Homebrew Mountain elf Species Details

Strong, gallant, hardy. Words like these rarely meet the persona of an elf, however for one kind whose entirety has remained unnoticed until recently, it is all too fitting a description.

Mountain elves are elves whose lives are dictated by the physical forces that made the world rather than the metaphysical. Though striking and more built than their other elvish kin, they still seem rather lithe in comparison to other races meant for battle and war-craft. This in fact plays into their ability to move around the battlefield like artisans that were born to combat.

Maintaining a air of natural confidence and strength, they are travelers of paths less traveled and rockier roads. They keep to their name sake as children of the mountains as a sign of great self respect and are prideful in their heritage almost as much as Dwarves. Pride is what drives a mountain elf, this loyalty to ones own pride leads them to be natural heroes or heroins so that they may speak in reverent tones of their own accomplishments.

Mountain elf Traits

Finding equal parts grace and strength make for the best warriors, and none more so than those who live upon a mountain rather than under it.

Ability Score Increase

Mountain elves are a oddity even to other elves. Due to their combined grace and boldness, Mountain elves gain a +1 to dexterity and a +1 to strength

Age

Mountain elves are believed to grow as old as the rocky spires that they make their civilizations on. They've maintained a long history that almost makes the rumors true.

Mountain elves mature at 100 human years, and live to be 800 at most.

Alignment

The thing that drives a mountain elf the most is their pride. Prideful is the honorable fight, prideful is the overcoming of challenge, prideful is the honest. They never stray into chaos due to their outlook on violent action without reason or overuse of power as shameful.

Mountain elves usually stray into neutral and lawful as a natural alignment.

Size

Mountain elves range from in-between 5 to 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Fey Ancestry

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

Natural mountaineer

Living long lives on mountains and rocky terrain of various kinds have left these elves knowledgeable to the ways around such harsh pathways with relative ease.

Mountain elf