Homebrew Etherwraith Species Details
Across the realm, legend tells of ghost-like, ethereal figures who haunt the edges of battlefields. To some these beings are an omen of doom and despair, the harbingers of death and destruction. To others, they are seen as the avatar of the gods, the champions of divine powers that be.
Etherwraiths are the remanents of a once mortal soul, doomed to walk this plane for eternity. Often the product of soul bargains or deals with otherworldly beings, they were stripped of their individuality and memories, retaining only mere fragments of the people once were. Lonesome creature by nature, they now wander the realms, desperate to remember who they once were.
Etherwraith Traits
thanks to their extraplanar bargains, the wraiths have been given many gifts, but at gret costability score increase
+2 Charisma +1 wisdom
auravision
during the extraplanar bargain that strips wraiths of their mortality, many looking into the abyss and loses all sense of vision that it may of had. In exchange, wraiths gain the ability to perceive the emotional aura of the area around them. to a wraith, creatures appear as a ghostly, blurred version of themselves, surrounded by a blazing halo showing their strongest emotions while objects take on the colour of the most recent emotion it has interacted with. this makes gaining an insight into the intentions of a creature significantly easier for an EtherWraith, giving them proficiency in wisdom (insight) checks.
With additional effort, a wraith can drop their aura-vision further into the ethereal plane, allowing them to cast detect magic at first level a number of times equal to their charisma modifier (minimum 1). By studying a creature's emotional aura deeper, at third level, they can cast detect thoughts equal to their charisma modifier (minimum of 1.)
size
Wraiths are medium in size, from 5-7 feet tall
vestigal remenants
While a wraith's transformation is almost absolute, the bargain often leaves some remnants of the creature that the wraith once was. these could be a physical characteristic, like a tiefling's horns, or it could be a singular goal that consumes their mind. These remnants can also develop and grow over time, returning with memories of the life that the wraith once lived. work with your DM to determine if and when they return, and what effect that has on your character.
alignment
due to the intense devotion that is required to go through with the bargain that creates a wraith, they are rarely neutral in alignment. They are typically driven by what small amount of memories they maintain from their previous life, leading to many of them living lawfully, stringently following their own moral code.
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