Homebrew Borrower Species Details
You might have noticed items going missing in your home from time to time only to reappear a few weeks later. Listening closely you might hear footsteps scurrying around in your walls and ceilings. Could it be mice, or perhaps ghosts. No, the borrowers have decided your home to be suitable to be their home as well. Most Borrowers are cautious of their larger neighbours and are careful to not be spotted by them. The borrowers borrow what they need to survive, but they always make sure to pay what they owe back, not always with the same amount.
Infused with the magic of the Feywild, most borrowers look like small humanoids with clothes, weapons and tools made from common household items they borrow from those they share a house with. Strangely enough, A Borrower's appearance is often similar in race and nature to the races they live around, only smaller.
| d8 | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | You can induce a feeling of comfort when a creature touches you. |
| 2 | Your skin turns purple when touching something poisonous. |
| 3 | You have exceptionally large ears. |
| 4 | A glittering mist constantly surrounds you. |
| 5 | Your palms are covered in tiny hairs. |
| 6 | Your eyes glow in the dark. |
| 7 | You faintly smell of Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Lavender, or another comforting herb or spice. |
| 8 | Your footsteps echo at all times. |
Borrower Traits
As a Borrower, you have the following racial traits.Creature Type
You are a Fey.
Size
You are Tiny.
Speed
Your walking speed is 40 feet.
Magical Scavenger
You know the mending cantrip.
Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Expeditious Retreat spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Pass without Trace spell with this trait. Once you cast Expeditious Retreat or Pass without Trace with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Small Movements
You have an extraordinary ability to get around. You have a Climbing speed of 20 and a Burrowing Speed of 5.
Resourcefulness
Your innate ability to scavenge for materials as well as turning scraps into useful things has given you a proficiency in one of these traits. You gain proficiency in Investigation, Sleight of hand, or Survival.
Tiny Banes and Boons
Your tiny size comes with many benefits and detriments. You are unable to grapple creatures of medium or larger. You can move through enemy spaces if creatures of medium size and larger as if it was difficult terrain. You have disadvantage on strength checks against creatures of small and larger. You can share a space with an ally, and you can use a willing creature that's one size category larger than yourself as a mount. A shoving action used against you moves you twice as far as it would normally.
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