Ancestry

Custom Ancestries/Races & reworked Ancestries/Races for D&D 5e!

Custom Ancestry/RaceDescription
AethusMortals formed from magic itself, with no home or history to call their owns.
AraigSpiderfolk occupying lost underground cities, holding a deep fascination for surface dwellers.
ChitinHumanoid fungi with an appetite towards the dead and undead.
DoppelOoze-clones of folks gone missing, at times unaware of their fake identity.
DryadPlant-folks with various environmental origins, as varied as nature itself.
DullahanHumanoids remade by the fey, capable of detaching their own heads!
DynastesMonstrous folk driven to protect others, with bodies reflecting their ancestral biomes.
ErudeyeIndividuals cursed by forbidden knowledge, their forms twisted to reflect their curiosity.
FruyFruits given life and whimsy to wander the world that grew them.
KrystlFolks imbued with magic from the plane of Order, their body transmuted with eternal crystals.
Make-BelieveToy-like people brought to life, perhaps by the innocent wonder of their owners.
MelusineDescendants of medusas, their sight still wielding a portion of paralyzing potency.
MerFish-folk split across deep oceans and the coasts, their faith for a rebuilt home unbreakable.
NocturnalPeople graced by the magic of the night, their bodies cloaked in layers of shadows.
RevenantSouls reborn through their rejection to death, having remade a body for themselves after their own is long gone.
SomniaFolks feasting off the dreams of those around them, having been born from the imagination of the aberrant.
SpartoiPeople with skin of stone, blood clear as water, and a craving for fame.
WhisperFormed through the coalesced essence of the recently dead, given a new life to live.
WyvernDragon-folk with winged arms and venomous tails, soaring the skies like their draconic kin.
Re-Imagined Ancestry/RaceDescription
ChangelingAntithesis to krystls, harnessing the essence of the plane of Change.
ElisMortals imbued with a spark of Creation.
DrakeThe middle-child of the draconic trio, with scales strong and glistening like metal.
DwarfChildren of metal, cursed and banished by their giant-kin millenias ago.
GnomeRemade with a curdling curse from the Fey, their types based on how they diminish this curse.
KurSpawns unfortunate to be vessels for the ink of Destruction.
MustelHalflings given mustelid traits, giving them a tiny sasquatch look!
OniDescendants of giants long banished to the realm of humanoids.
OrcTusked and grizzled, defined by their cursed regenerative factor.
WyrmThe runts of the draconic trio, their scales sparkling like gems.