Homebrew High Faerie Species Details

Known typically as the marquesses of the fae courts, unseelie and Seelie. As well as the ones pictured when you see the word, “fairy” at the very least a small form of their actual selves. They are often seen using magic in elegant demonstrations of power, fanciful and lying much alike and contradicting their words. The fae cannot lie but can hide the truth behind flowered words and omission. They are aristocrats, courtiers, cloistered scholars, folk heroes, or explorers.

Classy and Mesmerizing

               The High Faerie are anything but of earthly beauty, appearing more ethereal than a high elf or the wild Eladrin. They are one of the taller near human looking races, standing at 7 to 9 feet tall, the shortest only getting in the 6 foot range. They weigh about the same as Tieflings or Elves but certainly appear more elven in features. Sex is not a factor in these things.

               Faerie skin tones range from being highly colorful like the Eladrin to more grey tones, human and other colors. Most have bluish or red toned hair, vibrant are not, colors that near white are rarer than not, oddly enough. And they’re eyes range from a pitch black to a bright glittering gold, adding an oddity to their elegant features. Their bug like wings is much the same however, they come in all shapes and designs, large enough to lift the faerie but still delicate, some quite literally look like stained glass.

Everlasting

               These folk live longer than their elven descendants, whereas the elves reach to just over 700 years, the faerie can easily reach 1,000 years. They often live social lives in their courts in the Feywild, only venturing to other planes when they feel the need. As such they meet a lot of faces and tend to remember them all. And with all the time on their hands most get bored but quickly find new hobbies to entertain themselves. Whether it’s learning combat arts or something like knitting.

High Faerie names

               The names are much like the elves, just the start of the tradition, even if 100 years is still a bit young for them. You will be considered weird if you have a name in common, however.

High Faerie Traits

You are amongst the oldest living beings there and have the time to hone everything you like, plus you’re automatically pretty.

Ability score increase

Your charisma increases by 2 and your intelligence by 1.

Languages

As a High Faerie you know Sylvan, common, and one other language of your choice.

Age

You mature the same rate as elves but live well past 1,000 years.

Size

You stand between 6 and a bit past 9 feet, your size is medium.

Speed

You have a base walking speed of 30 feet and a flying speed of 30.

Flight

You have a flying speed of 30 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Darkvision

Thanks to growing in the Feywilds you have dark vision due the intense forest and other terrain of the area. 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.

Keen senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Trance

Fey don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Fey

As a Fey you have resistance to magic attacks and have advantages on charmed and frightened effects.

Fey magic

At the third level, you get Sleep, charm person spells, and command (only at their first levels). Your spell attack is charisma and the target has to make a wisdom saving throw dc 15. Spell attack bonus is your proficiency bonus plus your charisma modifier.