Bunch o' Races

[Maat Mons]

Not long ago, I mention some old unposted homebrew of mine in another thread. I've since realized that the only place that homebrew still exists is on my old computer, which I'd given serious consideration to wiping. So I'm going to post this here to lessen the chance that I will lose it forever.

Race/Subrace	Base Benefits	Extra Subrace Benefits
Angel	+2 Wis, +1 Cha, Celestial, Medium, 30 ft land speed, Religion prof., Insight Prof Blessed: as "lucky" ability of halfling Delayed Flight Level 1: feather fall while conscious Level 3: glide when falling Level 5: 30 ft fly speed Halo: insubstantial light source above head, can turn on/off as bonus action
Devil	+2 Str, +1 Int, Fiend, Medium, 30 ft land speed, Darkvision 120, Deception prof, Fire resistance
Demonic Pyromancer		Arcana prof Magic Level 1: Fire Bolt Level 3: Burning Hands Level 5: Scorching ray
Winged Demon		Delayed Flight Level 1: feather fall while conscious Level 3: glide when falling Level 5: 30 ft fly speed
Fairy	+2 Int, +1 Dex, Fey, Medium, 30 ft land speed, Persuasion Prof Delayed Flight Level 1: feather fall while conscious Level 3: glide when falling Level 5: 30 ft fly speed
Seelie Fairy		adv. vs. Disease, Heat Tolerant Magic Level 1: Druid Craft Level 3: Entangle Level 5: Spike Growth
Unseelie Fairy		Darkvision 60, Cold Tolerant, Terrain Stride (ice & snow) Magic Level 1: Ray of Frost
Kemonomimi	+2 Dex, +1 Con, Humanoid, Medium, 30 ft land speed, Darkvision 60, Animal Handling prof, Athletics prof, Perception prof
Canine Kemonomimi		Expertise on Survival checks to follow tracks Pack Tactics Speak with Canines
Feline Kemonomimi		Acrobatics prof, Stealth prof, 30 ft climb speed Claws: 1d6 damage, can be used with finesse Speak with Felines
Leporine Kemonomimi		Expertise on Perception checks involving hearing Speak with Leporids Standing Leap (30 ft / 15 ft) Quick like a Bunny: increase land speed to 40 ft
Vulpine Kemonomimi		Deception prof, extra language Magic Level 1: Minor Illusion Level 3: Color Spray Level 5: Mirror Image Speak with Canines
Nymph	+2 Cha, +1 Wis, Fey, Medium, 30 ft land speed, Nature prof, Survival prof
Dryad		Terrain Stride (forest) Magic Level 1: Shillelagh, Entangle Level 3: Spike Growth Level 5: Plant Growth Photosynthesis: doesn't need to eat
Water Nymph		30 ft swim speed, Amphibious Magic Level 1: Friendship Level 3: Charm Person, Fog Cloud Level 5: Misty Step, Suggestion
Yuki-Onna		Cold Resistance, Terrain Stride (ice & snow) Cold Breath: similar to Dragonborn Magic Level 1: Frostbite Trackless Step, but only for snow
Vampire	+2 Con, +1 Str, Undead, Medium, 30 ft land speed, Darkvision 120, Necrotic Resistance, Poison Resistance, Sunlight Sensitivity, Don't need to breath, Don't need to eat, adv vs Poison Bite (1d4) Immune to Disease

An earlier draft had Mermaids, Nagas, and Yokai, all of which had transformation abilities. The mermaids and nagas could transform their lower bodies into legs, and could even completely transform themselves into humans, if they desired. The yokai had human, animal, and hybrid forms.

I kind of scrapped that in favor of maybe some day doing an all-transforming race set. This would have included new versions of the Angels, Demons, and Faeries that could transform away their wings and, if they wanted other identifying features.

You'll notice that here I had flight come in stages. This is because I was worried that flight plus a lot of other goodies would be too strong at 1st level, and at the same time that having little besides flight would make them underpowered at high levels.

In retrospect, maybe I should give full flight at 1st level, with almost nothing extra, and then add features that only kick in at higher level, to balance out the fact that flight becomes relatively less impressive at higher levels, when lots of other people have it too.