Homebrew Elf-born for Campaigns Species Details

Walking in two worlds but truly belonging to neither, Elf-born are a mix of what some say are the best qualities of their elf and metallic dragon parents: draconic chivalry, intelligence, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of nature, and artistic tastes of the elves. Some Elf-born live among dragons, set apart by their emotional and physical differences, watching friends and loved ones stay the same while the Elf-born age, albeit slowly. Others live with the elves, Revered as great story tellers and poets amongst the childlike elves who age similarly. Many Elf-born, despite their ability to fit into either society, choose to live lives of adventure and warfare in place of the peaceful solitary the dragons and elves provide.

Basic physical features

To dragons, the elf-born look like their elfish parents but with the features of a dragon, to elves, they look a kin to their peers but stand out because of the wings and horns. In height, they tower over the elf parent and on par with the dragon parents human form, though they’re neither as slender as elves nor as broad as dragons. They range from under 9 feet to about 10 feet tall, and from 300 to 380 pounds, with men only slightly taller and heavier than women. Elf-born men can have facial hair, but because of the Draconic lack of hair it is fairly rare. Elf-born take the skin and hair coloring of the elven parent and inherit the scale, wing, horn, and tail coloration of their draconic parent. Once mature the Elf-born will take on the eye coloring of their draconic parent. 

Mercenaries or Guards

Half-elves have no lands of their own, though they are more than welcome in the elven forests and communities and somewhat welcome in the caves and ruins that the dragons inhabit. In large forests and ruins where elves and dragons interact often, elf-born are occasionally numerous enough to form small communities of their own. They enjoy the company of other Elf-born, who are the only ones to understand the struggles of longevity compared to their elfish kin.

In most parts of the world, though, elf-born are rare enough that one will live for most of their lives without meeting another. Some Elf-born prefer to search the cities for work, wandering the treacherous human city's as mercenaries or warriors for hire.  Like elves, they are driven by the wanderlust that comes of their longevity, however they accidently end up hoarding shiny objects like money or jewellery. Others, in contrast, wander the streets inhabited by the nobles and aristocrats to get hired as guards or security, putting their dexterity, strength, and intimidating size to good use.

Elf-born names

Often Elf-born will take on hard to pronounce draconic names as a nod to their dragon lineage, however they will have an elven or even human name for ease when meeting new people. Often they will have nicknames given by close friends or loved ones that they will use inside communities of other elf-born

Appearance 

Due to having massive wings and tails most elf-born either have a specialized tailor make their clothes and a cobbler make their shoes, however some take on apprenticeships and learn to make these custom items themselves, making a fortune off of bigger races like themselves. This goes for amour as well, however those who move to the human cities to learn how to work a forge and become their own smithy, which proves useful to make the custom amour needed for their big size.

Elf-born are often compared to the other races of Half-elves and dragonborn, whilst dragon born are the more draconic kin and the half-elves the more human kin elf-born are set apart by their increased size, speed, strength, and physical appearance.

Based on the subrace of elf the Elf-born will have (wood elf, high elf, or drow. then the subrace of the high elves being sun or moon) skin tones can range from Copper with traces of Green hues, Bronze, or Alabaster sometimes tinged with blue hues. Whereas hair color is Copper, Golden Blond, Black, Silver-White, Blue, and Brown. Their eyes before reaching maturity can be Brown, Hazel, Green, Blue, Gold, Silver, or Black. Once Elf-born reach maturity their eye color changes to a bright variation of the following: Blue, Red, Purple, Gold, Orange, Green, Silver, Copper.

Elf-born have a set of wings and can fly at a speed of 45 feet when not wearing medium or heavy army, so most Elf-born tend towards light amours like leather, those who are skilled at long range attacks may choose not to wear amour at all. Elf-born reach maturity at the same age as elves (100), the healthiest of elf-born can live to around 1200 years old, where as the average can live to be about 1000 years old, they have very similar aging experiences to elves, reaching full physical maturity around age 100, in which once they reach 100 they stop physically aging. 

To work out their age use the following formula. Take the human years e.g. 400, and divide it by 5. e.g. 400 divided by 5 = 80. the smaller of the two numbers (80) is how old your character is in elf-born years, the bigger of the two numbers (400) is old they are in human years

 

EXCELLENT WARRIORS

Many Elf-born get basic defense and offense training at an early age, once grown they have a mix of the elegant fighting style of the elves combined with the ruthless and dirty ways of the dragons. They often make great warriors in armies and usually are high ranking officers (most people are too intimidated to mess with and elf-born due to the large size and mean looking appearance) 

Elf-born for Campaigns Traits

Your Elf-born character has some qualities in common with elves, and some unique to Elf-born

Fey Ancestry

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

Ability Score Increase

 Your Charisma score increases by 1, Your Constitution by 1 and one other ability score of your choice increase by 1.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, Draconic, and one extra language of your choice.

Age

Elf-born mature at the same rate elves do and reach adulthood around 100. They can live much longer than Elves though, up to 1200 years

Size

Elf-born are between 9 and 10 feet tall, and weigh between 300 and 380 pounds, your size is large

Speed

You have a base walking speed of 35 feet

Flight

You have a base flying speed of 40 feet, to use this speed you must have no medium or heavy amour on

Skill Proficiencies

You have Proficiencies in Intimidation, and Athletics due to your large size.

Tail

Because of your Dragon lineage you posses a barbed tail, which you can use to slash a creature in a 5ft sphere around you

Not Stealthy

Due to your large size you have disadvantage on stealth rolls

Dark vision

Thanks to your elf blood, 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.