Homebrew Demigod Species Details

Never Ordinary

While most people exist complacently somewhere between good and evil, content to putter along in their dull lives exhibiting neither great heroism nor dastardly villainy, a demigod is never ordinary to anything more than passing observation. They may indeed go many years at a time without doing anything noteworthy, but they infallibly either prove themselves the most selfless and noble of saints or the most depraved and demonic of persons. Being as they have a far greater capacity for good or ill than mortals, there is ultimately little in way of grey about their personalities.

Out of Place

There are few who can understand the strange dynamic a demigod has with their godly parent so for a demigod to seek out others of its kind is not uncommon despite the uniqueness of their kind. However, of all the races that exist within the world, the aasimar are a people whom demigods feel the greatest connection towards. Their celestial origins along with this shared sense of conflicted purpose cause them to be largely understanding of each other and as such demigods feel the greatest sense of community in these societies. A sense that often becomes lost to them in their early teens when they begin to manifest their divine powers.

Chronicle

For as long there have been gods, there have been the half-blood children of them. Though often the result of a direct union of a deity and a mortal, however, different circumstance may cause a demigod to be born in another way. Demigods often grow to become great heroes or terrible villains. The tales of individual demigods are told in legend, that is their history. Such legends are Achilles, the hero of the great Trojan war, the famed Heracles and his many exploits, Karna, the son of the Sun god Surya, Bragi, son of Odin and so on. Each forged a legend of themselves through their great and not so great deeds and it is by the legends they live on.

Demigod Traits

The offspring of a god and a mortal, a hero of days, a Demigod.

Divine Domain

Your ability scores increase based on the Divine Domain of your godly parent. If your godly parent has more then one Divine Domain then pick one of those they have to be aligned with.  Additionaly, your Divine Domain gives you some specific traits. The domains are Death, Life, or War.

Divine Portfolio Traits

By the godly blood that runs on your veins, you may pick one of the trait in the provided list.

Racial Gift

Normally a feat represents a talent or an area of expertise that gives a character special capabilities. It embodies training, experience, and abilities beyond what a class provides. Demigods like every other race can receive these as well, however, they can also receive gifts from their godly parent represented in the form of a racial feat. At certain levels, your class gives you the Ability Score Improvement feature. Using the optional feats rule, you can forgo taking that feature to take this racial feat instead. You can take this feat multiple times and if you ever lose this feat's prerequisite, unlike normal feats, you can still use it.

Divine Gift

Prerequisite: Be of good or neutral standing with your godly parent

• The primary or secondary ability score of your Divine Domain increases by 1.
• You may choose a Divine Portfolio Trait of your choice that you don't already have, as long as you meet its prerequisites.