Homebrew Dimidium Species Details

The dimidium are descendants of a celestial race that had built a reputation for being exceedingly arrogate and rambunctious, often meddling in others affairs out of sheer entertainment. They believed that there was no point to a life ruled by laws and regulations, these were but feeble self made restraints lesser races placed on themselves. So they sought to bend and tease the laws and rules of any civilization near their homes in an attempt to, in their own minds, free the poor races of their fears and concerns, to live a happier life.

Unfortunately this lead to the Paradigm of Law  taking these actions personally, and after centuries of this behavior he cursed the race, making it what it is today. This was the first recorded Act of a Paradigm on this scale. The race was cursed to bare only half its original form and half of another. This prevents them from ever utilizing the physical advantages they one had over the other humanoid races, as well as forces a innate kindship with the race their other half resembles so that they are cursed to always feel compelled to honor these ways of life. A dimidium has one half the body of the original celetial form (light skinned human in appearance with silky flowing hair of any color, and one feathery wing of blue and gold), and the other half is that of any other humanoid race (the overall height of the individual is dictated by this half, they will be small if half gnome or halfling , medium sized as appropriate). 

This lead to the second recorded Act, The Paradigm of Chaos claimed the distorted race as her own, giving them the name Dimidium and removing all knowledge of what they were before receiving this new name from all history and memory, including the other Paradigms. Now they often are found in small towns or groups in areas where lay lines connect and wild magic runs wild. Areas where other races would fear for their safety and the very concept of control and law are rebuked by nature itself.  Many of them respect the Paradigm of chaos as the closest thing to a leader or ruler they will ever  acknowledge. 

Dimidium are not evil and dont seek ill on the other races, only wish to dismantle the ideas of rules and laws. As such they are often carefully watched when they appear in cities or towns, often being arrested on sight. Depending on the disposition of the individual and the city in question their reception varies heavily. 

 

Dimidium Traits

A rambunctious and troublesome race.

Ungraceful landing

While not being able to fly, your kind are still able to utilize your single wings to haphazardly  slow your decent when falling. 

As such you are resistant to fall damage and have advantage on dexterity saving throws against terrain hazards.

Chaotic Endowment

You can channel your chaotic nature into your actions, a number of times per day before you roll a d20 you may choose to make it chaotic. A chaotic roll crits succeeds on a roll of 15 or higher, and crit fails on a roll of 10 or less. 

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.

Age

You mature at an unpredictable rate but most are considered mature by age 15. There is no known maximum lifespan for your kind, but the most common are between 70 and 200years, with lives as short as 40 or as long as 800 being common enough to not be considered abnormal.

Alignment

 Dimidium are chaotic creatures that seek to remove or avoid any limiting factors on their lives. They are not innately evil, but this drive for a truly free life can cause them to deviate in that direction when living in areas with strict laws or rules.

Size

Dimidium are about the same size and build as humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Arcane influx

Your kind have grown infused with chaotic uncontrollable magic that along with the distorted forms you bare provides additional aid against the comparatively trivial affects of casted Magic’s.

Once a day you may cast the counterspell or dispel magic at base level, this only works on spells and affects that are targeting you. You use your (CON) modifier for this affect.

Languages

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