VH: Elven Legacy

Elf

 

Description

Roleplaying Info

Elves are a long-lived and magical people, though at the end of the day, they are still people. Either through loving unions or adoption, their culture has a way of surviving in the resulting progeny. To this end, it's not uncommon to find "Half-Elves" on many worlds, just as it isn't uncommon to see many of those 'raised by' elves to share some of the same qualities, abilities, and or even fighting styles where permitted.   To this end, the Elven Legacy represents people of fey origin in one manner or another. This origin is not entirely determined by blood, as such traits are not inherited through breeding alone.
You Might...
  • Keep to yourself and find it difficult to form close bonds with others.
  • Strongly embrace or reject one side or the other of your parentage.
  • Identify strongly with and relate to other people with mixed ancestries.
Others Probably...
  • Find you more approachable than elves.
  • See you primarily through the lens of your elven heritage.
  • Downplay the challenges of being caught between cultures.
 

Base Talent(s)

You gain the following talents.  
Elven Adjustments

Your Elven heritage may have altered you, either being born with such or having gained those traits via supernatural means. Whatever the case, you may gain the following. (These are optional)

  • You may physically resemble an elf, such as gaining long, sharp ears or eyes that glow with a mysterious power. These are purely cosmetic.
  • Your Size may adjust to Medium, as a baseline.
  • You may learn an additional language. It must be either Elvish or Sylvan. If you already know both, you may learn an additional language of your choice that is not a secret language.
Heritage of the Elves

Like others before you, some elven culture has rubbed off on you.

You may pick a Heritage from the list of Heritages available to Elves. You gain everything from that Heritage.

Additionally, you gain Low-Light Vision if you didn't have such already, as well as the Trance pseudo-origin Talent if you don't already have such. You, also, gain the Elf and the Fey traits.

At Character Level 3, you can start picking Ancestry Talents for Elves. At character level 5, you qualify for Ancestry talents for both Elves and or Feyfolk.

Finally, your Starting HP from your ancestry is reduced by 2, to a minimum of 4.

As this talent is tied to a heritage, it cannot be regained or swapped, unless under specific circumstances.

 
 

Heritage Talent Access

You also gain access to the following Ancestry Talents, gaining them as you would gain other Ancestry talents (every even character level or through other means).   Unlockable at Character level 3
AT: Ancestral Lore, Elf
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Level 1 | You've studied traditional elven arts, learning about arcane magic and the world around you.

AT: Favored Class, Cleric
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Level 1 | Classically or culturally, you're able to obtain, retain, or maintain one of your ancestry's iconic classes..

AT: Favored Class, Paladin
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Level 1 | Classically or culturally, you're able to obtain, retain, or maintain one of your ancestry's iconic classes.

AT: Favored Class, Rogue
Generic article | May 11, 2026

Level 1 | Classically or culturally, you're able to obtain, retain, or maintain one of your ancestry's iconic classes.

AT: Forlorn Steadiness
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Level 1 | As an elf, watching your friends age and die fills you with moroseness that protects you against harmful emotions.

AT: Keen Senses
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You have senses keener than even others of your kind, able to pick out details they cannot.

AT: Longevity's Acuity
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Level 1 | You have accumulated a vast array of lived knowledge over the decades, coming from this life or another.

AT: Magic Familiarity, Arcane
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Level 1 | The culture of your ancestry has many practices of magic you, too, can cultivate. For your people, one such faucet is Arcane Magic.

AT: Magic Familiarity, Court Elf
Generic article | Nov 4, 2025

Level 1 | You have familiarity with the magic of elves from various courts. These elves come from various fey noble lineages centered in magic, or come from lands where elves are innately regal.

AT: Magic Familiarity, Dawn Elf
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Level 1 | Thanks to Dawn Elven culture playing a role in your life, you know much about Arcane magic and its usage, giving you access to a wide spectrum of abilities

AT: Magic Familiarity, Dusk Elf
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Level 1 | You have familiarity with the magic of the dusk elves, coming from their myths of carrying light through enchanted darkness and night.

AT: Magic Familiarity, Fey Magic
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Level 1 | The magic of Fey worlds or similar wild magic runs through you, and your culture has granted knowledge or instinct to access them for your adventuring career.

AT: Magic Familiarity, Soul Elf
Generic article | Nov 4, 2025

Level 1 | Elves of Soul are/were a rare kind that became vanishingly rare, remembered through their magic and affinity for Mysticism and Pnuemancy.

AT: Magic Familiarity, Wode Elf
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Level 1 | Thanks to Wode Elven culture playing a role in your life, you know much about Primal magic and its usage, giving you access to a wide spectrum of abilities.

AT: Outmaneuver
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Level 1 | You are particularly agile when you want to be.

AT: Shroud of the Wild
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Level 1 | Your ability to blend into the environment is impeccable. Some may even say supernatural.

AT: Unwavering Mein
Generic article | Nov 14, 2025

Level 1 | Your mystic control and meditations allow you to resist external influences upon your consciousness.

AT: Weapon Familiarity, Dawn Elf
Generic article | Oct 6, 2025

Level 1 | Dawn Elves have used their magic to shape their worlds and fight effectively when needed.

AT: Weapon Familiarity, Dusk Elf
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Level 1 | Dusk elven cultures often craft ancestral weapons that work well in darkness and the shadows.

AT: Weapon Familiarity, Wode Elf
Generic article | Oct 6, 2025

Level 1 | Elves of the Wode traditionally favored weapons that are good in areas where accuracy could not be relied on.

Unlockable at Character level 5
Unlockable at Character level 7
Unlockable at Character level 9
Unlockable at Character level 11
  Note: The Origin Customization rule allows you to swap any skill proficiency gained for another you don't have, if playing with traditional or other rules.

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