Homebrew Bloodraven Species Details

Bloodravens stem from the pseudo-god named Rev. Rev was a typical raven, until it came face to face with a god, and was blessed with a part of its wisdom. Rev immediately entered into a cocoon of energy, and when it emerged, it dedicated itself to the protection of the forest it resided in. After coming out of the cocoon, Rev was the size of a giant, with an aurora of light radiating its every feather. It also had full control of its blood, which it used to form opposable claws from its wings. They looked like dark red gems. After guarding the forest for many years, it decided that it needed slumber to contemplate the universe. It shed its blood and soul, creating two children to guard the forest in its steed. It called the child of blood, a Bloodraven, and the released soul became its daughter, Nitrix. The Bloodraven took on the form of a small Rev, with claws of blood that could form from their wings, but lacked the radiant light. Nitrix was just a ball of radiant chaotic light until it saw the form of humans. She then took the form of a woman, and from time to time, would greet the passing humans, slowly learning their language and ways over thousands of years. (See Nitrixian for more details) While Nitrix took to guarding the forest naturally, the Bloodraven constantly struggled with its desire to leave the forest and forge its own path. When Rev entered its deep slumber, he attempted to keep his duty while being free. He struck down a raven of the forest, absorbed its blood, then split itself in two. Nitrix found him and seeing how he went against his duty, banished one of the two Bloodraven. The one that remained was carefully managed by its sister, only allowed to act as a fighting force when the forest was invaded, but the one that was banished continued to absorb and split itself outside of the forest. It wasn't until one of it absorbed its first human that it realized, it was no longer thee Bloodraven, it was, someone new. All those copies began to realize the same thing as time passed, that they were becoming different from each other, like the creatures they preyed upon. They began to take names, control small areas of land, and absorbing others all but stopped. Sometime later, two factions arose, those that wanted to return to their duty, and those that wanted to become more human. The ones that wanted to return did so, becoming underlings to the first Bloodraven, which they would name, Bane. The ones that wanted to embrace humanity changed their bodies, absorbing recently dead corpses to match the human form. They kept their wings that they were so familiar with, but these major changes to their form reduced their ability to control it. They could still change, but it took much much longer and wasted more blood. These new Bloodraven, humans with clawed wings, would integrate with society and parent new mortal born

Bloodraven Traits

The Bloodravens are a race of winged humanoids with claws that come out of their wings. Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2. Age. Reach maturity at age 18. If born of a mortal, they live anywhere from 100 to 800 years. Alignment. They are able to be any alignment but lean towards Chaotic. Size. Bloodravens vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Your base flight speed is 40 feet. When your claws are out your flight speed is 20ft. 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. Clawed Wings. You have a pair of strong wings that grant you a flying speed of 40 feet. If you are wearing armor you are not proficient in or any Medium or Heavy armor, you may not fly. In addition, as a bonus action, you release or retract your claws from your wings. They appe