Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

While Darklings are able to live up to 300 years, many die sooner due to varied amounts of light exposure.

Darklings are typically shunned from their society, leading them to fend for themselves. They tend to be chaotic neutral in alignment.

There are two different kinds of Darklings that are different sizes. There are Darklings that are Small and Darkling Elders that are Medium. Darklings range from 3 to 4 feet tall while Darkling Elders range from 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slightly slender builds.

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

From spending generations hiding from light, your kind has developed incredibly sharp vision in darkness. You can see in dim light within 90 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.

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

You have proficiency with the shortsword, scimitar, hand crossbow, and light crossbow.

You know the mending cantrip. Once you reach 3rd level, you can cast darkness once with this trait. You regain the ability to cast it this way once you finish a long rest. You do not require material components to cast these spells. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

When you hit a target with a weapon while you had advantage on the attack roll, you do an extra 1d6 damage to it. You can only apply this damage once per turn. 

You count as both humanoid and fey for the purposes of creature specific effects.

While in bright light, you have disadvantage on ranged attack rolls, opportunity attacks, dexterity and constitution saving throws, and Wisdom (Survival) and Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

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