Homebrew Elf (Myth Drannor) Species Details

Elf (Myth Drannor)

Ability Scores: Dex +2; Choose Any Other Two Unique +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.

Alignment: Due to being blessed by both Tymora & Beshaba, The Elves of Myth Drannor are chaotic in nature. Those who favored Tymora over Beshaba, were more on the good side of the alignment while those who favored Beshaba over Tymora, were more on the evil side of the alignment.

Size: Elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed: 30 ft.

The Elves of Myth Drannor, were from the forest of Cormanthor. Myth Drannor was was considered by many to be the pinnacle of shared knowledge, culture, and civilization in Faerun, as well a beacon of serenity and solidarity in the chaotic Realms. Myth Drannor had citizens of all the goodly races and many different religious factions. The Elves especially prayed to Tyche, goddess of fortune, as they believed they were fortunate to be in a prosperous city filled with joy and no malice such as Myth Drannor. The Elves live in the a tower dedicated to Tyche which was located in the southwestern part of Myth Drannor overlooking Tilver's Dam to Glyryrryl's pool. This all changed in the Dawn Cataclysm. The God, Lathander, attempted to reshape the pantheon of deities more in his own image and it failed, which caused the Death of several deities and Myth Drannor to fall in ruins. Tyche was one of the deities to die, and this also caused the tower dedicated to her to fall into the Tilver's Dam, signifying her end. The Elves were still in the tower when this happened, and they were all trapped and slowly drowning to death. They kept praying to Tyche, but it was to no avail. When all seemed to be lost, they heard two voices in their head, giggling and saying they were the daughters of Tyche, Tymora & Beshaba, who have taken over their mother, after her death. Seeing as their new believers were on the verge of death, they were about to bless them with gifts to help them survive, but seeing that the elves still looked beautiful even while drowning greatly irritated them as they wanted to be more beautiful then their followers. The gifts they bestowed on them, did helped them survive this ordeal but also took away most of their elvish beauty and charm. Tymora blessed them with gills to survive underwater and Beshaba blessed them with additional arms to help break out of the tower and swim to the surface easier. After escaping from the tower, they tried to get back to Myth Drannor as the tower was washed away deep and far away from the city, but were denied entry by the guards, who thought they were evil invaders that wanted to take over the city due to their sinister looks. Sad and driven from the city they knew, they moved to the forest of Cormanthor to start anew. They built their new home in the middle of the forest near a lake. Their new home was half submerged and on land. They decided to live secluded and not want to mingle with other races anymore. Little did they know, that all new born elves would inherit the gills and additional arms. After many years, some of the newer and younger elves went out to venture out of the forest and see the rest of the world and hoping they were accepted.

Elf (Myth Drannor) Traits

Four Armed Elves

Darkvision

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.

Tymora's Gift

You can breathe air and water.

Beshaba's Gift

You have an extra pair of arms that are each about as dexterous as your main arms.

You have a swimming speed equal to your walking speed.

These arms can also be used in two other ways.

1. To help your main arms carry a two-handed weapon without the heavy property or versatile weapon along with a shield. The damage value for using a versatile weapon along with a shield is the same as using it with two hands.

Or

2. They can help perform the somatic components of spells even when you have weapons or a shield in one or both your main hands.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish.