Human, Changeling Umbral (TP)

The Shadow Realm twists beings with its magic, and in the case of the umbral humans, this influence can have radical effects. These umbral folk are not merely humans corrupted by shadow but rather slowly transformed by their exposure to shadow over generations, gradually becoming inured to it. These are the changelings. Beyond shadow's natural and inevitable influence, the shadow fey have long experimented with the shadows and its effects on mortals, whether to punish the foolish or to create better servants—or just for fun-and some umbral humans, those that survive, are the result of these rituals. These twisted souls are often labeled as the gifted by others, but they rarely if ever think of themselves in such terms.

The generational infusion of shadow manifests itself in different ways, but two especially noteworthy categories of umbral humans exist: changelings and the gifted.

Changelings are the natural result of humans adapting to a life in the shadows over multiple generations. Originally, humans were stolen from the mortal lands to serve their shadow fey masters—or just on a whim—and many more humans simply got lost on a shadow road or abandoned and ultimately became stranded in the Shadow Realm. And that new life in shadows must ultimately change a mortal. Changelings resemble their cousins from the mortal lands but with the hallmarks of a life in the shadows, similar to how shadow fey differ from other elves. Their skin color tends toward alabaster white, ebon black, or subtle grays. Some have even grown rudimentary horns, like shadow fey. Their appearance may change further in generations to come-perhaps constantly evolving and even drastically diverging in some ways.

Changelings typically take on the naming customs of the dominant peoples in the communities they grow up in. Where umbral humans are concentrated, the newcomers will often retain naming customs from the mortal lands from whence they originated—if their memories remain—while long-settled umbral human families use an amalgam of naming customs. For those communities of long standing within shadow, the naming follows a blend of styles in a linguistic melting pot.

Male Umbral Human Names: Abradal, Dalid, Haggar, Hosano, Juns, Korim, Masoosh, Obrax, Ulaf, Woldemar.

Female Umbral Human Names: Analinda, Breck, Cloria, Helgamet, Linnet, Maswen, Nuriam, Ranna, Siffar, Soffy, Ulsa.

You may choose one score to increase by 2 and a different score to increase by 1.

Changeling Umbral Human: Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Your natural aging process slows and becomes similar to that of an elf or shadow fey.

Umbral humans have often walked a troubling path to become what they are. This tends to push umbral humans toward neutral or chaotic alignments, but all variations exist.

You can see in dim light within 60 feet as though it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

You have resistance to cold damage.

While standing perfectly still, you can use an action to become invisible. You become visible again if you move or take an action. You can use this feature a number of times per day equal to your proficiency bonus.

You gain proficiency in the Deception or Persuasion skill.

You can use an action to cast the disguise self spell at will.

You can speak, read, and write Common and Umbral.