When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.

You are a Humanoid. You are also considered an elf for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be an elf.

You are Medium.

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

You can see in dim light within 120 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.

You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed condition on yourself.

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

You know the dancing lights cantrip.

Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the faerie fire spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can cast the darkness spell with this trait. Once you cast faerie fire or darkness with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).

You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. You can finish a long rest in 4 hours if you spend those hours in a trance like meditation, during which you remain conscious.

Whenever you finish a long rest using your Trance trait, you gain two proficiencies, each one with a weapon or a tool of your choice (selected from the “Equipment” chapter of the Player’s Handbook). You mystically acquire these proficiencies by drawing them from shared elven memory, and you retain them until you finish your next long rest.

You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character.