Elf

“Honor? The word does not exist in the Elven language.” ―Tharak, human guard

As Player Character

• Desert Runner: Bonus Endurance, Dexterity, movement speed, endurance vs weather (additional), Elf Run (Travel as if on a mount)

• Elven Perception: Bonus Perception, and low-light vision

Civilization and Culture

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Speak Elven, Common, or both

Culture and Cultural Heritage

Other races see elves as dishonest and  lazy; generally a fair assessment. Elves idle around their time for days until compelled by need to exert themselves, but they can run for days without complaint.
Elven custom dictates that individuals keep up or be left behind. Elves prefer to lead short, happy lives rather than long, boring ones. Seeing the future as a dark, deadly place, they prefer to live in 'the now', enjoying each fleeting moment. They thrive in open spaces, and tend to wither in captivity.
Running is the key to acceptance and respect among elves. Elves that are injured and cannot run are often left behind to die. Elves honor and swear by the  moons, perhaps because low‐light vision turns moonlight  into an Elven advantage.
Alignment: Elves tend towards chaos because of their  love of freedom, variety and self–expression.

Common Taboos

No self– respecting elf will consent to ride an animal. To do so is dishonorable

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Elves tend to keep to their own tribe and  their proven friends unless they have some sort of an angle - something to sell, or some deception to pass off. Strangers are potential enemies waiting to take advantage of them, so elves look for every opportunity to win the advantage.
If an elf believes that a companion might make a worthy friend, the elf devises a series of “tests” of trust that allow the companion to prove their friendship is 'stronger than the bonds of death,' as elves say. Once a stranger has gained that trust, he is forever the elf's friend. If that trust is betrayed however, it is gone forever.

Genetic Descendants

• Half-Elf

Lifespan

130

Average Height

6 1/2 ft

Average Weight

115 female, 135 male