Homebrew Brownie v2 Species Details

Brownies are small, benign humanoids who may be very distantly related to halflings.  Peaceful and friendly, brownies live in pastoral regions, foraging and gleaning their food. 

Standing on average of 2 feet tall, brownies are exceedingly nimble.  They resemble small elves with brown hair and bright blue eyes.  Their brightly colored garments are made from wool or linen with gold ornamentation.  They normally carry leather pouches and tools for repairing leather, wood, and metal.

Combat:  Brownies prefer not to engage in combat, and only do so if threatened.  They are superb at blending into their surroundings and can become all but invisible when they choose.  

Habitat/Society:  Brownies live in rural areas, making their homes in small burrows or abandoned buildings.  They often live close to or on farms, as they are fascinated by farm life.

Brownies live by harvesting wild fruits and gleaning grain from a farmer's field.  Being honest to the core, a brownie always performs some service in exchange for what is taken.  One might milk a farmer's cows and take only a small amount.

Some brownies go so far as to become house brownies.  They observe the families in a given area, and if one meets their high moral standards, these brownies secretly enter the household.  At night, while the residents are asleep, they perform a variety of helpful tasks; spinning, baking bread, repairing farm implements, keeping foxes out of the hen house, mending clothes, and performing other household tasks.  If a thief creeps silently into the house, they will make enough noise to awaken the residents.  Watchdogs and domestic animals consider brownies friendly and never attack or even bark at them.

All brownies ask in exchange for their labor is a little milk, some bread, and an occasional bit of fruit.  Etiquette demands that no notice be taken of them.  If the residents boast about the presence of a brownie, the brownie vanishes.

Brownies are not greedy, but they do have small hoards of treasure which they have taken from evil monsters or received as gifts from humans.  A brownie sometimes leaves his treasure in a location where a good person in need is bound to fine it.

Strangers and outsider are constantly watched by the brownies of the community until their motives are established.  If the brownies decide that a stranger is harmless, he is left in peace.  If not, the brownies unite and drive the intruder out.

Brownies know every nook and cranny of the areas where they live, and thus make excellent guides.  If asked politely, there is a 50% chance that a brownie will agree to act as a guide.

(Description taken from 2nd edition Monstrous manual)

Brownie v2 Traits

Your Brownie has the following racial traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.

Age

As humanoids related to the fey, brownies have long lifespans. A brownie reaches adulthood around 30, and the oldest of them can live for 500 years.

Alignment

Brownies tend to help good people but sometimes can be mischievous but only to do good. Brownies tend to be chaotic good.

Size

Firbolg are between 7 and 8 feet tall and weigh between 240 and 300 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Brownie Magic

You can cast druidcraft and goodberry with this trait, using Wisdom as your spellcasting ability for them. Once you cast either spell, you can’t cast it again with this trait until you finish a short or long rest. 

You can cast dancing lights once per day with this trait, using Wisdom as your spellcasting ability for them.  Once you cast this spell, you can't cast it again with this trait until dawn.

Hidden Step

As a bonus action, you can magically turn invisible until the start of your next turn or until you attack, make a damage roll, or force someone to make a saving throw. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Brownie Nimbleness

Brownies can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours without penalty of opportunity attacks.

Speech of Beast and Leaf

You have the ability to communicate in a limited manner with beasts and plants. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.

Languages

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