Homebrew Candied Folk Species Details

Long ago on a secluded island the mad wizard Aknow used his powerful magic to reshape his realm into a place made of candy and sweets. Creating magical constructs of creatures to populate it. These simulacra ranged from insects and animals to even people. After Aknow's demise the gods Lliira and Mystra, impressed by his works and wishing to preserve them, granted true life to the creatures he had created. Thus the human-like constructs became the candied folk.

 

Magically Delicious:

The candied folk were originally created from candy and other sweets and animated through magic. Now they have a spirit of their own and have a nature closer to other living creatures. Yet magic flows through them and they depend on it to sustain them. They normally do not require food, water or sleep but must rest to replenish their magical connection or else they would be unable to heal or maintain their form from breaking down from exposure to the elements. 

 

Colorful Characters:

Candied folk are similar to humans in size and shape but their appearance is very different. A candy folk is born as a semisolid gelatinous humanoid and can be of any color. As they age they grow a protective skin called a shell. This shell is generally dark brown, golden or bright white but can be of any known color. This shell also usually is multicolored, it's base color covered with other shapes or patterns. Stripes, spots, swirls, and half and half are all relatively common. However, more elaborate patterns like splashes, stars, even paisley and flowers have been seen. And a candy folk may possess more than one pattern on their body with multiple patterns separated, combined or overlapping. They do not possess hair but their shell will generate additional growths that may be just as hard or very soft that resemble candy or baked goods that give a resemblance of hair or a hair style. Sometimes these growths will generate in other areas and they may exude an odor similar to their appearance. However even solid colored candied folk have face markings. These face markings are just as brightly colored as their body markings and range in complexity. They may resemble a noble makeup or rivle the most garish carnival masks. This colorful appearance often and ofton friendly nature leads most to believe candied folk are human jesters in elaborate makeup. A viue that some candied folk use to their advantage.

 

Joy and Wonder:

Living on a secluded island, blessed with abundant resources and without the need of many to begin with, candied folk live a simple and happy life. They spend the majority of their days perfecting art and music, or engaging in song and dance. Greed, hate and war are unknown on their island and difficult for them to understand. Although ambition and competition are not. To an adventuring candied folk most of the world is as foreign in nature to them as the deepest oceans or furthest planes would be to a present farmer. As such their nature tends to be naive and inquisitive, taking joy in each new discovery.

 

Candied Folk Names:

Candied folk typically have inventive but descriptive names. Usually formed of two names consisting of one or two words and do not account for gender in their naming. The first a direct reference to their appearance and the second adjective describing their personality or tendencies. While candied folk will always use both names together the order in which they do so is not set and are used in whatever order they prefer. These names are often not given at birth but later in life. With a child's descriptive name given as they develop more distinct features around the age of 2 or 3 and their personality name not given until adulthood.

Descriptive Names: Berry, Caramel, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Cotton, Dark, Dots, Gummy, Liquorice, Peppermint, Rock, Spots, Sprinkles, Stripes, Swirls, Taffy, Vanilla

Personality Names: Bold, Curious, Cautious, Deceptive, Energetic, Forgetful, Happy, Kind, Loud, Playful, Prankster, Quick, Reckless, Serious, Sour, Strong, Sweet, Witty.

 

Candied Folk Traits

Your Candied Folk heritage gives you the following traits that are shared by all candied folk.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength Score increases by 2 and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age

Candied folk age to maturity at the same rate as humans but do not age once reaching adulthood. A candied folk could theoretically live forever If it could avoid fatle injury.

 

Alignment

Living with little hardship the concepts of greed, want, and power are alien to candied folk as is the need for rules or other such complex social systems. As a result most candied folk tend towards the neutral or good alignments with truly evil candied folk unheard of. Although there are many tricksters amongst them that lean to chaos and the most malevolent among these could be considered evil.

 

Resistances and Vulnerabilities

You have resistance to non magical piercing, slashing and have immunity to non magical bludgeoning. But you are vulnerable to acid damage.

 

Size

Candied folk are comparable to humans in height but tend to be slightly more lith in build. They are however extremely solid and weigh significantly more often around 1,000 pounds.

Your charecters size is medium.

 

Candy Shell

As a candied folk you possess a candy Shell that covers your entire body providing great protection. As you take damage it will crack and chip away. Eventually losing it's effectiveness. But it regrows quickly.

You have an amount of temporary hit points equal to the number of your hit dice plus your constitution modifier and proficiency bonus. You can not gain temporary hit points from any other source unless all hit points granted by this trait have depleted. You regain these temporary hit points at a rate of 1 per hour, 3 per short rest and fully on a long rest.

 

Gooey Center

Candied Folk have a hard candy body around a gelatinous core. As such they have no vital organs and are immune to critical hits and other sources of damage that rely on targeting specific organs. In addition their type is ooze instead of humanoid.

Sweet Senses

You have an incredible sensitivity to vibrations and smells. You gain advantage on investigation and perception checks that rely on smell and have tremorsense of 10ft.

Languages

You can speak common and celestial.