Ghost-Touched (5e Race)

Ghost-touched

"Poor things, ghost-touched belong to neither the mortal world nor the afterlife." -Kaz the Scholar

Physical Description

A combination of ghostly and mortal, ghost-touched look mostly like regular humans, with the exception of glowing blue eyes and transparent blue body parts. A ghost-touched may have any given part of their body transparent. The amount of transparent body parts varies from person to person. A faint blue vapor trails from the transparent parts. Ghost-touched can hover slightly if they choose, but never more than a foot above the ground. Other than this, a ghost-touched looks like any other human (or other race).

Ghostly Transformation

Ghost-touched are created from a regular mortal who has touched a ghost and been cursed. When touching a ghost, many feel a cold chill accompanied by the feeling that part of their soul has died. The curse then changes the mortal body in a drastic way. The process of body parts being changed to ghostly is often extremely painful and many ghost-touched feel a phantom pain. The parts of the body that are transformed is completely random. Because of the transformation, ghost-touched cannot taste food, feel sensory elements, or reproduce.

Attitudes and Beliefs

Ghost-touched attitude can vary, but in general they have a vengeful attitude towards the ghost that cursed them, and desire revenge. After being touched, their lives were completely changed and ghost-touched are spiteful because of it. As outcasts of society, many ghost-touched form groups to share their pain and live in a welcoming community. Ghost-touched societies often settle far away from society so that they cannot be persecuted.

Ghost-touched Names

Ghost-touched generally keep their names from before they were touched.

Male: Rathiel, Lark, Rylan

Female: Flem, Eva, Celia

Ghost-touched Traits

Half ghost, half mortal being.
Ability Score Increase. Age. Although ghosts are immortal, ghost-touched only gain an increased lifespan. Ghost-touched generally live up to 350.
Alignment. Ghost-touched alignment can vary widely, but a lot of ghost-touched are driven towards a chaotic alignment when not living in a group of other ghost-touched.
Size. Ghost-touched can vary greatly in height. Since part of your body was turned ghostly, your weight is slightly lower than before you were transformed. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. You can hover up to a foot above solid ground.
Ghostly Sight. Ghost-touched can see 30 feet into the ethereal plane.
Undead Nature. Your creature type is humanoid and undead. You dont need to eat, drink, or sleep. You have resistance to poison damage and being poisoned.
Wraith. As a bonus action once per long rest you can cast the etherealness spell only on yourself. The spell lasts 5 minutes and requires you to hold concentration at least once every 30 seconds. If you end your turn in a square occupied by another creature or object, you are pushed to the nearest unoccupied square and take 5d10 force damage.
Partial Wraith. You can choose to make up to 2 limbs on your body ghostly, which follows the guidelines of the etherealness spell, but lasts indefinitely. While using this, you cannot hold gear on the limb that is ghostly.
Ghostly Strike. As an attack, you can choose to strike with a ghostly fist that deals 2d10 force damage.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Random Height and Weight

Base Height	Height Modifier*	Base Weight	Weight Modifier**
4′ 10''	+2d10	120 lbs. lb.	× (-2d10) lb.
*Height = base height + height modifier **Weight = base weight + (height modifier × weight modifier)

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