Homebrew Sprite Species Details

Sprite Background

  • Small fey creatures bearing varying styles of wings.
  • Prefer to dwell in forest enclaves rather than in civilization.
  • Often serve as scouts and messengers for the Fey Court.

Sprite Traits

Your sprite character has the following racial traits.

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilight 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.

Wing Selection

A sprite's wings can determine not only its physical aspects but also the focus of its fey blessings.

  • Quick Wing. Your wings are fast moving and look similar to those of a dragonfly. Your flying speed increases to 50 feet. 
  • Strong Wing. Your wings are long and feathered much like those of a bird. You can carry one creature of medium size or smaller so long as you have the lifting capacity to do so. Additionally, you have advantage on checks and saving throws made to resist effects that would cause you to fall or fail at flying. 
  • Bright Wing. Your wings are colorful, bright, and look similar to those of a butterfly. You have advantage on stealth checks made in bright light, but you have disadvantage on perception checks made in areas of dim light or darkness. 
  • Dark Wing. Your wings are colored in dark hues and look similar to those of a moth. You have advantage on stealth checks made in darkness, but you have disadvantage on perception checks made in areas of bright light. 
  • Tough Wing. Your wings are tough and chitinous like a beetle or boned like a skeleton. You can wield two-handed and heavy weapons, and you can wear medium and heavy armor.

Age

The magical essence of the fey grants Sprites a decent lifespan, they gain maturity at 7 years and live as long as 150 years.

Alignment

Sprites tend to favor the alignment of those around them and are considered to be very impressionable. 

Size

Sprites are the smallest of the small creatures, barely considered mechanically small sized. The tallest grow to a maximum of two feet.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 20 feet. Your flying speed is 30 feet.

Fey

Your creature type is fey, rather than humanoid.

Laughing Mad

You are immune to the Confusion spell and forms of madness that are not of fey origin. 

Petite Stature

You cannot wield two-handed or heavy weapons, you cannot wear medium or heavy armor, and you cannot carry other creatures when you fly unless otherwise stated from your choice of wings. 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Sylvan and one other language.