Homebrew Death Guide Species Details

A Death Guide is a being that deals with spirits and the process of helping them find their way to the afterlife. Not all spirits need a Death Guide but some must be forcibly put to rest while others get lost. A Death Guide is a being that lives between Life and Death they are not technically alive nor are they technically dead. These guides know death as the Primordial entity in fact many serve under Death to ensure souls don't linger around the living. it's not uncommon though for Death Guide's to become Tangible and enter the world of the living to deal with matters related to their duties or sometimes to take a break and see how mortals live.

Death Guide Traits

It's traits revolve around death

Undying

You very familiar with death therefore you would like to become more familiar with life so you attempt to stay alive for longer.

Unsettling visage

When a creature you can see makes an attack roll against you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the roll. You must use this feature before knowing whether the attack hits or misses.

Commune with the Dead

Once per day you can communicate with spirits and/or undead as if almost having a normal conversation the spirits or undead only know the languages they knew when they were alive.

Dark Vision

you can see up to 30 feet in the dark