Elf

Elf
Height	4'8" - 6'0"
Weight	80 - 160 lbs
Size	Medium
Base Speed	20 ft
Appearance	Forest Elves Skin: Shades range from Dark Brown to Pale. Can also be found in Pastel Greens and Pinks Hair: Blonde, Brunette, Red, or Forest Green Features: Pointiest ears Mountain Elves Skin: Shades range Light to Tan Hair: Primarily Brunette or Red, some Blonde Features: Generally the shortest of the elves Plains Elves Skin: Shades Range Tan to Dark Hair: Generally Brunette or Black Features: Tallest of the elves Star Elves Skin: Pitch-black to Pale Blue or Purple Hair: White or Silver Features: Irises glow faintly
Lifespan	Maturity: Around 40 years Lifespan: Roughly 500 years

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.

As varied as the elves are in body and personality, they are generally respected for their wisdom and adventurous spirits. Though they live long lives by the standards of the other dominant lineages, they still greet their days with open-eyed wonder and ever search for new and exciting experiences. Their keen senses make them excellent trackers, scouts, and dungeoneers while their ability to touch the collective consciousness of the Celestial Sea pushes many to excel in more studious arts where the knowledge of the past can be directly built upon.

Elf Culture

With long lives and longer memories, elf culture rarely shifts across the decades. Cities built centuries past often contain twisting roads and arched canopy roofs. Current styles of clothing and jewelry often match those on ancient tapestries. The breadth of elven contribution to the arts, literature, and sciences is beyond measure, though these often come at a far slower pace compared to what other lineages produce.

Elf Traits

Height: 4’8” - 6’0”

Weight: 80 -160 lbs

Size: Medium

Base Speed: 20 ft

Appearance: Otherworldly and graceful, elves have tapered ears, features that range from delicate to gaunt, and a wide range of skin and hair colors based on their sublineage.

Forest Elf

• Forest elves have the widest variety of appearances. Their skin tones match the whole human range and include some inhumane shades like the light greens and pastel pinks that one might see in a meadow. Their hair colors also naturally contain all human shades, along with the darker green hues of fresh pine needles or the deep blue of a midnight sky.

Mountain Elf

• Mountain elves are usually a little shorter than their other cousins in stature. They have skin tones ranging from light-skinned to tan, but mountain elves usually are not as dark-skinned as plains elves. Their hair colors are primarily wide varieties of red, brunette, and black or gray, although the occasional blonde can be found among their numbers.

Plains Elf

• Plains elves typically range in skin tones from tan to dark brown, and some have a metallic bronze undertone not seen in humans, halflings, or dwarves. Their hair coloration comes in varying shades of black, gray, and brunette, with the occasional, uncommon blonde or redhead. Plains elves are generally the tallest out of the elven sublineages.

Star Elf

• Star elves look the most alien when compared to other humanoids. Their skin tones range from obsidian black to pale blue or lilac. Their hair is usually white or silver, but some have tints of blonde or have onyx-black hair. Star elves have a wide variety of eye coloration as well, and their irises usually glow very faintly.

Lifespan: Elves reach true maturity around age 40 with a lifespan of roughly 500 years.

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.

Elf Features

Elf Starting Features

At level 1, you gain the following feature as an elf. You also gain additional features based on your sublineage choice.

Feature

Description

Celestial Slumber

Gain the Celestial Slumber ability. Celestial Slumber. While you Take a Rest, you can choose to dream lucidly, contemplating philosophical questions or the events of the previous day. During this time, you can make up to three INT checks of your choice using skills that have the knowledge tag. If you have failed a skill check with the knowledge tag on a topic in the last 24 hours, then you may roll 2d20 and take the higher of the two when making a new check on that topic.

Sublineage

As the elves have spread across Ancerra, they have evolved to meet the unique challenges of their environment. Choose one of the following sublineages and gain bonus 1st level features based on your selection.

Forest Elf

This ancient line of elves found fulfillment in embracing and tending to the parts of the world most teeming with life: forests and jungles. After all, plants only grow when the sun nourishes them. Although the light from a single star is not the same as a whole galaxy, forest elves believe that stewardship of nature is in a way caring for the life cultivated by starlight.

Forest elves have the widest variety of appearances. Their skin tones match the whole human range and include some inhumane shades like the light greens and pastel pinks one might see in a meadow. Their hair colors also naturally contain all human shades, along with the darker green hues of fresh pine needles or the deep blue of a midnight sky. They have the pointiest ears out of the elf sublineages.

As a forest elf, you gain the following base features.

Feature	Description
Danger-Ready	Your ANT increases by +1 and you gain +2 to Initiative rolls.
Forest Steward	Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any of the following skills. With this feature, you may put up to +4 points into any individual skill. Crafting: Carpentry*, Leatherworking*, Masonry*, Smithing*, Weaving*, Woodcarving* Knowledge: Medicine* Observation: Intuiting, Investigating, Perceiving Survival: Animal Handling, Foraging, Nature, Navigating*, Sheltering, Sneaking, Tracking

Mountain Elf

In an effort to reach the stars again, the mountain elves climbed the tallest mountain ranges they could find and made their homes among their crests; others made their way to the far north, curious about the dancing lights in the sky. These elves are skilled at surviving in brutally cold environments.

Mountain elves are usually a little shorter than their other cousins in stature. They have skin tones ranging from light-skinned to tan, but mountain elves usually are not as dark-skinned as plains elves. Their hair colors are primarily wide varieties of red, brunette, and black or gray, although the occasional blonde can be found among their numbers.

As a mountain elf, you gain the following base features.

Feature	Description
Nimblefoot	Your REF increases by +1. When making END checks to mitigate the effects of extreme cold, roll 2d20 and take the higher.
Celestial Lorist	Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any of the following skills. With this feature, you may put up to +4 points into any individual skill. Acrobatics: Balancing, Tumbling Athleticism: Athletics Knowledge: Arcana, Astrology, Astronomy, Geography, History, Religion [choose one] Observation: Empathy, Intuiting, Investigating, Perceiving Survival: Foraging, Navigating*, Sheltering, Tracking

Plains Elf

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.

Plains elves typically range in skin tones from tan to dark brown, and some have a metallic bronze undertone not seen in humans, halflings, or dwarves. Their hair coloration comes in varying shades of black, gray, and brunette, with the occasional, uncommon blonde or redhead. Plains elves are generally the tallest out of the elven sublineages.

As a plains elf, you gain the following base features.

Feature	Description
Sun-Baked	Your FORT increases by +1. When making END checks to mitigate the effects of extreme heat, roll 2d20 and take the higher result.
Keen Eye	You have exceptional eyesight and can make out fine details up to eight miles away (provided that there are no obscuring phenomena). Gain +4 Perceiving.

Star Elf

The elven lines that deviated the least from their ancient origins are known as the “Sil.” They make their homes in both urban and rural areas, though on the whole they are not very common. Star elves are more skilled than other elven sublineages at celestial slumbering and can more easily sift through the sea of memories.

Star elves are often called the most visually striking; some have pale blue or lilac skin, while others have obsidian black skin. Their hair is usually white or silver, but some have tints of blonde or black hair. Star elves have a wide variety of eye coloration as well, and their irises usually glow very faintly.

As a star elf, you gain the following base features.

Feature	Description
Ancient Will	Your WILL increases by +1. Gain +5 to any INT check made with your Celestial Slumber feature.
Star Gazer	Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any of the following skills. You cannot put more than +4 points into a single skill using this feature. Acrobatics: Balancing, Tumbling Influence: Deceiving, Empathy, Leadership, Persuading Knowledge: Arcana, Art, Geography, History, Medicine*, Religion [choose one], Astrology, Astronomy Observation: Intuiting, Perceiving Survival: Nature, Navigating*

All Elf Features

You gain an additional feature at the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, and 29th levels. Choose from the features below.

Feature	PreReq	Description
Arcane Affinity		Learn two cantrips from the Arcane Source of magic. Use your magic attribute. If you do not have one, use INT.
Celestial Blessing		Learn two prayers from the Divine Source of magic. Use your magic attribute. If you do not have one, use CHA.
Cloak of Nature		While you are Concealed, gain +2 to your REF and ANT.
Dream Step	Celestial Slumber	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.
Dream Step: Astral Projection	Dream Step, Character Level 20	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: Busy Night	Dream Step	Dream Step becomes 2/Rest.
Dream Step: Extend Lucidity	Dream Step	Creatures no longer have to roll to remember the conversation during Dream Step, you may choose whether or not they remember it.
Dream Step: Ghostly Visage	Dream Step	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.
Keen Shot	Character Level 10	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.
Nimble		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.
One with the Land		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.
Primal Power		Learn two chants from the Primal Source of magic. Use your magic attribute. If you do not have one, use AWR.
Scholar		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.

*Updated to v1.2