Homebrew Astralborn Species Details

The creature looked at the charging gnolls, and thrust his hand toward them. One of the gnolls froze in place. The other one swung his axe at the creature. The creature smoothly ducked out of the way, then thrust his sword into a spot between the gnoll's ribs. It fell to the ground dead. The creature then pulled me to my feet, walked up to the remaining gnolls, and stabbed him in the ribs, instantly killing him. The creature then walked back into the woods.

-An account of an astralborn sighting.  

 Very rarely, a wave of energy will pulse from the Positive Energy Plane. This energy will surge into the Astral Plane, mixing the essence of the two planes together. The resulting energies will then crash into the Material Plane in separate waves, where they usually dissipate. However, sometimes these energies will solidify into a corporeal body, creating one or more astralborn.

Extraterrestrial Appearance and Alien Minds 

An astralborn is born fully grown, and their appearance is usually quite strange. They usually have light blue, green or yellow skin, a patch of white or gray skin splashed on their face, and eyes that glow white. Wisps of gray, blue, and white energy float off of their bodies, and they have no hair anywhere on their skin. Their minds are much more open then most other creatures, giving them natural psionics. They are also very sensitive to other creature's emotions, which makes them naturally stay away from large gatherings of sentient creatures, in order to avoid being bombarded by different emotions. Astralborn do not breed, but instead recreate the phenomenon that created them by fusing parts of the Astral Plane with positive energy. This process only creates an astralborn 1 out of 4 times, which is why the astralborn's population is small.  

Generous but Misunderstood

Astralborn have an instinctual urge to help creatures,  but have trouble doing so because of their appearance. Most people who see an astralborn will believe that it is some sort of fiend or undead, and will respond accordingly. This is why all known astralborn settlements are located in the Underdark, where the astralborn will not be prosecuted. The only creatures they get along with are the myconids, who also have power over other creature's minds, and flumphs, who share the astralborn's good nature.

 Astralborn Names

Astralborn do not consider names important, and will take names from other cultures rather than come up with their own.   

 

 

 

 

 

     

Astralborn Traits

Astralborn have many psychic abilities, giving them power over other creature's minds.

Ability Score Increase.

Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1. 

Age.

Astralborn are born adults, and most live to be a century old.

Alignment.

Due to their instinctual generosity, and the fact that they are willing to break the law to help those in need, most astralborn are neutral good.

Size.

Astralborn are tall and thin, ranging from 5 1/2 to 7 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed.

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. 

Natural Psionics.

Your awakened mind allows you to influence the minds of other creatures. You know the friends cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the charm person spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level,  you can cast the silent image spell or the disguise self  spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells. 

Psychic Shield.

You can shrug off mental attacks more easily then other creatures. You have resistance to psychic damage.

Underdark Adaptations.

After living in the Underdark for so long, your race has adapted to the eternal dark and poisonous creatures and plants. You have resistance to poison damage, and darkvision, which allows you to see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as though it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.  

Languages.

You can speak, read, and write Common, Deep Speech, and Undercommon.  Deep Speech and Undercommon are written in the Elvish script.