ELVES

Elves

No one knows exactly the origin of elves. But it is known the elves are among the oldest of the races. There are five known races of elves: Sylvan Elves, Dark Elves, Great Elves, High Elves, and the Trint. Of these only Sylvan, High, and Trint will become adventurers. Dark Elves are rarely found on the surface for the shun all light. The Great Elves are very solitary by nature and deplore violence of any sort.

Elves have some natural immunity to mind affecting spells such as charms and holds. They will be unaffected by these spells a base of 90% of the time and still get a normal saving throw if they fail this base resistance test . Elves gain a +1 bonus to initially assigned perception. Elves have, in addition to normal vision, low-light vision.

Elves, High

High Elves are slightly taller then their cousins the wood elves, 5 to 5 1/2 ft tall. High elves have grayish skin color and their hair color is gray, silver, or white. The eyes of high elves are gray or blue, or sometimes green. High elves have an average weight of 80 to 90 pounds. High elves have low light vision as well as normal vision. High elves are generally city dwellers, living in cities with up to 2 or 3 thousand. High elves may be of any alignment and practice any profession. High elves are known also accomplished seamen. High elf cities will always be found near water. Seaside cities will have large fleets and will engage in extensive sea trading. Individually and culturally high elves have a great respect for tradition. The old ways and ancestors are reveered. Some characterize high elves as being lost in the past. As a racial magic ability high elves are always able to know the direction of their starting point and the direction of their travel.

Elves, Sylvan

Sylvan Elves are slender, fine featured, humanoids. They commonly have dark colored hair and eyes and tan colored skin. They are about four-and-one-half to five feet tall and weigh about 80 pounds. Sylvan Elves have an average life span of 1500 years. Sylvan Elves will generally only have two or three children in their life time. Sylvan elves have both normal vision and low light vision. They have as a racial magic the ability to pass without trace through the forest.

Sylvan Elves are very dexterous, and gain a bonus of +1 to their initial dexterity. All Sylvan Elves from a typical setting are proficient with bows due to the training received as children. These characters gain a +2 bonus to rolls made using bows.

Elves, Trint

The Trint are a race of barbarian elves. They are large beings in comparison to their more common cousins standing 5 1/2 to 6 feet high, and weighing from 90-150 pounds. They have low light vision as well as normal sight. Trint have a life span of up to 1000 years. Often Trint men marry women taken on raids. A Trint man may have many wives in his lifetime and have large numbers of children. Half-trint children are common. Trint travel in large nomadic bands herding domesticated animals such as goats, sheep, cows, or other less common breeds.

Trint bands often raid villages and caravans for loot, provisions, and wives, that could not otherwise be gained in trade. Trint are experts with mounts common to their area, whether they are horses, camels, birds, lizards, or some other variety. Trint because of this knowledge are able to pick out the best and train the types of mounts used by their tribe. They have a racial magic ability to calm animals, which is particularly useful for herding animals and training mounts.

The weapons preferred by barbarian trint are axes, short bows, daggers, lassos, morning stars, and whips.