Homebrew Celestial Shifter Species Details

Aasimar are people with celestial parentage—a touch of the power of Mount Celestia, the divine realm of many lawful good deities. Aasimar are a people of otherworldly visages, with luminous features that reveal their celestial heritage.

As a result, an aasimar can draw the attention of evil cultists, fiends, and other enemies of Mount Celestia, all of whom would be eager to strike down a celestial's offspring if they had the chance. When traveling, some aasimar prefer hoods, closed helms, and other gear to conceal their face. Others openly reveal their celestial heritage for all to see, welcoming the attention.

Celestial parentage reveals itself in otherworldly features—the ability to see in the dark, a touch that closes wounds or illuminates the night, resistance to deathly or radiant magic, or an unnaturally long life.

Regardless of their inherited traits and despite their celestial origin, aasimar are mortal and free to choose any path: good, evil, or somewhere in between. Some even regard questions of morality with complete ambivalence. Aasimar are evidence that biology, even celestial biology, is not destiny.

Like their shifter birth parent, all half-shifters can take on a bestial appearance. But for most halfshifters, the vigor and energy of the beast within doesn't manifest as strongly as it did in their shifter birth parent.

Nevertheless, while transformed, a half-shifter of beasthide parentage grows a thicker skin, one of longtooth parentage grows a pair of elongated fangs, a swiftstride half-shifter gains speed, and a wildhunt half-shifter gains heightened awareness.

Some half-shifters carry the traits of many different types of shifters in their blood. These benefit from the ability to see in the dark and a bestial fortitude when shifted.

Celestial Shifter Traits

Your mixed parentage grants you the following racial traits:

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age

You have a life expectancy of 115 years.

Size

You stand between 4 1/2 feet and 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

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 grey.

Shifting

As a bonus action, you can assume a more bestial appearance. This transformation lasts for 1 minute, until you die, or until you revert to your normal appearance as a bonus action. When you shift, you gain temporary hit points equal to your level + your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 temporary hit point).

Once you shift, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Celestial Resistance

You have resistance to necrotic damage and radiant damage.

Light Bearer

You know the light cantrip. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.

Weapon Training

You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow and longbow.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one language of your choice.