Homebrew Gatekeeper Species Details

Gatekeepers are bringers of death that have fled from their duties and come to the material plane to live, they are rarely seen by other races however, and their existence is mostly unknown. Due to their experience with death they have learnt how to prevent it and use it to get stronger.

Appearance: 

They appear as tall skeletal figures, 6 to 7 feet tall, and due to being mostly bones weighing around 75 to 140 pounds. Usually wearing a hooded cloak of dark blue, purple, red or black. they also tend to wear masks to cover up their face of which is just a skull with blank sockets for eyes, and show more emotion. Gatekeepers do not have names and usually simply refer to themselves as "me", however they will try to give themselves a nickname in case they are asked by anyone brave enough to see them as anything other than an evil. They tend to avoid populated places like towns and cities due to the way other races tend to react to their appearance.

Their alignment is usually chaotic good at best and they are rarely lawful beings, but they are not always evil either. 

Gatekeeper Traits

Their traits allow them to prevent and stall death in many ways.

Death's heart.

Your experience with death allows you to delay dying even while unconscious. This Allows you to survive 3 death save failures, instead needing to fail 4 times before truly dying. 

Death's mind.

Your knowledge of greater power allows you to know some magic. You learn 1 warlock cantrip.

Death's soul.

Gatekeepers do not have an age, and thus, cannot die from old age like most other races. They also are unaffected by magic which affects their age.

Ability score increase

Your Intelligence score goes up by 2, Strength goes up by 1, and one ability score of your choosing goes down by 1

Languages

You can speak, read and write common, and two other languages of your choosing

Knowledge, and power.

Due to your life before now, you know lots about the world around you and gain proficiency in History. Because of your creepy looks and blank stare you gain proficiency in Intimidation.

 

Better off dead.

If you are knocked unconscious during battle (0 hit-points), if you are healed back above 0 hp you gain advantage on your next attack.