D&D Homebrew

D&D homebrew resources for players and dungeon masters
from Jeffrey the 20-sided Philosopher〜

Species | Magic Items | Spells | House Rules

 

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Species

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✦Fairy✦

Proud and extravagant, Fairies frequent the Seelie Court and cities of the Feywild, caring little for the doings of mortal beings, but for the most curious and restless of individuals.

Species Traits
Infused with the magic of the Feywild, fairies resemble diminutive elves with gossamer wings like those of dragonflies or butterflies.

Ability Score Increases
Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
Due to your Tiny size, your Strength score decreases by 2.
Your Charisma, Wisdom, or Intelligence score increases by 1.

Creature Type
You are a Fey.
You can be effected by spells that target Fey creatures: such as Detect/Dispel/Protection from Evil and Good, etc. In addition, a Banishment spell may send you to the Feywild and possibly strand you there.

Age
Fairies have a life span of several hundred years old.

Size
Fairies average around 2 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Tiny.
You can only use weapons with the Light property effectively. 1d4 weapons are one-handed, and 1d6 weapons become two-handed for you. (Trying to use non-Light weapons incurs disadvantage, and Heavy weapons can't be used at all.)
You can move through the space of a creature Medium or larger as Difficult Terrain (and they can move through your space as well).

Speed
Your base walking speed is 20 feet.

Flight
Because of your wings, you have a flying speed of 30 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Faerie Sight
Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light.

Faerie Magic
You know the Prestidigitation cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Dancing Lights cantrip without components at will. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the Invisibility spell on yourself without components once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a short rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Fey Resistance
You have advantage on saves against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

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

 

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Magic Items

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Folding Floating Disk

Wondrous Item, rare

By taking a Magic action, this folded, translucent silk cloth opens to create a circular, horizontal plane of force, 3 feet in diameter and 1 inch thick, that floats 3 feet above the ground until you take a Magic action to grasp the edge and fold it up again. The disk can hold up to 500 pounds. If more weight is placed on it, the cloth collapses and everything on the disk falls to the ground.

The disk is immobile while you are within 20 feet of it. If you move more than 20 feet away from it, the disk follows you so that it remains within 20 feet of you. It can move across uneven terrain, up or down stairs, slopes and the like, but it can’t cross an elevation change of 10 feet or more. For example, the disk can’t move across a 10-foot-deep pit, nor could it leave such a pit if it was unfolded at the bottom.

 

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Spells

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Gender Transformation

1st-level Transmutation

• Casting Time:  1 Action (Ritual)
• Range:  Touch
• Components:  V, S
• Duration:  24 Hours
• Save:  WIS Save
• Effect:  Shapechanging, Special

With a touch, you change the physical gender of a willing humanoid creature as desired. The transformation lasts for the duration or until the target dies. If you cast this spell on the same target every day for 365 days, the change becomes permanent and cannot be detected or dispelled, even after death.

Available for spellcasters of any class or subclass

 

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House Rules

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Combat

• Guarded Movement:  In combat, you can take 5 ft of movement to shift position without provoking opportunity attacks, provided it is the only movement you take that turn (and you are not immobilized in some way).

 

• Weapon Mastery Properties:  Choose Weapon Masteries normally according to your 5.5e 2024 class options. Their effects trigger on a critical hit or a successful attack roll that had advantage (such as Sneak Attack). When triggered, you can apply any one of the properties that could reasonably be appropriate for the weapon type (no Cleaves from blunt weapons and no Topples from small weapons, etc).

 

• Familiars:  All familiars are allowed to attack following the stats and abilities in their normal creature statblock. They can act just before, during, or after the controlling player's turn.

Magic

• Arcane Focus:  If you are using an arcane focus to channel your magic through, casting spells requires no costly or mundane material components other than their stated targets. Your arcane focus must be in hand or worn as an integrated part of your gear or adornment (not stowed away). An arcane focus must first be attuned once before using by rolling a d20 with a result equal to or less than your Spell Save DC. It does not count towards your maximum number of attuned magic items.

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