Homebrew Subraces: Genasi

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Storm Genasi

Purple skinned genasi with silvery szuldar and most commonly a crown of crystalline silver spikes coming from the head.

Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Lightning Resistance: You have resistance to Lightning damage.

Promise of Storms: You know the Thunderclap cantrip. Once you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Thunderwave spell once with this trait as a 1st-level spell, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells. 

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Plague Genasi

With skin the color of dried blood these genasi are marked by their unusual black szuldar and rust-like flakes that emanate from their scalp.

Ability Score Increase: Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Plaguebearer: You have advantage on saving throws against poison and disease, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Mantle of Pestilence: As a Bonus Action, you emanate an aura of sickness in a 10 foot radius. Any enemy that ends its turn in your aura takes 5 poison damage.

This Aura lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are knocked Unconscious or become Incapacitated.

Variant Plague Genasi

Plaguebearer: You have advantage on saving throws against poison and disease, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Ill Caller: You know the Infestation cantrip. Once you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Ray of Sicknessspell once with this trait as a 1st-level spell, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

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Void Genasi

With near-black skin and even darker szuldar, these genasi actually cast a shadow of darkness from atop their head.

Ability Score Increase: Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Haunted Mind: You have resistance to Psychic damage.

Void Assumption: As a Bonus Action, you cease to exist and can take no actions until the start
of your next turn. You have line of sight to no creature, and no creature has line of sight to you. 

At the start of your next turn, you re-appear in
the unoccupied space of your choice within 60 feet of the place you left.

Variant Void Genasi

Haunted Mind: You have resistance to Psychic damage.

Voidchild: You can cast the Darkness spell once with this trait, requiring no material components, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

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