Homebrew Fairy Species Details
In the world, fairies make their homes in deep forests or hidden grotto's beneath the hills of the Moonshae Isles, far beyond the sight of other humanoids. In these places, fairies cast their shimmering lights to color their domains in incandescent hues, gradually shifting from soft red to bright yellow to deep violet and back again. Some say that the realms of the fairies are the places where rainbows begin and end, and those rainbows are fairy roads emanating from the light of the kingdoms they connect, which can be seen by mortals only when the sun shines through the rain. Though fairies prefer to keep out of sight, they can be found almost anywhere in the Feywild. As intrinsically magical as they are whimsical, fairies enhance the world around them with their presence.
Fairy Traits
FairyAbility Score Increase
Your Dexterity score 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.
Alignment
Fairies can be of any alignment but tend to lean more towards chaotic because of their playful trickster nature.
Size
You are Tiny. Pixies hardly reach over the height of 1 foot. For all intents and purposes the Tiny Players (5e Variant Rule) apply to you.
Speed
You have a normal walking speed of 10ft. You have a fly speed of 40 and you can hover if you are no more than 10ft off the ground, if you are more than 10ft off the ground when you end your turn you will fall until you are within the 10 ft range.
Darkvision
You're accustomed to living in forest and in undergrowth with dim or darker lighting. You can see in dim light as if bright light for 60ft and darkness as dim light for 60 ft. You cannot discern colors in dim light, only shades of gray.
Fey Ancestry
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.
Invisibility
You can turn invisible as an action and it lasts until you attack, cast a spell, willing end it, or fall unconscious.
Tiny Hands
You have disadvantage on Athletics checks, but you have advantage on Sleight of Hand checks.
Languages
You can speak, read and write Common and Sylvan
Subrace
Fairy subraces are distinguished by their wings and behavior, each notably similar to familiar insects.
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Posted May 19, 2020The only thing I would change is Invisibility. I'd make it only be able to be cast once. Then replenish it after a short or long rest.
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Posted Jul 28, 2020I would personally suggest getting rid of the disadvantage on Athletics checks. The tiny players rules already give the race a lot of negatives, especially when it comes to physical classes, and I think giving them disadvantage on the only strength-based skill makes them an even more unusable race for a lot of classes.
Also I think the ability score increase should either be +2 to Dexterity or there should be a +1 to another score like Charisma in addition to Dexterity. Obviously the race has some good abilities like flight, but I don't think it's enough to justify only getting one ability score increase.
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Posted Nov 7, 2020Yep @GooseyThePal: I agree - I like this Fairy better than the others, but I agree with you on the mods.
Disadvantage on Athletics
Dex +2
Charisma +1
I might even add a -1 on Strength
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Posted Jan 14, 2021This is great! I love it! Here is a suggestion I have:
As a reaction to being attacked while flying, you can use the Dodge action to impose disadvantage on the attack. You must use this reaction before the DM says whether the attack hits or misses. If the attack still hits you, you fall prone.
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Posted Jul 8, 2023Is anyone else having issues with making this custom race appear in the character builder?
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Posted Aug 14, 2023Yeah I am too