Homebrew Half-Elf (2024) 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.

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. 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.  They can easily live to be 180 years old.

Half-Elf (2024) Traits

As an Half-Elf, you have these special traits.

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid.

Size

You are Medium (about 4–7 feet tall).

Speed

Your speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

You have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.

Distant Elven Lineage

Your specific elven lineage grants you supernatural abilities. Choose a lineage from the Distant Elven Lineages table. You gain the benefit of that lineage.

Distant Elven Lineages

LINEAGE	ABILITY
Drow	The range of your Darkvision increases to 120 feet.
High Elf	You know the Prestidigitation cantrip.
Wood Elf	Your Speed increases to 35 feet.

Fey Ancestry

You have Advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the Charmed condition.

Skillful

You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.

Versatile

You gain an Origin feat of your choice (see chapter 5). Skilled is recommended.