Homebrew Bender Species Details

Bender Traits

When selecting this variant human race, take these traits instead of those listed in the Player's Handbook.

Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 1.

Age. Like other humans, benders reach adulthood in their late teens and generally live less than a century. There are a few notable exceptions, such as Avatar Kyoshi, who lived to the age of 230.

Alignment. Benders are as varied as other humans, with no particular trend towards a specific alignment. There are stereotypes that people of the Earth Kingdom are rigid and lawful, or that Air Nomads are nothing but free spirits, but these are more assumptions than anything else.

Size. Benders and non-benders are physically indistinguishable, and vary greatly in size and stature. Most humans generally grow to between 5 and 6 feet tall, though exceptions exist.

Speed. You have a base walking speed of 30 feet.

Skill Versatility. You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.

Elemental Spellcasting. You have the ability to cast spells based on your elemental subrace. The Bending Spells Table shows how many spell slots you have. The table also shows what the level of those slots is; all of your spell slots are the same level. To cast one of your bending spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a spell slot. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a short or long rest.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common.

Subrace. There are four subraces of elemental benders, one for each of the primal elements: earth, fire, air, and water. Choose one of these subraces.

Bender Traits

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Skill versatility

You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.

Ability Score Increase

Your ability scores each increase by 1.

Age

Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Size

Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.