Homebrew Cindered One Species Details
“You are a monster, an abomination. I am deciding which hell spawn decided to let you live.”
I spoke as the wavy ashen long-haired man stepped from the darkness and into the light. His emerald eyes staring at me or rather staring through me.
“My dear,” he began. “Words are powerful. One must be careful for if thy calls one a monster long enough they begin to believe it. Embrace it.”
There was a long pause before the woman pulled out a dagger from her side, staring intently at the man. Unflinching.
There was a flash of teeth from the man as he straightened himself. "Do you believe I wished for this? This curse, this blessing whatever in gods name you wish to call it." He began, taking an additional step towards me, with a stern expression on his face. "The world is cruel, unforgiving, yet has so much beauty I wish to explore and discover." He took more steps while he spoke to where he was a few inches away from the blade, as I could feel the knife tremble within my hands as he eyes met mine.
"You claim I am the monster, yet you are the one brandishing the weapon."
To be greeted with glares and hostility to those who recognize the ashen hair, to the range of powerful creatures that seek their ambitions, this is the mark of a Cindered One. These creatures were not created of their own design but by the design of some cruel fate, for when a woman is with child and dies, to be resurrected with arcane or otherwise divine magic, is warped from the process of being brought back to the land of the living. This warp alters the pregnant woman's child, who is often cursed with longevity, forever marked with ashen hair, and born without heartbeats or emotion.
Corrupted Heritage
The nature of a Cindered One is hard to say, they exist within the realm of life and death itself as their experiences have left a clear imprint on their appearance, forever brandishing them as an outcast. Cindered One's eyes are often mistaken for that of monster's, unnatural and always searching for a moment of weakness or opportunity. The trademark ashen hair that grows, which often grows to shoulder length for males or down to the centre of the back for females. The pale white skin that has marks of dust or soot that is stained onto them across the body, as a permanent scar resides somewhere across their body that can never be healed.
Curious and Independent
Cindered Ones more often than not have an innate sense of curiosity or independence that lives within them, almost a natural instinct that drives them to seek knowledge or uncover secrets. This was speculated from the process of dying within a state of creation which gives the Cindered One's a sense of mortality from an extremely young age, which plays into their chaotic and otherwise reckless nature, always on a knifes edge between the living and the dead. When a Cindered One is on the brink of death or otherwise mortality is brought into a clear indication, this is where the Cindered Ones truly feel alive.
Cindered One Names
Cindered One's names are derived from a sense of self-worth, knowledge and curiosity. More often than not Cindered Ones abandon or disregard their names upon reaching maturity for something for akin to a literal sense of their purpose or struggle they have within their lives.
Male Cindered One Names: Ash, Barkwood, Brimstone, Dustral, Embraas, Grimus, Lint, Powdrine, Remnant, Slagosh, Smoke
Female Cindered One Names: Athrus, Cerilla, Daomina, Emb, Fragris, Lessie, Nemesis, Orthgana, Phenoxia, Relixa, Sootania
Cindered One Traits
Your cindered one character has the following traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 2. In addition, one ability score of your choice increases by 1.
Age
Cindered ones mature at the same rate as humans do and reach adulthood around the age of 20. They live much longer than humans, however, often exceeding 200 years.
Alignment
Cindered ones share the chaotic nature of exploration and personal freedom. This often leads cindered ones to chaotic natures, and due to the stigma that other races have towards them, they naturally lean towards evil.
Size
Cindered ones are about the same size as humans, ranging from 5 to 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
Either a boon or a bane, your cursed blood grants you 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 white.
Blood of the Abomination
You feel the rush of life when you are closer to death. When you are at less than 1/3 of your hit point maximum (rounded down), once per turn one of your melee attacks deal additional necrotic damage equal to your character level. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier per day.
Natural Healer
You gain proficiency in the Medicine skill.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice.
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