Homebrew Spirit Guardian (Detailed) Species Details

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"She ran as fast as her hooves would allow, dashing over traps and monsters alike as she held a sphere of light to guide her way through the darkness with her friends being all she could think of." 

"In a brief, yet blinding flash of light, the demons flew as the Spirit Guardian appeared where they had been standing just moments earlier, having stomped with tremendous force."

"Light flashed as the barrage of energy continued to rain down over the undead hoards, scattering bones and rotten flesh through the air, no match for the practiced accuracy and speed at which they were being sent."

 

Hidden deep in the plane of the Feywild lay magnificent groves containing enormous trees called "Spirit Trees" They are usually very far apart, and it is rare for any creature to find any tree one more than once, let alone multiple trees. Spirit Trees tend to emit large amounts of strong magical light that can revive, or kill many creatures depending on the intent, and creature. They also periodically grow bright leaves that fall to the ground and become young Spirit Guardians who grow to protect light and life from darkness and evil that would take it away. Spirit Guardians are herbivorous, energetic, productive, and typically very friendly and social. It is a rare sight to see a lone spirit guardian except in the case that it was separated from friends, family, or otherwise forced into living alone. They tend to be very trustworthy, though somewhat cowardly at times and can be ferocious fighters if cornered. Sometimes a Spirit Guardian will leave its home in order to accomplish tasks, deter potential threats, aid a friend, seek the past, or spread enterprises and skills, but sometimes they are forced from their homes by dark forces to live among elves, faeries, satyrs and other creatures of fey ancestry.

Spirit Guardians are easily recognizable by their; white fur, large eyes, feint glow, small stature, 2 large ear like protrusions on both sides of the face, 2 small ones (like antennae) on the forehead, and their long flowing tails. They also tend to show emotions using body language.

Spirit Guardian (Detailed) Traits

Spirit Guardians channel their light in numerous ways to light a small area, improvise weapons, give a slight boost to allies, move at ludicrous speeds, and make long falls a nuisance.

Ability Score change

Choose either Dexterity or Wisdom to gain a +2, then choose either Strength or Constitution to gain a -2.

Size

Spirit Guardians are Small fey creatures.

Appearance

Spirit Guardians average 2-4 ft. in height, and 50-75 lbs in weight. Though anomalous height and weight is not unheard of.
They have grey, to white, or light blue fur.
They boast a tail, and 4 ear like protrusions on the head (2 on the side, 2 on the forehead), that vary in length, and also have 2 fingers, and a thumb on each hand as well as hooves on the bottom of their legs.

Alignment

Spirit Guardians tend towards good and neutral, and even though evil is rare, there are a few Spirit Guardians who have turned from good, and live in exile, hidden in small hidden places, or looking for ways to forward their motives.

Languages

Spirit Guardians speak Sylvan, but don't commonly speak other languages.

Light Nature

You gain Resistance to Radiant and Vulnerability to Necrotic innately, as well as the ability to be a minor light source. Plus your light can aid you in investigation.

Agile Instinct

Your inborn agility and instincts allow you to Bash off projectiles, Dash through the air, and Stomp into the ground. You also gain proficiency in acrobatics checks.

Light Channeling

Spirit Guardians gain a pool of 5 light energy that they can use in powerful attacks. such as a Conjured weapon, Charge variants of Jump and Dash, Regroup, and Light burst.

Spent light energy is regained after a short rest if in sunlight, or moonlight, or when exposed to a source of spirit energy (usually a charged crystal, and usually only regenerates a set amount before depleting said source) for 4 rounds (no action, just needs 1 hand free).

Details

Gender is a bit different for them as they are born from Spirit Trees, but at times when around outsiders, they talk to, and about each other as male or female.
They reach maturity in 6 years, with no notable growth, and are said to live for over 200 years if they somehow survive that long.