Homebrew Fairy Species Details

Fairies are a magical people of whimsy and charm, living in the world but not entirely part of it. They live in places of ethereal beauty, in the midst of ancient forests or in silvery spires glittering with faerie light, where soft music drifts through the air and gentle fragrances waft on the breeze. Fairies love nature and magic, art and artistry, music and fun.

Slender and Delicate.

With their small stature and expressive faces, Fairies oft come across as playful, some mischievously so.  They are no more than 3 feet in height and typically weight between 40 and 50 pounds.

Fairy coloration encompasses the normal human range and also includes skin in shades of copper, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair and eyes of nearly every hue.  Fairies have no facial and little body hair. They favor simple clothing in bright colors, and they enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry.

A Life of Amusement

Fairies can live well over 500 years, giving them a wealth of time to pursue their fancies. They are more often excitable and playful, and tend to be mischievous to some degree. They are Quick to make friends and enemies, and ever eager to indulge in some form of amusement with them. They reply to petty insults with playful mockery and to serious insults with malicious pranks.

Hidden Woodland Realms

Most Fairies dwell in small forest villages built high up in the trees. They hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and magic allow them to support themselves without the need for clearing and plowing land. They are talented herbalists, crafting exceptional potions and food from the plants that grow around them. Their contact with outsiders is usually fleeting, the odd traveller passing through their doman, though, some have ventured out to the wider world to explore.

Fairies encountered outside their own lands are commonly herbalists, alchemists, or scouts. 

Exploration and Adventure

Fairies take up adventuring out of wanderlust. Since they are so long-lived, they can enjoy centuries of exploration and discovery. They dislike the pace of human society, which is regimented from day to day but constantly changing over decades, so they find careers that let them travel freely and set their own pace.

Mischievous but Kind 

Although they can be a nuisance with their pranks and general playfulness, most Fairies are kind and loving people who care deeply for most living beings, even more so if they are to become friends.

 

Fairy Names

Fairies are considered children until they declare themselves adults, some time after the fiftieth birthday, and before this period they are called by child names.

On declaring adulthood, fairy selects an adult name, although those who knew him or her as a youngster might continue to use the child name. Each fairy’s adult name is a unique creation, though usually mimics Elven Names. Little distinction exists between male names and female names; the groupings here reflect only general tendencies. In addition, every fairy bears a family name, typically a combination of other Elvish or Sylvan words.

Child Names: Ara, Bryn, Del, Eryn, Faen, Innil, Lael, Mella, Naill, Naeris, Phann, Rael, Rinn, Sai, Syllin, Thia, Vall

Male Adult Names: Adran, Aelar, Aramil, Arannis, Aust, Beiro, Berrian, Carric, Enialis, Erdan, Erevan, Galinndan, Hadarai, Heian, Himo, Immeral, Ivellios, Laucian, Mindartis, Paelias, Peren, Quarion, Riardon, Rolen, Soveliss, Thamior, Tharivol, Theren, Varis

Female Adult Names: Adrie, Althaea, Anastrianna, Andraste, Antinua, Bethrynna, Birel, Caelynn, Drusilia, Enna, Felosial, Ielenia, Jelenneth, Keyleth, Leshanna, Lia, Meriele, Mialee, Naivara, Quelenna, Quillathe, Sariel, Shanairra, Shava, Silaqui, Theirastra, Thia, Vadania, Valanthe, Xanaphia

Family Names (Common Translations): Amakiir (Gemflower), Amastacia (Starflower), Galanodel (Moonwhisper), Holimion (Diamonddew), Ilphelkiir (Gemblossom), Liadon (Silverfrond), Meliamne (Oakenheel), Naïlo (Nightbreeze), Siannodel (Moonbrook), Xiloscient (Goldpetal)

Fairy Traits

Your fairy character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of their ties to the fey realm.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity increases by 2, Charisma by 1, and your Strength decreases by 1

Age

Fairies typically are not considered Adults until 50 and can live up to around 500 years.

Alignment

Fairies love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others’ freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not. 

Size

Fairies are typically between 2 and 3 feet in size.  Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 20 feet.

Flight

You have a base flying speed of 40.

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have 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 gray.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Born of Nature.

You have Proficiency in Nature.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Trance

Fairies don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Sylvan, and Elvish.