Cloudborne are airy, graceful humanoids often residing atop high peaks or floating isles. Their pale or softly colored skin has a faint pearlescence, sometimes wreathed in swirling clouds. Known for their light-footed poise, Cloudborne glide through life with an ethereal charm that can awe onlookers.
They value freedom and the ever-shifting nature of wind, seldom staying in one place for too long.
Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
They mature like humans, reaching adulthood in their late teens, and live to around 120 years.
Cloudborne often lean toward neutral or chaotic good, treasuring personal freedom and harmony.
They average 5 to 6 feet in height but weigh noticeably less. Your size is Medium.
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
You have proficiency in the Perception skill and suffer no penalties from bright or glaring light.
If you fall and aren’t incapacitated, you can use your reaction to reduce falling damage by an amount equal to five times your level.
Once per long rest, as a bonus action, you become partially insubstantial until the start of your next turn. You can move through creatures’ spaces and do not provoke opportunity attacks.
You can speak, read, and write Common and Auran. Auran has a breathy, whispering quality.
Cloudborne skin ranges from ivory to pastel blues or lavenders, often with faint, swirling cloud patterns. Their hair is light and windblown, in shades from white to subtle pastel, shifting with weather conditions. Names (e.g., Zephra, Cirrus, Skywhisper) evoke winds or clouds.
Some Cloudborne may develop tufted cloud-like “wings” (nonfunctional), or swirling patterns that wrap around the arms. Clothing tends to be flowing and lightweight, with few distinctions between genders aside from hair style. Their voices can grow from gentle breezes to surprising gusts of intensity.