Homebrew Forestian Species Details

 

Vibrant Expression

A forestians energy and enthusiasm for living shines through every inch of his or her tiny body. Forestians average slightly over 3 feet tall and weigh 40 to 45 pounds.

 

Delighted Dedication

As far as forestians are concerned, being alive is amazing thing, and they squeeze every ounce of enjoyment out of their one to two centuries of life. Humans might wonder about getting bored over the course of such a long life, and elves take plenty of time to savor the beauties of the world in their long years, but forestians seem to worry that even with all that time, they can’t get in enough of the things they want to do and see.

 Forestians speak as if they can’t get the thoughts out of their heads fast enough. Even as they offer ideas and opinions on a range of subjects, they still manage to listen carefully to others, adding the appropriate exclamations of surprise and appreciation along the way.

Tree Towns

Forestians make their homes in mountainous, wooded lands. They in trees, their homes are well hidden by both clever construction and simple illusions. Welcome visitors are quickly ushered into the bright, warm towns. Those who are not welcome are unlikely to find the towns in the first place.

Forestians who settle in human lands are commonly gem-cutters, druids, sages, or philosophers. Some human families retain forestian tutors, ensuring that their pupils enjoy a mix of serious learning and delighted enjoyment.

Forestian Names

 

Male Names: Kail, Nemin, Gallin, Ivaz, Laviz, Camik, Loran, Cub, Kalvin.

Female Names: Alia, Elien, Evie, Uaira, Vexi, Aelo, Telli, Savia, Nelli.

Seeing the World

Curious and impulsive, forestians might take up adventuring as a way to see the world or for the love of exploring. As lovers of gems and other fine items, some gnomes take to adventuring as a quick, if dangerous, path to wealth. Regardless of what spurs them to adventure, gnomes who adopt this way of life eke as much enjoyment out of it as they do out of any other activity they undertake, sometimes to the great annoyance of their adventuring companions.

ALWAYS APPRECIATIVE

It’s rare for a forestian to be hostile or malicious unless he or she has suffered a grievous injury. Forestians know that most races don’t share their sense of humor, but they enjoy anyone’s company just as they enjoy everything else they set out to do.

Subrace

Choose one of the subraces below or one from another source.

RED FORESTIANS

The main subrace of forestians, the red forestians , have red caps and can breath fire. Red forestians have fire resistance.

BLUE FORESTIANS

A subrace of forestians, blue forestians are the second-least common subrace of forestians, can breath underwater, and get a healing cantrip. Blue forestians are good clerics and paladins.

GREEN FORESTIANS

Green forestians are a subrace of forestians. Green forestians can poison anyone in its line of sight. Green forestians have poison invulnerability.

PURPLE FORESTIANS

The rarest subrace of forestians, purple forestians are mysterious type, they have the ability to cast four non-cantrips per long rest.

 

Forestian Traits

Your forestian character has certain characteristics in common with all other forestians.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 2.

Age

Gnomes mature at the same rate humans do, and most are expected to settle down into an adult life by around age 40. They can live 350 to almost 500 years.

Alignment

forestians are most often good. Those who tend toward law are sages, engineers, researchers, scholars, investigators, or inventors. Those who tend toward chaos are minstrels, tricksters, wanderers, or fanciful jewelers. foretians are good-hearted, and even the tricksters among them are more playful than vicious.

Size

Gnomes are between 3 and 4 feet tall and average about 40 pounds. Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to life underground, 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.

Natural Cunning

You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Gnomish. The Gnomish language, which uses the Dwarvish script, is renowned for its technical treatises and its catalogs of knowledge about the natural world.