Homebrew Giriti Species Details

 

Appearance

Giriti are humanoid in appearance, with greyish blue skin tones with seemingly natural tattoos of sweeping lines and swirling patterns in bright almost phosphorescent white. Their wild and spiritual nature results in an almost ethereal wispy glow around their forms.

Wild yet Wise

Giriti, due to their ancient ways, have very wise and calm natures, although their free spiritedness may appear inappropriate as a result of their "go with the flow" attitudes, seemingly uncaring due to their very neutral alignments.

Their ancient traditions and ways are deep rooted in giriti society, so great offence will be taken towards any sort of disrespect towards giriti culture, and this will be met with actions deemed appropriate, which may falter to violence depending on the individual.

Giriti Lands

As ancient beings born of the winds themselves, the Giriti are free folk who dont tend to dwell anywhere for too long, although there is one settlement on the floating isle of Hiresh, an oriental style floating island city, home to the largest accumulation of Giriti. This city has stood the tests of time, with few that have been around long enough to remember when the city was first founded. 

Facing a hard life in some city states, some giriti seek isolation in the wilds, making their homes in mountains or forests, near lakes, or underground on lesser populated islands, although few venture to the depths below.

 

GIRITI BACKGROUNDS

 

Appropriate backgrounds for giriti include outlander, haunted one or noble.

 

Giriti Names

Giriti names consist of soft consonants and vowels, like Arashi, Zivilia and Hominus.

 

Giriti Traits

Your giriti character has certain characteristics as a result of their wild nature.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Primordial. Primordial is a guttural language, filled with harsh syllables and hard consonants.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Age

The Giriti mature at a similar rate to elves, appearing to age far slower than most humanoid creatures. Although it is said the Giriti are born from when wild air spirits gain a sudden boost of vitality, enough for them to develop a corporeal form.

Alignment

Self wandering and unconcerned with most mortal affairs, Giriti tend toward a neutral alignment.

Wild winds

Your wild nature as a spirit of the wind allows you freedom to move on the breeze as light as a feather, although due to the weightiness of a solid physical form this can only be utilised for a short period of time. 

As a result of this, once per long rest, as an action you may gain a flying speed of 30ft for one minute as your wild spirit is allowed to roam free.

Size

Despite their otherworldly nature, Giriti are generally built like humans, standing anywhere from 5 feet to over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.