Homebrew Dobbykin Species Details
Dobbykin are commonly called House Elves, though they are barely related to the Elven race. Most Dobbykin live to be 200 years old, and often live their whole lives indentured to a master for whom they watch the household and handle all menial chores and tasks. The keeping of Dobbykin is an act despised by most dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings. Other races do not feel so strongly, though only the oldest families are powerful or wealthy enough to inherit or acquire a Dobbykin.
Dobbykin adventurers have either been freed by their masters, allowing them to pursue their own interests, or they have been ordered by their master to undertake a quest. If the latter is the case, the Dobbykin are at a disadvantage because they are not allowed to wear proper clothes until they have been freed. A Dobbykin can only be freed by their master, and disobedience is always punished, if not by the master, than by the offending Dobbykin itself.
Dobbykin Traits
Dobbykin are often despised for their helpless, groveling behavior that they have developed over millenia of servitude. They are extremely intelligent and nimble. Even the most average Dobbykin are able to rush around the largest of mansions and have it faultlessly clean within a day.Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Intelligence score increases by 4.
Ability Score Decrease
Your Strength score decreases by 2, your Constitution score decreases by 3, and your Charisma score decreases by 5.
Age
Most Dobbykin live to be 200 years old and are able to work when very young. They mature around the age of 15.
Alignment
Dobbykin vary in alignment, depending on their personality and the treatment they've received from their masters. A mistreated Dobbykin can still keep a cheerful outlook on life, and a well-treated Dobbyking might resent their race's very history of indenturement, giving themselves to hatred and evil intent. Dobbykin tend to be mild in temperament, though, and most lean towards the Neutral spectrum.
Size
Dobbykin are usually between 2 and 4 feet tall. Your size is Small.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
Darkvision
Accustomed to life underground, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Ancient Magic
Dobbykin are powerful, infused with ancient magic when born. There is no arcane spell or trap that can easily hurt them. Dobbykin receive advantage on all saving throws or checks against arcane spells or traps. Ancient Magic does not protect Dobbykin from the divine.
Clever Reach
Dobbykin use their magic to maintain hard-to-reach surfaces, keeping their masters' dwellings totally clean and tidy. You know the mage hand cantrip. When you cast mage hand, the spectral hand is invisible. Objects held by the spectral hand maintain their original opaqueness prior to being handled.
Apparition
Dobbykin are able to instantly travel over great distances due to their connection to an old magic. You may use an action to cast dimension door once between long rests.
Self Flagellation
When Dobbykin fail a saving throw, ability check, or attack roll, they must make a DC 10 will save or take 1 damage. The most damage a Dobbykin can take from Self Flagellation in one turn is 1.
Languages
Being related to the Elves, Dobbykin can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish.
Restrictions
Unless they have been freed, Dobbykin may not wear proper clothes or armor; their only coverings being rags or non-clothing items (e.g. bedsheets, pillowcases).
Random Height and Weight
| Base Height | Height Modifier | Base Weight | Weight Modifider |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2' 5" | +2d12 | 45 lb. | x (1d4) lb. |
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