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The origin of elves is shrouded in story and myth, but it is widely believed they arrived on Ancerra long before the first humanoid civilizations were established. Star elves, with their deep blue-black skin and shimmering white hair, claim their ancestry from the eternal void of space. The coppery-skinned forest elves believe that their ancient lineages come directly from the conclaves of the Archfae in the Everwilds. The mountain elves still believe their ancestors leave prophecies and guidance in the night sky and stare endlessly from their isolated mountain observatories. Yet some elves, like the crystal-eyed plains elves, speak little of their progenitors and instead embrace the present, busy as they are with the endless skirmishes and battles across the steppes. Regardless of which mythos is believed, the elves of Ancerra all feel a deep affinity with starlight and believe that they are in some way linked to the cosmos beyond. Elves share a bond like no other lineage as each night their dreams touch the shared consciousness known as the Celestial Sea, where memory and experience from millions of lives churn and flow.

'''Inter-Species Relations:''' Elves generally show the utmost patience with shorter lived races and hold many humans, kleppins, and urkou in the highest regard for their tenacity, energy, and ability to accomplish so much in such a short time. Still, they may show frustration in their dealings should they forget that not everyone can recall the experiences of ancestors centuries dead, leading to many mistakes often repeated.

|Your ANT increases by +1 and you gain +2 to Initiative rolls.

* <u>Observation</u>: Empathy, Intuiting, Investigating, Perceiving

Many elves were drawn to wide open plains and deserts where the sky stretched from horizon to horizon. Here, nomadic elven tribes hunted and gathered and built powerful connections with the herds of wild horses, camels, and the like that frequented these places. They also came into regular, and often bloody, contact with brutish raiders and brigands, perfecting the arts of open combat across generations.  

|'''Arcane Affinity'''

|Learn two prayers from the Divine Source of magic. Use your magic attribute. If you do not have one, use CHA.

|While you are Concealed, gain +2 to your REF and ANT.

|Gain the Dream Step ability.

 

* '''Dream Step (1/Rest).''' While you Take a Rest, you may attempt to enter the dream of another sleeping creature on your same plane. In order to do so, the target creature must also be asleep and familiar to you. To make contact, make a CHA/Empathy check against a DC equal to their WILL. On a success, you enter their dreams. If you have not met the creature (spent one minute or more within 5 ft of them engaging in conversation or the like), the DC increases by +5. Once you have established contact with the target, you and the target may have a brief conversation.

 

If the target is not an elf, they must make a LUCK check upon awakening.  

 

If the target rolls below a 7, then they do not remember the conversation. If they roll below a 14, they retain vague impressions and emotional timbre of the conversation but do not recall specifics. If they roll a 14 or higher, then they recall the conversation in its entirety.

|Gain the [[Astral Projection]] ability.

 

* '''Astral Projection (1/Rest).''' While using your Dream Step feature, you can cast the Astral Projection psionic spell without spending SP. This spell ends immediately upon waking.

 

If you do not know this spell, this is the only way you can cast it until you learn it.

|Dream Step becomes 2/Rest.

|Creatures no longer have to roll to remember the conversation during Dream Step, you may choose whether or not they remember it.

|Gain the Ghostly Visage ability.

 

* '''Ghostly Visage.''' When you use your Dream Step ability to speak with a creature that is not an elf, you may attempt to obscure your presence. Make a CHA/Deceiving check against a DC of the target creatures WILL. On a success, the creature cannot identify you and is unaware that you visited their dreams. If you have met the creature (spent at least one minute within 5 ft of them), the DC increases by +5.

|Gain the Keen Shot ability.

 

* '''Keen Shot (2/Rest).''' Gain +2 to attack rolls with two-handed ranged weapons until the end of your turn.

|''Repeatable.'' Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the acrobatics tag. With this feature, you may put up to +4 points into any individual skill.  

|''Repeatable.'' Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the survival tag. With this feature, you may put up to +4 points into any individual skill.

|''Repeatable.'' Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the knowledge tag. With this feature, you may put up to +4 points into any individual skill.