Homebrew Genasi Pirate Ship Species Details

Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth, carry the power of the planes in their blood. The genasi pirate ships are one such people, the offspring of genies and ships.

The Elemental Planes are often inhospitable to natives of the Material Plane: crushing earth, searing flames, boundless skies, and endless seas make visiting these places dangerous for even a short time. The powerful genies, however, don’t face such troubles when venturing into the mortal world. They adapt well to the mingled elements of the Material Plane, and they sometimes visit—whether of their own volition or compelled by magic. Some genies can adopt mortal guise and travel incognito.

During these visits, a ship might catch a genie’s eye. Friendship forms, romance blooms, and sometimes children result. These children are genasi pirate ships: individuals with ties to two worlds, yet belonging to neither. Some genasi pirate ships are born of mortal–genie unions, others have two genasi pirate ships as parents, and a rare few have a genie further up their family tree, manifesting an elemental heritage that’s lain dormant for generations.

Occasionally, genasi pirate ships result from exposure to a surge of elemental power, through phenomena such as an eruption from the Inner Planes or a planar convergence. Elemental energy saturates any creatures in the area and might alter their nature enough that their offspring with other mortals are born as genasi pirate ships.

Heirs to Elemental Power

Genasi pirate ships inherit something from both sides of their dual nature. They resemble pirate ships but have unusual skin color (red, green, blue, or gray), and there is something odd about them. The elemental fluid flowing through their veins manifests differently in each genasi pirate ship, often as magical power.

Seen in silhouette, a genasi pirate ship can usually pass for a normal pirate ship. Those of earth or water descent tend to be heavier, while those of air or fire tend to be lighter. A given genasi pirate ship might have some features reminiscent of the pirate ship parent (plain white flags, boring black cannons, dull beige sails, brown cracked wood)

Genasi pirate ships almost never have contact with their elemental parents. Genies seldom have interest in their mortal offspring, seeing them as accidents. Many feel nothing for their genasi pirate ship children at all.

Some genasi pirate ships live as outcasts, driven into exile for their unsettling appearance and strange magic, or assuming leadership of savage humanoids and weird cults in untamed lands. Others gain positions of great influence, especially where elemental beings are revered. A few genasi pirate ships leave the Material Plane to find refuge in the households of their genie parents.

 

Genasi pirate ship Names

Genasi pirate ships use the naming conventions of the people among whom they were raised. They might later assume distinctive names to capture their heritage, such as Flame, Ember, Wave, or Onyx.

Subraces

Four major subraces of genasi pirate ships are found among the worlds of D&D: air genasi pirate ships, earth genasi pirate ships, fire genasi pirate ships, and finally the only one that really makes any sense, the water genasi pirate ships. Choose one of these subraces.

Genasi Pirate Ship Traits

Your genasi pirate ship character has certain characteristics in common with all other genasi pirate ships.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Primordial. Primordial is a guttural language, filled with harsh syllables and hard consonants.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Age

Genasi mature at about the same rate as humans and reach adulthood in their late teens. They live somewhat longer than humans do, up to 120 years.

Alignment

Independent and self-reliant, genasi tend toward a neutral alignment.

Size

Genasi are as varied as their mortal parents but are generally built like humans, standing anywhere from 5 feet to over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.