Emberblood are passionate, fiery humanoids born from volcanic lineage. Their skin can appear ashen or dark, shot through with glowing cracks that pulse with inner heat. Their eyes glimmer like burning coals, revealing the fervor beneath a sometimes stoic exterior.
They often reside near volcanic regions or geothermal vents, channeling their inner fire into powerful crafts or elemental sorcery.
Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
They develop faster than humans, reaching adulthood around 15, and live up to 90 years.
Often impulsive, most Emberbloods lean toward chaotic alignments, but they can be driven to good or ill by their passions.
They stand around 5 to 6 feet tall with lean to muscular builds. Your size is Medium.
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
You have resistance to fire damage, reflecting your elemental warmth.
Once per long rest, when you deal fire damage with a spell or weapon attack, you can add your Charisma modifier to the damage. Targets hit must succeed on a Constitution save (DC = 8 + proficiency + Charisma mod) or have disadvantage on their next attack roll.
When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die once, but must use the new roll. Your eyes briefly flare with embers when you do.
You can speak, read, and write Common and Ignan. Ignan crackles with the energy of open flames.
Emberbloods have ashen to dark skin laced with glowing fissures. Hair may be dark with fiery highlights, or resemble smoldering embers. Their voices can carry a soft crackle. Many Emberblood names reference heat or volcanic imagery (e.g., Ignath, Searah, Ashwalker).
Some display more dramatic branching lines of lava-like glow, while others keep subtle embers near the face or hands. Some Emberbloods have small horns that glow at the tips, or igneous spurs on their shoulders. Clothing often employs heat-resistant materials in reds or oranges, emphasizing their elemental heritage.