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.

When they are around ten years old, an ore or precious stone starts synthethising in an Arcadian body making colored veins appear on their bodies.

Depending on the type of ore or stone, an arcadian gains new abilities.

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.

Arcadians 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.

You gain proficiency in two skills of your choice.

Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Arkadians mature at about the same rate as humans and reach adulthood in their late teens. They live longer than humans do, up to 500 years.

Independent and self-reliant, genasi tend toward a neutral alignment.

Genasi are as varied as their mortal parents but are generally built like humans, standing anywhere from 5 feet to over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.