Homebrew Desert Fairy Species Details

From the Glittering Heaps of the Feywild, these fairies are competent and chaotic, and they love to boss other creatures around.

Fairies are the gateway between the world of the Feywild and frequent people from human settlements. Through their short time interacting with humans, many Fairies have realized Common. Thus they can be robust messengers between the insane world that they inhabit and our own. The Glittering Heaps, a dangerous desert of living dunes, walking cacti, and swarms of insects, is especially ruthless. Fairies that grow up in the Glittering Heaps have to be intelligent to survive.

When creating a desert fairy you may roll on the following table for a distinct feature.

Fey Characteristics
d8	Characteristic
1	Your wings resemble cloth or paper
2	You have sandy, textured, grainy skin.
3	You have large flat ears.
4	Swirling dust constantly surrounds you.
5	You have dark-colored antennae, like a little beetle, or features of a scorpion.
6	You have soft clear spikes instead of hair.
7	You smell like figs, watermelon, or thyme.
8	A noticeable, shimmering mirage surrounds you.

 

Desert Fairy Names

These fun and danger-loving creatures name themselves whatever they chose, sometimes portraying things around them within the desert:

Random Names: Shineset, Duskflow, Windwhip, Jewel, Sandy, Redair, Grace, Vipersong, Silver, Dama

Desert Fairy Traits

As a fairy you have the following traits:

Ability Score Increase and Checks

Increase two different ability scores by 1. Choose Intelligence or Wisdom. You have half proficiency on ability checks of the chosen ability score.

Creature Type

You are a Fey.

Size

You are small.

Life Span

Your life span is about 100 years.

Speed

 Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Magical Flight

Because of your wings, you have a 25 ft. flying speed. This flight is a magical ability. You can't use this flying speed if you're wearing medium or heavy armor.

Desert Magic

You can cast the Enlarge/Reduce spell as a bonus action. You can cast this spell using this feature twice per long rest. You can also cast this spell using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level, but does not count as one of your known spells. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell when you cast it with this trait.

When you cast this spell using this trait, the spell's range is touch and the spell can only be used to reduce the size of the target.