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Vistani (5e Race Variant)

Human Variant: Vistani

The vistani are humans found within the Curse of Strahd adventure module based on the Romani people and commonly referred to as gypsies. They are wanderers who live outside of civilisation, travelling about in horse-drawn, barrel-topped wagons called vardos, which they build themselves. They are flamboyant in their discourse, dressing in bright clothes, laughing often, and drink heartily. On Carracosta, Vistani only show up around Halloween and remain on the continent throughout winter.   Welcoming mystical travellers of the mists with a strong oral tradition and deep-rooted hospitality.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1 and two other ability scores of your choice increase by 1.
Age. Vistani are human despite their gifts, reaching adulthood in their late teens and living less than a century.
Alignment. The vistani culture is centred around freedom, hospitality, tradition and integrity. As a result, many of them have strong inclinations towards chaotic good. Despite these traditions the worst can still be found among them normally lurking as Mortu, outcasts of the family.
Size. Vistani have the usual variances that most humans have in both height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Bonds of Family. Your family comes first and foremost, they are not just your blood but the people around you and their families. You have advantage on saving throw against being charmed or frightened while an allied creature is within 10 feet of you.
Evil Eye. You know the animal friendship spell and can cast it once per long rest. When you reach 3rd level you can cast the hex spell once per long rest. At 5th level, you can also cast the bestow curse spell once per long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Natural Storyteller. Your people are renowned storytellers whose oral traditions pass down all manner of fable from ages past. Whenever you make a Charisma (Performance) check to tell a story or a Intelligence (History) check to recall one, you are considered proficient in that skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.
Threads of Fate. When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can re-roll the die and must use the new roll.
Languages. You can read, speak, and write Common and one other language of your choice. Vistani typically learn languages of color, joy and mysticism. Like many human cultures, they are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Halfling jingles, Elven musical expressions and so on.
 

Racial Feat: Blessed with the Sight

Prerequisite: Vistani female   Some Vistani women are blessed with prescience which can take years to awaken fully. Regardless of when your gift came to light, you gain the following benefits:  
  • Increase your Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
  • When a creature you can see hits you with an attack roll, you can use your reaction to force that creature to reroll. Once you use this ability, you can't use it again until you roll initiative at the start of combat or until you finish a short or long rest.

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