Homebrew Christmas Elf Species Details

A constant hum of busy activity pervades the area around Santa's shop where the Christmas Elves formed their close-knit community. Louder sounds punctuate the hum: a crunch of grinding gears here, a minor explosion there, a yelp of surprise or triumph, and especially bursts of laughter. Naturally helpful creatures, Christmas Elves take delight in life, enjoying every moment of invention, exploration, investigation, creation, and play.

Vibrant Expression

A Christmas Elf's energy and enthusiasm for living shines through every inch of their tiny body. Gnomes average slightly over 3 feet tall and weigh 40 to 45 pounds. Their tan or brown faces are usually adorned with broad smiles (beneath their prodigious noses), and their bright eyes shine with excitement. Their fair hair has a tendency to stick out in every direction, as if expressing their insatiable interest in everything around.

Christmas Elf Traits

Your Christmas Elf character has certain characteristics in common with all other Christmas Elves.

Natural Tinkerer

Using simple tools and their imagination, Christmas Elves can make nearly anything within minutes if the materials can be found.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 2.

Age

Christmas Elves mature at the same rate humans do, and most are expected to settle down into an adult life by around age 40. They can live 350 to almost 500 years.

Alignment

Christmas Elves are most often good. Those who tend toward law are sages, engineers, researchers, scholars, investigators, or inventors. Those who tend toward chaos are minstrels, tricksters, tinkerers, or fanciful jewelers. They are always good-hearted, and even the tricksters among them are more playful than vicious.

Size

Christmas Elves are between 3 and 4 feet tall and average about 40 pounds. Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to long dark days in the frozen north, 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.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write all common languages.