Faerun is home to six seven major subraces of elves, which some sages believe were brought to this plane. Great sea and sea of fallen stars avariel aka winged. Homebrew 5e uncommon elves of the forgotten realms. Elves aka sylvan elves are a race featured in the forgotten realms series. If you pick a subrace that is not listed here you will have to. The raven queen has a place, and its not in the default setting for 5e, the forgotten realms, nor is it in setting neutral content. Archived homebrew 5e uncommon elves of the forgotten realms. As a high elf, you have a keen mind and a mastery of at least the basics of magic. The latter had blue skin with white stripes and patches. Although they were of the same subrace, aquatic elves from the great sea had a different appearance to those from the sea of fallen stars.
Great sea and sea of fallen stars avariel aka winged elves, ariltelquessir, see races of faerun. The subraces of faerun also vary from those presented in the players handbook and the monster manual. Silverwhite elves with the ability to voluntarily shapeshift into equally palecolored wolves, native to the forgotten realms. Stringheart halflings make up most of the population of the land of luiren. In warhammer fantasy battle, elves all live to 2500 years, their units are always less armored and faster than the human equivalents, and they have the most marysue wizards of anybody else in warhammer asur.
Rare elf subraces the history of elves is one of the longest and most storied in all faerun. Elves in the forgotten realms edit the various elven subraces are more prominent in the forgotten realms campaign setting, and faerun boasts several major subraces. This category includes the wild elves grugach of greyhawk and the kagonesti of dragonlance, as well as the races called wood elves in greyhawk and the forgotten realms. Additionally, humans have bred outside their race many times, resulting in the various halfhuman races like half elves and halforcs as well as planetouched such as tieflings. Most traits for subraces unless that subrace is the default for the base race, like moon elf is the default for elf will not be. This is a repost from another reddit that i think some here might enjoy.
Binding to collapse event in twitter bootstrap 3 stack. Advice on using xan and enchanters in general beamdog. After the positive response to the eladrin a couple of months ago in unearthed arcana, we decided to explore four more elf subraces. Nightmares of barovia, including details and rules for perhaps the least. The adventure, the saints tomb, is a gamebookstyle adventure, meaning that you make a character sheet, roll your own dice though 2 of each are supplied inbrowser, keep up with your inventory, spells, and hp, and are on your honor to be honest. We already have to deal with the hexblade having her listed in its flavor text, even though its in a book that has a forgotten realms only character as part of. Wild elves or green elves, also known as sytelquessir or grugach, are a feral, stealthy subrace of the elven species that have become more. Wild elves have all the racial traits listed in the forgotten realms campaign setting, except as follows. Live on an island continent that is an unsunken atlantis for all intents and purposes. They are a long lived race of the telquessir found most commonly in forests, shrublands, and other wildernesses. Its an okay rum down of most elf subraces, but eladarin and shadar kai are not refered to as the 5e eladarin and shadar kai are very different from the past, shadar kai werent elves even in the past. Sun elves are the least likely of the elven subraces to take up the adventurers path.
Modern elves are split into many distinct cultures. As a result, many halfelves lacked a true accent or even a consistent cultural outlook, and a common name for pidgins in faerun is the tongue of a halfelf. Known as high elves because they think they are better than you. High elves, also known as eladrin, were graceful warriors and wizards who originated from the realm of faerie, also known as the feywild. Halflings aka hin are a race featured in the forgotten realms series.
Although they were of the same subrace, aquatic elves from the. A darkskinned subrace of elves that predominantly lived in. The players handbook connects the high elves to the gray elves and valley elves of the greyhawk setting, the silvanesti and qualinesti of the dragonlance setting, and the sun elves and moon elves of the forgotten realms. Here they call themselves telquessir, which means the people. Elves are long lived and spend much time in study or exploring, giving many people the impression that they are not entirely concerned with the world around them, while others may find them a bit chaotic. They were considered high elves and among the eladrin. Elves of the flanaess are a bit shorter and lighter than humans, with a slender, athletic build and typically fair complexions, although eye and hair colour can vary among the subraces. Only standard races and subraces are valid and accepted at frc. Human forgotten realms theofficialbestiary wikia fandom. Sun, moon and star might try to add later, i read moon elves are just copies of high elves in swordcoast but id like to get more variance. While not implemented in nwn by default, the forgotten realms setting includes seven types of elven subraces in addition to moon elves the default in nwn. The former had deep green skin, mottled and striped with brown.
Also called copper elves, wood elves were a populous subrace that lived simply in the forests. Whether a half elf was raised by their human parent or their elven parent, they often felt isolated and alone. Shield dwarves have a longstanding enmity for the descendants of clan duergar, dating back to the kin clashes that marked shanatars final chapter. In game terms, a subrace is, for all intents and purposes, a race of its own, but all the subraces of a particular race share many of the same qualities and are related. Additional nongood elven types created for this setting include the snow elves, valley elves, and wild elves.
Forgotten realms telquessir the people aquatic elf alutelquessir,two cultures. Unlike the other elf subraces, wild elves favor weapons they can make without a source of metal and a smithy. As it is noted that fr has only four added subraces for elves. This is a thorough and flavorful set of options to elves of the forgotten realms. The subraces and revisions are designed to be about as powerful as half elf, elf, or dwarf subraces. More tolerant of humans than other elves, moon elves were the. Silvermoon is a city of elves, the races of elves also include the drow or dark elves that. On page 106 of the scag, there are listed five rare subraces of elf that have. Its all textbased with some public domain illustrations, and you click on options as you make decisions and roll the dice. Wood elf has the same base abilities as an elf only standard races and subraces are valid and accepted at frc. Moon elves, also known as teutelquessir in the elven language or as silver elves, were the most common of all the elven subraces.
Half elves, as usually defined, were humanoids born through the union of an elf and a human. Elf subraces this document provides new subrace options for elves. Unlike statet in the players handbook, characters in the forgotten realms almost always have a patron. All racial abilities are the same as the base race. These dwarves tend to be fatalistic due to generations of declining numbers. They see little point in roaming around the world and meeting other peoples, especially when any sun elf can enjoy as much comfort, study, and contemplation as she likes by remaining in one of the hidden sun elf realms. Acceptable names displays the exact spelling to be entered into the subrace field. Ive always liked xans personality and the look of his moonblade, but i typically dont keep him in a party for very long, mainly because i could never get over the fact that he misses out on so many great offensive spells i.
Like all elves, the teutelquessir were tall, close to humans in height, but more slender and beautiful. Halfling history is, by and large, like the race, unremarkable. Traits are how that subrace differs from human, not from the base race do not factor in base race adjustments. In the forgotten realms campaign setting, gnomes are also known as the forgotten folk. In the first edition, they were portrayed as intensely curious and intellectual, keeping in theme with their spellcasting niche, with an interest in gemstones. Occasionally the term noble eladrin was used to denote more. Aquatic elves also called sea elves and alutelquessir in their own tongue were waterbreathing cousins to landdwelling elves. Elves, much like their living ancestors, the eladrin, who were also commonly called elves, were a longlived race of the telquessir found most commonly in forests, shrublands, and other. They were magical in nature and shared an interest in the arcane arts. Siberian husky puppies in swansea, american pit bull terrier vizsla in warwick, dal trac oil in attleboro, 99 cent discounted yard sale in fall river, 15 toni circle in north smithfield. Nevertheless, you make a great point in that i should be considering how other dms might want to. Proficient with halfspear, short bow, and long bow. Craigslist search, craigslist is no longer supported.
Because they took around twenty years to reach adulthood, they matured quickly when raised. As a wood elf, you have keen senses and intuition, and your fleet feet carry you quickly and stealthily through your native forests. Elves also have a closer affinity for the natural world over civilization and have more or less abandoned the eladrin focus on magic as a whole. Elves in forgotten realms and 5e what is the official. These game mechanics are in draft form, usable in your campaign but not refined by final game design and editing. Also star elves are supposed to be from another plane so they should be very different from the other subraces credit to where its due, i balanced the races based on this guide. With the release of the baldurs gate 3 gameplay demo at pax east, we finally got a taste of what lies in store for us when the baldurs gate 3. Also greyhawk, dragonlance and forgotten realms are all different settings, they may have information on what kinds of elves come from where, or they may only mention different societies and cultures, in which case any elf subrace can come from any location unless mentioned otherwise drow always appear to be the exception. More tolerant of humans than other elves, moon elves were the ancestors of most half elves. The table below shows all subraces allowed on the north.
In html, events will bubble from the innermost element to the outermost element if unhandled. Wood elf has the same base abilities as an elf role play the ability scores you give your character. The entirety of this article comes directly from forgotten realms. This is playtest material the material here is presented for playtesting and to spark your imagination. One type which includes the gray elves and valley elves of greyhawk, the silvanesti of dragonlance, and the sun elves of the forgotten realms is haughty and reclusive.