Homebrew Mephit Species Details
Mephits are capricious, imp-like creatures native to the elemental planes. They come in six varieties, each one representing the mixture of two elements.
Ageless tricksters, mephits gather in large numbers on the Elemental Planes and in the Elemental Chaos. They also find their way to the Material Plane, where they prefer to dwell in places where their base elements are abundant. For example, a magma mephit is composed of earth and fire, and it favors volcanic lairs, while an ice mephit, which is composed of air and water, favors frigid locales.
Mephit Traits
Mephits are capricious, imp-like creatures native to the elemental planes. They come in six varieties, each one representing the mixture of two elements.Age
Mephits are ageless, the come into being fully formed and can continue to exist for an indefinite period of time.
Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score decreases by 4, your Dexterity score is decreased by 1, and all other ability scores are decreased by 2.
Alignment
Mephits are capricious, imp-like creatures native to the elemental planes.
Size
Mephit are between 2 and 3 feet tall and weigh between 40 and 80 pounds. Your size is Small.
Speed
Mephits, with the exception of Mud Mephits, have a base walking speed is 30 feet and a flying speed of 30 feet. Mud Mephits have a walking, flying, and swimming speed of 20 feet.
Darkvision
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.
Elemental Nature
Mephit don’t require food, drink, or sleep. They also have abilities dictated by their base elements.
| Mephit | Immunities | Vulnerabilities | Death Burst | Innate Spellcasting | False Appearance | Breath Attack | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dust | poison, poisoned | fire | blinded | sleep | no | Blinding Breath | Auran, Terran |
| Ice | cold, poison, poisoned | bludgeoning, fire | slashing | fog cloud | shard of ice | Frost Breath | Aquan, Auran |
| Magma | fire, poison, poisoned | cold | lava | Heat Metal | mound of magma | Fire Breath | Ignan, Terran |
| Mud | poison, poisoned | none | restrained | none | mound of mud | Mud Breath | Aquan, Terran |
| Smoke | fire, poison, poisoned | none | smoke | dancing lights | no | Cinder Breath | Auran, Ignan |
| Steam | fire, poison, poisoned | none | steam | Blur | no | Steam Breath | Aquan, Ignan |
Death Burst
When the mephit dies, it explodes with elemental energy.
Innate Spellcasting
Most mephit can innately cast a spell once per long rest, requiring no material components. Their innate spellcasting ability is Charisma.
False Appearance
While some mephit remain motionless they are indistinguishable from their native environment.
Breath Attack
Most mephit can exhale a 15-foot cone of elemental energy. Mud mephit instead spit a blob at a single target. The target(s) must make a Dexterity save of suffer the effect of the breath attack, Constitution is the modifier used for these attacks. The mephit can perform this attack three times per short rest.
Natural Attack
Most mephit have natural claws they can use for a slashing attack, mud mephit instead do 1d6 bludgeoning damage, ice mephit do an additional die of cold damage, and magma and steam mephits do an additional die of fire damage. Dexterity is your ability for this attack and the base damage is 1d4.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write the two dialects of primordial related to your base elements.
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