Homebrew Elevan Species Details

Elves are an ancient people of otherworldly grace. They live in places surrounded by many other races, and yet they are easily distinguishable by their illustrious beauty. Elves love knowledge and magic, art and artistry, music and poetry, and the elegant things of the world.

Slender Stature

With their unearthly grace and fine features, elves appear hauntingly beautiful to humans and members of many other races. They are slightly shorter than humans on average, ranging from well under 5 feet tall to just over 6 feet. They are more slender than humans, weighing slightly less than the average human. Males and females are about the same height, and males are only marginally heavier than females.

Elves’ coloration encompasses the normal human range and also includes skin in shades of copper, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. Elves tend to have no facial and little body hair, though there are always exceptions. They favor practical clothing in most situations as they “live too long to be burden with caring for the uncomfortable.”

About Time

Elves can live close to 1000 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. Many elven families are made of the parents and only one child with the exception of extremely wealthy nobles that want more children, though usually stopping at 3 at the most. Elves tend to remain carefree and unfazed by most minor conflicts unless close friends or family are gravely threatened. They are slow to make friends and enemies, and even slower to forget them. Many people in the world have not seen an elf dies, so rumors may spread in communities of them possessing immortality, though this is untrue, some elves do enjoy the attention it may bring.

Elven Life

Most elves live amongst the humans in cities such as Gaatia and Relona. Many find the jobs they acquire to be hobbies to help pass the time, though some elves turn to adventure to seek out new experiences in their vast lifetimes. In the cities, they are talented artisans, crafting finely worked clothes and art objects and many older elves become historians or scholars as they may have been alive during major world events.

Elf Names

Elves are considered children until they declare themselves adults, some time after the 60th birthday, and before this period they are called by child names.

On declaring adulthood, an elf selects an adult name, although those who knew him or her as a youngster might continue to use the child name. Each elf’s adult name is a unique creation, though it might reflect the names of respected individuals or other family members. Little distinction exists between male names and female names; the groupings here reflect only general tendencies. In addition, every elf bears a family name, typically a combination of other Elvish words. Some elves traveling among humans translate their family names into Common, but others retain the Elvish version.

Child Names: Ara, Bryn, Del, Eryn, Faen, Innil, Lael, Mella, Naill, Naeris, Phann, Rael, Rinn, Sai, Syllin, Thia, Vall

Male Adult Names: Adran, Aelar, Aramil, Arannis, Aust, Beiro, Berrian, Carric, Enialis, Erdan, Erevan, Galinndan, Hadarai, Heian, Himo, Immeral, Ivellios, Laucian, Mindartis, Paelias, Peren, Quarion, Riardon, Rolen, Soveliss, Thamior, Tharivol, Theren, Varis

Female Adult Names: Adrie, Althaea, Anastrianna, Andraste, Antinua, Bethrynna, Birel, Caelynn, Drusilia, Enna, Felosial, Ielenia, Jelenneth, Keyleth, Leshanna, Lia, Meriele, Mialee, Naivara, Quelenna, Quillathe, Sariel, Shanairra, Shava, Silaqui, Theirastra, Thia, Vadania, Valanthe, Xanaphia

Family Names (Common Translations): Amakiir (Gemflower), Amastacia (Starflower), Galanodel (Moonwhisper), Holimion (Diamonddew), Ilphelkiir (Gemblossom), Liadon (Silverfrond), Meliamne (Oakenheel), Naïlo (Nightbreeze), Siannodel (Moonbrook), Xiloscient (Goldpetal)

Elevan Traits

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

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence and Wisdom scores are 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 60 and can live to be 1000 years old.

Size

Elves range from under 5 to 6 feet tall and rarely grow much taller, they usually have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Elven Sight

Your visual bond with the magical plane gives you vision in dark environments. 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.

Elvish Sense

The elvish culture heavily emphasizes living well and in joy to maintain one’s aura. 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, High 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.