Homebrew Fairy Species Details

An enchanted race born of raw fey magic, fairies are the diminutive folk of the Feywild. Under the direction of the Court of Stars, they etch the patterns of frost on the winter ponds and rouse the buds in springtime. They cause flowers to grow and sparkle with summer dew, and they color the leaves with the blazing hues of autumn. It is said that they taught the birds to sing. These childlike sprites have a penchant for mischievous fun, and there is no game a fairy will not play, no sport it will not attempt, and no revelry it will avoid or decline.

Fairies are nature's immature answer to elves. They are chaotic even within their laws. They are shy and reclusive and adore playing ticks and pranks, seldom bothering outsiders otherwise unless their curiosity gets the better of them.

Physical Description

Fairies rarely reach over 1 foot tall, and their wings come in many designs and patterns, ranging from butterfly to beetle. They often look like tiny elves, with pointed ears and ranging skin tones. They carry the normal array of human skin tones as well as light shades of the rest of the spectrum of colors, coming from light shades of red to copper and bronze. They can even carry small attributes of the insect family they hail from, including antennae, fluff, and the wing styles. Their eyes often look like a molten liquid but the pupils can be visible if you can ever get a close enough look. They love vibrantly colored clothes or shiny metal armor, something that speaks about their personality on a level that other pixies and some people can understand.

 

Society

In the world, fairies make their homes in deep forests or hidden grottos beneath the hills of the Moonshae Isles, far beyond the sight of other humanoids. In these places, fairies cast their shimmering lights to color the domains in incandescent hues, gradually shifting from soft red to bright yellow to deep violet and back again. Some say that the realms of the fairies are the places where rainbows begin and end, and those rainbows are fairy roads emanating from the light of the kingdoms they connect, which can be seen by mortals only when the sun shines through the rain. Though fairies prefer to keep out of sight, they can be found almost anywhere in the Feywild. As intrinsically magical as they are whimsical, fairies enhance the world around them with their presence.

 

Fairy Names

Fairies will often take on the names of humans or elves, and sometimes those of the plants and trees that they find their homes in.

 

Fairy Traits

They are shy and reclusive flying fey creature that adores playing tricks and pranks on others.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2

Age

It's unknown how long a fairy actually lives, however, it's speculated they reach maturity at the same times as a human child and can live to be an average of at least 150 years old.

Alignment

Fairies can be of any alignment but tend to lean more towards chaotic because of their palyful trickster nature.

Size

Pixies hardly over a foot tall and weigh next to nothing. Your size is Tiny

Speed

Your base walking speed of 10 feet. You have a flying speed of 30 feet and you can hover no more than 10 feet off the ground if you are more than 10 feet off the ground when you end your turn you will fall until you are within the 10 feet of the ground.

Darkvision

You're accustomed to living in twilight forests and dark undergrowth. 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.

Fey Ancestry

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

Invisibility

once you reach 3rd level, you can cast the invisibility spell once with this trait, requiring no material components, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a short or long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Shrink

You can touch an object that is sized for a Medium or Small creature and shrink it to a size appropriate for you. If the object is a weapon, decrease its damage dice by one size unless it has the finesse or light weapon properties (the versatile damage dice of that weapon also decreases). If it is a container, such as a backpack or coin purse, all objects inside shrink proportionately. You can have multiple objects shrunk at once but once the object leaves your person, its container or you die, it returns to its original size.

Tiny Limbs

You have disadvantage on Athletics checks, but you are proficient in the Sleight of Hand skill.

Languages

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

Subrace

Fairy subraces are distinguished by their wings and behaviors, each notably similar to insects