Homebrew Blood elf Species Details
"Did Modera send you with a statement before you left,
Aethas? Your words drip of her false diplomacy. At least she
dares not set foot here herself. I suppose I should be grateful
for small mercies."
"Modera agrees with me on these matters," Aethas
answered stiffly, not rising to Rommath's bait.
"She agrees with you," Rommath mused, "or, rather, you
agree with her, for I doubt they would send you here to speak
on their behalf had you half a mind of your own."
"Damn it, Rommath." Aethas's patience snapped. "Do you
have anything useful to say, besides personal insults?"
"You are blind," Rommath replied evenly, assuredly. "They
bit off more than they can chew, and now they find
themselves facing both Malygos and Arthas. They are afraid,
as they should be. They need aid beyond their own capacity—
and to whom have they always turned regarding matters of
the arcane? Oh, yes, to us. The members of the Kirin Tor will
swear up and down that you are indispensable to them, that
your skills are invaluable. The moment you become
inconvenient, you will be discarded." He cocked his head to
the side, one long ear twitching almost imperceptibly as his
eyes slid first to Halduron, then to Lor'themar. "Ask them.
They know. But not as well as I."
—Sarah Pine, Lor'themar Theron: In the Shadow of the Sun
Blood elf Traits
Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1. Size. Blood elves are between 5 and 6 feet in height. Your size is Medium. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Arcane Acuity. Whenever you roll damage for a spell of the evocation school, you treat any 1 on a damage die as a 2. Arcane Resistance. You have advantage on saving throws against spells from the evocation school. Mana Shaping. When crafting magic items, your crafting rate becomes 25 + your proficiency bonus gold per day. Any progress made on the last day above the item's value is doubled and added to its final value. Enclave. In addition to the above, you gain additional features based on your training with a specific enclave.Ability Score Increase
Your Intelligence score increases by 1
Age
Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.
Alignment
Elves love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others’ freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not. The drow are an exception; their exile into the Underdark has made them vicious and dangerous. Drow are more often evil than not.
Size
Elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
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.
Keen Senses
You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Fey Ancestry
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
Trance
Elves 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.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Sin'dorei. Sin'dorei is fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar. Sin'dorei literature is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Sin'dorei ballads to their repertoires.
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