Halfies
Short History of Halfies
These are the children of Orcs, Elves, Humans, and Demons who have broken rules and bloodlines. Many of these children have histories that are splattered with punishments earned from simply existing. From distant nations trying to blot them from existence, or undo the “mistake” of their creation, to their own parents casting them aside out of embarrassment, every Halfie has a story.
“ Normal is not something to aspire to,
it’s something to get away from."
What is there to do when you are an abomination, an anomaly, born in a nation like Gurane, Aqus, or Sheloth? You simply find a way to survive. Unfortunately, after 50 to 80 or so years of the lucky ones “surviving”, many Halfies get tired of hiding and running and watching half the bloodline that wishes them dead die off due to old age. There are rumours of Efihliwe, or other “protected pockets”, but they are not accessible for every Halfie.
At some point in recent history, a clever few made passage in the Fae Realm to a land locked in by mountains impassable and seas too unpredictable for settler boats. To reach Vaeruin is to make a pact with oneself and forces not fully understood. It is said that Gods created Vaeruin for themselves, we just happened to find it.
Over the centuries, the continent of Vaeruin became more than a hiding place for those lucky enough to have made their way through the Fae Realm. Generations have passed, creating an interesting blend of bloodlines and persons, and most certainly most are not just “half” anything at this point, but the name still sticks.
Halfies Traits - Baseline
Ability Score Increase: You gain +1 in TWO Ability Scores of your choice.
Size: Medium.
Speed: 30 feet.
Feat: One feat of their choice.
Languages: Common and Elvish.
Darkvision: Thanks to your elf blood, you have superior vision in dark and dim Conditions. 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.
Fey Ancestry:You have advantage on Saving Throws against being Charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
Half Orc Traits (Additional)
Ability Score Increase: +1 to Strength.
Menacing: You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.
Relentless Endurance: When you are reduced to 0 Hit Points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a Long Rest.
Keen Senses: You have proficiency in the Perception skill..
Savage Attacks: When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon Attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
Weapon Proficiencies: Greataxes, greatswords, longswords, crossbows
Half High Elves Traits (Additional)
Ability Score Increase: Your Intelligence score increases by 1..
Trance: Elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After Resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
Cantrip: You know one cantrip of your choice from the Wizard spell list. Intelligence is your Spellcasting Ability for it..
Lovely Face: You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Weapon Proficiencies: Longbow, short bow, shortswords, and longswords.
Half Drow Traits (Additional)
Menacing: You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.
Innate Spellcasting: The drow's Spellcasting Ability is Charisma (spell save DC 11). It can innately cast the following Spells, requiring no material components:
At will: Dancing Lights
1/day each: Darkness, Faerie Fire.Keen Senses: You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Sunlight Sensitivity: While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on Attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Advanced Darkness: Darkvision 120 feet instead of 60 feet, they can range their superior dark vision.
Weapon Proficiencies:Hand crossbows, shortswords, and rapiers.
Half Demon (Tiefling Spice) Traits (Additional)
Alluring: Your charisma score increases by 1.
Resistance: You gain resistance to (select element), taking half damage from all (element)-based spells and effects.
Languages: Can speak infernal.
Silver Tongue: You adapt easily to new situations. You have advantage on Deception and Performance checks when trying to blend in. You have advantage checks on History and Perception when trying to find out more about the customs of a culture.
Weapon Proficiencies:Long bow, shortswords, and rapiers.
Temperament
Halfies share the chaotic bent of their heritage. They value both personal freedom and creative expression, demonstrating neither love of leaders nor desire for followers. They chafe at rules, resent others’ demands, and sometimes prove unreliable, or at least unpredictable. One thing that brings them together is love. After all, a bit of love is what brought them to existence.
Geographics:
Halfies populate the entire region and make up the majority of the population, but the most common areas and population are as follows:
Atrary: High Elf and Demon Halfies
Estwary: Demon Halfies
Ofrary: Orcs and Drow Halfies
Also Known As:
- "Half-folk"
- "Mutts" - considered perjorative