Homebrew Etherean Species Details

The campground was charged with fearful wonder as a pale blue-green hand pierced the veil between worlds. The appendage reached and grasped what seemed like thin air to the onlookers. Another hand joined the first and then forearms became visible. The floating body parts strained, and, as though from nowhere, a blue and white man tumbled onto the ground of the material plane. His hair was a bright white and his skin blue like his hands. He wore simple clothes and chain armor. A longsword hung from his waist and seemed to almost phase into the dirt at the tip. Looking at him, it was as though he glowed but shed no light on the surrounding world. A chill settled upon the campers as he turned his gaze from the ground and towards them. His eyes were cold, white, and devoid of pupils. As he surveyed the curious and terrified watchers, he smiled and seemed to fade into invisibility as quickly as he arrived. No one slept that night.

                                                                                                                                                                       -The Journal of Lord Mercendar

 

 

The death of an individual with a strong enough will and an unfinished goal will create a ghost. Some of these ghosts wander the ethereal plane, looking for the way out. The time they spend in the plane allows them to take the energies of the ether and fashion themselves a semi-physical body and be reborn as an Etherean. These Ethereans are an unsettling bunch and a rare sight to see in public spaces. They often are solely focused on finding their peace and completing whatever they failed to complete in life. Heartier than your average ghost, they can interact with the mortal plane and the mortal plan can interact with them. Not much is known about the Ethereans, only that they are undeterrable beings with wills stronger than steel and stop at nothing to complete their goals. 

The Unnatural Air

Ethereans look in their ethereal forms as they did in life. But where they were colorful and saturated, they now live in shades of blue, green, grey, and white. They also weigh significantly less than they did in life, though it doesn't seem to affect their day to day activities. Ethereans are cold to the touch and creatures that get too close to them shiver as though someone was walking on their grave.  

Walking Among the Mortals

Ethereans are solitary creatures and have never been seen in groups. However, sometimes they join forces with a group of mortals in order to achieve together the goal that they could not do alone. When in public, Ethereans either hide themselves in cloaks that cover the entirety of their forms or they walk though the crowds in their full spectral glory, not giving a **** about what the living think of them. The general opinion of the Ethereans is one of concern. Without knowing their purpose, interacting with one might make you a target for vendetta.

Etherean Names

Ethereans generally go by the names that they had during their lives. However, there have been instances where an Etherean took on a name more fitting for their reason to be in the land of the living.

Etherean Traits

Your Etherean character has traits deriving from their time in the Ether.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.

Age

Ethereans don't age as regular mortals do. While their Etherean form can last up to 400 years, you do not physically appear to age.

Alignment

Ethereans generally tend to reside on the neutral cross. However, it is not terribly uncommon for Ethereans to deviate from the cross depending on their reason for staying and who they were in their life before.

Size

The size of an Etherean depends on what their race was and how tall they were when they were living. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Imbued with Ethereal energy, you have superior vision in Dark and Dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as though it was bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You cannot discern colors in the darkness, only in shades of light, ethereal blue.

Ethereal Resilience

You gain resistance Poison damage and have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned.

Ghostly Nature

Because you are not alive, your body doesn't require sustenance to function. It also only takes 4 hours to complete a long rest instead of the standard 8.

Ethereal Form

Once every long rest, you can focus on your Ethereal essence to either use your Ethereal Visage and become translucent or become Plane Split to phase through objects and individuals.

Ethereal Visage

When under the effects of Ethereal Visage, your skin, armor, and weapons fade into a translucent state. This form gives you a +10 to your Dexterity(Stealth) checks, as though you were under the effects of the pass without trace spell.

Plane Split

When under the effects of Plane Split, you can spend your bonus action to briefly cross over to the Ethereal Plane for 6 seconds. While like this, you can still see the material plane and the creatures on it. While like this, you can float through areas of difficult terrain without consequence and float through solid objects or creatures as though they were difficult terrain

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Primordial, and one language of your choice.