Homebrew Damphir Species Details
Lone Vagabonds
A Dhampir is often an outcast to society. Typically discriminated against by both sides of their heritage, a Dhampir could be raised as a lesser Vampire by their elder, or be raised as a part of mortal society as long as their true heritage remains secret. Dhampirs are already rare by themselves, and many take great strides to hide themselves, so finding one can prove difficult, if you even notice their heritage.
Undead Spawn
Being not only half-breeds, but spawn of the undead, Dhampir often felt out of place almost everywhere. This feeling of exile varied from individual, however, and usually depended on how their heritage manifested. Some Dhampir even develop a vampire-like thirst for blood, but sometimes this derived from a psychological, rather than a physical need.
The effects of their heritage on their personalities greatly depends on the circumstances of their enviroment while growing up. If raised in normal circumstance, a Dhampir can pass off as normal, while those aware often became outcasts and developed an unhealthy facination with death and practices such as drinking the blood of others.
Common Physical traits
Dhampir were often thin and pale with slightly pointed ears, even without elven ancestry. They often had pronounced canines, and eyes in the shade of a red crimson. While not as vulnerable to sunlight as the Vampire, they are often overly sensitive to it, and avoid it, as it negatively affects their skin.
Damphir Traits
Every dhampir knows a thirst slaked only by the living. This desire is a whisper in the mind, a tinge to the sight, a reflex constantly needing to be suppressed. Those who overindulge their thirst risk losing control and forever viewing others as prey. Those who resist might find exceptional ways of controlling their urges or suppress it through constant, molar-grinding restraint. In any case, temptation haunts dhampirs, and circumstances conspire to give them endless reasons to indulge.Ability Score Increase.
Your Constitution score increases by 2.
Creature Type.
Your creature type is both Humanoid and Undead. If an effect works on at least one of those two creature types, that effect can work on you.
Darkvision.
Accustomed to living in the dark, your vision in the dark is superior to most mortals. 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 gray.
Language.
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language.
Size.
Your size is medium.
Speed.
Your base walking speed is 35ft.
Spider Climb.
You have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed. In addition, at 3rd level, you can move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and upside down along ceilings, while leaving your hands free.
Stench of Blood.
You gain advantage on Wisdom (Perception) Checks that rely on smelling blood.
Subraces.
As a fullblood Damphir, you possess the thirst for blood of a Vampire. You have a strong connection to your vampiric blood, allowing you to charm others and heal yourself using their blood.
As a Feral Kindred, you are born under the light of the moon and you feel a strong connection to the beasts of the night. You can communicate with these beasts, and can invoke a transformation while under the moon's light.
Undead body.
Due to your undead heritage, you gain resistance to necrotic damage. However like most undead, you are extremely sensitive to divine magic, and gain vulnerability to radiant damage.
Because of your body, poisons designed to work on the living won't be as effective on you. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.
Vampiric Trance.
Dhampir don’t sleep. Instead, they fall into a death like state for 4 hours a day. (The common word for such a state is “trance.”) While in trance you can be woken up, though this stops your rest. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
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