Monday, August 9, 2021

Half- Alicorn - New D&D 5e Race

I'm getting ready to start running my first 5e D&D campaign for my family, and my daughter asked if she could play an "Alicorn Girl" (think My Little Pony Equestria Girls as her inspiration). So I put this "Half-Alicorn" race for her to play. If anyone else shares her interest, feel free to pull from it. Enjoy!

Half-Alicorn


Alicorns are unique and powerful magical creatures that demonstrate a combining of pegasus and unicorn. However, while Alicorns share traits of both creatures, they are distinct from either in one important way: they are fully realized sentient creatures like dragons, demons, and celestials. As such Alicorns have been known to change forms and develop relationships with mortal races leading to a very unique form of offspring. These half-alicorns bear great power and mercurial natures that tend to drive them towards a life of adventure and companions who share their outlook on life. 


Magic Personified


Half-alicorns seem to be born with a concentrated level of their Alicorn parent coursing through their blood. They can see the magical energies at work in all aspects of life, and can reach out to harness that magic. Their connection to magic also calls them to protect it, leading to many half-alicorns becoming adventurers seeking to protect the balance of magic in the world. Because of their arcane lineage, many half-alicorns become Sorcerers with their natural Wild Magic as their Sorcerous Origins.


Outstanding traits

Half-Alicorns tend to be anything but subtle. From their personalities to their physical traits, these beings stand out in a crowd. When it comes to emotions and personalities, half-alicorns do not shy away from letting others know exactly how they are feeling and what they are thinking. Half-alicorns come in many shapes and colors, but most tend to have athletic builds and skin and hair tones of bright colors. This is the first indication that they present at birth of their arcane heritage. At some point in their development, the half-alicorn begins to sprout feathered wings from their back, and single horns of varying textures (spiraled, smooth, velvety, course, etc.) from their foreheads. 


Half-Alicorn Names


Alicorns tend to go by whimsical and nature based names that reflect their personalities and interests, and often their offspring are named using similar conventions. However, it’s just as common for the half-alicorn to be named after it’s mortal parent. Most Alicorn based names are non-gender based and could be applied to either male or female. 


Names. Moonlight Shine, Sunbeam Dazzler, Forest Ranger, Stormfront, Guardian Gold, Aqua Caster, Midnight, Thunderhead


Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2.


Age. Half-alicorns age at a similar rate to humans, with their more obvious traits of wings and horn developing around the same age as human adolescents.


Alignment. The magical nature of these beings has a big impact on how they see the world. They have an affinity towards good alignments through their tendency to see beauty in everything they encounter and a desire to protect that beauty. This same tendency though causes them to balk at oppressive laws that stifle their creative spark, leaning them more towards chaos.


Size. Half-Alicorns tend to be the same size as humans, though that might vary depending on the parentage. You are a Medium sized creature.


Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.


Magical Creature. Being born of highly magical blood, Half-alicorns develop a natural affinity for magic. You gain proficiency in Arcana as a skill. In addition, you have the ability to recognize magic at work and do not need to have detect magic active to determine if an item has magical properties. 


Innate Arcane Power. At first level, you know the cantrip Prestidigitation. At 3rd level, 7th level, and 11th level, you gain one additional cantrip of your choosing from the sorcerer’s spell list. Starting at 15th level, you gain the ability to cast one first level sorcerer spell once per day (or one additional 1st level spell slot if you already have the ability to cast 1st level spells). Select one known 1st level spell from the sorcerer's spell list at 15th level and a second 1st level spell from the sorcerer's spell list at 20th level (or add additional known spells if you already know 1st level spells). Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells. Your horn is a natural conduit for magic and may be used as your spellcasting focus.


Magically Resilient. Magical energies flow around you like water over a duck. You have advantage on savings throws against magical effects.


Winged Flight. Your wings are functional and allow you to fly at your base speed.


Languages. You speak Common and one other language of your choice to represent your mortal parentage.


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