Homebrew Balorian Fey'ri Species Details

The Fey’ri are the result of a long history of the mixing of elven and demonic bloodlines. After centuries of this union of fey and abyssal heritage, the Fey’ri have now emerged as their own race. Fey’ri look very much like elves with hints of their fiendish ancestry, the biggest clue being the bat-like wings they all sport. Aside from the obvious, Fey’ri may have crimson or obsidian colored skin, horns, fangs, tails, or other indications of the darkness they come from, though they do possess the ability to hide these features to better hide among other elven races when need be. Unlike Tieflings that tend to lack their own communities, Fey’ri live in complex settlements very much influenced by the prestigious culture of the sun elves mixed with the intrigue and chaos of the Abyss, only ever seeking to interact with sun elves of notable legacies outside their own community to expand this heritage for the sake of magical and political power.

Balorian Fey'ri are descended from the line of Sarya Dlardrageth, whose father was a Balor Demon. They are larger than other Fey'ri variants and are often considered the most brutish of all Fey'ri. Balorian Fey'ri are the most magically adept of all Fey'ri and often become great sorcerers or warriors. They are hot-headed and are often born with some sort of curse, the price of being part of a bloodline sired by a Balor Demon. For this reason they are often outcast among other Fey'ri, though a few have risen to positions of great power among the Fey'ri Houses.

Balorian Fey'ri Traits

Your Balorian Fey'ri Character has the following traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity and Charisma scores increase by 2, while your Constitution score decreases by 2.

Age

Much like normal Elves, Fey'ri reach physical and emotional maturity at the age of 100. Although, thanks to their abyssal bloodline they are able to live 4 times longer than a normal Elf would, giving them a total lifespan of 3,000 years. Fey'ri also appear to age slower than Elves, not coming out of peak physicality until the reach around the age of 2,400 years.

Alignment

The fiendish heritage of the Fey’ri tends to steer them more towards evil, but some Fey’ri do manage their darker nature. Thanks to both their elven and fiendish natures, they also tend to lean towards a more free and chaotic disposition.

Size

Balorian Fey'ri range from 6ft to 8ft tall, and typically have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Thanks to both sides of your heritage, 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 color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Powerful Heritage

  • Keen Senses: You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
  • Fey Ancestry: You have an advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
  • Trance: Fey'ri don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep. 
  • Abyssal Resilience: You have resistance to Fire damage.

Winged

You have bat-like wings sprouting from your shoulder blades. You have a flying speed of 30 feet while you aren’t wearing heavy armor.

Elven Guise

As an action, you can magically assume the form of a normal elf. While in this form, you can’t benefit from your fly speed. Otherwise, the rest of your game statistics remain the same. Every time you assume this form, you adopt the same appearance, as this form appears to be distinctly unique to you.  Your clothing and other equipment don’t change in appearance, size, or shape to match your new form, and you revert to your natural form if you die.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Elven, Sylvan, and Abyssal.
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