ghouls often get themselves into difficulty with their fiery tempers, they sometimes flaunt their perceived superiority over common folk. But they also want others to share their high opinion of themselves, so they constantly seek to enhance their reputations.
Ghoul Traits
Your ghoul character has certain characteristics in common with all other genasi.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 Strength score increases by 2 and dexterity increased by 1 but intelligents decreased by 2
Age
Ghoul mature at about the same rate as humans and reach adulthood in At about 150 years old . They live somewhat longer than humans do, up to 1000 years.
Alignment
Independent and self-reliant, genasi tend toward a neutral alignment.
Size
Genasi are as varied as their mortal parents but are generally built like humans, standing anywhere from 5 feet to over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 40 feet.