Genasi
Genasi
“Ordinary people, infused with the elemental powers of the planes.”
As a Player Race
Stats
Ability Scores: When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. You can't raise any of your scores above 20.Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium
Speed: 30 ft
Lifespan: up to 120 years
Abilities
Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.Subraces
Air Genasi
Unending Breath. You can hold your breath indefinitely while you’re not incapacitated.Lightning Resistance. You have resistance to lightning damage.
Mingle with the Wind. You know the Shocking Grasp cantrip. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Feather Fall spell with this trait, without requiring a material component. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Levitate spell with this trait, without requiring a material component. Once you cast Feather Fall or Levitate with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Earth Genasi
Earth Walk. You can move across difficult terrain without expending extra movement if you are using your walking speed on the ground or a floor.Merge with Stone. You know the Blade Ward cantrip. You can cast it as normal, and you can also cast it as a bonus action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Starting at 5th level, you can cast the Pass Without Trace spell with this trait, without requiring a material component. Once you cast that spell with this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast it using any spell slots you have of 2nd level or higher. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Fire Genasi
Fire Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage.Reach to the Blaze. You know the Produce Flame cantrip. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Burning Hands spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Flame Blade spell with this trait, without requiring a material component. Once you cast Burning Hands or Flame Blade with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Water Genasi
Acid Resistance. You have resistance to acid damage.Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.
Call to the Wave. You know the Acid Splash cantrip. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Create or Destroy Water spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Water Walk spell with this trait, without requiring a material component. Once you cast Create or Destroy Water or Water Walk with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).
Origins & History
The world is a large and varied place. All manner of creatures and gods roam, in some places the ancient magic of the elemental planes seeps through and connects to the material plane. Where great magic was cast, a portal once opened and so forth.Children of all races will be born with a special connection to these planes, their skin and hair taking on a different hue and structure, a strange powerful magic coursing through them, giving them power and strength unavailable to any commoner.
Strong, powerful and most definitely unstable - I need one for research
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