Homebrew erumë Species Details

Desert elves are nomadic denizens of the grand and expansive arid plains, as such they live harsh lives that requires them to move about. They've grown into a hardy bunch, rather allowing the teachings through hardship to sculpt ones experiences. 

Such as being nomadic, they have a shrewd sense of trust, seeing many not liable for their trust unless proven. In response, a desert elf will mislead, charm, or lie in a variety of ways to make sure a person is certainly and indiscriminately throw a individual off of the true motives of a desert elf

But as most elves, these ones in particular pride themselves in their use of the word-craft and stories they weave, making some of the most distinguished scholars descendants of desert elves. They still carry themselves modestly within their own society and most become successful and shrewd business owners.

Of course being of a magical bloodline derived from the core elves, this obviously aids them in standing such arid conditions with ease.

Desert Elf Traits

Able to withstand hard living conditions and having a quick tongues allows a desert elf to become far more useful in strategic ventures.

Ability score increase

Born with fast wit and strong lives, desert elves take great risk with, questionably, equally great rewards.

you get a +1 to Charisma and a +1 to Constitution 

Age

As numerous are the grains of sand that blanket the deserts, so too is the years for a desert elf.

Desert elves mature at 100 years, and live to about 800 years.

Alignment

Desert elves always rather their own goals and ideals above others. That being said, the goal is mostly not malevolent in nature as it more so benefits the elf rather than to bring harm to another individual. However they can actively choose their own selfish desires above the good of other if the reward is high enough to warrant a sacrifice. Opposite of this is if a desert elf's trust is rightfully gained, a honest friend is made.

So most will stay within neutral alignments but can very well fall into chaotic.

Size

Desert elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Fey Ancestry

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

Temperature resistance

Living in a desert where there is unrelenting heat during the day, and chilling cold at night, has made desert elves more adept in variable temperatures.

Desert elves have advantage on temperature based saving throws. 

Languages

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

erumë Traits

Your elf character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of thousands of years of elven refinement.

Ability 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.

Alignment

Elves love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others’ freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not. The drow are an exception; their exile into the Underdark has made them vicious and dangerous. Drow are more often evil than not.

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 and Elvish. 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.