Forgeborn (5e Race)

*"Open your inner fire, grab a longbow and we can be free from this unbearable heat," -*Aster Rhan, Forgeborn rebel making a speech before leading a siege on an Elemental fortress.

## Cursed Beings

A long, long time ago the Fire Elementals wanted a new race to join the forces of The Elemental Plane of Fire. They demanded this race would be loyal and have no emotion. The Fire Elementals contacted the Azers, expert crafters and smiths native to The Elemental Plane of Fire. They worked on this race for many years, giving them their sentience and powerful bodies. Then an alchemist by the name of Flint Darastrix, who had been helping the Azers create the Forgeborn, decided he wanted the race to be his own. Flint spent one year concocting a potion to turn the Forgeborn to his own use. And on the day that the Azers bestowed the race of the Forgeborn to the Fire Elementals, Flint realized he had made a terrible mistake. He had given them independent intelligence due to his handiwork gone wrong.

## Outlanders and Hunters

The Forgeborn had been given many physical abilities as to impress the Fire Elementals. That combined with their intelligence allowed many to escape and fight back. Eventually, the Fire Elementals decided that there was no way they could use them as soldiers, and set them loose on the Elemental Plane of Fire. Since Forgeborn had to make their way through the immense hardships brought on by this land, they eventually developed able hunting skills and learned that agility could greatly impact their survival. Many Forgeborn lived their entire life surviving on the Elemental Plane of Fire, but a few discovered portals to the Material Plane and escaped from their homeland to live the rest of their lives as hunters and adventurers on the Material Plane.

## Physical Description

Forgeborn look like their bodies are made of molten rock and lava. They typically have grey, red, white or black eyes and black or dark brown hair. Since they were all made to be the same creature, their height is usually the same no matter what gender, but some exceptions exist. They are usually 6' 5".

## Forgeborn Names

Forgeborn weren't given names when they were created, so they typically adopt names from all languages.

## Racial Traits

Forgeborn share a number of traits in common with the rest of their kind.

Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity increases by 2, and your Constitution increases by 1.

Age: Due the fact that Forgeborn are part construct, they have a long life span and can live for up to one thousand years.

Alignment: Forgeborn are used to fighting for survival on their own, so many of them are Neutral.

Speed: Your base walking speed is 30ft.

Made From Fire: You have resistance to fire damage.

Darkvision: Azers wanted Forgeborn to be gifted in stealth and night missions, so they gifted them the ability to see dim light in darkness and bright light in dim light to a range of 50 feet. You cant discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.

Hunter: You are proficient with the Survival skill and you have advantage on any check to track something.

Natural Armor: Because of your molten body, you gain a +1 bonus to AC to any armor you don, similar to the fighter's Defense Fighting Style.

Molten Defense: Every rest you can deal 1d4+ your Constitution modifier fire damage to a creature as a reaction to being hit by them. The damage increases to 2d4 at 5th level, and 3d4 at 11th level.

Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common, Primordial, and Ignan.