Homebrew Fey'ri Drow Species Details

Fey'ri drow are not a true Elven subrace, they are to drow as tieflings are to humans and tanarukks are to orcs. The fey'ri are a result of interbreeding between between drow and the tanar'ri in an attempt to strengthen the drow bloodline. The fey'ri resembled elves but corrupted by the abyss, they generally rejected the notion of elven resemblance as offensive. Some fey'ri had all or a combination of tails, fangs, forked tongues, and horns. Some had multiple sets of arms, while some had no visible difference to drow at all, some never knowing their true nature. Their appearance and their nature are not their fault but the result of an ancient sin, for which they and their children and their children’s children will always be held accountable.

Infernal Bloodline

Fey'ri drow are derived from elven bloodlines, and in the broadest possible sense, they still look like drow. However, their infernal heritage has left a clear imprint on their appearance. fey'ri drow have large horns that take any of a variety of shapes: some have curling horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil around their legs when they get upset or nervous. Their canine teeth are sharply pointed, and their eyes are solid colors—black, red, white, silver, gold, or purple—with no visible sclera or pupil. Their skin tones are usually dark or obsedian, but also include various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from behind their horns, is usually white.

Drow

Descended from an earlier subrace of elves, the drow were banished from the surface world for following the goddess Lolth down the path of evil. Now they have built their own civilization in the depths of the Underdark, patterned after the Way of Lolth. Also called dark elves, the drow have skin that resembles charcoal or obsidian, as well as stark white or pale yellow hair. They commonly have very pale eyes (so pale as to be mistaken for white) in shades of lilac, silver, pink, red, and blue. They tend to be smaller and thinner than most elves.

MUTUAL MISTRUST

People tend to be suspicious of drow, especially so of fey'ri drow. Assuming that their infernal heritage has left its mark on their personality and morality, not just their appearance. Shopkeepers keep a close eye on their goods when fey'ri enter their stores, the town watch might follow a fey'ri around for a while, and demagogues blame fey'ri for strange happenings. The reality, though, is that a fey'ri bloodline doesn’t affect his or her personality to any great degree. Years of dealing with mistrust does leave its mark on most fey'ri, and they respond to it in different ways. Some choose to live up to the wicked stereotype, but others are virtuous. Most are simply very aware of how people respond to them. After dealing with this mistrust throughout youth, a fey'ri often develops the ability to overcome prejudice through charm or intimidation.

Fey'ri Drow Traits

Fey'ri drow share certain racial traits as a result of their infernal descent.

Ability Score Increase

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

Age

Although fey'ri reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the fey'ri understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. A fey'ri typically claims adulthood around the age of 100 and can live to be 1020 years old.

Alignment

Fey'ri might not have an innate tendency toward evil, but many of them end up there. Evil or not, an independent nature inclines many fey'ri toward a chaotic alignment.

Size

Fey'ri are about the same size and build as humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Winged

You have a flying speed of 30 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Superior Darkvision

Your darkvision has a radius of 120 feet.

Sunlight Sensitivity

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saves against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Hellish Resistance

You have resistance to fire damage.

Infernal Legacy

You know the disguise-self spell. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the hellish rebuke spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the darkness spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Drow Weapon Training

You have proficiency with rapiers, shortswords, and hand crossbows.

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.”) 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

You can speak, read, and write Elvish, Common, Undercommon, Abyssal, and Infernal.