Tulpa

Words cannot describe the horror that I witnessed as the seance ended. Children standing in a circle, candles burning low and shifting from yellow to red while a figure stood in the center of the room. The scent of peppermint filled the air as the figure turned. He was everything that we imagined, from his black boots to his kempt white beard. With a twinkle in his eye, he let out a jovial laugh and spoke.

"Ho ho oh no! Naughty children! You summoned Santa two months too early!" The figure said before his eyes turned black. "Looks like someone is gonna get more than coal this year!"

Whether threw folklore, fear, or spiritual belief, a tulpa is a living embodiment of collective consciousness. Born from the imagination of mortals, they mirror the appearance and behaviors of the figure that they were created to emulate. A tulpa is created from the chaotic surge of magic that serves to fill vacant gap in reality. Because of this, it is rare that any two tulpa will look or act the same.

Born from Chaos

Opposite of the plane of law, the plane of chaos is a nexus of swirling, untamed energy, just waiting to take shape. When a mortal being draws upon these energies, they imprint them with their ideas, philosophies, and even their superstitions. If enough people draw upon the same energy and share common beliefs and legends, this formless energy will congeal into the most commonly accepted visage of said beliefs. Once this entity is brought into being, they serve as an anchor for the idea that they represent, giving them form, purpose, and aspirations.

Unknown Fate

Over time, a tulpa will begin to understand its true nature and how it was brought into being. For most, coming to realize that your very existence is a literal fabrication can be, at best, disappointing, and at worst, earth-shatteringly devastating. These beings, therefore, often find themselves alone and isolated; unable to escape from their origins and constantly trying to understand their role in this world.





Tulpa Traits

Your Tulpa character has traits deriving from its strange origins.

Ability Score increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Age. Tulpa do not age from the time that they are created.

Size. You are a medium creature.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Hybrid Nature. In addition to being a humanoid, you are also considered a fey.

Tenuous Existence. Your very being is made from the collective psychic energies of those that believe in your existence. Therefore, any outside interference to these energies can devastate your form. You are vulnerable to psychic damage.

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Quantum Shift. If you are hidden and no one can currently see you, you can cast blink using this feature and you regain the ability to do so after you finish a long rest. In addition, when you use this feature to cast this spell, creatures within 20 feet of you when you disappear must succeed a Wisdom saving throw, using your Charisma as your spellcasting modifier. On a failure, those creatures forget all information that they have gained about your existence within the past 1 hour.

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

Subraces

Nightmour

A Nightmour is a term that describes a tulpa that is born from the collective omens and ghost stories that mortal tell to scare children. They often have gruesome features. Some resemble large bipedal wolves while others appear as large, lumbering humanoids wielding machetes.

Ability Score increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Terror in the Dark. You have proficiency in (Charisma) Intimidation checks.

Shadow Step. As a bonus action, you can magically teleport up to 40 feet to an unoccupied space that you can see, so long as you are in darkness or shadows before and after you teleport. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long or short rest.