Homebrew Faebold Species Details

         Faebolds are a type of kobold found in the feywild, just like kobolds they are often dismissed as cowardly, foolish, and weak, but these little reptilian creatures actually have a strong social structure that stresses devotion to the tribe, are clever with their hands, and viciously work together in order to overcome their physical limitations.

    

Expert Tunnelers

Faebolds are naturally skilled at tunneling. Similar to dwarves, they seem to have a near-instinctive sense of what sections of stone or earth are strong or weak, are bearing a load or are safe to excavate, or are likely to contain minerals or offer access to water. This ability enables them to fashion secure homes in places where other creatures wouldn’t feel safe.

Faebolds take advantage of their size by creating small-diameter tunnels that they can easily pass through, but that require larger creatures to hunch over or even crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the faebolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature heavier than a faebold. On occasion, the route through a faebold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the faebolds might erect a railing or a wall that prevents them from falling off the edge — high enough to protect a faebold but low enough to serve as a tripping hazard for a larger creature.

Faebolds are a rare site in most cases since they live in hard to find magical underground forests. Faebolds help these forests by carving out space for it to grow and tend the forest. most of these forests have been taken care of for 100's of generations while others fail within a dozen. 

Because the faebolds make sure they stay out of the way of anyone more dangerous than themselves, grow their own subterranean food, and prefer to sneak about at night, the people of a town might go for weeks or months without noticing evidence that faebolds are in the area, and years between actual sightings.

Able Scavengers

faebolds are adept at identifying broken, misplaced, discarded, or leftover crafted items from other creatures that can still be put to use. They prefer to scavenge objects that have clearly been lost or thrown away, which is easy to do without attracting attention. At the same time, they don’t automatically shy away from trying to grab items that are the property of other creatures, because such objects are more likely to be in good condition and thus more useful or valuable.

Some aggressive individual faebolds and tribes do exist, but in general faebolds don’t purposely provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat.

Faebolds are always on the lookout for magic that might help them protect their home. Most faebolds don’t know how to use a wand, a spellbook, or anything with more magical power than a potion, but they all believe that the tribal sorcerer can figure out how to use any such item they come across. When faebolds sense an opportunity to separate a magic item from its owner, they are often willing to take the chance of revealing themselves because the potential reward is worth the risk.

Arcane Magic Users

Unlike some other humanoids, faebolds don’t fear or shun arcane magic. They see magic as part of their connection to feywild, and are proud to be blessed with the ability to wield such power. Young faebold sorcerers are trained by elders, and the training has an almost religious significance. Most faebold sorcerers are of the draconic bloodline origin and specialize in either damaging magic (which can also be used in mining), augmentation (of materials or allies), or divination (to find raw materials and foresee threats to the tribe).

Bright appearance

Unlike normal kobolds, Faebolds come in a variety of bright and pastel colors or a combination of both along with butterfly-like ears. Faebolds tend to be smarter then our average kobold. Faebolds also have a tendency of attracting attention of onlookers for they are a rare sight even in the feywild. The beautiful colors of the faebold make them a highly valued creature, with nobles and collectors either wanting to own them as slaves/pets. With that said their pelts are highly valued in certain circles.

Faebold Traits

Your kobold character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Kobolds reach adulthood at age 6 and can live up to 350 years but rarely do so.

Alignment

faebolds are fundamentally timid, making them neutral, but their reliance on the strength of their group makes them trend toward law.

Size

Kobolds are between 2 and 3 feet tall and weigh between 25 and 35 pounds. Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

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.

Grovel, Cower, and Beg

As an action on your turn, you can cower pathetically to distract nearby foes. Until the end of your next turn, your allies gain advantage on attack rolls against enemies within 10 feet of you that can see you. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Fairy magic

You know the druidcraft and faerie fire spells. You can cast faerie fire without expending a spell slot, and you must finish a long rest before you can cast it this way again. You can also cast this spell using any spell slots you have. Your spellcasting ability for these spells is your choice of Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed condition on yourself

Languages

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