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As a high elf, you have a keen mind and a mastery of at least the basics of magic. In many of the worlds of D&D, there are two kinds of high elves. One type (which includes the gray elves and

other type (including the high elves of Greyhawk, the Qualinesti of Dragonlance, and the moon elves of the Forgotten Realms) are more common and more friendly, and often encountered among humans and

last five thousand years, while Khorvaire is constantly evolving. As an elf, consider your relationship with the past. Do you value the traditions of your ancestors? Or do you fear that your people

Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take a trait based on your elf parentage.

last five thousand years, while Khorvaire is constantly evolving. As an elf, consider your relationship with the past. Do you value the traditions of your ancestors? Or do you fear that your people

High Elf As a high elf, you have a keen mind and a mastery of at least the basics of magic. In many of the worlds of D&D, there are two kinds of high elves. One type (which includes the gray elves

. The other type (including the high elves of Greyhawk, the Qualinesti of Dragonlance, and the moon elves of the Forgotten Realms) are more common and more friendly, and often encountered among humans

High Elf As a high elf, you have a keen mind and a mastery of at least the basics of magic. In many of the worlds of D&D, there are two kinds of high elves. One type (which includes the gray elves

. The other type (including the high elves of Greyhawk, the Qualinesti of Dragonlance, and the moon elves of the Forgotten Realms) are more common and more friendly, and often encountered among humans

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a petrified high elf named Raezil Uthemar (neutral). Raezil served as Zybilna’s spy in other fey courts. She returned from a mission to find nearly everyone in the palace trapped in temporal

outstanding quests they might have. Raezil comes from a highborn elf family with influence in the Summer Court, making her a useful retainer if the characters choose to remain in the Feywild after their adventures in Prismeer have ended.

Fey Ancestry. Dralmorrer has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put him to sleep.Spellcasting. Dralmorrer is a 7th-level spellcaster that uses Intelligence as

no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11):At will: dancing lights, darkness1/day each: confusion, faerie fireA draegloth is a demon created by an elf

shape of an elf’s arms, capable of delicate movements. Although the creature is heavily muscled, it is graceful like an elf. Its bestial face features glowing red eyes, a doglike snout, and a

high cliff over the fabled city of Qualinost.Four slender spires rose from the city’s corners like glistening spindles, their brilliant white stone marbled with shining silver. Graceful

minstrels, artists, or sages. Human nobles compete for the services of elf instructors to teach swordplay or magic to their children.Exploration and AdventureElves take up adventuring out of wanderlust

with her.Three Green Hag (Coven Variant);green hags named Dread Morgan, Vile Sazha, and Auntie Greenbones were once rivals who dwelled in an area of the Feywild coterminous with the High Forest. A

formed a coven dedicated to claiming Sylvarie’s temple and making it a base for their nefarious plans.The hags use their powers of illusion to pose as three elf sisters named Morganna, Azirssa

minute, provided both twins are alive and on the same plane of existence. Maintaining this effect requires concentration (as if concentrating on a spell).Gleam and Glister are high elf twins, who

;s long jump is up to 45 feet and her high jump is up to 15 feet, with or without a running start.Multiattack. Kishina makes four Unarmed Strike attacks or three Throwing Knife attacks.Unarmed

-hungry warriors whose magic weapons draw on their own life force.When Kishina Darrowind was just a young half-elf, her homeland was invaded by the long-lived elf Oramac. She vowed to make the

, while those of air or fire tend to be lighter. A given genasi might have some features reminiscent of the mortal parent (pointed ears from an elf, a stockier frame and thick hair from a dwarf, small

audience. They rarely stay in one place for long, always looking for a new sky to see and breathe. Air genasi who don’t live in cities favor open lands such as plains, deserts, and high

Cleric Class DetailsArms and eyes upraised toward the sun and a prayer on his lips, an elf begins to glow with an inner light that spills out to heal his battle-worn companions.Chanting a song of

who seeks it, but only to those chosen to fulfill a high calling.Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on study or training. A cleric might learn formulaic prayers and ancient rites, but the

drive the yetis out.3An adult crystal dragon and an elf archmage have been friends for centuries and often go stargazing together on the peaks of their favorite mountains, but the dragon is

grieving as the elf approaches the end of life.4A pair of adult crystal dragon;adult crystal dragons lairing on neighboring mountaintops have enjoyed a decades-long snowball war, but their

Vairae’s verbal commands.CONTENT WARNING: BODY HORRORHigh Mage Vairae’s Machinations of Bone action is gruesome and visceral. Not everyone enjoys that kind of body horror. If anyone at

your table is uncomfortable with bone extraction, feel free to describe this action as spectral blades pressing in around Vairae’s foes.Vairae (veh-RYE) came from a long line of elf mages in

.Standing Leap. Klar’s long jump is up to 40 feet and their high jump is up to 15 feet, with or without a running start.Multiattack. Klar makes one Bite attack and one Mantis Claws attack.Bite

Optimized for Five 5th-Level CharactersYou think you’ve lost them. It’s dark and raining, and they were still cramming chunks of elf flesh in their mouths when you fled. But as you catch

hand high, a half-elf whistles to the hawk that circles high above him, calling the bird back to his side. Whispering instructions in Elvish, he points to the owlbear he’s been tracking and sends

, he becomes a whirlwind of steel, cutting down one enemy after another.After tumbling away from a cone of freezing air, an elf finds her feet and draws back her bow to loose an arrow at the white

Druid Class DetailsHolding high a gnarled staff wreathed with holly, an elf summons the fury of the storm and calls down explosive bolts of lightning to smite the torch-carrying orcs who threaten

her forest.Crouching out of sight on a high tree branch in the form of a leopard, a human peers out of the jungle at the strange construction of a temple of Evil Elemental Air, keeping a close eye on

Racial Feats Summary Race Feat Dragonborn Dragon Fear Dragonborn Dragon Hide Dwarf Dwarven Fortitude Dwarf Squat Nimbleness Elf Elven Accuracy Elf (drow) Drow High Magic Elf (high) Fey

Teleportation Elf (wood) Wood Elf Magic Gnome Fade Away Gnome Squat Nimbleness Half-elf Elven Accuracy Half-elf Prodigy Half-orc Orcish Fury Half-orc Prodigy Halfling Bountiful Luck Halfling Second Chance Halfling Squat Nimbleness Human Prodigy Tiefling Flames of Phlegethos Tiefling Infernal Constitution

tunnel. The cave remains above sea level at high tide and is haunted by a banshee. The banshee, Miraal, manifests as a ghostly elf with gills, webbed hands, and webbed feet. It wears spectral

T1. Haunted Cave Rough-hewn steps climb a 7-foot-high tunnel that passes all the way through a 30-foot-tall natural pillar of rock. A damp, 8-foot-high cave encrusted with lichen is connected to this

, Fleet of Foot, or Mask of the Wild. A half-elf of moon elf or sun elf descent can choose the high elf’s Elf Weapon Training or Cantrip. A half-elf of drow descent can choose the drow’s Drow Magic. A half-elf of aquatic heritage can choose a swimming speed of 30 feet.

Mixed Heritage Half-elves are a diverse lot, given the number of combinations of elf subraces and human ethnicities in their ranks. Most of them consider their dual nature a blessing more than a

. For dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings, the dragonmark replaces your subrace. So, if you’re making an elf character, you can choose to take the Mark of Shadow instead of being a wood elf or high

normal traits associated with those races. For half-elves, a dragonmark is a variant race. You keep some of the standard half-elf traits and replace others with the traits associated with your mark

Druid Holding high a gnarled staff wreathed with holly, an elf summons the fury of the storm and calls down explosive bolts of lightning to smite the torch-carrying orcs who threaten her forest

. Crouching out of sight on a high tree branch in the form of a leopard, a human peers out of the jungle at the strange construction of a temple of Evil Elemental Air, keeping a close eye on the cultists

. For dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings, the dragonmark replaces your subrace. So, if you’re making an elf character, you can choose to take the Mark of Shadow instead of being a wood elf or a high

that replaces traits associated with those races. For half-elves, a dragonmark is a variant race that lets you keep some half-elf traits and replace others with the traits associated with your mark

simple weapon For example, high elf adventurers have proficiency with longswords, which are martial weapons. Consulting the Proficiency Swaps table, we see that your high elf can swap that

proficiency for proficiency with another weapon or a tool. Your elf might be a musician, who chooses proficiency with a musical instrument—a type of tool—instead of with longswords. Similarly, elves start with

Druid Holding high a gnarled staff wreathed with holly, an elf summons the fury of the storm and calls down explosive bolts of lightning to smite the torch-carrying orcs who threaten her forest

. Crouching out of sight on a high tree branch in the form of a leopard, a human peers out of the jungle at the strange construction of a temple of Evil Elemental Air, keeping a close eye on the cultists

High Elves: The Aereni Aereni Elf with a Symbol of the Undying Court For thousands of years, the island nation of Aerenal has been ruled and protected by the godlike power of the Undying Court, a

council of undead high elves. The greatest heroes of the Aereni join the Undying Court after death, joining their heroic ancestors in immortality. The Aereni are isolationists who have little interest

— even other elves — are subordinate to them in skill, significance, and sophistication. They claim the title of “high elves” with pride, and indeed their race is responsible for great, and sometimes

diminished representatives of elven culture. Some sun elves reject this way of thinking, but it is common enough that when most folk of Faerûn see a sun elf, they see arrogance personified. Their haughty

, dark 26–34 Elf, high 35–42 Elf, wood 43–46 Gnome, forest 47–52 Gnome, rock 53–56 Half-elf 57–60 Half-orc 61–68 Halfling, lightfoot 69–76 Halfling, stout 77–96 Human 97–00 Tiefling The reincarnated

consults the following table to determine what form the creature takes when restored to life, or the DM chooses a form. d100 Race 01–04 Dragonborn 05–13 Dwarf, hill 14–21 Dwarf, mountain 22–25 Elf

Half-Elves An elf who looks upon a half-elf sees a human, and a human who beholds the same person sees an elf. Though this characterization is simplistic, it gets to the heart of what it means to be

a half-elf in Faerûn. To elves who have an extreme viewpoint on the matter, half-elves are emblematic of the decline of elven civilization, a dilution of the race’s heritage and culture that will lead

, dark 26–34 Elf, high 35–42 Elf, wood 43–46 Gnome, forest 47–52 Gnome, rock 53–56 Half-elf 57–60 Half-orc 61–68 Halfling, lightfoot 69–76 Halfling, stout 77–96 Human 97–00 Tiefling The reincarnated

consults the following table to determine what form the creature takes when restored to life, or the DM chooses a form. d100 Race 01–04 Dragonborn 05–13 Dwarf, hill 14–21 Dwarf, mountain 22–25 Elf

off the wave of fear that emanates from the dragon like the cold of its breath, she sends one arrow after another to find the gaps between the dragon’s thick scales. Holding his hand high, a half-elf

whirlwind of steel, cutting down one enemy after another. After tumbling away from a cone of freezing air, an elf finds her feet and draws back her bow to loose an arrow at the white dragon. Shrugging