Elf The this document contains descriptions for additional subraces for elves, as well as a few alterations that you may or many not want to incorporate into your own games. Any background information that might be included here was created to fit into the World of Aenea. You are encouraged to adapt these to fit into your own campaign worlds. Dark Elf Bonus Language. You can speak, read, and write Undercommon. Dark Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with dark elf rapier, whip, light crossbow, and heavy crossbow. This replaces Drow Weapon Training. Grey Elf Originally born as the result of dark elf raids on the surface world, these offspring of dark and high elves have grown in number over the centuries. While some grey elves feel anger or shame at the dark source of their birth, others embrace their differences from normal elves. Over the many hundreds of years and for many reasons, grey elves have often left high elven society and have settled together in a place they call the Valley of Twilight. Here, the grey elves have been creating their own subculture, welcoming in grey elves from around the lands, having their own children, and starting to develop their own traditions. The skin of these elves is halfway between the inky black of their dark elf ancestors and the palest of high elven society. Their hair naturally ranges from stark white to pure black, though it is not unusual for those with lighter hair to dye it with with some sort of color. The eyes of grey elves are always strikingly vibrant in color, and can be any hue of the rainbow. Ability Score Increase. Your choice of either Intelligence or Charisma increases by 1. Grey Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with the rapier, shortsword, light crossbow, and shortbow. Cantrip. You know one cantrip of your choice from the bard or wizard spell list. If taken from the bard spell list, Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it, otherwise Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this. Extra Language. You can speak, read, and write one extra language of your choice. High Elf Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with elven longblade, short sword, shortbow, and longbow. This replaces standard Elf Weapon Training. Lava Elf At one point in history, part of the desert lands of what is now the eastern Calithian Empire were ruled by a clan of efreet. These elemental beings captured and enslaved dark elves, and took pleasure in making the sensative elves toil in the harsh sun of the desert. It wasn't long before this slavery led to the birth of elves with the blood of the efreet flowing within them. When the efreet were driven back to the Elemental Plane of Fire, their offspring, now calling themselves lava elves, left the bright desert for the comforting darkness beneath the ground. The enslavement of their ancestors at the hands of the efreet has led lava elf society to take a hostile view of any outsiders. These days, lava elves are found primarily in settlements carved from the inside of volcanoes, where there is only the dim light and constant heat of molten rock. The usually hot skin of lava elves is a dark red, and they have black hair. Their eyes look like molten gold or silver and they visibly glow with inner heat when in dim light or darkness. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma increases by 1. Alignment. Lava elves usually combine the vicious traits of dark elves with the sadistic nature of efreet. They are more often evil than not. Cantrip. You know the produce flame cantrip. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it. Fire Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage. Language. You can speak, read, and write Undercommon. You do not automatically know Elvish. Lava Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with scimitar, short sword, shortbow, and heavy crossbow. This replaces standard Elf Weapon Training. Mountain Elf The high mountain peaks and valleys are home to the mountain elves. These hearty people hunt, gather, and farm their remote lands. It is a hard life, but these elves have always appreciated the daunting beauty of the land and the challenge of surviving in a harsh climate. Mountain elves' skin is usually a light brown and often weather-worn. For most, their hair is either brown, grey, or a mix of the two. The eyes of these elves are almost universally a pale blue. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1. Mountain Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with hand axe, maul, and shortbow. This replaces standard Elf Weapon Training Survivalist. Years of living in the mountains gives you proficiency in Athletics and Survival skills. Mountain Born. You're acclimated to high altitude, including elevations above 20,000 feet. You're also naturally adapted to cold climates.
Spirit Elf Spirit elves are a nomadic people that have an inborn connection to the spirits of the dead. They usually travel the lands in small bands or family groups, seeking out ancient ruins, scenes of past battles, and even crowded cities. Most feel a calling to put the restless dead to rest while preserving the history that many spirits may know. Most spirit elves are followers of Zolaras, Goddess of the Dead, and often carry trinkets or tokens blessed by her priesthood. Spirit elves' skin is usually pale, and the majority have dark brown or black hair. Their eyes are normally shades of green or blue, though they are known to turn completely white when they use magic. Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1. Knowledge of the Dead. Your people know much about history and the undead. You have proficiency in the History skill, and you can add your proficiency bonus to other ability checks made to recall information about undead creatures. Spirit Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with dagger, light crossbow, and heavy crossbow. This replaces standard Elf Weapon Training. Friend of the Dead. As an action, you can cast charm the dead. You can use this feature again after you finish a long rest. If you are a spellcaster, you know the spell as if it were on your class spell list and it is always prepared for you, but doesn't count against your number of spells known or prepared. Water Elf Water elves are at home in the water, be it river, lake, or sea. It is not uncommon for small lakes, especially those surrounded by forest, to be home to one or more families of water elves. Beneath the waves of the seas, water elves have been known to build elaborate cities of stone, coral, and crysal. Those from the deep seas, far removed from surface activities, are often reclusive and distrusting of non-elves. The skin of water elves tends to be green or blue in hue. Their hair is most commonly black, though a good portion have hair the green of seaweed and other water plants. Their eyes are green, blue, or black. Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1. Water Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with net, shortsword, spear, and light crossbow. This replaces standard Elf Weapon Training. Amphibious. You can breathe air and water. Swim. You have a swimming speed of 30 feet. Wood Elf Wood Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with spear, wood elf willowpoint, sling, and shortbow. This replaces standard Elf Weapon Training.
Weapons Item Cost Damage Weight Properties Martial Melee Weapons Dark Elf Rapier 50 gp 1d8 piercing 2 lb. Finesse, special Elven Longblade 50 gp 1d8 slashing 2 lb. Finesse Wood Elf Willowpoint 30 gp 1d8 piercing 5 lb. Finesse, reach, 2-handed New Spell Charm the Dead 1st-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (7 silver coins, which the spell consumes) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You attempt to charm an undead creature that you can see within range. It must make a Wisdom saving throw, and does so with advantage if you or your companions are fighting it. If it fails the saving throw, it is charmed by you until the spell ends or until you or your companions do anything harmful to it. The charmed undead regards you as a friendly acquaintance. When the spell ends, the creature knows it was charmed by you. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can speak with and understand the charmed creature while the spell is in effect. New Weapon Items Dark Elf Rapier. A sturdy rapier made from dark elf steel, this sword has a smaller, pitted blade that juts from the pommel end of the hilt. Dark elves often coat this small blade with poison. When wielding the sword, you can use a bonus action to make a melee attack with this extra blade, inflicting 1d4 points of piercing damage. You do not add your ability modifier to the damage of this attack. Elven Longblade. Forged by elves for centuries, this lightweight, gracefully recurved sword is a hallmark of elven design and warfare. Wood Elf Willowpoint. The elongated metal spear point combined with light wood balances the weight of this polearm, giving you an extended reach and greater control of the weapon. Abilities, features, and feats that affect the use of most polearms also apply to this weapon. Created by The Amethyst Dragon. You can find this, and more new 5e content, at www.amethyst-dragon.com. © 2019 Nathaniel Bruha. All rights reserved. Reference to other copyrighted material in no way constitutes a challenge to the respective copyright holders of that material.