Homebrew Elkari Species Details

Elkari Race (half orc half elf) 

 

SUMMARY 

 

Elkari have the Brawn and body of an orc with some elegant features mostly smaller tusks and more rounded back teeth longer noses and elongated ears while still muscular and stout they have a smaller stature than most orcs sitting between 5’8 and 6’3 and muscular but not towering like some orcs who resemble Giant kin but more so resemble an extremely muscular elf frame with the orc skin and features. Some elkari are more orcish and have some easier time passing in society as half orc (of human decent if they can hide some of the elf traits) 

 

Although in most outlier cities and towns they can find some solace because being so rare many have only heard stories and some races/societies don’t think they exist. So they pay no mind 

Strong, agile and utterly unpredictable, the elkari are formidable. Elkari are the remnant of a time when orcs and elves fought side by side. Though they were born from a time when both races were amenable, they are barely welcome within either society today. As a result, many elkari have left the lands of their kin, preferring to live among more tolerant races. Elkari are considered to be extremely rare.  

 

The elkari are a people that not only struggle with others, but also conflict with themselves. The whispers of the orc god Gruumsh do not directly reach their minds, kept at bay by their fey ancestry, yet his influence still burns in each and every elkari. It's this influence that amplifies their already chaotic tendencies, a gift also of their elf blood, and sees them act on instinct—unpredictable but often reckless, with little regard for law and order. It drives them to violence, and only the fine control granted by their elven heritage allows them to—mostly—rein in these urges.

 

Likewise, their elf blood steers them toward doing good—a task made difficult by the fact that they are widely shunned, along with their vicious cravings and aloof nature. These often futile desires commonly lead to frustration, and see more elkari maintain a neutral alignment than any form of good. Some few Elkari succumb to the turmoil and let it turn them evil, but htis is not a largely common path that is taken. 

 

Misunderstood by their parents and almost every other race, including other part-orc people, elkari feel most at ease among tieflings who know what is to be scorned by the masses. The few elkari in existence often find a home among the slums of human cities or wander the lands as lone drifters. Those with power who come to accept elkari  find them to be both more-than-capable and highly efficient, often employing them as personal bodyguards, lethal assassins and bounty hunters.

Society 

 

Elkari are known among the orc clans as the bloodless, or gahuta. And the elves refer to them as the cursed children, or hútanwë. They are seen as something unwanted by some races especially of the higher echelon of orc/ elven race high elves and Eladrin elves see them as smudges on their race and Orcs see them as blasphemous to the Orc Gods. Wood elves and those of nature based lives don’t see them the same way they see them as just another form that nature is evolving, believing that if the wildmother and nature Gods allowed it it must be so. Elkari find solace in company of Teiflings because they also understand what it is like to be seen as a threat or abomination or people who are not welcome generally alot of places. 

AGE

 

Elkari mature fairly quickly reaching adulthood around age 16. And though they do not have the same long lives of elves, they are known to live well into their second century.

 

Size

Elkari are somewhat larger and bulkier than elves, and they range from 5 to just over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Darkvision

Thanks to your elf and orc blood, 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.

 

 

Elkari Traits

Darkvision, +2 Strength +1 Constitution, Fey touched (some inate magical ability)

Darkvision

Thanks to your elf and orc blood, 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.

Menacing

You gain proficiency in the Intimidation Skill Using your orc nature and the Rage and turmoil inside you, you release pure Dark anger at will 

Relentless Endurance

When you are reduced to 0 HP but not killed, you can drop to 1 HP instead once per long rest.