Snow Elf (Race)

Snow Elf

## Snow Elves (Erc'hiel)

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## **Description**

Snow elves have adapted to the cold of their origin in Skor and their hair is always a bright grey or white that contrasts with their skin that is always a shade between grey and blue. They often have dull blue or grey eyes and larger pointed ears. They still wear fur and winter clothing quite often as a tribute to their origin and to survive the climate in their part of Ainir. Contrary to most slender elves, Erc’hiel tend to be more burly and broad shouldered as they often have to drag game or sleds through the snows and across the snowy winds.

## **Character Creation**

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**Ability Scores**

Your wisdom score increases by 2 and your constitution score increases by 1.

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**Size**

Your size is Medium.

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**Speed**

Snow Elves have a walking speed of 30 ft.

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**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.

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**Creature Type**

Humanoid

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**Languages**

You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish. 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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### **Traits**

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**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.

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**Keen Senses**

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

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**Fey Ancestry**

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

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**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.

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**Cold Resilience**

You have resistance to cold damage, and you are unaffected by extremely cold weather.

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**Blizzard-proof**

For up to 60 feet, your vision is unaffected by fog and mist such as the fog created by a Fog Cloud spell or from naturally occurring weather such as a snowstorm.

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**Imbue Environment**

Once per short rest, when making a weapon attack, you can choose to imbue it with the cold you were raised in. The damage die grows by one step (i.e d6->d8) and this attack deals cold damage.

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## **Society**

Snow Elves are rather close to Sea Elves in their belief that nature is an image of perfection and must be looked at as the way things should be. However, they believe that the knowledge of their own self is the best way to strive for perfection and they are known for their ancient meditation rituals amidst snowy fields and icy lakes, using the freezing cold to focus on their breath and their own self. They believe that nature offered them everything they need to reach perfection but it is up to them to reach their potential and strive for perfection in their daily life.