Uniborn
An uncommon race for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition by @lair-master.
image by drachenmagier
Back in 2017, I did a Pathfinder 1e conversion of the original version of the 5e uniborn race from @lair-master. Now that the 2024 Player’s Handbook has come out, I decided to do another conversion of the most up-to-date uniborn, this time to put it more in line with the species we have in the 5.24 rule set. For the different types of uniborn, I went with a combined style of what we were given for the goliath, while sticking to the table box style of the elf and tiefling. I also added a few more options as there were a multitude of unicorns in older editions of D&D (sylvan, alicorn, black, silver, faerie, etc). I wanted showcase as many of them as I could, just as one would choose a type of dragonborn. Admittedly, this will be a bit more involved than that. Also, I made sure that the uniborn was as balanced as possible, so that it’s not an “obvious choice” compared to other species. Just that there’s a few options, just as I’m sure we’ll see something in the upcoming Forgotten Realms book to give us more tiefling options, something akin to the Sword Coast Adventure’s Guide and there being one different type of tiefling per layer of Hell.
Apologies if the table of lineages seems blurry at all. I tried to adjust the size without compromising the words, but it seems like I wasn’t able to pull it off too well.
As with the current 5.24 PHB rules, there is no mention of alignment, age, or base languages, as those are all generalized and pretty much up to the DM, and the ASI bumps are exclusive to Backgrounds now.
And now, onto the 2024 conversion of the species.
I'm toying with a 2024 Uniborn update, so naturally I find myself admiring the one @cyberkevvideo did. Theirs is a combination of previous drafts (e.g., Trueheart), current traits, and traits of their own. Enjoy, and be on the lookout for my next take on the concept!
