Homebrew Sand Elf Species Details

Whenever you look to a desert, what do you see? Miles and miles of sand, salt beds, cracked dirt, and dry, lifeless, nothing. These lands were once filled with life, sentient, animal, plant, and so much more. But for whatever reason these lands had dried up either over time or even in a single instant. Life always finds a way though. The elves, dwarves, any race really, must find a way to survive. And survive the Sand Elves did. Sand Elves are of many mixed blood such as High Elves, humans, and Primarily Wood Elves. This race is typically nomadic in their society and tend to be very human like in their actions. At the begining of their race Sand elves had constructed incredible underground cities that were made up of glass, gold, and gem stones. Complex pipe systems would carry water to different places for heat and cooling along side giving moisture to the crops grown underground. For unknown reasons all these cities vanished around the same time with only a few survivors being left to interbreed and carry on their people. Sand elves, unlike most races, dont really care much for gods or deities. Instead they worship their ancestors and the ancient civilisations that were once created by their people long ago. It should also be mentioned that these elves are not exactly like others, being that they have a very wide range of heights that go from 4 to 7 feet in height. Along side this their skin tends to come in the form of extremely dark browns to dark tans in colour, their hair being much the same. Some though have been known to have reds in both skin and hair but this is a rare accurence. 

Sand Elf Traits

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

Stat Modifiers

Thanks to living in a harsh land where sand storms whip against them and heat is constantly buffeting them, Sand elves do not gain the standard dexterity mods most do. instead they gain.

Con+2 and gain a +1 in any stat.

Blessing of the Sands

Desert elves have gained a great deal of adaptations to help them survive in desert climates.

Heat Resist: Desert elves are resistant to Fire damage and suffer no effects from extreme heats.
Water Conservation: Sand elves only ever sweat when sleeping and only need 1 glass of water per week to survive.
Slow Metabalism: Sand elves need only eat once per two weeks to survive.
Thermal Sleep: Sand elves do indeed sleep, unlike most elves, in which they often times dream like humans do. during this sleep, 6 hours during the day, they vent all heat from their body making them cool down and helping pass by the hotter parts of the day in comfort.

Arcane Echos

Thanks to having lived in the deserts for generations, much of the elvish blood is shared between Sand Elves. even the lingering echos of their High Elven heritage. 
Sand Elves may choose to have the Druidcraft, Thaumaturgy, or Prestidigitation cantrip.

Age

Sand Elves are, as always, very odd compared to other species of elves. Their aging is more comparable to Dwarves or Gnomes in length managing 300 to 600 years of age, much shorter than the standard elf. To compensate for this, they have a much higher birth rate compared to other elves. Sand Elves consider themselves adults between the ages of 16 to 20.

Size

4ft-8ft in height. You can count yourself as small, medium, or large depending on your height. 4ft is small, 5-7ft is medium, and 8ft is large.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Brightvision

Accustumed to the blinding lights of deserts, Sand elves have developed slightly tinted eye lenses that allow them to see in major amounts of light. Staring at the sun has no harmful effects on them. as a down side to this, their elven dark vision is much weaker than normal.

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.
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