Homebrew Faery Species Details
The Feywild is home to many fantastic peoples, including faeries. Faeries are a wee folk, but not nearly as much so as their pixie and sprite friends. The first faeries spoke Elvish, Goblin, or Sylvan, and encounters with human visitors prompted many of them to learn Common as well.
Infused with the magic of the Feywild, most faeries look like Small elves with insectile wings, but each faery has a special physical characteristic that sets the faery apart. For your faery, roll on the Fey Characteristics table or choose any options from it. You’re also free to come up with your own characteristics if none of the suggestions below fit your character.
Fey Characteristics
| D8 | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Your wings are different from your fellow Faeries, be creative. |
| 2 | You have shimmering, skin. |
| 3 | You share one trait with an animal of your choice. |
| 4 | A glittering mist constantly surrounds you and leaves a small trail as you fly. |
| 5 | You have a small spectral horn on your forehead, like a little unicorn horn. |
| 6 | Your eyes have different colors and one of them glows sometimes. |
| 7 | You smell like your favorite baked good. |
| 8 | A noticeable, harmless chill surrounds you. |
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, if you select a fantastical race such as the faery follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character.
Creature Type
You are fey.
Life Span
Faery life span is unknown, they are created from the magic of the Feywild and are born or rather spawned from flowers, seed pods, beautiful and chaotic places or the earth. Faeries are thought to be immortal, but they choose to leave their lives and become part of the Feywild once more.
Height and Weight
You are small, discuss with your Dungeon Master to figure out what your height and weight is.
Faery Traits
As a faery, you have the following racial traits.Size
You are Small.
Speed
Your walking speed is 30 feet.
Faery Magic
You know the druidcraft cantrip.
Starting at 1st level, you can cast the faerie fire spell with this trait. Starting at 3rd level, you can also cast the enlarge/reduce spell with this trait, at 5th level, you can cast plant growth, and at 7th level you can cast greater invisibility. Once you cast faerie fire, enlarge/reduce, plant growth and greater invisibility with this trait, you can’t cast them with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Flight
Because of your wings, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed. You can’t use this flying speed if you’re wearing medium or heavy armor.
Darkvision
Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, 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.
Faery Type
Choose how you were created. Faeries are beings created out of pure magic in the Feywild.