The Faerie

A homebrew race option for puckish players

Faerie
H
idden from the sight of common man, the tiny
sprite like Faeries have been the subject of
many tales. Humans warning their children of
playing near lakes least they be drowned by
the tiny sprites of mischief or Elves muttering
in hushed tones of the other worldly
kingdoms of weave born wisps ruled by a
stern monarchy. The diverse spectrum of the fey makes both
these statements to be true and thus the subject of many an
examination.
Mystical Miscreants
Among their peers, faeries choose to appear as they are born,
their “Faerie form”. Tiny humanoids dressed typically in
magic apparel if at all, fluttering in the air with their insect
like wings. In this form, a Faerie normally stands at a height
of 3 to 4 inches and with an appearance usually that of any
other humanoid sans genitals.
Among the other races however, faeries adopt a much taller
form to feed into their desire for puerile pranks, their
“Common form”. Such appearance typically takes after the
young of a certain race like a human, halfling or even a
dragonborn. To communicate more ominous and serious
warnings of impeding doom such as the death of an
important figure however, the fairy with such divining power
will instead adopt the form of an elderly female of said race.
It should be noted that the ability to adopt multiple forms is a
skill typically reserved only for the most powerful fey,
particularly those of great magical power such as the Queens
of the Summer and Gloaming Courts.
Sorcery Savants
The occurrence of Sorcerers among many races are seen as
an unexplained phenomenon however for the faeries, a
lineage said to have been born from magic, the opposite is
more likely to be true. While the potency of faeries do not all
match the level of sorcerers when spellcasting, it is great
enough to allow the faeries the magical ability to facilitate
disguising themselves in a second form for their mischievous
endeavours. This magical potency present in faeries is said to
be their key to long life and nigh ageless appearance,
theoretically outliving even dragons. Unfortunately, the
contradictory life of chaotic mischief and lawful fealty to a
quick to anger matriarch queen from either court makes the
average lifespan of a faerie all the much shorter as they
slowly die from malnourishment upon becoming a Goona or
swift death from the vengeful recipient of a less tasteful
prank.
Faerie Names
Faeries do not possess a surname in the manner common to
other races. The idea of forming any collective beyond that of
their court is perplexing to most, which is the most
prominent reason why few if any known faeries join
adventuring parties. For forenames, faeries usually adopt
them based on their most common target for immature
misdemeanours, an example being a faerie pestering the
Ffolk humans of the Moonshae Islands may adopt the name
Artur of Gennifer. Should a faerie stay predominantly away
from the other races then they typically lend their names
from the child names of the elves.Faeries pay no regard for
gender when bestowing a name, much like lizardfolk,
however they do reserve that privilege of being identified
through a gender for their Court Queens.
Faerie Traits
Despite it forming the basis of their alligence to their
respected queens, Seelie and Unseelie are indistinguishable
from each other and sub-races are more commonly formed
by their region of birth and residence or in one case, their
standing in the eyes of their respective court's Queen.
Regardless of which sub-race, the faeries all share the
following traits:
Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity score increases by
1.
Age: Faeries reach their full maturity after 1 whole year
and can be as old as 2500 without any visual difference
between the two ages. The more practical life expectancy of a
faerie however is really only 10 years old.
Alignment: Faeries that indulge in playing beyond their
kingdom's borders are regarded as highly chaotic in contrast
to their more sheltered feywild dewelling faeries who
maintain their lawfulness before the Queen. Usually, faeries
remain neutral in the axis of good and evil, however most
interpret the Summer Court's Seelie as good and the
Gloaming Court's Unseelie as evil.
Size: The Common Form imitates the young of its chosen
race or its elderly female counterpart. Assume that the size is
Small for young and Medium for elderly female unless
specified in that given race’s information and scale
accordingly.
Speed: The Common Form lends its speed from the
closest race it is trying to mimic. The Faerie form walks 5
feet but flies 45 feet per turn.
Language: A faerie can speak Sylvan and one language of
the player's choice that is appropriate to the race she is
imitating in her Common form.
Common Form: Faeries can transform from their true
“Faerie form” into their “Common form” to facilitate
socialising and tricking the other races using the race
exclusive cantrip "Fey Disguise". As the majority of
adventures require such cross-racial interaction, information
pertaining to the character sheet will assume by default that
the player character is in their Common Form. Choose a race
other than Faerie and establish that as the basis of the
Common Form’s appearance. You do not inherit any of the
racial traits of this Common Form race unless stated
otherwise in the Faerie Traits.
Faerie Form: For calculating the ability scores of the player
character in their Faerie Form, the player’s ability scores are
set like so:
Strength is set to 1.
Dexterity is set to 12.
Constitution is set to 1.
Intelligence is set to 10.
Wisdom is set to 5.
Charisma is set to 14.
Following from calculating Common Form’s Ability Scores,
apply the appropriate ability modifiers to each Faerie Form
Ability Score to get the final total, ensuring that the score
minimum is 1 and score maximum is 20.
For example, if the player charater's Common Form has a
Strength ability score of 14, they have an ability modifier of
+2. Add that +2 to the Faerie form default Strength score of 1
and your final Faerie form Strength ability score is 3, with a
-4 ability modifier.
Fey Disguise
Illusion cantrip
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
You switch between your Common form and
Faerie form in a blink of light with only magical
items changing size with you as you enlarge into
Common or reduce into Faerie.
Ever-burning Iron: Items made from "iron" requires a
difficulty class (DC) 15 Constitution saving throw to safely
handle, forcing you to take 1d4 damage upon failure and will
continue to take damage every turn you are still in contact
with the "iron" item and you will suffer disadvanatage on any
ability checks, saving throws or attack rolls that require the
item's use. If the item in question is one you are proficient in,
the DC is reduced to 10.
Fey Lineage: The eternal playing of fairies derives from
thier inability to sleep, even as a consequence of a magic spell
while they are in Faerie Form. Common form however is
subject to the same resting conditions of the race it pretends
to be.
Aes sith
As a faerie raised in the burrows across the world, you are the
mightest of faeries, fending off insects from your glorious
burrows. Many humanoids marvel over your ferocity that
seems more suiting of a being 20 times your Faerie Form's
stature.
Ability Score Increase: Your Strength and your
Constitution score increases by 1 each.
Darkvision: Fey burrows of which you once may have
called home run deep with networks only inferior to those of
the dwarves. You can see within 60 feet of you as if it were
bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You
cannot discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.
Hawthron Fey
As a faerie raised hidden in hawthrone trees, you are bonded
with a stronger sense of the arcane than your peers with a
greater intelligence from the many druids and wizards that
prune your home for arcane and druidic focuses.
Ability Score Increase: Your Intelligence score increases
by 1.
Faerie Dust: A unique genetic quality of the Hawthorne
Fey is the opening slits for their insect like wings from thier
backs produce miniscule quantites of liquid that can tend to
get trapped and dry up into small clumps, even while they are
in Common Form. Fortunately, the speed fairy wings flap can
be elevated to dislodge this build up and have the fragmented
clumps, colloquially called "faerie dust", descend down on a
target and create magic.
You can cast any one cantrip that has no material
component by fluttering free the dried magic from your
Faerie Form's wings and having the "faerie dust" touch a
surface, creature or other appropriate target. Your
Intelligence acts as your spellcasting abililty. This ability
requires 1 whole day without flying to use again.
Lake Fey
As a faerie hidden in the lakes, the water's reflection and your
attempts to tempt people to it has developed your charm
farther than the other sub-races of the fey.
Ability Score Increase: Your Charisma score increases by
1.
Mastery over charms: You gain advantage on any saving
throws against magic that inflicts conditions onto you, such
as blindness.
Goona
As a faerie that was banished from a court of the feywild, your
outcast status - having been thrust onto the common world -
has developed your intuition to maintain an existence in the
face of adversity from both the harsh world beyond the typical
life of a fey and the faeries that hunt you through it.
Ability Score Increase: Your Wisdom score increases by
2.
Embrace Freedom: Liberated from the gaze of the Queen
as a consequence of your banishment, you decide to make the
most of your circumstance and establish a new life.
You can take a feat at your first level. If your Dungeon
Master does not permit Feats, you will instead be allowed to
increase any one ability score by 2 or any two ability scores by
1.
Faerie Pariah: The cursed life you now live twists any
compassion you earned into cruel torture. Any food you earn
through work, charity or financial transaction will be half as
effective as normal and if your hit points (HP) reaches half its
maximum or lower, you are stuck with level 2 Exhaustion
until your HP recovers.
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