PhoenixPhyre
2022-08-20, 07:27 PM
The goal is for these to become "lineage" features in my racial overhaul. Each race gets one of these "major" features (with potentially more of them) as well as several "minor" passive features worth about half as much each (including things like darkvision, resistances, etc). So I'd prefer if all of these are roughly on par with each other. Wording isn't formalized yet.
Desperate Plea: When you make an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check and fail, you can choose to reroll the d20 but must take the second result. You can use this a number of times equal to half your proficiency bonus per long rest.
Stone's Endurance: Once per rest when you spend a hit die, you can choose to either remove a level of exhaustion or maximize the healing received from the hit die. If you remove exhaustion, you still roll the hit die and recover hit points as usual.
Legacy of Knowledge: When you make an Intelligence or Charisma ability check, you can choose to apply double your proficiency bonus instead of whatever level of proficiency (including none) would apply. Proficiency bonus per long rest.
Voices of the Kami: While on the mortal plane, can meditate for 1 minute. During that time, senses expand to 100ft (200 @ 5, 500 @11, 1000 @ 17) (vision and hearing) and can sense any creature within range. Location of "unnatural" creatures (fiends, undead, aberrations, celestials) are pinpointed and type is known. Half-prof/LR. In cities or other "worked" environments, range is halved and only unnatural creatures are known.
Red Fang's Legacy: You can rage as if you were a level 1 barbarian once per day. During this special rage, you can concentrate on spells but cannot cast them. If you have the Rage class feature, you instead gain another use of that (and can concentrate while raging as well).
Weaponized Charm: Proficiency bonus per long rest, you can force a target that is either in combat with your or with whom you are interacting to make a Wisdom saving throw against a DC of 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier. On a failure, the target makes attack rolls against you at disadvantage and their attitude increases by one step (hostile -> indifferent -> friendly) for the duration of the interaction. In combat, targets that fail can repeat their saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect on a success. Creatures that succeed on their saving throw or for whom the effect ends cannot be affected by this ability again for 24 hours.
Distracting Charm: Proficiency bonus per long rest, as a reaction when you are targeted with an attack by someone you can see, the attacker must make a DC 8 + CHA + proficiency Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, you can force them to change the target of the attack to another creature of your choice within range or choose to make them lose the attack.
Entwining Limbs: When you successfully grapple a creature, you can make them restrained instead. If you do so, you cannot drag them along with you.
Draconic Soul: Choose:
* Breath weapon (as in Fizban's/Tasha's)
* Innate sorcery (Magic Initiate: Sorcerer)
* Draconic Fear (as Xanathar's Feat)
Lightning Core: As a bonus action, you cause your weapon attacks (including unarmed strikes) to deal an extra 1d4 lightning damage on hit for one minute. Proficiency/LR
Kami-Touched: Magic Initiate: Druid
By the Book: After you roll a d20 but before you know the outcome, you can choose to replace the die rolled with a 10. Proficiency/LR.
Fiendish Inheritance: Magic Initiate: Warlock (including fiend warlock extra spells)
Celestial Inheritance: Magic Initiate: Cleric
Flicker: Non-magical misty step, half-proficiency/LR
Shielding Stone: As shield, but can target either self or another creature within 30'. Lasts until the end of the current turn (not round).
Rushing Water: One creature within 5' must make a Strength saving throw of a DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + the ASI you chose for this legacy. On a failed save, they are pushed 10' and knocked prone. On a success, they are only pushed 5'.
Lightning Burst: All creatures within 5' must make a DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + ASI Dexterity saving throw or take <proficiency>d8 lightning damage and be unable to take reactions until the start of their next turn. On a success, half damage. Prof/LR.
Desperate Plea: When you make an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check and fail, you can choose to reroll the d20 but must take the second result. You can use this a number of times equal to half your proficiency bonus per long rest.
Stone's Endurance: Once per rest when you spend a hit die, you can choose to either remove a level of exhaustion or maximize the healing received from the hit die. If you remove exhaustion, you still roll the hit die and recover hit points as usual.
Legacy of Knowledge: When you make an Intelligence or Charisma ability check, you can choose to apply double your proficiency bonus instead of whatever level of proficiency (including none) would apply. Proficiency bonus per long rest.
Voices of the Kami: While on the mortal plane, can meditate for 1 minute. During that time, senses expand to 100ft (200 @ 5, 500 @11, 1000 @ 17) (vision and hearing) and can sense any creature within range. Location of "unnatural" creatures (fiends, undead, aberrations, celestials) are pinpointed and type is known. Half-prof/LR. In cities or other "worked" environments, range is halved and only unnatural creatures are known.
Red Fang's Legacy: You can rage as if you were a level 1 barbarian once per day. During this special rage, you can concentrate on spells but cannot cast them. If you have the Rage class feature, you instead gain another use of that (and can concentrate while raging as well).
Weaponized Charm: Proficiency bonus per long rest, you can force a target that is either in combat with your or with whom you are interacting to make a Wisdom saving throw against a DC of 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier. On a failure, the target makes attack rolls against you at disadvantage and their attitude increases by one step (hostile -> indifferent -> friendly) for the duration of the interaction. In combat, targets that fail can repeat their saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect on a success. Creatures that succeed on their saving throw or for whom the effect ends cannot be affected by this ability again for 24 hours.
Distracting Charm: Proficiency bonus per long rest, as a reaction when you are targeted with an attack by someone you can see, the attacker must make a DC 8 + CHA + proficiency Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, you can force them to change the target of the attack to another creature of your choice within range or choose to make them lose the attack.
Entwining Limbs: When you successfully grapple a creature, you can make them restrained instead. If you do so, you cannot drag them along with you.
Draconic Soul: Choose:
* Breath weapon (as in Fizban's/Tasha's)
* Innate sorcery (Magic Initiate: Sorcerer)
* Draconic Fear (as Xanathar's Feat)
Lightning Core: As a bonus action, you cause your weapon attacks (including unarmed strikes) to deal an extra 1d4 lightning damage on hit for one minute. Proficiency/LR
Kami-Touched: Magic Initiate: Druid
By the Book: After you roll a d20 but before you know the outcome, you can choose to replace the die rolled with a 10. Proficiency/LR.
Fiendish Inheritance: Magic Initiate: Warlock (including fiend warlock extra spells)
Celestial Inheritance: Magic Initiate: Cleric
Flicker: Non-magical misty step, half-proficiency/LR
Shielding Stone: As shield, but can target either self or another creature within 30'. Lasts until the end of the current turn (not round).
Rushing Water: One creature within 5' must make a Strength saving throw of a DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + the ASI you chose for this legacy. On a failed save, they are pushed 10' and knocked prone. On a success, they are only pushed 5'.
Lightning Burst: All creatures within 5' must make a DC 8 + your proficiency bonus + ASI Dexterity saving throw or take <proficiency>d8 lightning damage and be unable to take reactions until the start of their next turn. On a success, half damage. Prof/LR.