Elf

"I never could have imagined that such beauty existed," Goldmoon said softly. The day's march had been difficult. but the reward at the end was beyond their dreams. The companions stood on a high cliff over the fabled city of Qualinost.

Four slender spires raise from the city's corners like glistening spindles, their brilliant white stone marbled with shining silver. Graceful arches. swoopingfrom spire to spire, soared through the air. Crafted by ancient dwarven metal smiths. they were strongenough to hold the weight of an army,yet they appeared so delicate that a bird landing on them might overthrow the balance, These glistening arches were the city's on!)' boundaries; there was no wall around Qualinost. The elven city opened its arms loving!)' to the wilderness.

-Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman,

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

Basic Information

Anatomy

With their unearthly grace and fine features, elves appear hauntingly beautiful to humans and members of many other races. They are slightly shorter than humans on average, ranging from well under 5 feet tall to just over 6 feet. They are more slender than humans, weighing only 100 to 145 pounds. Males and females are about the same height, and males are only marginaIly heavier than females.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Elves are considered children until they declare themselves adults, some time after the hundredth birthday, and before this period they are called by child names.

On declaring adulthood, an elf selects an adult name, although those who knew him or her as a youngster mlght continue to use the child name. Each elf's adult na me is a uni que creation, though It might reflect the names of respected individuaIs or other family members. Little distinction exists between male names and female names; the groupings here reflect only general tendencies. In addition, every elf bears a family na me, typieally a comblnation of other Elvish words. Some elves traveling among humans translate their family names into Common, but others retain the Elvish version.

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Elven

RPG Datasheet

Your elf character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of thousands of years of elven refinemenl.
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
Age.
AIthough elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyood physical growth to eocompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.
Alignment.
Elves love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value aod protect others' freedom as well as their own, aod they are more often good than evil. The drow are an exception; their exile into the Underdark has made them vicious and dangerous. Drow are more often evil than not.
Size.
Elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feel.
Darkvision.
Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision io dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and io darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, onIy shades of gray.
Keen Senses
You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Fey Ancestry You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.
Trance.
Elves don't need to sleep. Inslead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is "trance.") While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish. Elvish is fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar. Elven literature is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads lo their repertoires.
Subrace Ancient divides among the elven people resulled in three main subraces: high elves, wood elves, and dark elves, who are commonly called drow. Choose one of these subraces. In some worlds, these subraces are divided slill further (such as lhe sun elves and moon elves of the Forgotten Realms), so if you wish, you can choose a narrower subrace.
HIGH ELF As a high elf, you have a keeo mind and a mastery of at least lhe basics of magic. In many of the worlds of 0&0, lhere are two kinds of high elves. Ooe lype (which includes lhe gray e1ves aod valley elves of Greyhawk, the Silvaoesti of Oragoolaoce, and lhe sun elves of lhe Forgotteo Realms) is haughty and reclusive, believing lhemselves to be superior lo ooo-elves and even other elves. The other type (iocludiog the high elves of Greyhawk. the Qualinesli of Oragonlance, and the moon elves of the Forgotteo Realms) are more common and more friendly, and oflen encouolered among humans and olher races.
The sun elves of Faerun (also called gold elves or sunrise elves) have bronze skin and hair of copper, black, or golden blood. Thcir eyes are golden, silver, or black. Moon elves (also called silver elves or gray elves) are much paler, with alabasler skio somelimes tioged wilh blue. They oflen have hair of silver-while, black, or blue, but various shades of blond, brown, and red are not uncommon. Their eyes are blue or green and flecked with gold.
Ability Score Increase.
Your lntelligeoce score increases by I.
Elf Weapon Training
You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.
Cantrip
You know one Canlrip of your choice from lhe wizard spell lisl. Intelligence is your spell casting ability for it.
Extra Language.
You can speak, read, and write one extra language of your choice.
WOOD ELF
As a wood elf, you have keen senses and intuilion, and your fleet feel carry you quickly and slealthily through your native forests. This category includes the wild elves (grugach) of Greyhawk and lhe Kagonesli of Dragonlance, as well as lhe races called wood elves in Greyhawk and lhe Forgolten Realms. [n Faenln, wood elves (also called wild elves. green elves, or foresl elves) are reclusive and distrusling of non-elves.
Wood elves' skin lends lo be copperish in hue, sometimes with traces of green. Their hair lends toward browns and blacks, bul il is occasionally blond or copper-colored. Their eyes are green, brown, or hazel.
Ability Score Increase
Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Elf Weapon Training
You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.
Fleet of Foot
Your base walking speed increases lo 35 feel.
Mask of the Wild
You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena.
DARK ELF (DROW)
Descended from an earlier subrace of dark-skinned elves; lhe Drow were banished from lhe surface world for following lhe goddess Lolth down the path lo evil and corruplion. Now lhey have builllheir own civilization in lhe depths of lhe Underdark, patterned after the Way of Lolth. Also called dark elves. the Drow have black skin lhal resembles polished obsidian and slark while or pale yellow hair. They commonly have very pale eyes (so pale as to be mistaken for while) in shades of lilac, silver, pink, red, and blue. They lend lo be smaller and thinner than most elves. Drow adventurers are rare.
Ability Score Increase
Your Charisma score increases by 1.
Superior Darkvision.
Your darkvision has a radius of 120 feel.
Sunlight Sensitivity Vou have disadvanlage on altack rolls and on Wisdom (Perceplion) checks lhal rely on sighl when you, the targel of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direcl sunlighl.
Drow Magic
You know lhe dancing lights canlrip
When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the faerie fire spell once per day. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the darkness spell once per day.
Charisma is your spell casting ability for these spells.
Drow Weapon Training
You have proficiency with rapiers, shortswords, and hand crossbows.

Lifespan

700 years

Average Height

5ft - 6ft

Average Weight

100-145 lbs

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

Elves' coloration encompasses the normal human range and also includes skin in shades of copper, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold ar silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry.