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D&D Homebrew Races/Monster Classes - The Selkie / Seal Shifters

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     An updated aquatic race and racial/monster class for Dungeons & Dragons 3e/3.5 .  The Selkie, also known as a "sealwere" or "seal maiden" is a creature found across folklore, and is detailed in the Fiend Folio supplemental book for D&D.       The configuration for this interpretation of the selkie race was created by Aboleth Eye!      As always, though this was made with D&D 3.5 edition in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with Pathfinder 1st edition ! -- Aboleth Eye Selkie illustration,  Fiend Folio 3rd Edition (2003) for Wizards of the Coast by various editors and artists     Selkies are creatures found in the folklore of Ireland, Scotland, the Faroe Islands and regions near those countries.  Their stories often follow patterns from similar ones with mermaids, undines and other seductive water creatures instead.  In folklore their exact nature is often a myst...

D&D Homebrew Races - The Gorse Sprite / Briar Fairies

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      The hedges on the misty moors hold a hidden world to us mortals.  Be careful not to poking around the briars, for you might lose your senses upon their thorns...       A fey creature update and player race option Dungeons & Dragons 3e/3.5.   Gorse Sprites originate from issue # 180 of Dragon Magazine , a  TSR Inc supplemental magazine which was for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons/2nd edition at the time of its publication.  The Gorse were eventually included in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996), a TSR Inc compilation of AD&D creatures found across several supplementals.      The updates allow the gorse fairies to be used in the 3.5 edition rule set.      The configuration for these specific monster classes was created by Aboleth Eye !      As always, though this was made with D&D 3.5 edition in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this ...

D&D Homebrew Monster Classes - The Unicorn and Celestial Charger / Wardens of Nature

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    If thou art in the deep wilds and being preyed upon by creatures of wickedness, take the path closest path lined with moonlit flowers.  Follow them and pass the trees marked with glowing runes.  So long as you are in those deep, flowering woods you are under the care of the forest's majestic guardian...      A monster racial class and unique prestige class for  Dungeons & Dragons 3e/3.5.   The Unicorn  is a classic creature found in many D&D campaigns .  The Celestial Charger is a unique path for unicorns seeking closeness to their patron goddess, and has been turned into a prestige class option for unicorn characters. "When the last eagle flies over the last crumbling mountain / And the last lion roars at the last dusty fountain / In the shadow of the forest though she may be old and worn / They will stare unbelieving at the last unicorn." The Last Unicorn (1982, song lyrics) by America (band) The Unicorn in Ca...

D&D Homebrew Monster Classes - The Succubus, Incubus and Aspiring Lilitu

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    Beware dark-eyed lovers, for they may ask more from you than you realize you can ever take back.  Trust your very soul and guard it well, for some foul creatures may seek to devour it piece by piece!      A pair of monster classes for Dungeons & Dragons 3e/3.5.   The Succubus/Incubus  is a creature found in many D&D campaigns, and its racial monster class comes from the Savage Species supplemental.  The racial monster class below has been updated for the 3.5 edition rule set.     The Lilitu , however, comes from   the supplemental book Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss .  They are a dread evolution of the succubus race, and are Abyssal ravagers of holy and faithful congregations.     The configuration for these specific monster classes was created by Aboleth Eye !      As always, though this was made with D&D 3.5 edition in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutel...

D&D Homebrew Monster Classes - The Lamia Noble [Monster Prestige Class]

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      Reaching heights of arcane power their lesser kin could never touch, the Lamia Nobles  are terrifying masters of chaos and devastation !      A monster redesign and monster prestige class for  Dungeons & Dragons  3e/3.5 ; created by  Aboleth Eye !  See my  Lamia monster redesign-slash-homebrew monster class post for more information!      As always, though this was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye Australian Water Python   by  David Clode  on  Unsplash

D&D Homebrew Monster Classes- The Lamia / Mythological Monsters

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    A shapechanging harbinger of desolation and tyranny, the Lamia is a monster all too gifted at preying upon humanity...  And above them, terrifying masters of arcane power, the Lamia Noble rule over the chaos they unleash!      A monster redesign and monster class for  Dungeons & Dragons  3e/3.5 ; created by  Aboleth Eye !        As always, though this was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye Photo  by  Simon Hurry  on  Unsplash

D&D Homebrew Races - The Mortal Dullahan / Headless Horseman

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        A homebrew race of death-born, headless knights for  Dungeons & Dragons  3e/3.5 ; created by  Aboleth Eye !  Inspired by the Dullahan  from Irish folklore , Washington Irving's American folktale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and more modern incarnations of the headless horseman--including the Headless Rider from Japanese urban legends and light novel series  Durarara!!      As always, though this homebrew was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye     Known  as “headless riders” and even "headhunters of the gods"; true Dullahans are some of the most terrifying entities to roam the planes!  Veiled in death, riding a vicious steed blacker than night and holding aloft a chain of spines and their own severed head; these dark creatures chase down their vic...