Homebrew Acursed Field Warden Species Details

Spector of the Fields

An eternal protector of the field, a scarecrow stands alone in a dark field, standing over rows of corn and wheat. The empty and cold night is suddenly engulfed in flame as a rogue fire elemental unleashes it's anger upon the owner of the fields, roasting him, and the farmstead along with it's occupants to piles of ash before disappearing from the realm. Many of the spirits accept their end and pass on, but a few of the spirits still cling on to a shred of hope on still staying alive. The spirits combine together along with the leftover essence of the elemental into one entity and inhabit the nearest able body; the scarecrow.

A Lonely Spirit on an Endless Flight

The Accursed Field Walker, born of fire, death, and the natural course of nature, is an undead creature inhabited by innocent souls and vengeful flame. The Walker appears at first glance as just your typical scarcrow and could pass as a person if fulky covered in clithes and armor, but underneath the creature has skin of straw and wheat and a face of leather and cloth, and underneath has a green flame burning in their head that shines through the eyes and mouth holes of Walker that emit dim light. The Walker wanders aimlessly, not having a purpose and having no set direction, but searches for meaning in it's new life. The Walker does not feel emotions on the surface, but the spirits inhabiting it still remember true emotions through its cold exterior, making it very hard to connect with at first but will return emotion if the effort is made to show it to the Walker. The Walker is an intelligent being, and can speak a few languages, as well as being surprisingly wise and knowledgeable of the world due to its many lives lived through the spirits, and due to it experiencing death, it's outlook on mortality is more accepting, knowing that it has happened once, and it will happen again, causing it to be more reckless and see others dying as not something to be mourned, but something to be respected.

Acursed Field Warden Traits

The Walker is a spirit of Flame and Death, giving it access to spells and abilities based on them.

Ability Score Improvement

Due to it's prolonged life in a new form as the Walker, it's insight of the world's conflicts and the longevity of mortals is heightened, giving it a +2 to Wisdom. Because of it's natural disposition of a scarcrow, the Walker can easily hide in plain sight and use the internal fire inside to inspire fear, it gains a +1 to charisma.

Hidden in Plain Sight

As the Walker's appearance is that of a scarecrow, the Walker can hide in plain sight by standing upright and perfectly still in fields, granting it a bonus to stealth and deception checks, as well as advantage to charisma saving throws when standing still and upright in fields and grasslands.

Spectral Flight

The Walker, being inhabited by spirits and part of an elemental, has an innate ability to float through the night air at a speed of 15 feet, allowing it to float along on the wind to inspire fear in onlookers at higher levels.

Languages

The Walker can read and speak common because of the spirits that inhabit it, but it can also read and speak elemental due to it's life force being attached to a fire elemental.