Shadar-Kai

The Shadar-Kai are a race of humanoids who reside in the Shadowfell, a dimension of darkness and despair that exists parallel to the material world. They are known for their pale, often gray skin, and their stark white, black, or gray hair. Their eyes are typically devoid of color, giving them a haunting appearance.

Physical Description

Shadar-Kai are typically slim and of average human height, with an elegant and poised demeanor that belies their hardiness. They often adorn their bodies with piercings, tattoos, and scars, which serve as both a personal expression and a display of their ability to endure pain. This is a part of their culture that embraces the bleakness of the Shadowfell, using pain to feel alive and stave off the ennui and despair of their realm.

Culture and Abilities

The Shadar-Kai are fierce warriors and are known for their martial prowess. They have unique abilities that are reflective of their home in the Shadowfell, such as resistance to necrotic damage and the ability to teleport short distances through shadows—a reflection of their connection to the darkness of their home plane. They are often seen as stoic and reserved, but they possess a fierce loyalty to their kin and the Raven Queen.

Racial Traits

Ability Score Increase. Choose one of: (a) Choose any +2; choose any other +1 (b) Choose three different +1
Age. Shadar-Kai reach adulthood by 100 years old and can live to be over 700 years old due to their fey heritage and the shadowy essence of the Shadowfell.
Alignment. Shadar-Kai tend toward lawful or neutral alignments, shaped by the order of the Raven Queen and the grim reality of the Shadowfell.
Size. Shadar-Kai are similar in build to humans but often slightly taller and more slender. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for your character.
Blessing of the Raven Queen. As a bonus action, you can magically teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Starting at 3rd level, you also gain resistance to all damage when you teleport using this trait. The resistance lasts until the start of your next turn. During that time, you appear ghostly and translucent.
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 discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.
Fey Ancestry. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.
Keen Senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Necrotic Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic damage.
Trance. You don't need to sleep, and magic can't put you to sleep. You can finish a long rest in 4 hours if you spend those hours in a trancelike meditation, during which you retain consciousness. Whenever you finish this trance, you can gain two proficiencies that you don't have, each one with a weapon or a tool of your choice selected from the Player's Handbook. You mystically acquire these proficiencies by drawing them from shared elven memory, and you retain them until you finish your next long rest.

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Lifespan

750 years