Homebrew Fairy Species Details

Fairies, despite their looks and what most believe, have no relation to elves. They are more closely related to the Pixies and Sprites, who are native to the Feywild. They come in many variations in looks and personality, and you will near to never find two that have identical tastes or looks. But most of them are shy and don’t show themselves to other races if their curiosity doesn’t get the better of them.

Fairies rarely reach over 1 foot tall and often look like tiny elves, with pointed ears and ranging skin tones. They carry the normal array of human skin tones, as well as light shades of the rest of the spectrum of colors. Their eyes often look like a molten liquid, but the pupils can be visible if you can ever get a close enough look. But their most distinct and diverse feature are their wings. Their ability to fly is mostly magical with their wings only serving as a catalyst, which is why they come in many designs and patterns, ranging from beautiful butterfly or moth like wings to those covered in hardy beetle shells and other shapes. In some very rare occasions, they can even resemble elemental crystals or the like. These traits are something that speaks about their innate personality on a level that other races mostly can’t understand.

Fairies mostly reside on the Material Plane, in small colonies near places with strong connections to the Feywild, like deep forests or hidden grottoes beneath the hills and mountains of this world, far beyond the sight of other races. No one knows how many such colonies there are or what other places they may exist in. As intrinsically magical as they are whimsical, fairies enhance the world around them with their presence, mostly unknown to other races.

Fairies will often take on the names of humans or elves, and sometimes those of the plants and trees that they find their homes in. Some even take on the names of their favorite objects or food. This is due to the fact that they are not given a name at birth, but rather take on a name that is defined by their surroundings or persona along their lives. A Fairy that was given a name by a person they like, matching their persona, will cherish it until the day they die.

Fairy Traits

They are generally shy and reclusive flying fey creatures that live in hidden colonies.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1.

Age

It's unknown how long a Fairy actually lives, however, it's speculated they reach maturity at the same time as a human child and can live to be an average of at least 150 years old.

Alignment

Much like the Elves do, Fairies love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others’ freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not.

Size

Like your distant relatives the Pixies and Sprites, you are hardly over a foot tall and weigh next to nothing. Your size is Tiny.

As long as you are Tiny, the following special rules can be applied to you:

  • Larger creatures have advantage against you on any contested ability check using Strength.
  • Like Small creatures, you have disadvantage on attack rolls made with weapons that have the heavy weapon property.
  • You can move through or occupy the same space which another creature occupies, and even use larger creatures as cover.
  • Nonmagical Weapons, Armors and other Items need to be specifically made for your size, or they are too unwieldy for you to use them properly.
  • Items made for Tiny creatures or which have magically adjusted to your size, weight only around 1/8 of their medium-sized counterparts.
  • Nonmagical Weapons sized for Tiny creatures have only half their normal range and when used to attack creatures two sizes larger than you, the result of the damage die roll is halved.

These rules can be applied to other Tiny creatures as well. For any situation not covered by these or the general rules regarding size, your DM should decide by applying commonsense to the situation in question.

Speed

Your walking speed is 10 feet.

Fairy Wings

You have a set of magical wings granting you a flying speed of 30 feet and the ability to hover as long as your wings are able to move, and you aren't unconscious. Also, to use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor, and you can't be pushing, dragging or lifting anything exceeding your carrying capacity.

Fairy Magic

You can cast the Druidcraft Cantrip at will, and you can cast the Light Cantrip but only on yourself.

Starting at 1st level, you can cast the Faerie Fire spell, and when you reach 3rd level, you can also cast the Invisibility spell but only on yourself. You can cast these spells once per long rest without expending a spell slot. Your spellcasting ability for these spells is your choice of Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma.

Fey

Your creature type is fey, rather than humanoid.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Sylvan, and one other language of your choice.

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