#moontouched

dry your tears, moonrise comes again.

Oye!! Eso significa que somos los únicos que vemos a los espíritus!?

OWO, esa luz me recuerda a una de las películas de Disney.

“And as she wept upon Her face, her tears fell to the dust in which she knelt. Her grief and loneliness was soon met by gentle hands, her third miracle of creation, come to her unbidden in her time of need. The hands holding and consoling her were gentle and kind, soothing the stinging reminders emblazoned upon her face, and assuring that she need not weep for what has been, but should smile for what might be.

She remained with them until the final throes of war were calmed. They shared her sorrow at the horrors below them but never faulted her, nor she them. Their place was at her side, never her feet. When her tears fell no longer, they brought her to a doorway, where she made her eternal home, promising them the afterlife she could now provide. This offer was met with laughter and gifts in kind. Their lives and afterlives were to be their own, not needing her favour to justify their kindness and mirth."

—Unknown Author, ’The Lunar Queen’

The moontouched are a mysterious race dwelling on the moons surrounding most planets. With large heads and noses, expansive ears, and small eyes and frames, the moontouched hold some superficial resemblance to bats. They rarely venture down to the planets below them, and it is unknown if they have the means of doing so without outside influence, but they are incredibly friendly and welcoming to any outsiders they do come across.

Moonfolk’s Mirth and Mischief

With no worries for resources nor kingdoms to rule, the moontouched spend their lives seeking joy and entertainment above all else. They spend their free time pursuing their chosen path or paths of entertainment. Dancers, musicians, sculptors, pranksters, comedians, and anything else that may bring smiles or laughter to themselves and others are all paths they will take. If they come across someone sad, they will do whatever they can to help cheer them up. The concept of wanting to be alone when sad is foreign to them, and entire communities will come together to comfort or entertain anyone feeling sad, unless explicitly told that they want to be alone.

If someone responds negatively to an act of entertainment from a moontouched’s path, the moontouched will either become distressed and uncomfortable or will redouble their efforts and provide the individual more acts until they find something that entertains the critic. The most common example of this occurs when an outsider is met with a prankster moontouched. While their pranks are rarely harmful, and even the most extreme pranks are all in good fun and accepted by the moontouched, outsiders see them as disruptive and rude, or may even misinterpret them as dangerous. This has led to individuals feeling tormented for long periods of time by a moontouched desperately trying to make them laugh, but the moontouched will usually change tactics if the misunderstanding is explained to them.

Lunar Lifestyle

The moontouched have an abundance of resources and a relatively small population, with reproduction occurring rarely. They hold fertility festivals, where they celebrate the blessed lives they lead, which are held when the moontouched are fertile. These festivals last for up to ten cycles, as measured by complete rotations of their moon around the planet, and during this time is when moontouched and any partners they have or choose will attempt to conceive young, but do not often succeed. Approximately halfway between fertility festivals, successful pregnancies end and the young moontouched are born. Moontouched that conceived during a previous festival will often refrain from attempting so again for several future festivals, or even altogether. While population growth is slow, if resources ever begin to dwindle, many moontouched will leave their home and find new moons to live on. Without a shared day and year between the moons they inhabit, exact numbers are impossible to find. For the purpose of age, the moontouched will measure their life by the number of fertility festivals they attend. They usually have one festival every year that passes on Praece, making their age similar to that of Praecians. 

While the moontouched rarely venture to a planet’s surface, they can be found on many moons throughout Mythspace. Their connection to Alune draws them inexorably to settle on moons rather than planets, but it isn’t unheard of for the occasional moontouched to find themselves on a planet’s surface. On most standard moons, there are two variations of moontouched, each named after a bat on the planet they orbit which they bear a resemblance to. Those who live on the surface are the pallid moontouched, and those living in the deep craters of the moon are the hoary moontouched. On more diverse moons, other types of moontouched can be found with adaptations to suit their homes.

Children of the Moon

The moontouched were first encountered by, likely even created by, the distressed goddess Alune on a place they refer to as Luan, which is the moon orbiting the planet of Praece, shortly before the War of Day and Night. Their lunar habitat is often seen as inhospitable, but the moontouched are thriving regardless. This is in part due to Alune’s gratitude to them, with the Goddess blessing their crops to flourish and produce oxygen at an increased rate. In addition, the moontouched can survive with little to no oxygen for long periods of time, often describing the atmosphere of the planets they orbit as rather thick. Every moontouched settlement has a tribute to the Moon Goddess, and only rarely are other faiths practised in these communities. They do not turn away from the worship of other gods, however, and many find faith in gods of art and joy, or even other aspects altogether.

Moontouched Names

The moontouched have three names; One given to them at birth, one chosen by either the individual or the community they live in, and a title befitting their pursuits in life. Their birth names are unisex and usually related to either the name or the features of the moon they were born on. Their chosen name is sometimes the same as their given name, but can be anything they want it to be, usually something that suits their personality or a reference to a favourite joke or song, but they will occasionally make up a name that sounds nice. Finally, their title can be as simple as calling them a singer or comedian, but it can extend to any personal paths they take.

Given Names: Alu, Crater, Dust, Lua, Lune, Moone, Powder

Chosen Names: Aliyah, Hehe, Laughter, Luney, Joy, Smile

Titles: Adventure, Comedia, Dancer, Mischief, Voice

Moontouched Traits

Between the blessings of Alune and their life on the moon, the moontouched possess several traits that set them apart from other races.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2.

Age. A moontouched child is considered an adult by their thirteenth Fertility Festival, which is celebrated at the beginning of the thirteenth festival, despite their birth being halfway between festivals. By Praecian terms, this means that they are considered adults after twelve and a half years. Moontouched often live to see over a hundred festivals, with some of the eldest making it a bit over a hundred and fifty festivals.

Alignment. Due to their closeness with Alune and their views of joy and laughter being important, many moontouched fall into a more chaotic good stance.

Darkvision. You have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern colour in darkness, only shades of grey.

Natural Entertainer. You have proficiency with the performance skill.

Excellent Hearing. You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing.

Low-Oxygen Survivor. You can hold your breath for twice as long as most other races. In addition, in cases with limited oxygen, you expend the air at half the rate of other races.

Innate Spellcasting. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Hideous Laughter spell once per day. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the Moonbeam spell once per day. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one additional language of your choice.

Subrace. Two main subraces of the moontouched populate the moons of Mythspace: pallid and hoary. Choose one of these subraces.

Pallid

Living on the surface of moons, the pallid moontouched are named such because of their white fur and small frames. Their ears are larger than their hoary counterparts, and they use them to use a form of echolocation, similarly to the bats they resemble. Communities of pallid moontouched live in simple wooden huts, made from the tough wood found in the small forests dotting Luan. The pallid moontouched enjoy watching the stars, and will often pass down fantastical stories about seemingly nonsensical constellations they create. 

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Size. Pallid moontouched adults stand between three and a half and four and a half feet in height. You are surprisingly dense for your size, often weighing as much as an elf. Your size is small.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Cantrip. You know the Thaumaturgy cantrip.

Echolocation. You have blindsight up to 15 feet, and can extend this to 30 feet as an action. This effect does not go through solid material. You cannot use this trait while you are Deafened.

Stargazer. Whenever you make a Nature or Survival check related to the stars and constellations, you are considered proficient in the skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.

Hoary

Within the craters and crevasses on the moons of Mythspace, climbing the walls and rolling in the moon’s dust, are the hoary moontouched. This name comes from their brown, grey-tipped fur and the white moon dust they cover themselves in, working it into their fur both to add to their camouflage and to help clean the fur in the pools of water they build their homes around. Villages of hoary moontouched are built diagonally or even vertically, up the sides of craters and crevasses. These villages are easily traversable thanks to the hoary moontouched’s claws allowing them to climb around. While moving about is easy for them, they have adapted a form of telepathy, in order to converse without needing to climb towards each other.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Size. Hoary moontouched adults usually stand between four and five feet in height. You are surprisingly dense for your size, often weighing as much as a human. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Cantrip. You know the Message cantrip.

— moontouched