Lineage - Shadowborn (Patreon)

Author of Shadows by Alex Brock, © Wizards of the Coast LLC

You were born in shadow, connected to the plane of darkness and all its sinister trappings.

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For reasons nobody can quite explain to me, 5E currently only allows you to play a spooky, gothy, shadowy character if you want to be an elf with a thing for black leather. Shadowborn provide the answer! As a lineage, you can apply it to any species to create a character connected to the Plane of Shadow.

You inherit your Size and Speed from your parent species. You get Darkvision (unsurprisingly) and Necrotic Resistance. And your two more interesting features are Shadow Skulk, which lets you turn invisible while hiding in dim light or darkness, and Wings of Night, which gives you a shadow teleport once per short rest. The species also comes with three feats you can add to customize your character! Shadow Magic is a general half-feat, granting access to a few shadow spells and granting (or boosting) darkvision. The other two are for shadowborn only. Angel of the Dark upgrades your Wings of Night to literal wings, with an aura of pain to afflict your foes. And Eyes of Night lets your darkvision pierce even magical darkness.

As always, you're invited to come discuss and offer feedback on Discord! This isn't my most mechanically inventive work, but it doesn't need to be — it's focused on filling a usability gap rather than pushing any envelopes.

This one will be supporter-exclusive until mid-July!