DnD Races Genasian of Darkness (Darkchild)

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Races – Genasi of Darkness (Darkchild)

Resticted Starting Race – Requries GM Approval

Source: Createrd by Me

• Attributes – Genasi Traits
  • Ability Score Increase: Constitution +2
  • Age: Young Adult as parent or 75 years whichever is shorter, Reach adulthood as parent or 100 years whichever is shorter, expected to live till 700 year of age.
  • Size: 5 to 6 ft tall, you are Medium
  • Speed: Base walking speed is 30 ft.
  • Languages: Primordial and Common (either Thyatian or Alphatian)
  • Weapons Mastery: Gains proficiency with five weapons of significance of your choice. If you have proficiency with these weapons, they are upgrades skilled level.

Darkchild Nationalities

• Dark Alpahtian (Alpahtian Empire) – Colony of pure Dark Genasi who are found mostly in the police forces of the Alpahtian Empire.
• Blackhill (Glantri) – They make up the population of a Principality of Glantri known as Blackhill.

Darkchild Heritage

• Height – men and women 5’
• Complexion –
• Colouration –
• Known Locations – Alphatian Empire, Shadowlands
• Traits – based on the genasi and meets any requirements requiring that race.

Darkchild Traits

• Ability Score Increase: Charisma +1.
• Darkvision: You see in dim light as if bright light in 60 ft, and darkness as if it was dim light. It all appears in shades of grey.
• Necro Resistance: You have resistance to Necrotic damage.
• Heart of Darkness: You can cast the true strike cantrip. Once your reach 3rd level you can cast the ray of sickness spell per long rest, requiring no material components, using Con.
• Secret Crafts: (Starting) Your choice of starting secret crafts include: Darkologist
• Genasi: Count as a Genasi.
• Evolution (Base): Counts as the Genasi races for the purposes of effects and magical items. Can have offspring with any race, if any other than genasi then there is a 50% chance for any offspring to be a Genasi.

Most Darkchild have the Dark Aspected Traits, to select other elemental traits please gain the game masters permission.

Elemental – Darkness Aspected Traits

• Ability Score Increase: Charisma +2
• Touch of the Darkness (Darkness aspected) While taking a short rest in an enclosed space without light, you can spend 1 HD to roll two dice and take the results of both.
• Power of Entropy Darkness aspected) When using (or effected by) Necrotic or Psychic you add your proficiency bonus to the damage (or reduce damage taken) and cause your eyes to turn completely black till the start of your next turn
• Danger of the Competing Elements (Darkness aspected) When hit by both Energy (fire or radiant) and Time (cold or force), or both Matter (acid or poison) and Thought (lighting or thunder) damage types in the same round you are considered to have weakness to the second energy type. If you are hit by both energy types of Energy, Matter, Thought or Time in the same round you take additional damage equal to your proficiency. If you use an energy type against those with the same aspect, you have your attack, damage and saving throw reduced by your proficiency instead of increased by it.
• Dark Evolution: Counts as a Genasi for the purposes of using Darkness Genasi effects and magical items, but not as a Darkness Genasi. With every offspring there is a d20 roll to determine their elemental aspect:
  • 80% chance of an Darkness Aspected child (1 to 16)
  • 5% chance of an one of the other elements aspects. Air (17), Earth (18), Fire (19), Water (20)

• Character Options – All Darkness Aspected Sub-Races
  • Barbarian – Path of the Storm Herald (Shadowlands)
  • Cleric – Domain of Darkness
  • Monk – Way of the Elements (Darkness)
  • Sorcerer – Draconic Bloodline (Black), Elemental Essence (Darkness)
  • Warlock – Pact of the Genie Lord (Darkness)
  • Wizard – Elementalist (Darkness)

Darkchild Character Options

• Locations: Alphatian Empire, Glantri
• Genasi Feats: Flames of Phlegethos, Infernal Constitution

Darkchild Class Options

• Cleric – Domain of Darkness
• Monk – Way of the Elements (Dark)
• Sorcerer – Elemental Essence (Dark)
• Warlock – Pact of the Genie Lord (Dark)
• Wizard – Elementalist (Dark)

Darkchild Campaign Examples

Darkchild Genasi Racial Magical Items

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Genasi Magical Items (79)

Items by Genasi Race: (C10/U34/R17/VR14/L5)

• Airchild – (C1/U9/R3/VR2/L1) Genasi associated with Elemental Air.
• Darkchild – (C2/U6/R4/VR4) Genasi associated with Elemental Darkness.
• Earthchild – (C2/U5/R3/VR1) Gensai associated with Elemental Earth.
• Firechild – (C2/U5/R2/VR4/L1) Genasi associated with Elemental Fire.
• Waterchild – (C3/U9/R4/VR2/L1) Genasi associated with Elemental Water.

All Genasi Items (79)

1 – Armours (Total 5): Armour of Vulnerability (R – Dark), Demon Armour (VR – Dark), Efreeti Chain (Fire), Helm of Underwater Action (U – Water), Smouldering Armour (C – Fire)

2 – Books (Total 6): BOOKS ON (Elementology (VR – All), Fireology (U – Fire)), Holy Book of Radiance (VR – Fire), Spellbook of Occult Magic (C – Dark), TOME OF (the Gods (L – All), Thought (L – Air), Time (L – Water)),

3 – Potions (Total 9): Bottled Breath (U – Air), Decanter of Endless Water (U – Water), Efreeti Bottle (VR – Fire), Eversmoking Bottle (U – Fire), Iron Flask (L – All), Oil of Slipperiness (U – Earth), POTION OF (Climbing (C – Earth), Poison (U – Dark), Water Breathing (U – Water)),

4 – Rings (Total 3): RING OF (Jumping (U – Air), Swimming (U – Water), Water Walking (U – Water)),

5 – Rods (Total 2): Immovable Rod (U – Earth), Rod of the Pact Keeper +1 (U – Dark),

6 – Scrolls (Total 1): Scroll of Charisma Draining (U – Dark)

7 – Staffs (Total 3): STAFF OF (Adornment (C – Air), Fire (VR – Fire), Stone (R – Earth)),

8 – Wands (Total 2): WAND OF (Pyrotechnics (C – Fire), War Mage +1 (U – Fire), Winter (R – Water)),

7 – Weapons (Total 8): Dancing Weapon (VR – Air), Frostbrand Weapon (VR – Water), Seeker Dart (U – Air), Storm Boomerang (U – Air), Weapon of Fish Command (U – Water),

9 – Wondrous Items (Total 38): Amulet of the Planes (VR – Dark), Bag of Devouring (VR – Dark), Balloon Pack (U – Air), BEAD OF (Force (R – Water), Nourishment (C – Earth), Refreshment (C – Water)), BOOTS OF (Levitation (R – Air), Speed (R – Water)), Bowl of Elemental Water (R – Water), Bracelet of Rock Magic (R – Earth), Brazier of Elemental Fire (R – Fire), CANDLE OF (INVOCATION (Energy (VR – Fire), Entropy (VR – Dark), Matter (VR – Earth), Thought (VR – Air), Time (VR – Water)), the Deep (C – Water)), Cap of Water Breathing (U – Water), Cape of the Montebank (R – Dark), Censer of Elemental Air (R – Air), Circlet of Blasting (U – Fire), Cloak of the Manta Ray (U – Water), Cursed Luckstone (U – Dark), Dark Shard Amulet (C – Dark), Dust of Sneezing and Choking (U – Dark), ELEMENTAL GEM (Blue Sapphire (U – Air), Emerald (U – Water), Onyx (U – Dark), Red Corundum (U – Fire), Yellow Diamond (U – Earth)), Horn of Blasting (R – Air), Instrument – Lyre (R – Any), Mirror of Elemental Darkness (R – Dark), Pressure Capsule (C – Water), Sending Stones (U – Earth), Stone of Good Luck (U – Earth), Wind Fan (U – Air), Winged Boots (U – Air), Wingwear (U – Air),

Common Genasi Items (10)

Common Item Value
Price: (1d6+1) x10 gp (20 to 70 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 50 gp or 25 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.

Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed

Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human

1 – Armours (Total 1): (1) Smouldering Armour (Fire),

2 – Books (Total 1): (1) Spellbook of Occult Magic (Dark),

3 – Potions (Total 1): (1) Potion of Climbing (Earth),

4 – Staffs (Total 1): (1) Staff of Adornment (Air),

5 – Wands (Total 1): (1) Wand of Pyrotechnics (Fire),

6 – Wondrous Items (Total 5): BEAD OF ((1) Nourishment (Earth), (2) Refreshment (Water)), (3) Candle of the Deep (Water), (4) Dark Shard Amulet (Dark), (5) Pressure Capsule (Water),

Uncommon Genasi Items (34)

Uncommon Item Value
Price: (1d6) x100 gp (100 to 600 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 400 gp or 200 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.

Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed

Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human

1 – Armour (Total 1): (1) Helm of Underwater Action (Water),

2 – Books (Total 1): (1) Books on Fireology (Fire),

3 – Potions (Total 6): (1) Bottled Breath (Air), (2) Decanter of Endless Water (Water), (3) Eversmoking Bottle (Fire), (4) Oil of Slipperiness (Earth), POTION OF ((5) Poison (Dark), (6) Water Breathing (Water)),

4 – Rings (Total 3): RING OF ((1) Jumping (Air), (2) Swimming (Water), (3) Water Walking (Water)),

5 – Rods (Total 2): (1) Immovable Rod (Earth), (2) Rod of the Pact Keeper +1 (Dark),

6 – Scrolls (Total 1): (1) Scroll of Charisma Draining (Dark),

7 – Wands (Total 1): (1) Wand of the War Mage +1 (Fire),

8 – Weapons (Total 3): (1) Seeker Dart (Air), (2) Storm Boomerang (Air), (3) Weapon of Fish Command (Water),

9 – Wondrous Items (Total 16): (1) Balloon Pack (Air), (2) Cap of Water Breathing (Water), (3) Circlet of Blasting (Fire), (4) Cloak of the Manta Ray (Water), (5) Cursed Luckstone (Dark), (6) Dust of Sneezing and Choking (Dark), ELEMENTAL GEM ((7) Blue Sapphire (Air), (8) Emerald (Water), (9) Onyx (Dark), (10) Red Corundum (Fire), (11) Yellow Diamond (Earth)), (12) Sending Stones (Earth), (13) Stone of Good Luck (Earth), (14) Wind Fan (Air), (15) Winged Boots (Air), (16) Wingwear (Air),

Rare Genasi Items (17)

Rare Item Value
Price: 2d10 x1,000 gp (2,000 to 20,000) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 12,000 gp or 6,000 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.

Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed

Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human

1 – Armour (Total 1): (1) Armour of Vulnerability (Dark),

2 – Staves (Total 1): (1) Staff of Stone (Earth),

3 – Wands (Total 1): (1) Wand of Winter (Water),

4 – Weapons (Total 3): (1) Flametongue Weapon (Fire), WEAPON OF ((2) Venom (Earth), (3) Wounding (Dark)),

5 – Wondrous Items (Total 11): (1) Bead of Force (Water), BOOTS OF ((2) Levitation (Air), (3) Speed (Water)), (4) Bowl of Elemental Water (Water), (5) Bracelet of Rock Magic (Earth), (6) Brazier of Elemental Fire (Fire), (7) Cape of the Montebank (Dark), (8) Censer of Elemental Air (Air), (9) Horn of Blasting (Air), (10) Instrument – Lyre (Any), (11) Mirror of Elemental Darkness (Dark)

Very Rare Genasi Items (14)

Very Rare Item Value
Price: (1d4+1) x10,000 gp (20,000 to 50,000 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 30,000 gp or 15,000 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.

Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed

Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human

1 – Armour (Total 1): (1) Demon Armour (Dark),

2 – Books (Total 2): (1) Book on Elementology (All), (2) Holy Book of Radiance (Fire),

3 – Potions (Total 1): (1) Efreeti Bottle (Fire),

4 – Staves (Total 1): (1) Staff of Fire (Fire),

5 – Weapons (Total 2): (1) Dancing Weapon (Air), (2) Frostbrand Weapon (Water),

6 – Wondrous Items (Total 7): (1) Amulet of the Planes (Dark), (2) Bag of Devouring (Dark), CANDLE OF INVOCATION ((3) Energy (Fire), (4) Entropy (Dark), (5) Matter (Earth), (6) Thought (Air), (7) Time (Water)),

Legendary Genasi Items (5)

Legendary Item Value
Price: (2d6) x25,000 gp (50,000 to 300,000 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 100,000 gp or 50,000 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.

Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed

Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human

1 – Armour (Total 1): (1) Efreeti Chain (Fire),

2 – Books (Total 3): TOME OF ((1) the Gods (All), (2) Thought (Air), (3) Time (Water)),

3 – Potions (Total 1): (1) Iron Flask (All)

Designing the Darkchild Genasi

These are based on the Dark Genasi as a racial type that was also blending with the setting in the past.

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