Elf
Elves are the first of the created, civilized races to settle on Essilion. Their arrival in the Briarwall Forest marks the beginning of recorded history.
Fey Ancestry - You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep. Instead of sleeping, you meditate for 4 hours a day. While meditating, you can dream after a fashion. These dreams are entirely lucid.
Cantrip: You innately know one cantrip from the wizard spell list, using Intelligence as your casting ability for it.
Extra Language - You can speak, read, and write one extra language of your choice
Keen Senses - You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Subraces - The past few millennium have caused Elves to partially diverge into the following subraces: High, Wood, and Dark Elves (Drow).
Wood Elf 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) Superior Darkvision - Your Darkvision has a radius of 120 feet Sunlight Sensitivity - You have disadvantage on attack rolls and Perception checks that relay on sight when you or the target is in direct sunlight. Drow Magic - You know the Dancing Lights cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast farie fire spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the darkness spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for the spells. Drow Weapon Training - You have proficiency with rapiers and shortswords.
Elf
Ability Score Increase
Size Medium
Speed 30 feet
Alignment - Elves love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they learn strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not. The Drow are an exception; they are vicious and dangerous and are more often evil than not.
Abilities
Darkvision - You can see 60 feet in dim light as bright light, or in darkness as if it were dim light. Sight in darkness is monochromatic.Fey Ancestry - You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep. Instead of sleeping, you meditate for 4 hours a day. While meditating, you can dream after a fashion. These dreams are entirely lucid.
Cantrip: You innately know one cantrip from the wizard spell list, using Intelligence as your casting ability for it.
Extra Language - You can speak, read, and write one extra language of your choice
Proficiency
Elf Weapon Training - You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbowKeen Senses - You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Subraces - The past few millennium have caused Elves to partially diverge into the following subraces: High, Wood, and Dark Elves (Drow).
Wood Elf 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) Superior Darkvision - Your Darkvision has a radius of 120 feet Sunlight Sensitivity - You have disadvantage on attack rolls and Perception checks that relay on sight when you or the target is in direct sunlight. Drow Magic - You know the Dancing Lights cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast farie fire spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the darkness spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for the spells. Drow Weapon Training - You have proficiency with rapiers and shortswords.
Languages. Elvish, Broken Sylvan
Basic Information
Anatomy
Elves have a standard bilaterian vertebrate form. This includes two pairs of limbs, five secondary digits at the ends of each limb, a distinct head with sensory organs, and a exoskeleton for support and defense. They typically walk with an upright posture, with one pair of limbs servings as the "legs" and used for locomotion, and the other pair the "arms" with the digits arranged in "hands" with distinct, disposable thumbs used for grasping and manipulation.
Biological Traits
Elves are nearly sexually monomorphic, with male and female members having the same average heights, weights, and musculature. The only notable outward distinction between the sexes is the enlarged breast tissue in females, which is common in all upright mammals and also unique to them. They typically have a tall slender physique with with decent natural agility.
Genetics and Reproduction
Elves have two distinct sexes and produce offspring through copulation. The fertilized egg gestates in the mother's uterus for between twelve months to a year. At the end of pregnancy the newborn infant is physically and mentally underdeveloped compared to most other mammalian species, as with most upright mammals. The fertility of both parents is suppressed for up to ten years after reproduction due to the resonance between the child's magic and the parents. This reinforces the bond between the parents and child, and allows the parents to devote all of their attention to one care intensive child at a time.
Growth Rate & Stages
Elves have the slowest growth rate and longest lifespan of any race on Gliaclis. Adolescence typically lasts fifty years, though more of this time is spent mastering their magical abilities than physical development. An elf is generally considered to be a fully grown adult at 100 years old.
Ecology and Habitats
Thousands of years ago Elves consciously moved to Gliaclis from the Feywild. They haven't forgotten their first homeland, and feel most comfortable in the forest. They thrive in the dense, wet, Briarwall Forest, but have found success in forests around Gliaclis.
Dietary Needs and Habits
As with most primates Elves are omnivorous but primarily sustain themselves with gathering rather than hunting. The average elves diet consists of fruit, nuts, berries, and vegetables, with large game supplementing their protein needs. Because of their low population density and slow reproduction rate most elves have achieved a relative equilibrium with their environment.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Elves are most concentrated in the Briarwall Forest but have pockets of control scattered around much of Gliaclis. They are also widely accepted in most civilized societies, enough that half-elves have become an normal occurrence around the continent.
Average Intelligence
The average intelligence of elves is perhaps the highest of any sentient race in Gliaclis. Unfortunately it is difficult to determine how much of their intelligence is natural ability and how much is a result of their magic.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Their disproportionately large eyes and ears for their body size grants elves keen visual and audible acuity. In contrast to most mammals, their rather small nose limits their sense of smell. However, elves posses an usual modification to their eyes allowing them to visually perceive The Weave a short distance in front of them. This allows them a form of darkvision.
Symbiotic and Parasitic organisms
While they haven't domesticated their prey to the same degree as many of the other civilized races, Elves have used magic to develop a pseudo symbiotic relationship with several species of animal and plants. Most notably these include:
Civilization and Culture
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Most members of the elven species speak a language known by the other races as elvish. This language is derived from the common language of the Feywild known as Sylvan. Because elves have such long lives and have ease of communication through magic, their language has changed remarkably little over the millennium. One significant variation is the moon elves, the primary inhabitants of the Underdark, whose dialect is called Undercommon as it is the most common language spoken in the Underdark.
History
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Full blooded fey are exceedingly picky about their inter-species relationships. Elves are less picky compared to their fey ancestors, but are still incredible reserved compared to most other races. Humans and orcs are different races of the same species as elves, and as such elf-human and elf-orc hybrids are common enough to have formed their own separate societies.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Scientific Name
Homo silvestris silvestris
Origin/Ancestry
Moon Elves, Wood Elves, Dark Elves (Drow), Sea Elves
Lifespan
750 years
Average Height
Medium: 4'6" + 2d10 "
Average Weight
90 lbs. + Height Modifier x 1d4 lbs.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Due to their naturally elevated levels of magic and high consumption of magical plants, elves typically have a slight purple or blue tint to their skin. This is taken to an extreme in the Drow, whose diet consists almost entirely of magically mushrooms. Their hair tends tends trough shades of blue, from blonde to dark indigo, while their eyes may be blue, green, purple, silver, or gold. Drow are, once again, notable for their albino coloration, with red eyes and white hair.
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