Homebrew Ghost Rider Species Details
A Ghost Rider is a being who has suffered greatly in life and whose soul found it impossible to rest. Seeking a way to escape from the fiery pits of hell and destroy the evil that haunts your soul you managed to bind a demon to yourself. This unholy union grants you great power but also will eventually come at the cost of your own soul. Having returned from death ghost riders seek to protect the innocent at any cost from the horrors you suffered and most likely wrought as well, as no innocent soul would find themselves in hell after all. They ruthlessly pursue those who have harmed them to deliver vengeance and perhaps find their own redemption as well. The demon inside of you finds some delight in the carnage you bring as you diligently drag the souls of evil mortals into the same pits of hell you escaped. This carnage is never enough to fully satisfy it as it whispers quietly to you in attempts to find further amusements. Ghost riders are in a constant struggle to push back the evil inside them for fear of the destruction it would bring if ever let free. They also count as fiends instead of humanoid.
Ghost Rider Traits
Ghost Riders hunt those who upset the karmic balance for evil.From the The Nine Hells
When your illuminated by the moon your true form is reveled to everyone that can see you. The true appearance of your face and head is determined by your elemental affinity. When not illuminated by the moonlight you appear human or elven (depending on what you were in life). You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. Once you reach 3rd level you can cast 'find steed' once per long rest. The mount conjured is considered a fiend creature. Additionally the steed can be stored in the Nine Hells as an action can be stored and can be retrieved as a bonus action. Any mount or vehicle that this Ghost Rider kills or owns that can't fly can be used as a summon for this spell.
As a bonus action you can summon from the Nine Hells long chain that can be used as a whip and counts as a natural weapon. You can use an action to attack with it. This chain counts as magical and silvered for the purposes of getting over resistances. If you hit with it, you deal 1d6 damage of your chosen element.
As an action you can choose to wreathe a creature in your chain forcing them to make a strength saving throw against your spell save DC if you have one. If not then the save is 8 + your proficiency bonus + your constitution modifier. On a failure the target is restricted and must succeed an acrobatics or athletics check against your save DC at the start of each of their turns or remain restricted. While you have a creature restricted you can't use the chains for anything else. You can return the chains to the Nine Hells as a bonus action.
This weapon's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).
You also get a weakness corresponding to your elemental affinity.
Weakness to Silver
You have vulnerability to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from silvered weapons.
No Rest for the Wicked
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
You don’t need to sleep. Instead, you meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects.
Shared Body
As the old saying goes, two is company and three is a crowd. Your body is already shared with the demon bound to you which protects you against others who might seek to inhabit your body. At 1st level, you gain advantage on wisdom saves and saves against being controlled.
Eyes of Nine Hells
You gain dark vision up to 60ft.
Lungs Not Included
Ghost Riders don't need to breathe.
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Posted May 8, 2022i see not stat bonuses on this race, is this suppose to be a feature?
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Posted May 9, 2022It has no stat bonuses because it has many other features and i decided it was more balanced without.
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Posted May 9, 2022ok, fair enough, thank you for answering :3
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Posted Dec 30, 2022honestly even with the features i would at least give it a +1 to strength as it makes since that the demon you made a deal with would give you the strength to avenge your death and purge the sinners also i would give a +2 to dex as it makes since your dexterous to wield the whip. in my opinion the lack of stat bonuses makes this a bit under powered as i tried it in a game with friends and i seemed to fall way behind at latter levels as yes at level 1 it is powerful but at later levels your stats take the hit. honestly if you want to balance it more instead of your always in ghost rider form you have to change into it with say an action other wise you just have the stats of a human/elf. it makes it more balanced and since this is based off of ghost rider he had to change before he had the ghost riders powers other then maybe manipulating fire. plus since you made a deal with the devil would you not still have your stats from before you died? every race has stats no matter haw many features. look at all the werewolf homebrews there are.