Highborn Elf

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Highborn Elf

Elves are a magical people of otherworldly grace, living in places of ethereal beauty, in the midst of ancient forests or in silvery spires glittering with faerie light, where soft music drifts through the air and gentle fragrances waft on the breeze. Elves love nature and magic, art and artistry, music and poetry.
As a highborn elf, you have a keen mind and a mastery of at least the basics of magic. Elves from the south and west have bronze skin and hair of copper, black, or golden blood. Their eyes are golden, silver, or black. Elves from the north and east often 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: Increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1.

age: Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.

Size: Medium

speed: 30ft.

Languages: Common, Elven, and one additional language of your choice

race features:

Cantrip.

You know one cantrip of your choice from the Wizard spell list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it.

Elf Weapon Training.

You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and longbow.

Darkvision.

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Fey Ancestry.

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Trance.

Elves do not sleep. Instead they meditate deeply, remaining semi-conscious, for 4 hours a day. The Common word for this meditation is "trance." While meditating, you dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive after years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit a human would from 8 hours of sleep.

Keen Senses.

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.