Homebrew Corrupted one Species Details

“I have never imagined such beauty existed,” Goldmoon said softly. The day’s march had been difficult, but the reward at the end was beyond their dreams. The companions stood on a high cliff over the fabled city of Qualinost.

Four slender spires rose from the city’s corners like glistening spindles, their brilliant white stone marbled with shining silver. Graceful arches, swooping from spire to spire, soared through the air. Crafted by ancient dwarven metalsmiths, they were strong enough to hold the weight of an army, yet they appeared so delicate that a bird lighting on them might overthrow the balance. These glistening arches were the city’s only boundaries; there was no wall around Qualinost. The elven city opened its arms lovingly to the wilderness. As they were taking in this beautiful scene from the centre of the city came a terrible scream and a cloud of purple smoke that consumed and destroyed everything it touched the city was destroyed in seconds.

— Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Dragons of Autumn Twilight

Elves are a magical people of otherworldly grace, living in the world but not entirely part of it. They live in places of ethereal beauty, in the midst of ancient forests or in silvery spires glittering with faerie light, where soft music drifts through the air and gentle fragrances waft on the breeze. Elves love nature and magic, art and artistry, music and poetry, and the good things of the world. Sometimes on the brink of death other worldly beings offer to keep them alive but the gift of life comes at a cost it corrupts their soul and even the ones who stop the corruption are always in danger of a relapse

Corruption

With their unearthly origins the corrupted ones can corrupt others the more they corrupt the more of their own soul gets corrupted they are also immortal this gives them  a timeless perspective and any set backs are only temporary and of no importance because unlike it, they have limited time.

Corrupted ones can live forever giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are more often amused than excited, and more likely to be curious than greedy. They tend to remain aloof and unfazed by petty happenstance. They never forget their enemies and the more they disobey the corrupted one  the even slower their death is. They reply to petty insults with disdain and to serious insults with vengeance.

 

Corrupted one Traits

Your Corrupted one character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of thousands of years of pain.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.

Size

Your uncorrupted form is medium but as your corrupted side grows stronger you grow bigger.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

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.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Languages

You can understand common and speak Elvish, Draconic and Abyssal.