Homebrew Ippin Species Details

THE GREATEST INNOVATORS

As a race, ippin are renowned for their technological innovations and gift for mathematics. Their search for efficiency helped inspire humans to build the first roads and trade routes. Many other technologies were also brought by the ippin, including the compass, steam engines, and even airships. Ippin were even the first of the races to gaze up and map the stars measuring the movement of the heavens to aid in navigation. The ippin have fully integrated into society on Lumios and have found their place overseeing the banks and treasuries of the world, and use their gifts to advance technology and manage the finances of the various governments on the continent.

IPPIN CRASH LANDING

The early elves suggest that the ippin were the last to appear on Lumios. According to ancient texts, the ippin first arrived on Lumios when their airship crash-landed on the continent at some point during the Second Tribal War. Immediately after the crash, the ippin explorers destroyed all written records of their homeland to ensure its security. Without writings, the stories told faded and the knowledge of their homeland has been lost to the ippin themselves.

The ippin were lucky to land in Lumios in the midst of a war, as their arrival was dismissed with more pressing matters on the minds of the other races. They were an agreeable people eager to share their views and technology which allowed them to integrate into the various societies on Lumios rapidly. The ippin adapted to their surroundings quickly, due in no small part to their inventive nature and advanced way of viewing the world. 

Ippin Traits

Your Ippin character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age

Ippin mature at the same rate as humans, but they can live up to 160 years.

Alignment

Imbued with celestial power, most Ippin are good.

Size

Ippin have the same range of height and weight as halflings.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Darkvision

Blessed with a radiant soul, your vision can easily cut through darkness. 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.

Celestial Resistance

You have resistance to necrotic damage and radiant damage.

Light Bearer

You know the light cantrip. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Celestial.

Radiant Soul

Starting at 3rd level, you can use your action to unleash the divine energy within yourself, causing your eyes to glimmer and two luminous, incorporeal wings to sprout from your back.

Your transformation lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. During it, you have a flying speed of 30 feet.

Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.

Nimble

You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.