High Elf

Race Details

Elves are a magical people of otherworldly grace,
living in the world but not entirely part of it.
They live 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,
and the good things of the world.

High Elf traits

Your elf character has a variety of natural abilities,
the result of thousands of years of elven refinement.

Abilty Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Your Intelligence score increases 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

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 feet.

Dark Vision

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.

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.
Elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, 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.

Elf Weapon training

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

Cantrip

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

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 to their repertoires.

As High Elf you can speak, read,
and write one extra language of your choice