Homebrew Feyborn Species Details

Descendants of the union between humans and mischievous fey, feyborn seem to have unfurled from the leaves and waves themselves. Creatures born of nature, feyborn are innately attuned to the world around them, sometimes crouching down to plants and beasts to communicate with them and learn what ails them. Feyborn are occasionally confused with elves, as they both share pointed ears and an otherworldly, ethereal quality that others cannot differentiate. 

Feyborn share all the skin tones, hair and eye colors of humans in addition to: faint skin tones of blue, green, or orange, depending on where they live; gold and silver eyes, and hair like long willow leaves or glossy variants of blue, water drops scattered like morning dew on grass. Their appearance can reflect their environment, as there are also feyborn with ice-white hair and frost along their brows and lashes in the tundra, and feyborn in the desert with skin cracked like the dry earth and hair brittle from the sun. Many feyborn also have intricate mystical markings on their face that resemble the branches of a tree. Many say these markings are meant to emulate the unseen power of magic beyond the material world, curling around every living thing in elegant tendrils.

Feyborn take to magic easily, but there have also been many formidable feyborn warriors. They hold respect for benevolent magic users and protectors of nature.

Feyborn Traits

Your feyborn character has a variety of natural abilities, and are innately attuned to the world around them.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Feyborn reach physical maturity like humans but typically don’t see other feyborn as adults until about 50. They live to be around 600 years old.

Alignment

Creatures born of nature, feyborn are innately attuned to the world around them, and tend to lean more into neutral alignments.

Size

Feyborn range from just under 4 ft. to well over 5 ft. Rarely does one encounter feyborn 6 feet or taller. Their size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

One With Nature

You have proficiency in the Nature skill, and you can communicate with beasts and plants as if you shared a language.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Power of the Fey

You know the Druidcraft cantrip.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.

Pixie Dust

You can use a bonus action to transform into a pixie-sized version of yourself. You acquire translucent wings and your flight movement is 60 ft. You become faster and more agile, gaining advantage on Dexterity checks and Dexterity Saving Throws, however at the risk of your power; you have disadvantage on Strength checks and Saving Throws. All creatures have resistance to your pixie-sized melee attacks, and their attacks have disadvantage. You can remain pixie sized for 1 hour, or use a Bonus Action to end it early. You must complete a short or long rest to use this ability again.