Homebrew Fairy Species Details

Physical Description
Fairies are small fey creatures that look surprisingly human, though they sport medium-sized wings on their backs, and completely unrestricted hair and eye colors, which can range to be any color imaginable. Though fairies can actually vary drastically in stature, with some of the smallest capable of fitting in the palm of a human's hand, and some of the largest resembling a human child in size, their size is actually directly dependent on how powerful they are, so the smaller the fairy, the weaker they are.

History
Fairies originate from nature itself, literally spawning into existence when large amounts of spiritual, elemental, and natural energies accumulate in an area. They are a literal manifestation of nature's essence, and so their population rises or falls as the prominence of nature increases or decreases respectively. As such, though there is no documentation, it can easily be assumed that fairies date back as far as nature itself does.

Society
Fairies don't typically possess any sort of complex society, as they live out in nature, the place of their birth and origin. However, when groups of fairies live in the same general area, they will form a circle of "friends" and play games together like children. Additionally, because of their fey nature, they have a tendency to pull pranks on other races for amusement; humans are their most frequent targets, as humans are not only the most plentiful in the fairies' eyes, but also seem to be the most vulnerable to their pranks, and offer the most amusing reactions with the least risk of extremely violent retaliation.

Fairy Names
Fairies will often use Sylvan and fey names, but they've also been known to frequently use names that are natural phenomena, aspects of nature, or otherwise just natural objects, such as plants.

 

Fairy Traits

Fairy Traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity and Charisma scores each increase by 1.

Age

Fairies spawn at maturity, and exist for as long as their source of nature remains prominent in the world.

Alignment

Fairies are fun-loving beings, so they are almost always chaotic. However, despite their tendency to pull pranks, they are also extremely protective and supportive of those they call their friends, tending most towards good, though they will sometimes be neutral instead; though evil fairies are possible, it is very uncommon for one to be so.

Size

Your size is small and your height generally tops out at 2'6"

Speed

Your base walking speed is 20 feet, and you have a flying speed of 30 feet. You are capable of hovering while flying, but you will still fall to the ground if you are knocked prone or are restrained.

Natural Energy Formation

Your creature type is simultaneously humanoid, fey, and elemental all at once.

Fey Ancestry

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

Nature Incarnate

You are proficient in the Nature skill.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Sylvan, and one other language granted to you by your subrace.