Homebrew Fairy Species Details

The Feywild is home to many fantastic peoples, including fairies. Fairies are a wee folk, but not nearly as much so as their pixie and sprite friends.

 

Fairies rarely reach over 1 foot tall, and their wings come in many designs and patterns, ranging from butterfly to beetle. They often look like tiny elves, with pointed ears and ranging skin tones. They carry the normal array of human skin tones as well as light shades of the rest of the spectrum of colors, coming from light shades of red to copper and bronze. They can even carry small attributes of the insect family they hail from, including antennae, fluff, and the wing styles. Their eyes often look like a molten liquid but the pupils can be visible if you can ever get a close enough look. They love vibrantly colored clothes or shiny metal armor, something that speaks about their personality on a level that other pixies and some people can understand.

In the world, fairies make their homes in deep forests or hidden grottos beneath the hills of the Moonshae Isles, far beyond the sight of other humanoids. In these places, fairies cast their shimmering lights to color their domains in incandescent hues, gradually shifting from soft red to bright yellow to deep violet and back again. Some say that the realms of the fairies are the places where rainbows begin and end, and those rainbows are fairy roads emanating from the light of the kingdoms they connect, which can be seen by mortals only when the sun shines through the rain. Though fairies prefer to keep out of sight, they can be found almost anywhere in the Feywild. As intrinsically magical as they are whimsical, fairies enhance the world around them with their presence.

 

Fey Characteristics

• Allignment Fairies can be of any alignment but tend to lean more towards chaotic because of their playful trickster nature.
• Age Pixies do not age as normal races do, and after reaching maturity do not die except from wound or disease.

Infused with the magic of the Feywild, fairies share a few commonalities with one another but can differ widely in appearance, behavior, and attitude. Many fairies have a special physical characteristic that sets them apart from other creatures of their kind. For your fairy, roll on the Fey Characteristic table or choose an option from it. The Feywild is a wild place, so come up with your own characteristic if none of these fit your character.

 

d8	Characteristic
1	You have small wings like those of an insect.
2	You have shimmering, multicolored skin.
3	You have exceptionally large ears.
4	A constant, glittering mist surrounds you.
5	You have a small spectral horn on your forehead, like a little unicorn horn.
6	Your hands never look dirty.
7	You smell like fresh brownies.
8	A noticeable, harmless chill surrounds you.

Fairy Traits

Your Fairy character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

Ability score increase: Your character's Wisdom score increases by 2 and your Dexterity score increases by 1. 

Languages

Languages: You can speak, read and write Common, Elvish and Sylvan.

Creature Type

Fey Born: You have advantage on saving throws using Inteligence, Wisdom, Charisma against spells, and magic can’t put you to sleep and be charmed.

 

Size

You are Tiny.

Although they cannot deal as much damage with weapons, Tiny creatures enjoy some benefits due to their size. As a Tiny race, you can:

• Squeeze into smaller spaces – as small as 15 inches.
• Occupy the same space as another Tiny or Larger creature.
• Gain proficiency in the Stealth skill.
• Have advantage on all Stealth checks.
• Gain a plus 1 to your AC.
• Will look super cute on the shoulder of the groups Barbarian.
• I can pick you up and put you in my pocket.
• Your clothes bill will be cheaper.
• So will your food bill.
• Half an ale will have you acting like a Nymph.

Speed

Speed: Pixies have a land speed of 15 ft.

Fairy Flight

Flight: You have a flying speed of 30ft. To use this speed, you can't be wearing medium or heavy armour.

Fairy Magic

You know the Dancing Lights and druidcraft cantrips and faerie fire spells. You can use Once per long rest, you can cast faerie fire without expending a spell slot. You can also cast it using any spell slots you have. Your spellcasting ability for these spells is your choice of Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma.

You can cast Invisibility as a second level spell with only yourself as the target. After you cast Invisibillity this way, you can not do so again until you have completed a long rest.

Fey Passage

You can squeeze through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide.

Dark Vision

Darkvision. You're accustomed to living in twilight forests and dark undergrowths. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were brightlight, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.