Mage Remnant (5e Race)
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Mage remnant[edit]
"He looked in the mirror seeing a ghastly form. An elderly, no not elderly, a rotting corpse of a man. This man had familiar eyes, deep blue like his own. This walking corpse started to look more and more like him. The hair, the mouth, the skin, everything. Then he looked down at his own body, but it wasn't there."
Physical Description[edit]
Mage remnants aren't physical beings, only able to lift or push physical objects less than twenty pounds or so, and thus only appear as a patch of haze in a semi-humanoid shape. If they are looked at through a mirror, reflective piece of metal, or enhanced magical vision such as truesight they take the form of an old seemingly rotting man or woman with log scraggly gray or white hair and similar other features to the ones they had in life.
History[edit]
A mage remnant is created whenever a mage so dedicated to magic they would give their life for it dies. Their dedication pushes beyond death and burns into a full magical apparition.
Attitudes and beliefs[edit]
Most Mage Remnants believe that the only true greatness is magic and knowledge. This belief often drives them mad searching for knowledge and magical power. They dislike anyone who prefers god or war to knowledge and power. They cannot tolerate stupid people. Stupid people drive them even more insane then they already are.
Mage Remnant Names[edit]
Mage Remnants always keep the name they chose in life because choosing a new name is to much time spent wasting when they could be learning.
Male: Samuel, Sauron, Tom, Benjamin, Flofle, Bikrius, Pete, Simon
Female: Vanessa, Marcie, Helga, Sasha, Tonga, Bonnie, Lucida, Amaranthia
Mage remnant Traits[edit]
Turns out dead wizards are still wizards.
abilities. Your Intelligence score increases by 2 and your Charisma score decreases by 2.
age. Mage Remnants are already dead so they don't die or age. They are considered mature the second they are created. A mage remnant can usually last about 350 years before plunging into madness. They are considered adults when they go fully bananas.
alignment. Mage remnants are usually anti-social. So anti-social they stay away from civilization and law at all costs. This commonly pushes them tword more chaotic or even evil alignments.
size. Mage remnants dont have a fully humanoid form but usually appear to be about 5'6 to 6'1. Your size is medium.
speed. Your base walking speed is 10 feet. you can also fly for 30ft and hover.
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 can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Ethereal. You have no physical form and can pass through solid objects as if they were water. And can only lift 20lbs of matter at a time.
Invisible You are invisible and are silent so you automatically pass all stealth checks that require less than a 19 to pass. If the being you are trying to hide from can see through invisibility or is under the effects of a spell like detect magic these effects are negated and you only gain advantage on stealth checks.
Magically adept. you automatically know one wizards cantrip of your choice. your spell casting modifier for this cantrip is wisdom.
Undead nature You are considered undead instead of humanoid. You do not need to eat drink or sleep
languagesYou can speak, read, and write Common and three other languages of your choice.
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