The Tide Fae
Ocean & Memory — The Court of Tides
Lore of the Court
Overview
The Tide Fae are among the most unsettling to deal with — not because they are threatening, but because they are so calm that most races cannot tell whether they are being comforted or studied. Their blue and teal skin tones, translucent wings that ripple like disturbed water, and voices that carry a faint resonance like sound heard through deep water all contribute to the impression that you are talking to something that knows more than it is saying. You are correct.
Their seers read echoes of past events in still water long after those moments passed from living memory. A Tide Fae scholar who has lived three centuries contains three centuries of direct memory, accessible with the precision of an index. After the Sundering, they became the primary keepers of pre-Sundering history — holding knowledge other races simply cannot retain across generations.
In Lumeris, Tide Fae are sought as advisors, healers, and historians. Their patience is the patience of water: perfectly content to wait you out. They have done it before. They will do it again.
Children of the Current
Tide Fae move through spaces occupied by enemies without provoking opportunity attacks — flowing around resistance rather than confronting it. Once per long rest they can channel healing water into an ally within thirty feet, restoring 2d6 plus level in hit points. Their swim speed equals their walking speed with no penalties in combat or spellcasting while submerged. Their most subtle power is Cycle Reading — an attunement to patterns that allows them to recognize when a situation is following a path they have seen before. In practice they are rarely surprised and almost never caught unprepared for an outcome they have been quietly watching develop.
Abilities & Traits
Playable Race Traits
STR
+1
INT
+7
DEX
+5
CON
+2
WIS
+3
CHA
+4
SPL
+5
HP
+3
Racial Traits
Fluid Form
Move through spaces occupied by enemies without provoking opportunity attacks, flowing around resistance rather than confronting it.
Tidal Healing
Once per long rest, channel healing water into an ally within 30 feet, restoring 2d6 + your level in hit points.
Aquatic Speed
Swim speed equals walking speed. No penalties for combat or spellcasting while submerged.
Memory Sight
Read magical echoes of past events from water surfaces or significant objects. Advantage on history and investigation checks near water.
Cycle Reading
Once per day, recognize a pattern in current events. Gain advantage on the next action taken against a target whose behavior you have observed for at least one round.
Advantages
- ▲Fluid Form — pass through enemy spaces without opportunity attacks
- ▲Tidal Healing — restore significant hit points to an ally once per long rest
- ▲Aquatic Speed — full combat effectiveness while swimming
- ▲Memory Sight — read past events from water and significant objects
- ▲Emotional calm — resistance to fear and rage effects
Disadvantages
- ▼Fire vulnerability — fire and heat effects deal bonus damage
- ▼Detachment — empathy-based social checks are harder; calm reads as coldness
- ▼Temporal patience — urgency is instinctively difficult; may act slower in fast-moving situations
- ▼Grief attunement — prolonged exposure to sites of great loss causes magical exhaustion