Homebrew Ethereal Species Details

The Ethereal are humanoid creatures that exist between the mortal and abyssal plane, they are very elusive and they are but legends to the commoners, their uncanny ability to be able to fade from sight and even just disappear for moments are  coupled with the fact that Ethereal tend to disguise themselves as humans or elves just adds to the rarity of seeing a true Ethereal. Nobody knows quite how an ethereal is born other than the fact that they just seem to appear.

Ghostly Creatures

The Ethereal tend to chose their form at their "birth" or creation, most Ethereal chose the form of humans or elves as they can fit in much better. Although from far away, they may seem like a regular version of another species, up close you can see that their skin is much darker than normal and that they seem blurry to regular eyes. True Ethereal however chose not to change their appearance at birth, They are very slender creatures with slits for eyes, a small, flat nose and a mouth with teeth that are very sharp. Most ethereal wrap themselves with thick, hooded cloaks to disguise their irregularities

Violent tenancies

Ethereal are very violent beings, stalking their prey while unseen and take full advantage of their traits to confuse and surprise their enemy. the few who have met an Ethereal in combat and survived say that they are needlessly aggressive and once they have chosen their prey they do not stop hunting it until it is dead. 

Ethereal Names

The Ethereal don't have names that they call themselves although many give themselves nicknames that they use in the mortal realm. 

Ethereal Traits

The Ethereal gain certain traits as to how they interact with the two planes

Ability Score increase

Your dexterity score increases by 2 and wisdom score increases by 1, however your constitution score decreases by 1

Age

Although most folk believe the Ethereal can live forever, they can live for over a millennium, reaching maturity at 100 years old, although most Ethereal don't consider themselves to be mature until the age of 150

Alignment

The ethereal have adapted to their dual realities, where they tend to become very chaotic and slightly evil although some Ethereal who are accepted into the wider community turn out good, most lean towards Chaotic Neutral and Neutral Evil

Size

The Ethereal are tall but can still blend into a crowd, standing at 6 to 7 feet tall, they are very light, weighing in at just 100 pounds, your size is medium

Speed

Your base walking speed is 35 feet

Darkvision

Because of your dual reality in the abyssal plane, you have superior vision in dim and dark conditions, you can see dim light within 60 feet of you as it it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. you can discern colors in darkness up to 30 feet from you although when in full sunlight you cannot see things clearly from over 300 feet away. 

Languages

Ethereal can speak common and abyssal

Plane flicker

Ethereals can swap between planes of reality at will, allowing them to dodge all physical attacks

3 times per short rest, you can roll a d20 and if it is a 10 or higher the attack is dodged

Natural Stealth

You have proficiency in the Stealth skill 

Relentless hunters

An ethereal can mark it's prey, and until it is dead, it has advantage on Attack rolls and damage rolls against that creature. However, you have disadvantage on all other creatures untill your target is dead

4 senses

Ethereals lack the 5th sense, smell, and as a result cannot make perception checks that rely on it