Homebrew Draenei Species Details

Spiritual Exiles

Long before the fallen titan Sargeras unleashed the Legion on Azeroth, he conquered the world of Argus and its inhabitants, the eredar. Believing that this gifted race would be crucial in his quest to undo all of creation, Sargeras contacted the eredar’s leaders – Kil’jaeden, Archimonde, and Velen, offering them knowledge and power in exchange for their loyalty. Only Velen abstained, for he had seen a vision. In it, his people were transformed into demons; members of Sargeras’ Burning Legion, a growing army of unspeakable evil. With the aid of the benevolent naaru, Velen gathered like-minded eredar and escaped Argus. These renegades would call themselves the draenei, or “exiled ones.”

Hunted Across The Stars

Kil’jaeden, infuriated by the draenei’s flight from Argus and their refusal of Sargeras’ offer, led the Legion’s armies in pursuit of his former people throughout the cosmos. But the draenei eluded their hunters, discovering sanctuary on a remote world that they would name Draenor. There, the draenei developed an extraordinary society and coexisted peacefully with the shamanistic orcs native to the planet Draenor. Kil’jaeden eventually found Draenor and corrupted the noble orcs into a single, bloodthirsty force: the Horde. Blinded by rage, the Horde slaughtered most of the draenei race and forced any survivors into hiding, in a hideous genocide that decimated the population. Years later, the shaman Ner’zhul opened magical portals throughout Draenor, and the resulting energies shattered the dying world.

Final Flight

Draenor—renamed Outland after its reality was shattered— devolved into a battleground among the Burning Legion and other factions vying for control of the ruined landscape. To escape the chaos, Velen and a number of his followers commandeered a dimensional fortressnamed the Exodar. In search of new allies, the draenei left Outland. However, the blood elves had sabotaged the Exodar’s engines, and the draenei ultimately crash-landed on the world of Azeroth, where they pledged their loyalty to the Alliance. Together with their new allies, Velen and his refugees returned to Outland and defeated their demonic rivals. But Velen had another vision: a coming war between the forces of light and darkness. The draenei stood amongst the greatest heroes of the Horde and Alliance as the dark titan Sargeras staged his final invasion of Azeroth, and Velen and his forces were instrumental in the counter-invasion of Argus. Today, they stand against the forces of darkness on Azeroth, and will fight-and die, for the causes of justice with their allies in the Alliance.

Appearance

Draenei are a tall, heavily built, imposing race. They boast heights of up to 8 feet, and builds of corded muscle, leading to a weight sometimes up to several hundred pounds. They tend to have deep blue to paler, whiter tones of skin, which tends to lighten as they age. Males have a hard, fan-like forehead plate and facial tendrils which may protude from a beard, and females trade the hard plated head of males for a pair of horns which curl and twist to the side or around their head. Both genders have backwards-curving legs, similar to a goat's hind legs, and a tail which helps balance their frames.

Draenei Traits

Draenei share certain racial traits given to them upon their renewal by the naaru.

Ability Score Increase (Stat swap Wis - Int and Cha - Wis)

Your Intelligence increases by 2, and your Wisdom increases by 1.

Age

Draenei mature slightly slower than humans, reaching adulthood in their early 20's, and can live to extraordinarily ages, often exceeding the longest lived of the elves

Alignment

Draenei tend to hold a strong sense of righteousness and share common values across their societies, however their tendency to follow strong leaders does not always lead them towards good alignments. Most draenei would fall under the category of lawful-good.

Size

Draenei are between 7 and 8 feet tall and broadly built. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Draenei. Draenei is a derivative of Eredun, the language of most demons and thus it is very easily confused by the uninitiated.

Gift of the Naaru

You know the light cantrip. When you cast it, you may target your rune as the point of origin for the spell. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast healing word as a 2nd level spell once using this feature, and regain the ability to do so when you complete a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast lesser restoration once using this feature and regain the ability to do so when you complete a long rest.

Shadow Resistance

Draenei are innoculated against dark energy. You are resistant to necrotic damage.

Steadfast in The Light

Whenever you, or a friendly creature within 60 feet of you becomes frightened, you can use an action to end that condition. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier. You regain expended uses after completing a long rest

Artificer Society

All draenei children are taught some of the rudimentary skills of artificing. You gain proficiency in one of either jeweler's tools, tinker's tools, or smith's tools.