Homebrew Bucharisterith Half-Elf Species Details

 

 

Walking in two worlds but truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity, inventiveness, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of nature, and artistic tastes of the elves. Some half-elves live among humans, set apart by their emotional and physical differences, watching friends and loved ones age while time barely touches them. Others live with the elves, growing restless as they reach adulthood in the timeless elven realms, while their peers continue to live as children. Many half-elves, unable to fit into either society, choose lives of solitary wandering or join with other misfits and outcasts in the adventuring life.

Of Two Worlds

To humans, half-elves look like elves, and to elves, they look human. In height, they’re on par with both parents, though they’re neither as slender as elves nor as broad as humans. They range from under 5 feet to about 6 feet tall, and from 100 to 180 pounds, with men only slightly taller and heavier than women. Half-elf men do have facial hair, and sometimes grow beards to mask their elven ancestry. Half-elven coloration and features lie somewhere between their human and elf parents, and thus show a variety even more pronounced than that found among either race. They tend to have the eyes of their elven parents.

Diplomats or Wanderers

Half-elves have no lands of their own, though they are welcome in human cities and somewhat less welcome in elven forests. In large cities in regions where elves and humans interact often, half-elves are sometimes numerous enough to form small communities of their own. They enjoy the company of other half-elves, the only people who truly understand what it is to live between these two worlds.

In most parts of the world, though, half-elves are uncommon enough that one might live for years without meeting another. Some half-elves prefer to avoid company altogether, wandering the wilds as trappers, foresters, hunters, or adventurers and visiting civilization only rarely. Like elves, they are driven by the wanderlust that comes of their longevity. Others, in contrast, throw themselves into the thick of society, putting their charisma and social skills to great use in diplomatic roles or as swindlers.

Half-Elf Names

Half-elves use either human or elven naming conventions. As if to emphasize that they don’t really fit in to either society, half-elves raised among humans are often given elven names, and those raised among elves often take human names.

EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS

Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and human energy without human boorishness. They often make excellent ambassadors and go-betweens (except between elves and humans, since each side suspects the half-elf of favoring the other).

Half-elves are the combinations of elves and an another race, either human or very rarely another race. Half-elves do not form separate communities unto themselves, with the notable exception of Bucharis. They can, however, be found in nearly any society on Chandor. Most half-elves are outcast from their elven parent's society. The mature faster than elven children, but are typically not given the rights of adulthood for many years after that.

 

Bucharisterith half-elves are extremely rare. They are found only in Bucharis and make the nobility and royal family of that monarchy. Bucharisterith half-elves have been intermarrying into the noble houses of Ellesthandanturil for nearly 3000 years. They are the longest lived of any half-elves and are the closest to being a full elf. To the uninformed, Bucharisterith half-elves appear to be full-blooded elves. Their racial abilities are 150% of those of a normal half-elf. They have blond or light brown/ash colored hair with blue or gray eyes

Bucharisterith Half-Elf Traits

Bucharisterith racial traits come from millennia of close familial relationships with the Ellesthandan'turil royal family.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma score increases by 2, and two other ability scores of your choice increase by 1.

Age

Half-elves mature at the same rate humans do and reach adulthood around the age of 20. Bucharisterith live much longer than humans, and other half-elves, often exceeding 525 years.

Size

You share your elven parent's height and tend to be shorter than other Half-elves, ranging from 5 feet tall to 5 and a half feet tall to just over 6 feet tall and weigh no more than 140 pounds. Your size is medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

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.

Fey Ancestry

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

Trance

Due to your close genetic ties to full elves, you don't need to sleep. Instead, you meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 6 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.

If you meditate during a long rest, you finish the rest after only 6 hours. You otherwise obey all the rules for a long rest; only the duration is changed.

Languages

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

Elven Weapon Training.

You are proficient with the longsword, shortsword, longbow and shortbow.