Homebrew Altmer Species Details

Alter are consider slender and graceful posing with elegant stature, typically health gaunt features. They are the tallest of the Mer sometimes above 7 feet, normally weighing between 140 - 180 lbs. They have physical colorations that are very homogenous in their nature, having golden skin that ranges from pale yellow to bronzes with hair in very similar shades, rarely having facial hair. They can live for what is considered to be 300-400 on average. This allows them to treat life as a luxury, sometime that emanates throughout their culture. 

They consider themselves to be the most pure descendants of the original Aldmer elves, the first of the Merethic Era.  The cities of the Altmer are designed as a strong, graceful and tall. Their societies have rooted and rigid social hierarchy of classes. Teachers and priest reach the highest ranks, with artists, princes, warriors, landowner's, merchants, workers, and finally their slaves in following order. 

Altmer Traits

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

Attribute Scores Increase

Your Intelligence and Willpower Score increase by 2

HighBorn

You have an innate well of magicka within you. You have additional magicka equal to half your character level, rounded down, min. of 1 and max of 5

Altmer Blood

You have advantage on saving throws to resist diseases.

Elven Spell Training

You know one Cantrip and one 1st level spell from the mage spell list. Intelligence is your spell casting ability for this spell. You must expend magicka to cast the 1st level spell, as normal.

Tool Proficiency

You gain proficiency with one of the artisan''s tools of your choice: alchemist's supplies, calligraphers supplies, or the jewelers tools.

Aldmer Duality

The Altmer's greatest strength is their gift of arcane, but this also becomes their greatest weakness. Your spellcasting chance to hit and your spell casting DC is increased by +1, but you also have disadvantage to saving throws against spells that deal cold, fire or lightning damages. 

Language Skill

You can speak, read, and write Tamrielic (Common) and two other standard languages of your choice.