Homebrew Remnant Species Details
Remnants are angry, grudge holding perfectionists who are born of a Revenant's successful or failed mission to exact their revenge. They have gray skin and burning red eyes and if their emotions go unchecked, their veins can bulge out in happiness or anger. Typically met with scorn and fear on the streets, a Remnant will always try to hide their undying nature but normally cannot hide it due to their extreme emotions and volition.
Revenant Blood
When a Revenant turns to ash at the end of their life, the ash particles that hold on to that volatile soul's remnants can spread through the air and even come into contact with a humanoid. If the humanoid is pregnant, then it will gain different features from its parent. They will always grow taller than the average of the race, they will have flaming red eyes, gray skin with veins showing naturally and frequent white hairs. Another key feature of the Remnant is their skin texture, which can be very ashy or rough.
Striving for Perfection, Succumbing to Irritations
Remnants feel emotions, particularly negative emotions, in an extremely amplified state. If a Remnant gets pushed in the streets and the pusher doesn't say sorry, the Remnant might catch an assault charge if they don't actively try to calm their emotions. Conversely, if a Remnant sees a funny meme, while their human friend would chuckle a little, their dwarf friend will have a good laugh, a Remnant will start cackling like a madman, the veins in their head will bulge and they will break down in tears. These wild emotions would lead most people to assume that Remnants don't necessarily have a worthy place in society, this is far from the truth, when a Remnant is allowed to work on something they feel passionate about, they will strive for perfection, reaching beyond even what some Dwarvish crafters could achieve if uninterrupted.
Remnant Names
Remnants do not have cultural names of their own. Unless they wish to change their name to something else, they will keep their birth name.
Remnant Traits
As a Remnant, your bloodline grants you the following benefitsAbility Score Increase
One ability score of your choice other than Constitution increases by 2, your Constitution score increases by 1.
Age
Unlike the Revenant that spawned them, a Remnant can live for an extremely long time due to their undying nature. They mature at a much faster rate than humans and are fully grown at age 15. They age very slowly and live to be around 1,000 years old. They never visibly age until age 920 when they age like a human.
Alignment
Remnants are snappy and self serving, tending them towards the chaotic end of the alignment chart. When a Remnant puts their mind to something, they can commit disgusting acts of evil or blessed deeds of goodness.
Size
Remnants are always taller than average. Even if they were born a Gnome they would reach the size of an average dwarf, that said, their size is medium and cannot go past that unless it is from a class feature or some external variation.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
Thanks to the Revenant that spawned you or your Revenant parent, you can see in dark 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 gray.
Revenant Nature
You are unrelenting in whatever your goals may be, and so sleep or rest isn't a factor in your goals. You only need to sleep for 4 hours to gain the benefits of a long rest. Additionally, you need a very short amount of time to recover from battle. The amount of time needed to benefit from a short rest is 60 minutes divided by your proficiency bonus. For example, a 3rd level Remnant only needs 30 minutes to complete a short rest, a 5th level Remnant only needs 20 minutes, a 9th level Remnant only needs 15 minutes, a 13th level Remnant only needs 12 minutes and a 17th level Remnant only needs 10 minutes. This does not affect attunement, which needs the regular amount of time required.
Revenant Vengeance
Your Revenant nature also gives you a burning vengeance that you can channel into someone. As a bonus action, you can target one creature as the target for your vengeance for 1 minute. Whenever you deal damage to that creature, it takes an additional 1d4 damage of that damage type, the vengeance ends after a minute or when the target dies and when it ends you face a wave of lethargy that prevents you from taking any actions until the end of your next turn. This damage increases to 1d6 at 5th level, 1d8 at 11th level, 1d10 at 17th level and 1d12 at 20th level.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. This language is typically the language of the race you were born into.
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