SRD5:Elf

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	For other uses of Elf, see Elf (disambiguation).

Also see: Elf (5e)

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Elf is a playable race in 5th edtion. A subrace should also be selected.

Elf Traits

Your elf character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of thousands of years of elven refinement.
Elf ^{[SRD5 OGL/CC-BY]} 

Creature Type. Humanoid

Ability Score Increase. Dexterity +2

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.

Alignment. Elves love freedom, variety, and self-­expression, so they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others’ freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not.

Size. Elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base speed is 30 feet.  

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. 

Keen Senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill. 

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

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.

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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Subraces

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Subrace	Ability Mods	Features	Summary	Source
Eladrin Subrace	Cha +1	Fey Step	These are elves from the Feywild	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Dark Elf	Cha +1	Superior Darkvision, Sunlight Sensitivity, Drow Weapon Training, Drow Magic	Drow as playable subrace	Player's Handbook (5e)
Wood Elf	Wis +1	Elf Weapon Training, Fleet of Foot, Mask of the Wild	These elves who have chosen to live in wooded lands.	Player's Handbook (5e)
High Elf	Int +1	Elf Weapon Training, Cantrip	High Elves are natural wizards.	SRD5, SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1
Palid Elf	Wis +1	Incisive Sense, Blessing of the Moon Weaver		Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
Pallid Elf	Wis +1	Incisive Sense, Blessing of the Moon Weaver		Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
Sea Elf Subrace	Con +1	Sea Elf Training, Child of the Sea, Friend of the Sea	Elves that made their home in the sea after leaving the Feywild.	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Shadar-kai Subrace	Con +1	Necrotic Resistance, Blessing of the Raven Queen	Elves from the Shadowfell.	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Terrados Elves	Cha +1	Desert Runner, Fire Proof, Fire in the Blood		Dingobabee

Sources and Notes

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