Ancestry

Written By SulfuricAcid

Migration Ancestries: Those who were once in a land far far from Delta which now call the continent home. A millenia ago a portal opened and these groups poured out into the world below, with only their knowledge of iron forging and the blessing of the Divine they forged their own Empires and charged into the wild storm of Til

  • Human: The most widespread and fecund of the ancestries in this region they have incorporated a myriad of other ancestries from the Old World to their conglomeration of genetics. They have many families which incorporate heritage and rarely stay out of power for long

    • Ability Score: Increase any 3 different Ability Scores by +1 

    • Age: Matures around 20, lives to 70 years on average

    • Size: Medium

    • Type: Humanoid

    • Speed: 8m

    • Features: Mixed Heritage - Pick any 1 Options below; Optionally: You can reduce your Ability Score Increase by 1 to select a different ability from your original selection (you can do this 2 times)

      • Stone Dwarf Heritage - You gain Resistance to Poison Damage

      • Glass Dwarf Heritage - You gain 8m of Low Light Vision

      • Air Dwarf Heritage - You gain 2m of Movement when you use the Dash Action

      • High Elf Heritage - You gain access to the Arcane Cantrips (Light, Prestidigitation, and Mending) and can cast them at will. They utilize your Intelligence Modifier

      • Deep Elf Heritage - You gain access to the Arcane Cantrips (Message, Mold Earth, and Shape Water) and can cast them at will. They utilize your Intelligence Modifier

      • Ancient Elf Heritage - You gain access to the Arcane Cantrips (Dancing Lights, Ray of Frost, and Minor Illusion) and can cast them at will. They utilize your Intelligence Modifier

      • Deep Orc Heritage - You gain 4m of Darkvision

      • Tusked Orc Heritage - Once per Turn you can choose to deal additional Damage with a Melee (or Throwing) Attack equal to your Proficiency Bonus

      • Mountain Orc Heritage - You gain 2m of Movement when you use the Dash Action

      • Elven Meditation - You only require 4 hours of simple Meditation to complete a Long Rest

  • Dwarf: This stout race is stronger than most and regularly display their ability to accumulate knowledge and enhance the learning of their ancestors. They regularly conglomerate within mountainous and hilly terrain while their brethren form great armies and kingdoms around them

    • Ability Score: +1 to Strength or Wisdom

    • Age: Matures around 25, lives to 120 years on average

    • Size: Medium

    • Type: Humanoid

    • Speed: 8m

    • Features: Dwarf Sight and 1 of your choice

      • Dwarf Sight - Low Light Vision: 8m

      • Hill Dwarf Toughness - You gain +1 Maximum HP per Character Level

      • Mountain Dwarf Blood - You gain Resistance to Poison Damage and have Advantage on all Saves against Poison

      • Arctic Dwarf Beards - You gain Resistance to Cold Damage and do not suffer the consequences of being cold unless under extreme conditions

  • Orc

    • Ability Score: +1 to Constitution or Strength

    • Age: Matures around 15, lives to 55 years on average

    • Size: Medium

    • Type: Humanoid

    • Speed: 8m

    • Features: Orcish Aggression or Fury (your choice) and 1 other of your choice

      • Orcish Aggression - You can utilize your Bonus Action to take the Dash Action

      • Orcish Fury - Once per turn when you deal Damage with a Weapon you deal additional Damage equal to your Proficiency Bonus

      • Desert Orc Tusks - You gain Proficiency with Intimidation Checks

      • Coastal Orc Eyelids - You gain Proficiency with Perception Checks

  • Halfling

    • Ability Score: +1 to Dexterity or Charisma

    • Age: Matures around 30, lives to 100 years on average

    • Size: Small 

    • Type: Humanoid

    • Speed: 8m

    • Features: Swift Feet and 1 of your choice

      • Swift Feet - You can move through all Creatures of a Size Larger than you though it is a normal space and can take the Hide Action behind the same Creatures

      • Forest Halflings Resistance - You have Advantage on all Mental (Charisma/Intelligence/Wisdom) Saves against Magical Effects

      • Plains Halfling Luck - Whenever you roll a Natural 1 (and are not effected by Advantage or Disadvantage) you can reroll it and must take the new roll

      • Jungle Halflings Arcana - You gain the Mending and Minor Illusion Cantrips, utilizing your Intelligence Modifier for this inherent magic

Western Ancestry: Those which have long since inhabited the Delta and the areas around it, which have had a myriad of responses to the recent migrations from the other world. They have existed for millenia and are willing to fight for their brethren

  • Goblins

    • Ability Score: +1 to Dexterity or Intelligence 

    • Age: Matures around 15, lives to 40 years on average

    • Size: Medium

    • Type: Humanoid

    • Speed: 8m

    • Features: Fast Step and one of your Choice

      • Fast Step (Bonus Action) - You can take the Dash or Hide Action with this Bonus Action

      • Swamp Step - You can use your Fast Step to Disengage or Dodge and your Dash allows you to move another 2m

      • River Fury - When you damage a creature and the creature's size is Small or Larger, you can choose to deal extra damage to the creature equal to your Character Level. You can use this ability an amount equal to your Proficiency Bonus per Long Rest

      • Camouflaged Skin - You gain Proficiency with Stealth

  • Hobgoblins

    • Ability Score: +1 to Constitution or Intelligence 

    • Age: Matures around 20, lives to 60 years on average

    • Size: Medium

    • Type: Humanoid

    • Speed: 8m

    • Features: Poison Resistance and one of your Choice

      • Poison Resistance - You gain Resistance to Poison Damage and have Advantage on all Saves against Poison

      • Hobgoblin Toughness - You gain +1 Maximum HP per Character Level

      • Plains Athlete - You gain 6m of Swimming Speed and 2m of Movement Speed

      • Coastal Spellcasting - You gain access to the Booming Blade and Shape Water Cantrips as well as the 1st Level Spell Absorb Elements. Plus the 2nd Level Spell Shadow Blade when you reach Character Level 3. These Spells use your Intelligence Modifier for its Spell Save DC. You can cast both of these Spells once per Short Rest

  • Tritons

    • Triton

      • Ability Score: +1 to Dexterity or Intelligence 

      • Age: Matures around 30, lives to 100 years on average

      • Size: Medium

      • Type: Humanoid

      • Speed: 8m

      • Features: Amphibious and one of your Choice

        • Amphibious - You can breathe air and water and have a Swimming Speed equal to (your Movement Speed + 2m)

        • Aquan Eyes - Darkvision: 10m (When underwater)

        • Tropical Interlocutor - You have an inherent knowledge Ocean Speech, which allows you to communicate basic ideas and feelings with animals that live underwater

        • Arctic Blubber - You gain Resistance to Cold Damage

Reptillian Ancestry: Those of either the great lizards known as Dragons or the inferior lizards which became known as Reptillians

  • Dragonkin

    • Choose a Color of Dragon that you descend from, gaining an inclination towards that element. With even the lesser Dragonkin having slight inclinations towards their mother element

      • Red - Fire (Dexterity)

      • Blue - Lightning (Dexterity)

      • Green - Poison (Constitution)

      • Black - Acid (Constitution)

      • White - Cold (Constitution) 

    • Ability Score: +1 to Constitution or Charisma

    • Age: Matures around 10, lives to 70 years on average

    • Size: Medium

    • Type: Humanoid

    • Speed: 8m

    • Features:

      • Armored

        • Dragon’s Breath - Once per Short Rest you can use your Action to spray elemental breath that resonates with your Color. Whenever you do so you can choose whether to spray forward in a 8m line or in a 4m Cone. All Creatures in this area must make a Save (DC equal to 12 + your Constitution Modifier) of all targets within range that Deals 2d6 Damage. The Damage increases to 3d6 at Character Level 4, 4d6 at Level 7, and 5d6 at Level 10

        • Dragon Armor - When not wearing Armor your Base AC is 13

        • Scale Resistance - You gain Resistance to your Color’s Damage Type 

      • Chromatic

        • Dragon’s Breath - Once per Short Rest you can use your Action to spray elemental breath that resonates with your Color. Whenever you do so you can choose whether to spray forward in a 8m line or in a 4m Cone. All Creatures in this area must make a Save (DC equal to 12 + your Charisma Modifier) of all targets within range that Deals 2d6 Damage. The Damage increases to 3d6 at Character Level 4, 4d6 at Level 7, and 5d6 at Level 10

        • Dragon’s Spellcasting

          • You gain access an Arcane Cantrip and Arcane 1st Level Spell (from the Wizard’s Spell List) that can be cast once per Long Rest

        • Low Light Vision - 8m 

      • Kobold

        • Low Light Vision - 8m 

        • Soft Feet - You gain Proficiency with Stealth

        • Small Form - Your Size is reduced to Small and your Movement Speed is decreased to 8m

      • Wyvernite

        • Enhanced Scale Resistance - You gain Resistance to your Color’s Damage Type and Thunder Damage

        • Draconic Toughness - You gain +2 Maximum HP per Character Level

        • Drake Minded - Your Intelligence Score increases by +1

  • Reptilian

    • Ability Score: +1 to Constitution or Dexterity 

    • Age: Matures around 10, lives to 40 years on average

    • Size: Medium

    • Type: Humanoid

    • Speed: 8m

    • Features:

      • Crokodillians

        • Reptilian Toughness - You gain +2 Maximum HP per Character Level

        • Jaw Strike - As a Bonus Action, you can make a Bite Attack against an adjacent Creature using your Strength Modifier and Proficiency Bonus. This Attack deals 1d6 Damage and you gain Shielding equal to your Proficiency Bonus

      • Lizites

        • Resilient Scales - You gain Resistance to Acid and Poison Damage

        • Camouflaged - When you take the Hide Action you have Advantage on your Roll. In addition, if you’ve been standing still for 1 minute or longer all Perception Checks against seeing you are rolled with Disadvantage

      • Testudons

        • Testudo Armor - When not wearing Armor your Base AC is 13

        • Amphibious - You can breathe air and water and gain a Swimming Speed equal to your Movement Speed 

      • Vipzaks

        • Venomous Bite - When you make an Unarmed Attack you can choose to bite down with your fangs. The Attack and Damage Rolls are the same as your Unarmed Strike but you deal an additional 1d4 Poison Damage on a hit. This increases by 1d4 at Character Levels 5, 9, and 12

        • Viper’s Spellcasting - You gain access to the Poison Spray Cantrip and the Spells Suggestion and Ray of Sickness, which use your Constitution Modifier and Proficiency Bonus for the sake of calculating Attack Rolls and Saving Throws. Whenever you deal Damage by Casting in this way you deal additional Damage equal to your Venomous Bite bonus Damage. You can cast each Spell once per Short Rest

  • Changed Ancestries: These creatures have been changed by magic, either through an action of their own or because of an ancestor, regardless of their ancestry (with some exceptions). These natural creatures have been overtaken by their associated magical contamination and transform in noticeable ways, normally through their skin, eyes, and voice.

    • Aasimar (Divine Realm’s Influence)

      • Ability Score: +1 to Charisma or Strength

      • Age: Matures around 20, lives to 80 years on average

      • Size: Medium

      • Type: Humanoid

      • Speed: 8m

      • Features: Divine Form and 1 other of your Choice

        • Divine Form - You gain Resistance to Necrotic or Radiant Damage (your choice)

        • Healing Touch - Once per Short Rest you can use your Action to Touch a Creature and grant them HP equal to a number of d10 equal to your Proficiency Bonus + 5

        • Otherworldly Voice - You gain Proficiency with Deception, Intimidation, or Persuasion Checks  (your choice)

        • Light Sight - Darkvision: 8m

    • Beastman (Ancient Realm’s Influence)

      • Ability Score: +1 to Dexterity or Strength

      • Age: Matures around 30, lives to 100 years on average

      • Size: Medium

      • Type: Humanoid

      • Speed: 8m

      • Features: Animalistic Vision and 2 others of your choice

        • Animalistic Vision: Low Light Vision - 8m

        • Amphibious - You can breathe air and water and have a Swimming Speed equal to (your Movement Speed + 2m)

        • Flight - You gain a an 8m Flying Speed when not wearing Medium or Heavy Armor and wielding anything with the Heavy Property

          •  Thin Bones - You gain Vulnerability to Bludgeoning Damage: When selecting this Feature your bones lighten to allow you to fly, but force you to handle the powerful blows of enemies with bludgeoning attacks

        • Forest Step - If you have not moved this turn you can use your Bonus Action to turn invisible until the start of your next turn by gathering natural magic around you. This also reduces your Movement Speed to 0 this turn

        • Nymph Hiding - You can Disengage or Hide as a Bonus Action and gain Proficiency with Stealth

        • Strengthened Legs - Your High Jump and Long Jump distances increase by 2m

    • Genasi (Primordial Influence)

      • Ability Score: +1 to Constitution

      • Age: Matures around 20, lives to 80 years on average

      • Size: Medium

      • Type: Humanoid

      • Speed: 8m

      • Features: Primordial Resistance and 1 of your Choice (from the pair of option based on whichever subtype you select)

        • Primordial Resistance - Your magical connection to the inherent elements on Til grants you strength against your element [Air (Thunder), Earth (Lightning), Water (Fire), Fire (Cold)]

        • Air

          • Air Walk - Once per Short Rest you can use your Action to gather mist around you, slowly lifting you off the ground. For 1 Hour you gain a Flying Speed of 6m however you cannot fly more than 8m above the ground

          • Unending Breath - You don’t need to breath for up to 8 Hours by utilizing the air inside of your body

        • Earth

          • Earth Armor - You have a naturally resistant skin, every time you finish a Long Rest you gain Shielding equal to 2d6 + your Constitution Modifier

          • Merge with Stone - You can move inside Earth or Stone that you can touch as a Bonus Action, while doing so you have 1m of Movement Speed and during this period you are treated as an object and cannot be seen except for magical means if you aren’t moving. You can do this for up to 1 Hour at a time and do not need to breathe while doing so

        • Fire

          • Backlit Eyes - Low Light Vision: 8m 

          • Blaze Touch - You can touch flammable objects and ignite them using your Action, You also gain the Firebolt Cantrip and once per day can cast Call Fire as if it’s 1st Level Wizard Spell for you. The Damage for Call Fire increases by 1d6 at every odd Character Level, up to 8d6 at 11th Level

        • Water

          • Diluting Skin - You have Resistance to Acid and Poison Damage

          • Amphibious - You can breathe air and water and gain a Swimming Speed equal to your Movement Speed 

    • Goliath (Jotun Influence)

      • Ability Score: +1 to Strength or Wisdom

      • Age: Matures around 20, lives to 80 years on average

      • Size: Medium

      • Type: Humanoid

      • Speed: 8m

      • Features: Natural Athlete and once of your Choice

        • Natural Athlete - You gain Proficiency with Athletics 

        • Cloud Jotun Step - You can Disengage or Dodge using a Bonus Action, and you gain 2m of Movement Speed

        • Traditional Skin - You gain Resistance to a Damage Type of your choice (based on your ancestry)

          • Fire Giant (Fire), Stone (Cold), Storm (Lightning), or Hill (Thunder)

        • Hill Jotun Endurance - Once per Short Rest when you take Damage you can use your Reaction to reduce the Damage by 2d12

    • Warped (Deep Realm Influence)

      • Ability Score: +1 to Charisma or Intelligence 

      • Age: Matures around 20, lives to 60 years on average

      • Size: Medium

      • Type: Humanoid

      • Speed: 8m

      • Features: Void Eyes and one of your Choice

        • Void Eyes - Low Light Vision: 8m 

        • Natural Analysis - You gain Proficiency with Insight

        • Sleeper Connection - You can communicate to a Creature of your choice within 4m that you can see telepathically and it can in turn respond to you. You can also designate this Creature as your “Companion”, they can then communicate in this manner regardless of if you are in sight of each other and it now has a range of 1km. This effect lasts for up to 1 Hour, or until you reuse this ability

        • Psionic Shield - You have Resistance to Psychic Damage

    • Tiefling (Infernal Realm Influence)

      • Ability Score: +1 to Charisma or Dexterity

      • Age: Matures around 20, lives to 80 years on average

      • Size: Medium

      • Type: Humanoid

      • Speed: 8m

      • Features: Infernal Eyes and one of your choice

        • Hellish Anger - Once per Long Rest when you are hit by an Attack you can use your Reaction to deal Fire or Cold Damage (your choice on selecting this Ancestry) to your Attacker. This deals Damage equal to a number of d10s equal to twice your Proficiency Bonus

        • Horn Strike - Your horns have grown in a way conducive to combat, their form reinforced by infernal energy. Whenever you make a Melee Attack Roll you can utilize your Horns instead. This utilizes your Strength Modifier and deals 1d10 + your Strength Modifier in Damage. On a hit the target’s Movement Speed is reduced by 2m (once per turn per creature). If you used your Action to make Melee Attacks you can use a Bonus Action to make a Horn Strike

        • Demonic Skin - You gain Resistance to Fire, Cold, or Poison Damage (select 2 of your choice)

        • Demonic Scales - You gain +2 Maximum HP per Level

Magical Ancestries: These creatures are exceedingly rare but occasionally arrive in the Delta under specific conditions or when a rare type of magic interacts with the world around it. Limit: One Character per Campaign can select these Ancestries

  • Plantoids

    • Ability Score: +1 to Strength or Wisdom

    • Age: Matures around 1, lives to 30 years on average

    • Size: Medium

    • Type: Plant

    • Speed: 6m

      • Plant Anatomy and 2 others below:

        • Plant Anatomy - You are immune to Non-magical Diseases and to being put to Sleep by Magical means. In addition, you do not need to Eat, Drink, or Breathe but must “Hold your Breath” as normal if underwater

        • Barkborne - You gain +1 Maximum HP per Character Level and have a Base AC of 13 (but cannot equip Armor)

        • Regeneration - When you take a Short Rest you gain Shielding equal to (2 x your Proficiency Bonus) which stacks on any other Shielding

        • Resilient - You have Advantage on all Constitution Saving Throws

        • Photosynthesis - You only require 4 hours of being Motionless to complete a Long Rest, however you can only do this if you’ve spent at least 4 hours in the sun that day

        • Swaying Weed - You have Advantage on all Dexterity and Strength Saving Throws as you sway around incoming attacks 

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