Braunchen

Braunchen are a fey race native to the Demiplane of Dread with a mysterious connection to the Arak. They are created when an evil Arak hag known as a fanggen consumes 100 levels from Good-aligned creatures. This causes the fanggen's tree to be destroyed and the fanggen to transform into a braunchen, which resembles a beautiful woman clad in clothes of bark with light hair and pointed ears. Braunchens retain all the memories of their lives as fanggen, but are thoroughly Good-aligned creatures, filled with the need to repent for the evil done by their prior incarnations. Some pursue this role by acting as servants, others become adventurers in order to more directly battle evil.

Rules for braunchen have only appeared for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition. Mechanically, the braunchen uses the racial traits for either an Elf or Half-Elf (player's choice), with the added traits that they take 3 hit points of damage each round they are exposed to direct sunlight (1/round if the light is filtered), they have no lifespan limit and are immune to aging effects, and any failed Madness save automatically results in a Split Personality, representing one of the souls consumed surfacing within the braunchen's mind.

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