Homebrew Fae'ladrin Species Details

The Feywild is a twilight realm of beauty, unpredictable emotion, and boundless magic. It is home to many fantastic peoples, including the eladrin and fairies.

Eladrin are the native Feywild elves; creatures of magic with strong ties to nature. Their cities sometimes cross over to the Material Plane, appearing briefly in mountain valleys or deep forest glades before fading back into the Feywild. An eladrin is associated with one of the four seasons and has coloration reminiscent of that season.

Fairies are a wee folk, but not nearly as much so as their pixie and sprite friends. The first fairies spoke Elvish, Goblin, or Sylvan, and encounters with human visitors prompted many of them to learn Common as well. Infused with the magic of the Feywild, most fairies look like Small elves with insectile wings.

At one time or another, some of the eladrin and fairy bloodlines were crossed, resulting in petite looking elves with fantastical fairy wings. These beautiful and mesmerising creatures were imbued with a mixture of nature and fey magic and became known as the fae'ladrin. They are so rarely found on the Material Plane for vey long that many still believe them a myth, while others have never heard of them at all.

The fae'ladrin can exhibit features from both their fairy and elven ancestry, and will unconsciously adapt their auras and physical characteristics based on mood. However, no two have ever been the same. Not in appearance, arcana nor mentality. This makes the fae'ladrin one of the most diverse races in the multi-verse.

Just as each fairy has a special physical characteristic that sets them apart, so too does a fae'ladrin. For yours, roll on the Fey Characteristics table or choose an option from it. You’re also free to come up with your own characteristic if none of the suggestions below fit your character.

Fey Characteristics

Some aspects of the Feywild are fed by emotion; if a creature feels sorrow, they may find themselves accompanied by a personal raincloud, those feeling joy can cause radiant blooms to arise in their wake. Similarly, a fae'ladrin's outward appearance may change too; its unknown if this feature comes from being imbued with magic or their eladrin relatives. Perhaps they are one in the same?

A fae'ladrin will associate itself with one of the four seasons and will adapt coloration reminiscent of that season, this can also affect their current mood:

Autumn is the season of peace and goodwill, when summer’s harvest is shared with all.

Winter is the season of contemplation and dolour, when the vibrant energy of the world slumbers.

Spring is the season of cheerfulness and celebration, marked by merriment as winter’s sorrow passes.

Summer is the season of boldness and aggression, a time of unfettered energy.

Some fae'ladrin remain associated with a particular season for their entire lives, whereas others transform, adopting characteristics of a new season. When finishing a long rest, any fae'ladrin can change their season. They might choose the season that is present in the world or perhaps the season that most closely matches their current emotional state. For example, a fae'ladrin might shift to autumn if filled with contentment, or fury might cause another to change to summer.

The following tables offer personality suggestions for fae-ladrin of each season. You can roll on the tables or use them as inspiration for characteristics of your own.

Autumn

Winter

Spring

Summer

 

Fae'ladrin Traits

Your fae'ladrin character has a mixture of fairy and eladrin abilities.

Ability Score Increases

When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Choose from Charisma, Dexterity, Intelligence or Wisdom. 

The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.

Age

Fae'ladrin mature at the same rate that humans and fairies do, reaching adulthood by the age of 20. However, their elven heritage means they can live much longer than both; usually between 220 and 240 years.

Alignment

The mischievous nature of the fairy bloodline greatly impacts the majority of fae'ladrin alignments. While there can be divergences as with any race, the fae'ladrin are almost always chaotic in nature. Most lean more to the good or neutral side of chaos.

Size

Fae'ladrin never exceed 4 and a half feet in height, most are around 4 feet tall or just under. Your size is small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to the perpetual twilight of the Feywild realm, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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 colour in darkness, only shades of grey.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Trance

Like elves, fae'ladrin don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Languages

Because of your bloodlines and home world, you have learnt to speak, read, and write Common, Elvish and Sylvan.

Elf Weapon Training

You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.

Fey Magic

Your fey heritage grants you the ability to cast two spells. Choose either the Fey Float option (misty step and levitate) or the Fey Favour option (druidcraft and faerie fire).

Flight

Because of your wings, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed. You can’t fly if you’re wearing medium or heavy armour.