Genasi
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Genasi
Genasi — creatures born from genies or happenstance — inherit the energies unique to the creatures and objects conceived from the primordial planes. As they are naturally aligned with these forces, genasi can easily command their respective elements as extensions of their own selves, utilizing water, fire, air, or earth as naturally as one might move their arm. Although genasi are rare, they are the most common veil-touched, and as such, they find themselves welcome in lands far and wide.
Elemental Children
As with all veil-touched, genasi are created when a mortal inherits enough magical energies before their birth to change their very makeup. While latent energies caused by planar travel or strange planetary alignment are the most common causes for the transformation into a genasi, there are many more causes. For example, children conceived near places of power may rarely undergo the transformation, and even more rarely, a genie may intermingle with the mortal realm and bare children. As versatile and varied as the sources of elemental energies are, genasi too are diverse and differing, originating from all over the continent of Fehr’gia.
From human to kobold, tabaxi to dwarf, any humanoid species has the possibility of becoming a genasi. While genasi majorly resemble their inherited race, there are certain universal changes applied to each creature who becomes a genasi during birth. For example, genasi of Aecor — the Water Plane — will inherit blue skin, and they have a strong likelihood of growing blue hair that may even be made from water. Additionally, they may even inherit aquarine traits such as gills, scales, or even fins. Similarly, other genasi will experience mutations that reflect their own elemental plane. Because of the diversity of the genasi transformation, very few — if any — genasi are the same. While a certain tabaxi genasi may have red, flaming fur, others still may have bright blue fur, or even a vibrant green coloration. The energies that the planes represent provide infinite possibilities of physical variation.
Because of the widespread nature of the genasi, many societies are at least somewhat familiar with them. However, familiarity does not equate affinity. The treatment of genasi varies as wildly as their appearance, changing from city to city. While a dwarven fire genasi may be celebrated by the dwarves’ because of their veneration of the firelord, an elven water genasi may be scoffed at by the same city. Overall, most genasi will not experience much of a change in opinion among their peers; most societies will embrace and cherish the difference between each other, celebrating what makes each individual unique. In fact, because of the genasis’ inherent magical prowess, they may even be revered by certain cultures such as the orcish or easifa tribes.
Genasi Names
Most genasi will simply follow the naming conventions of the societies they were born from. While some parents may bestow names based on their elemental plane, such as “Slate” or “Torrent”, most parents will name their child simply by what the standard conventions.
Inherited Lineage. Select another race, and mark it down for this trait. Your lineage traces from this race, and it determines your appearance, size, and the rate at which you mature.
Planar Source. Genasi gather their power from one of the Elemental Planes, gaining unique advantages and power from them. Select one of the following as your planar source.
Plane of Air, Caelus
Air genasi are often free-spirited and aloof, disconnected from earthly ties and material needs.
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity increases by 1.
Unending Breath. You can hold your breath indefinitely while you're not incapacitated.
Mingle With the Wind. You know the Gust cantrip, which you may cast freely. Additionally, You can cast levitate once with this trait, requiring no material components, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Plane of Earth, Tellus
Earth genasi are often rugged and straightforward, tackling problems pragmatically. They can have a rather blunt disposition.
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength increases by 1.
Earth Walk. You ignore difficult terrain made of earth or stone.
Merge with Stone. You know the Mold Earth cantrip, which you may cast freely. Additionally, you can cast pass without trace once with this trait, requiring no material components, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Plane of Fire, Ardens
Fire genasi are often eccentric, proud, boisterous, and filled with passion for what they love. They are creative and often innovative.
Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence increases by 1.
Fire Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage.
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. Your ties to the Elemental Plane of Fire make your darkvision unusual: everything you see in darkness is in a shade of red.
Reach to the Blaze. You know the produce flame cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast burning hands as a 1st-level spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Plane of Water, Aecor
Water genasi are often creative and laid back, going with the flow as life's currents guide them down their path.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom increases by 1.
Acid Resistance. You have resistance to acid damage.
Call to the Sea. You know the shape water cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast create or destroy water as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Swim. You have a swimming speed of 30 feet.
Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.
