Soulect (5e Race)
Soulect[edit]
A village casted in flames, a horned human stands to defend his home fending off two orcs, one orc being telekinetically choked while the other is being pelted with stones, all while the human's eyes glow with infernal power.
Physical Description[edit]
Soulects are a demonic spirit that high jacks the body of any intelligent race's offspring, making it their host body. Soulects don't change how their host looks with the exception of two devil horns.
History[edit]
Soulects are created in the rare case that a demon or devil wishes to be a mortal, once again purging their body and becoming a ghost that eats the souls of newborns and takes its place to live out another life as a mortal. When a soulect dies, its soul searches for a new body to take over. Strangely, soulects have not control or awareness and tend to forget most of what they learned in their past life while they have no host. A soulect are almost impossible to truly get rid of requiring an exorcism and execution to erase them from existence.
Attitude[edit]
Soulects have a drive for perfection seeking to learn all they can about one skill every life they live. A newly created soulect is normally very enthusiastic and energetic. Meanwhile an ancient soulect are very slow and methodical as the whims of mortal life no longer excites them but their drive has yet to dwindle and their knowledge of the world as many holes as it has is vast and my contain plot devices if your DM allows.
Race Name Names[edit]
Soulect take the name of their host as the parents normally aren't aware of the Solect possessing's the body.
Race Name Traits[edit]
A demonic spirit possessing a mortal body.
Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2 and one ability score of your choice increases by 1.
Age. Soulects live as long as their host would.
Alignment. A soulect can be any alignment.
Size. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
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.
Parasitic Soul. Soulect have no true physical form, so when you make a character using the soulect race you have to choose a host race. Their hosts are most commonly dwarf's, elf's, halfling's, human's, gnome's, and half-elf's taking on the appearance and life span of the host. A soulect's soul can never be taken by a fiend.
Psionic Power. You gain the ability to cast mage hand with the mage hand being invisible and mind sliver without verbal somatic or material components. Your the casting modifier is intelligence. You need to provide casting components if your horns are broken.
Odd Mind. You have resistance to psychic damage.
Soul Link. As an action you can mentally speak to as many creatures as your proficiency modifier within 60 feet of you that share a language you speak. When you do this, they can respond with one word or an emotion.
Hellish Recall. You can recall information from one of your past lives that might help you. When you make a skill check you may grant yourself advantage for that check. You can use this feature again after you finish a long rest.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common, infernal and one other language of your choice.
Random Height and Weight[edit]
Use the height and weight table of the race the soulect most closesly resembles.
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