Homebrew Driftling Species Details
This elven-kin race is between 7.5 and 10 feet tall, with a wingspan at least 2 feet longer than they are tall. They originate from the snowier areas, usually residing in the mountains near warmer climates close to the sun, but buried deep in the cold frost.
Their wings are made of a fluffy down, instead of the typical feathery material of their brethren, usually matching nicely with their hair and, in turn, any streaking or patching that reflects. This material protects them from the cold easily, but tends to make hotter weather a burden to deal with.
A Draftling's hair is soft and flowy in nature, varying from (in order of rarity) shades of blonde, yellow, orange, light brown and occasionally darker brown hair. The soldiers tend to keep it snipped to shoulder length, give or take a few inches, whereas the ladies of the heights tend to allow it to grow to much longer lengths.
Driftling Traits
This Elven-kin flight-folk's race gifts you many traits, such asAbility Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
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.
Darkvision
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.
Trance
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.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish and Windtongue. 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. Windtongue is a mere whisper compared to common, but every word holds ancient secrets that no language can mirror. Outside of The Heights, Windtongue is considered a mostly-dead language.
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