Fairies

"Fairies are interesting beings. I remember this one snow fairy I once met, Moth Iceshimmer. She was so tiny and covered in scars, I felt pity for her at first. She explained that she had been attacked by a group of hungry wolves. And you know what? That tiny thing wasn't even mad at them! She told me that wolves are their friends and that she understood that they were just hungry. Show me what other race would be capable of so much compassion and understanding! And she was so kind... So, to anyone reading this: Be kind to Fairies!" - Dreik Stormtracker

Fairies are small winged humanoids that possess a considerable amount of magic power. Live in tribes in nature. Although they are mostly friendly they aren’t very sociable. Characteristics of faeries depend on their habitant.
The known fairy types are:

• Snow fairies 
• Fire Fairy 
• Sky Fairy 
• Water fairy 
• Desert Fairy 
• Forest Fairy 
• Meadow Fairy 
• Mountain Fairy 
• Mystic Fairy 
• Night Fairy 
• Swamp Fairy 

Basic Information

Anatomy

Fairies are tiny, frail looking humanoids with spiky ears and delicate complexion. Their most prominent and recognizable charateristic however is their insect-like wings, be they membranous or butterfly like. The wings varry in shapes and colors even more than the subspacies of fairies. But mostly they stay in theme of their subspacies.

Ecology and Habitats

Fairies live in a vide spectrum of environments and have adapted to various environmental conditions. However they always stay close to nature. They tend to build small villages using materials found in the immediate vicinity and magic.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Faires adore nature and their diet consists mainly of fruits, flowers and other edible plants. But they don't shy away from eventaul hunted meat. However they don't hunt more than necessary for survival and the totality of meat is always consumed. They don't preserve meat for later either.

Behaviour

Like any race fairies have members with varying personalities but there are some traits and behaviors common among most of them

• Playfulness: Fairies are often slightly mischievous and playful beings, enjoying games, innocent pranks, and other lighthearted activities. They may delight in tricking other races or causing harmless chaos in the natural world.
• Connection to Nature: Fairies typically have a strong connection to the natural world, sometimes serving as guardians or protectors of forests, rivers, and other natural landscapes that they inhabit. They tend to be deeply attuned to the rhythms of nature and have a profound respect for the balance of the natural world.
• Community: Fairies live in close-knit communities, with their own social norms, traditions, and hierarchies. They travel mostly to exchange with other communities of fairies or other races, like Snow Elves. 
• Emotion and Sentimentality: Despite their mischievous tendencies, fairies are beings with deep emotions and a strong sense of loyalty to their friends and family. They may form strong bonds with other fairies and with other races, showing compassion and empathy in times of need.
• Magic: Being naturally magical faires don't shy away from using their magic when ever they need in their everyday life.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Fairies live in tribes. Each tribe has an elder fairy which is the oldest one in tribe and oversees the good functioning of it. Different fairies have different tasks attributed to them but most are polivalent and in case of need willing to switch their tasks. 
Presiding over all tribes of same subspacies are the Fairy Queens. Although she has the highest authority she doesn't intervene in everyday gestion of tribes. The queen mostly plays here role in serious international discussions or in cases of war. 
Fairy Court is a group of notable fairies that surrounds the queen, they are advisors and effectives of high caliber that are deployed in case of need. Elders of each tribe officially count as part of the Fairy Court as well.

Uses, Products & Exploitation

During Age of terror and even before fairies were hunted for their Fairy Dust.
Fairy dust is given off by fairy wings naturally, but it is a very slow process. As such only fairy tribes themselves sell the dust.

Average Intelligence

On average, fairies are intelligent creatures with a keen understanding of the natural world, a deep connection to magic, and a clever and cunning nature. They exhibit problem-solving skills, creativity, and resourcefulness, particularly in situations where their magical abilities are involved.
Overall, the intelligence of fairies is on par with or exceeding that of humans, but with a unique perspective shaped by their magical nature and connection to the natural world.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Fairies are rather perceptive creatures with good eyesight and hearing which allows them to spot danger quickly.

Symbiotic and Parasitic organisms

Fairies work in tandem with nature often colaborating with its various denizens. More specifically which creatures they work with depends on the environment that they live in.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Fairies often compose their names associating them with nature, magic or traditions. Some examples would be, Lunafern, Thistlewing, Mistralis, Aurorine, Sylvanara, Sylvaine, Elowen, Liora, Thalassa or Fauna.

Average Technological Level

Being close to nature fairies tend to abstain from technological advancments. They however don't mind incorperating clever mechanisms in their everyday lives like acorn lanterns or vine pulleys.

Major Language Groups and Dialects

The main language used by all fairie tribes is Sylvan but most of them have also learnt Common.

Common Dress Code

Fairies like things adorned by nature and as such tend to incorperate nature in their own outfits and accessories.

Common Taboos

Polluting, making non-degradable constructions or in any way harming the nature is seen as a serious crime among fairies.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Fairies tend to stick to themselves. And only contact other races ocasionally and mostly only those they trust. 
But there are cases like with Snow fairies and Snow Elves where they have a good lasting relationship.

D&D statistics

Fairy Traits

Your character is a tiny and kind being that transpires magic.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 2. However your Strength score decreases by 1.

Alignment

Fairies tend to be Neutral or good in most instances.

Size

Your size is Tiny. Which comes with a few adjustmets:

• You have disadvantage on attack rolls with a weapon that is sized for a larger attacker. DM can rule that a weapon sized for an attacker two or more sizes larger is too big for you to use at all.
• You can move through a hostile creature's space only if the creature is at least two sizes larger or smaller than you. Meaning, anyone medium sized or above. Remember that another creature’s space is difficult terrain for you.
• You are unable to grapple medium creatures and above.
• Tiny creatures can carry less. For each size category below Medium, halve your carrying capacity and the amount you can push, drag, or lift.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 20 feet. (6m)

Flight

Because of your wings, you have a flying speed of 30 feet (9m) and can hover. You can't use this flying speed if you're wearing medium or heavy armor.

Languages

You can read speak and write Common and Sylvan.

Fairy Types

Fairies have various subspacies that have evolved in different environments and as such have with different characteristics. Choose your subspacies for the reminder of your racial characteristics.

Snow Fairy

Snow fairies inhabit cold places. Their main habitats are Alps and Land of Raging snow.

Elemental afinity

Snow fairies have affinity to the element of Ice +2

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Frostbite cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Animal Friendship spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Invisibility spell with this trait. Once you cast Animal Friendship or Invisibility with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Heart Sight.

You touch a creature and magically know the creature's current emotional state. If the target fails a Charisma saving throw, you also know the creature's Alignment.

Snowbound.

You are naturally adapted to cold climates. You are acclimated to cold environments, as described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master's Guide.

Desert Fairy

Desert Fairies inhabit hot, arid places. Their main habitat is the Desert of Sin continent.

Elemental afinity

Desert fairies have affinity to the element of fire +1 and earth +1

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Mold earth cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Wall of Sand spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Hallucinatory Terrain spell with this trait. Once you cast Hallucinatory Terrain or Wall of Sand with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Sneaky.

You are proficient in the Stealth skill.

Heat resistance.

You have resistance against fire damage. You are also naturally adapted to hot and dry climates.

Night Fairy

Night Fairies are the only Nocturnal subspecies. They live in places where it's dark. They can mainly be found on the Nightfall continent.

Elemental afinity

Night fairies have affinity to the element of Darkness +2

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Minor Illusion cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Faerie Fire spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Darkness spell with this trait. Once you cast Faerie Fire or Darkness with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Superior Darkvision.

You have a Darkvision in a range of 120 feet (36m)

Shadow Stealth.

You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by darkness, dim light, or shadows.

Mystic Fairy

Mystic Fairies live in places with high concentration of magic. They can be mainly found on the Mysteria continent.

Elemental afinity

Mystic fairies have affinity to the element of Magna +2

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Druidcraft cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Detect Magic at will.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Arcane Resilience.

You have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Mystical Affinity.

You have proficiency in the Arcana skill.

Fire Fairy

Fire Fairies, as their name suggests, love fire. They inhabit places that aren't simply hot, they're smolding. You can mainly find them around volcanoes, especially Mount Riker.

Elemental afinity

Fire fairies have affinity to the element of Fire +2

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Control Flames cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Burning Hands spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Pass through objects spell with this trait. Once you cast Burning Hands or Pass through objects with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Fiery protectors.

You are immune to fire damage.

Blazing Aura.

When a creature within 5 feet (1.5m) of you hits you with a melee attack, the attacker takes 1d4 fire damage.

Water Fairy

Water fairies love water. They live anywhere there is water. Like rivers, lakes and even ocean.

Elemental afinity

Water fairies have affinity to the element of Water +2

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Shape Water cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Restore Nature spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Animal Friendship spell with this trait. Once you cast Restore Nature or Animal Friendship with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Natural Swimmers

You are able to keep your breath for extended periods of time, three times as long as a normal person with the same constitution score. And your swimming speed is 30 feet (9m)

Mist Form.

As a reaction when you are hit by an attack, you can turn into mist until the start of your next turn, gaining resistance to nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. You can use this trait twice, afterwards you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.

Forest Fairy

Forest Fairies love deep forests. Being surrounded by trees and vegetation is perfect for them. Although very wide spread their main habitat is the Deep Forest.

Elemental afinity

Forest fairies have affinity to the element of Earth +2

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Druidcraft cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Entangle spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Pass Without Trace spell with this trait. Once you cast Entangle or Pass Without Trace with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Wild Shape

You can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before. You can use this feature once. You regain expended use when you finish a short or long rest.
You can transform into any beast that has a challenge rating of 1/4 or lower.
You can stay in a beast shape for a number of hours equal to half your level (rounded down). You then revert to your normal form. You can revert to your normal form earlier by using a bonus action on your turn. You automatically revert if you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit points, or die.
While you are transformed, the following rules apply:

• Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, but you retain your alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the creature. If the creature has the same proficiency as you and the bonus in its stat block is higher than yours, use the creature's bonus instead of yours. If the creature has any legendary or lair actions, you can't use them.
• When you transform, you assume the beast's hit points and Hit Dice. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the number of hit points you had before you transformed. However, if you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form, For example, if you take 10 damage in animal form and have only 1 hit point left, you revert and take 9 damage. As long as the excess damage doesn't reduce your normal form to 0 hit points, you aren't knocked unconscious.
• You can't cast spells, and your ability to speak or take any action that requires hands is limited to the capabilities of your beast form. Transforming doesn't break your concentration on a spell you've already cast, however, or prevent you from taking actions that are part of a spell, such as Call Lightning, that you've already cast.
• You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so. However, you can't use any of your special senses, such as darkvision, unless your new form also has that sense.
• You choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it. Worn equipment functions as normal, but the DM decides whether it is practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment, based on the creature's shape and size. Your equipment doesn't change size or shape to match the new form, and any equipment that the new form can't wear must either fall to the ground or merge with it. Equipment that merges with the form has no effect until you leave the form

Your racial wild shape merges with Druid's wildshape if you pick that class. As such it simply acts as one additional use of wildshape for druid.

Forest Dweller.

You are naturally adapted to forest environments. You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made while in forest terrain, and you are considered proficient in the Survival skill while in forest environments.

Meadow Fairy

Also known as Plains Fairy is the one most people think of when thinking about fairies. They inhabit lush plains and meadows.

Elemental afinity

Meadow fairies have affinity to the element of Light +1 Earth +1

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Druidcraft cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Faerie Fire spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Enthrall spell with this trait. Once you cast Faerie Fire or Enthrall with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Nature's Whisper.

You can communicate simple ideas with Small or smaller beasts that have an Intelligence of 3 or lower.

Fey Ancestry.

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Swamp Fairy

Swamp Fairies thrive in murky swamps and marshes. They can be mainly encountered in Swamp

Elemental afinity

Swamp fairies have affinity to the element of Water +1 Earth +1

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Poison Spray cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Fog Cloud spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Contagion spell with this trait. Once you cast Fog Cloud or Contagion with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Deep knowledge.

You are proficient with Herbalism kit and Alchemist's supplies.

Natural resistance.

You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage. You are also immune to diseases.

Mountain Fairy

Mountain Fairies love high rocky mountains. They can be found anywhere where there are mountains, mostly in Bordermountains and Dwarf Mountain

Elemental afinity

Mountain fairies have affinity to the element of Earth +1 and Air +1

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Thunderclap cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Spike Growth spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Enlarge/Reduce spell with this trait. Once you cast Spike Growth or Enlarge/Reduce with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Hardy and Resilient.

Increase your Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20.

Keen Senses.

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Sky Fairy

Used to high altitudes these fairies live high in the sky. Although they are spread across the cloudy blue, people can encounter them on Flying island

Elemental afinity

Sky fairies have affinity to the element of Air +2

Fairy Magic.

• You know the Gust cantrip.
• Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Levitate spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Misty Step spell with this trait. Once you cast Levitate or Misty Step with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
• Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Eagle Eyes.

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Skyborne Grace.

You have advantage on saving throws against effects that would knock you prone or force you to fall while flying.

Genetic Descendants

• Desert Fairy
• Fire Fairy
• Forest Fairy
• Meadow Fairy
• Mountain Fairy
• Mystic Fairy
• Night Fairy
• Sky Fairy
• Snow fairies
• Swamp Fairy
• Water fairy

Origin/Ancestry

It is believed that initially there was one species of Fairies that migrated to different regions and with time evolved to adapt to those regions.

Lifespan

200

Average Height

5 - 30 cm

Average Weight

8.75 to 100 grams