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 onto the resulting progeny. To this end, it's not uncommon to find "Half-Elves" on many worlds, just as isn't uncommon to find 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 bound by blood, as such traits are not passed down 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 the Elf and the Fey traits. When you gain this heritage, you may choose to for Ancestry Talents for Elves or 'Feyfolk'. At character level 5, you qualify for both Elf and Feyfolk Ancestry traits. You cannot swap or gain any talents made available by this heritage at character level 1. Finally, your starting health from your ancestry is reduced by 2 (to 6 if you were a Human, and 4 if you were a Goblin 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 1

Unlockable at Character level 3

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.