Homebrew Exandrian Kalashtar Species Details

 

The kalashtar are a compound race created from the union of humanity and renegade spirits from the plane of dreams – spirits called quori. Kalashtar are often seen as wise, spiritual people with great compassion for others. But there is an unmistakable alien quality to the kalashtar, as they are haunted by the conflicts of their otherworldly spirits.

In the discovery of the abilities of some of the kalashtar who had been discovered amidst the continents of Exandria, it was only a matter of time before the question was asked:

"...What if..?"

And in the chaos of the Calamity, drastic times gave cause for equally drastic measures. Pulling from the deepest arcane magics, willing participants were subjected to what can only compare to a crude and brutal mockery of the union of the quori and humans that had formed the kalashtar. Few survived, and even fewer were in a state of being that could even be considered living. And in what can only be seen as a form of divine mercy, none of either the kalashtar hybrids or their creators survived to see the time post-Divergence.

In the centuries since the Divergence, archivists of the Cobalt Soul have unearthed various records from the Age of Arcanum leading up to the Calamity, including records of kalashtar peoples across Exandria. As the Cobalt Soul knows already however, next to no life survived outside the walls of Vasselheim and according to existing records, kalashtar lived what equated to the length of normal human lives.

But history has a way of repeating itself, and it is only a matter of time before someone asks the question again.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Exandrian Kalashtar Traits

These are the features that your character will have access to in being bonded to a quori:

Ability Score Increase

 

The union of the quori spirit and the soul of the physical being causes many changes in the process of the bond.

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

 

Age

 

Despite bonding to a quori, the body does not gain any extensions to its lifespan, and will age at the same rate as others of their race. 

Exandrian Kalashtar age at the same rate as their physical source race.

 

Alignment

 

The noble spirit tied to natural-bonded kalashtar drives it toward lawful and good behavior. Most kalashtar combine strong self-discipline with compassion for all beings, but some kalashtar resist the virtuous influence of their spirit. It cannot be said to what effect this carries over to bonded races other than humans

Dual Mind

 

You have advantage on all Wisdom saving throws.

 
 

Mental Discipline

 

You have resistance to psychic damage.

Mind Link

 

You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see, provided the creature is within a number of feet of you equal to 10 times your level. You don't need to share a language with the creature for it to understand your telepathic utterances, but the creature must be able to understand at least one language.

When you're using this trait to speak telepathically to a creature, you can use your action to give that creature the ability to speak telepathically with you for 1 hour or until you end this effect as an action. To use this ability, the creature must be able to see you and must be within this trait's range. You can give this ability to only one creature at a time; giving it to a creature takes it away from another creature who has it.

Severed from Dreams

 

Kalashtar sleep, but they don't connect to the plane of dreams as other creatures do. Instead, their minds draw from the memories of their otherworldly spirit while they sleep. As such, you are immune to spells and other magical effects that require you to dream, like Dream, but not to spells and other magical effects that put you to sleep, like Sleep.

Languages

 

You can speak, read, and write Common, Quori, your racial inherent language, and one other language of your choice.

 
 
 
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