Homebrew Fairy Species Details

While typically small by nature, most fey folk (not including sprites or pixies) can alter their appearance at will using magic or glamor, and can thus adjust their size in accordance with mood, whim, or environment – (with a ruling that you only have a range between six inches and six feet). When at full height, a fairy could almost be mistaken for a high elf if not for their sometimes irregular eyes (often entirely black, or with an iridescent rainbow of varying colors) and the wings that unfold from their shoulder blades. A fairy's wings can look like a Butterfly's, Dragonfly's, Moth's, or Beetle's (a player can work with their DM to re-flavor their wing type if desired a specific type). They can be disguised if necessary. Fairies are often supernaturally beautiful, which they use to their advantage to charm and trick the weak-minded. Walking and flying speed depends on the current size of the fairy, and their alignment typically falls under chaotic and sometimes lawful.

History and Society

In a time long past, most fey could only be found in the Feywilds, a separate dimensional plane kept hidden away from others, where only fey folk and some high elven courts could exist without harm. However, several centuries ago, the royal family which ruled over the country of Aundair (in the Eberron setting) for generations fell to a startling and incomprehensible ruin, suddenly owing a debt to the Seelie Queen. Little is known about why this came to be, or exactly how, but the elvish king and his court were made to step down should they want to be shown mercy, and the Seelie Queen appointed one of her own as Aundair’s new monarch. This has been the blood of Aundair’s royal family now for hundreds of years, and due to the passage of time in the realm of mortal men, the immortality of the Aundairian fey vanished, leading to a continuing bloodline which slowly forgot exactly how they got there, their origin shrouded in myth, becoming a false bard-song history. The royal family has expanded into smaller, branching noble houses, dukes and duchesses and barons and baronesses, some with elven or even human blood peppered here and there. The fey practices of magic and the respect of nature have persisted throughout the Aundair culture, fiercely combating the industrial push of their neighboring country of Breland.

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Fairies are nature's immature answer to elves. Some are chaotic even with their laws, and others are lawful with and without their laws. Sometimes shy and reclusive and adore playing tricks and pranks, seldom bothering outsiders otherwise unless their curiosity gets the better of them.

A Fairies true form is on average around 3 and 4 feet 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. Some love vibrantly colored clothes or shiny metal armor, something that speaks about their personality on a level that other pixies and some other races sometimes can understand. 

In the world, fairies make their homes in deep forests or hidden grottoes beneath the hills of the Moonshae Isles, far beyond the sight of outsiders. 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.

Fairies will often take on the names of humans or elves, and sometimes those of the plants and trees that they find their homes in.

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Fairy Traits

They are shy and reclusive flying fey creature that adores playing tricks and pranks on others.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma score increases by 1, and two other ability scores of your choice increase by 1.

Age

It's unknown truly how long a fairy lives, however, it's speculated they reach maturity at the same time as a human child and have lived to be at least 300 years old.

Alignment

They value both personal freedom and creative expression, demonstrating neither love of leaders nor desire for followers. Fairies can be of any alignment but tend to lean more towards chaotic because of their playful trickster nature. Fairies can be of any alignment, though tend to lean more towards chaotic due to their playful and trickster-like nature.

Size

A Fairies true form is around 1 and 4 feet tall (Small), though are able to adjust their size in accordance with mood, whim, or environment – a range between 1 foot (Tiny) and 4 feet tall (Small). Your base size changes depending on what current size you are. 
To switch forms costs an Action. 

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet when in Small height. While Tiny, your walking speed is 10 feet. 

Darkvision

You're accustomed to living in forests and in undergrowths with dim or darker lighting. 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.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Languages

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

Fairy Flight

Your flying speed is 25ft when in Small form. And your flying speed is 20ft when in Tiny form. If your walking speed is greater than your flying speed your flying speed is equal to your walking speed. This flight is magical and does not require the use of your wings (if you have them). Additionally, your wings can look however you want them to, and they can be disguised if necessary.

Your fairy magic allows you to change your appearance when switching between sizes, shrinking to 1 foot or growing to 4 feet. You can alter the fitting of what you’re wearing. 

Example wing types: Dragonfly, Butterfly, Moth, and Beetle.