Homebrew Eldritch Born Species Details

Have you ever felt as if you were being watched but when you turned to look and saw nothing there? Ever felt an itch in the back of your mind as if you weren't alone? Maybe you weren't just imagining things, but the edge of sanity is a complicated place! Deep along the edges of the planes is a demi plane where the seeds of madness are sown and insanity reigns supreme known as the Deeplands. Aberrations and beings that give you a headache just by looking at them are frequent in this plane and visiting isn't recommended, no matter how daring you enjoy your vacations. However, even in this terrible place where sanity is hard to come by, a form of sentience has somehow managed to proliferate in this place, and thrive at that

Eldritch Born names

Eldritch born have limited sounds that make up their names, and only use "R" "K" "D" "F" "S" "B" "Z" "N" and "T" as consonants,  "A" "O" "I" "U" and "E" as vowels

Horrific visage never seemed so cute!

Being born from the culmination of all insanity, Eldritch Born share characteristics of other aberrations. Tentacles, extra unsettling eyes, sharp malicious teeth, unnatural skin color, the works! However, unlike most creatures of the same class, Eldritch Born can't all be considered horrid, and some are even strangely attractive. 

They share most physical characteristics with humans, despite being taller on average, with a few exceptions. Eldritch Born have had a variety of skin colors, ranging from all colors of the rainbow and beyond. Blue, purple, red, pink, yellow, black, etc. Some even have spots or patterns. Nothing seems to be off limits for them, give or take normal skin tones. Instead of hair, they have a mass of thick prehensile tentacles that they style in the same matter as hair to humanoids. Whenever damaged, the tentacles can regrow in just a few weeks, looking good as new. The lengths can very from short to rather long, and they have extra eyes on the ends of some of the tentacles.

Eldritch Born can have anywhere from one to three extra eyes on their tentacles, the number usually indicating their specific magic affinity, one eye being some magic affinity and three being exceptional magic affinity. Most Eldritch Born royalty have three eyes as power is respected in the Deeplands. All of their pupils are in a "+" shape, with the vertical slit being thicker and resembling a snakes eye with a thinner horizontal line bisecting it. These extra eyes grant proficiency in Wisdom (Perception) checks.

Eldritch born also have sharp teeth, as meat is the main source of nutrients in the Deeplands, however they can still digest other forms of food like plants and grain.

Eldritch born also do not have nostrils or a "nose." They can smell using their slightly longer tongue, and they have a slight ridge on their face in the same shape like the bridge of the nose.

Being born in a place of nightmares has it's perks.

Having grown up in a place infused with chaotic energy. Eldritch Born are natural spell casters, to differing degrees. However, all Eldritch Born have the ability to cast Message and Vicious Mockery without spell components. In fact, most magic and spell casting is altered when cast by Eldritch Born. Instead of the normal verbal components, they speak the name of the spell they are casting in their native language, and somatic components are replaced by them using their hand to write the spell in the air as their runic language appears in front of them, matching the spells name. Material components are the same.

The Deeplands are inhospitable to most sentient beings, as the environment can cause psychic backlash to the unprepared as the essence of insanity and madness that makes up the plane isn't very compatible with creatures that have thoughts. Thankfully, Eldritch Born don't have this problem. They have a natural resistance to psychic damage, and they can freely travel the Deeplands without feeling the psychic backlash of insanity.

They obviously also have proficiency in Eldritch Tongue, which is their native language.

Eldritch Born Traits

Eldritch blood manifests in the following ways.

Eldritch Adaptability

Having extra eyes makes seeing unseen dangers and seeing in darkness easier. Who would've figured. You have proficiency in Wisdom (Perception) checks naturally thanks to your blood and extra appendages, and you have darkvision from being used to living in a dark environment. Speaking of your environment, due to the psychic backlash that most sentient beings suffer while in the Deeplands, Eldritch Born have developed a natural resistance to Psychic damage and can move about most environments that would cause mental strain with relative ease.

Languages

You have proficiency in the native language of the Deeplands; Eldritch Tongue, common and one other language of your choice.

Altered and natural spellcasting

Being from a plane born from the collective insanity of every world ever, magic is a bit weird. When you are casting spells, the verbal components are expressed by you speaking the spells name in Eldritch Tongue, and somatic components are expressed by you raising your hand or writing the spells name in the air, the runic alphabet of Eldritch Tongue forming and spelling the spells name in front of your hand in illusionary letters.

You also have access to the spells Message and Vicious Mockery, and they do not require verbal, somatic or material components to cast.

Ability Score Increase

Being born so close to magic makes Eldritch Born have keen minds on average and natural spellcasters. +2 Intelligence and +1 to a chosen ability score.