Homebrew The Disembodied Species Details

To cast one’s mind out amongst the outer planes is the  dream of many an arcane spellcaster. In recent memory,  none have come closer to that dubious honor than  the lost city of Ulmyr’s Gate. Founded by a group of  ambitious wizards who chafed under the limitations  imposed upon them by government bureaucracy,  Ulmyr’s Gate boasted free study for all mages who  sought sanctuary within its walls. The Great College  quickly became a lodestone for mages of every stripe  from across the empire, and for a brief moment there  existed a golden age of magic. 

That dream came crashing down one night when the  founding mages of Ulmyr’s Gate attempted a massive  conjuration ritual intended to part the veil and create a  permanent portal to the Ethereal Plane. It didn’t work.  Instead their magic caused a massive rift in the very  fabric of reality, and in an instant the entire city tipped  into the void between worlds. The entire city was  presumed dead, the Arcanist Inquisition railed against  the hubris of those tampering in things man was not  meant to know, and life in the Empire moved on. 

Years later, stories surfaced of strange people being  sighted in the region where Ulmyr’s Gate once stood.  These people seemed oddly blurred or indistinct,  and some reports said they vanished right in front of  witnesses’ eyes. Gradually it became clear that these  poor souls were the survivors of the Ethereal Rift, now  trapped between worlds and trying to retain their  tenuous grasp on the Material Plane.

The Disembodied Traits

You possess certain traits as a result of the magical mishap that trapped you between worlds. The disembodied are a collection of races that were in Ulmur’s Gate when the accident occured. Because of this, you can choose what race you appear as. This also affects some features below, such as your height. Unless specified, you do not gain any racial features from your origin race.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score  increases by 2 and your Dexterity score increases by 1.