Homebrew Frostborn Species Details

Description

The oldest race to roam the northern peaks the frostborns were there from the start along with frost dragons, they are adept at surviving harsh winters and know how to use the cold to their advantage. Frostborns are intelligent creatures that have developed communities long before humans did. Their communities are built on warriors to protect and hunt for the tribe and builders to grow their homes. They mostly delve into mountains of the north where the temperatures go far beyond freezing. 

Appearance

Frostborns are large, strong in form and have most of their body covered in fur. Their fur is most commonly white but sometimes on rare occasions, they come in darker shades such as grey or even black in warmer territories. They often also have blue markings in their fur to show what role they have in their community. Elite frostborns like the ones born with royal blood also have horns. 

Names

Frostborns share names with giants but they also have unique names that their ancestry had long ago.

Male names: Skegg, Broddr, Olfuss, Skat, Tal, Frami, Sokn, Moor, Felagi, Ojafnaoin, Skipta.

Female names: Silki, Miskunn, Elding, Efla, Dreyma, Seidi, Skjar, Blom, Hylli, Heill, Laufs, Girnd.

Frostborn Traits

Your frostborn has certain characteristics that you share with other frostborns.

Ability score increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Age

Frostborn reach adulthood at the age of 15 and live to be around 80

Alignment

Most frostborns are neutral good, they generally don't try to involve themselves in trouble when it can be avoided. But when their temper goes south they are known to not stop till they win.

Size

Frostborns are generally between 6 feet to 7 feet tall, weigh about 100 pounds and are considered medium size.

Speed

Your speed is 30 feet

Frost resistant

As a frostborn you are resistant to cold damage. 

Frozen aura

Once per short or long rest where you are in contact with snow or ice, you can use your bonus action to cover yourself with freezing mist for one turn. You gain these benefits:

• Any creature that starts their turn within 5ft of you take 2d6 cold damage and gain a disadvantage on attack rolls. 
• You also gain a +2 to AC.

Language

You can speak, read and write common and giant