High elves were graceful, intelligent beings, with a greater capacity for intelligence than most humanoid races while also possessing an agility comparable with their elven kin. There are two types of High Elves, however they are considered only one race.
Sun Elves
Sun Elves also called Golden Elves, or Sunrise Elves are haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and other lesser elves. They have bronze skin, copper, black, or golden-blond hair, and golden, silver, or black eyes. Sun Elves make their homes high in the mountains and in magical forests where mortals are unlikely to cross their paths. Those Sun Elves who ventured deep into the forest were the first of the
Wood Elves.
Moon Elves
Moon Elves also called Grey Elves or Silver Elves are more common and friendly than their golden counterparts and are often seen among humans and other races. They are much paler with alabaster skin, black, blue, or silver-white hair, and blue or green eyes. The Moon Elves prefer the dark forest where they protected the sun. Some settled as far as the Eastern Coast of
Galayian where
Sea Elves diverged. A group of Moon Elves corrupted by
Lolth became the Drow.
High Elf Traits
High Elves are a subrace of elves, for the sake of clarity the following racial stats are Elven after choosing the High Elf subrace. Your High Elf character has the following racial traits.
Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and 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. High Elves lean toward the high end of the scale.
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. High Elves tend towards neutral.
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 30ft.
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.
Elf Weapon Training: You have proficiency with the longsword, shortsword, shortbow, and
Longbow.
Cantrip: You know one cantrip of your choice from the Wizard Spell List. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it.
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 Elvish and one extra language. 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.
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