Homebrew Faerie Species Details
Faeries, also known as The Fair Folk, are some of the most beautiful and elusive creatures in the Feywild. They are often caretakers of forests, where they dance in the twilight to unearthly melodies, weaving impossible patterns and colours with their magic. Few faeries leave the safety of their forest homes as their wings make for potent spell components and are sought after as a rare commodity, but they make excellent traveling companions should you find yourself traversing a dangerous forest or the wilds of their home plane.
Faerie are rarely seen on the prime material plane, most folks believing them to be nothing more than the subjects of folk tails and legends, but should one of the fair folk venture beyond the twisting forests of their home in the feywild into the world they can be sure to draw eyes from every direction. As an adventurer, decide why you have traded the relative safety of your home for a life of adventure. Perhaps you were cast out by your kin, sent on a quest to find an artifact to save your dying home, or maybe you were captured by a sorcerer who seeks to use your innate magical abilities to further their own. Whatever the case may be, you will face many challenges on the road ahead.
However, children are extremely rare among the fair folk, and most don't even consider having them until well into their later centuries. As a result, faeries consider children to be rare commodities and will often go to great lengths to protect them.
Faerie Traits
Your faerie character has the following racial traits.Ability Score Increase
When you determine your ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2, and increase a different one by 1. These increases can’t raise a score above 20. Suggested scores: Dexterity and Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma.
Age
Faeries age much slower than most races, only reaching maturity around age 100. The maximum lifespan of a faerie is unknown, but they do not suffer the detriments of old age and have been known to live well over 900 years old. You are immune to magical ageing effects.
Alignment
Faeries, like many fey, value freedom, creativity and self expression above all else. As such, they are often seen as chaotic by other races, though among their kin they may in fact follow certain rules regarding etiquette, personal possession and even right or wrong.
Size
Faeries range from under 3 to over 4 feet tall, but often weigh much less than their size suggests at around 20 to 30 pounds. Your size is small.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Fey
Your creature type is fey, rather than humanoid.
Faerie Flight
You have a flying speed equal to your walking speed and can hover. If your wings are damaged or removed, your magic causes them to regrow at the end of a long rest.
Faerie Magic
You know the druidcraft cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the faerie fire spell without expending a spell slot, and you must finish a long rest before you can cast it this way again. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the enlarge/reduce spell without expending a spell slot, and you must finish a long rest before you can cast it this way again. You can also cast these spells using any spell slots you have. Your spellcasting ability for these spells is your choice of Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma.
Friend of the Forest
You have the ability to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words, though your ability to understand them is limited to simple ideas, such as a direction or emotion. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.
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