Contents 1 Elves, Shadow 1.1 Personality 1.2 Physical Description 1.3 Relations 1.4 Alignment 1.5 Lands 1.6 Religion 1.7 Language 1.8 Names 1.9 Racial Traits 1.10 Vital Statistics

[edit] Elves, Shadow

[edit] Personality

A Shadow Elf is very timid and shy towards outsiders in general, often seeking refuge in any form of shadow to avoid talking to outsiders however as timid and shy they are, once they have learnt to place their trust in others they will become rather talkative. Of course not every Shadow elf will do this as some can be rather stubborn about actually placing their trust to outsiders. It's not uncommon for a Shadow Elf to with hold information about themselves or about places such as their home or anything they find intresting towards outsiders.

[edit] Physical Description

A Shadow Elf looks very much like a High elf in their physical look the only parts that really sets them apart is their Purple/blackish skin, their eye color tends to be a dimmer cyan and their hair color is often blonde, but there are other shadow elves that has darker hair color.

[edit] Relations

Shadow Elves doesn't exactly have the best of relations to other races outside of elves as many Shadow elf cities have been pillaged and razed, the Shadow Elf is often taken as slaves or trophy depending on the race and their goal with attacking the shadow elf city in question, not all outsider races visit a shadow elf city to take slaves or getting themselves a "trophy", some races visit them for other reasons but they are often hunted for various reasons.

[edit] Alignment

A Shadow Elf usually is any of the chaotic alignments or the Neutral ones, due to their lives they have lived they don't really like to follow the rules set down by other races and have a grudge against rules and laws in general, they do whatever they can to make themselves stand out of the laws set down by one race and strive to be their own.

[edit] Lands

As a Shadow Elf is still an Elf they like living in forest areas where they can bring out their potential as elves but still being their own kind of the whole Elf lineage, they have learned their lessons about having large cities such as captiols that attracts outsiders for various reasons, they no longer have a capitol to call their own however they live in communities and colonies as well as small villages hidden from the world's ever preying eyes on them.

[edit] Religion

Shadow Elves follow one religion, the main Elven deity Corellon Larethian, since their ancestry comes from him. Of course there are certain communities or colonies that follow other deities that have elves as their main group of followers. Of course this makes them rather limited to what they will accept from outside races that follow other deities.

[edit] Language

Shadow Elves are fluent in Common, Elven, Sylvan and Spirit tongue as they have the most need of these languages. Although they tend to only learn these, they will learn any language that they find interesting to talk in.

[edit] Names

Shadow Elves have the same naming process as most other races of course they have a wider mixture for their names as they tend to mold human and elven names together to create their own unique names.

[edit] Racial Traits

• -2 Strength, +2 Charisma, +4 Dexterity, +2 Constitution. A Shadow elf isn't very strong when it comes to physical strength but they use their good looks to their advantage to gather any kind of information to help them, they are also highly skilled with their hands and can do more things with them, they also have a better health then most elves since they have been forced to adapt themselves to how they have been treated.
• Fast Healing: The Shadow Elf gains fast healing equal to HD/3 (minimum +1, round down). This fast healing only applies when the elf is in a shadowy area.
• Humanoid (Augmented Elf) The Shadow elves are augmented on a mental level due to their past and able to over come most problems that concerns them
• Medium: A Shadow Elf does not gain a AC bonus due to their size
• Shadow Elf base land speed is 40 feet: 30 feet swim
• Hunters of the shadow (Su): When there are shadows that occur naturally or at night the shadow they gain +4 to hide and move silently they also gain a sneak attack from their weapons of choice and catch their target by surprise so the enemy is counted as flat-footed.
• Light Sensitivity (Ex): A shadow elf is rather sensitive to bright light. It takes a -2 penalty to its Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution while in lighting conditions brighter than shadowy.
• Master bow user (Ex): Shadow Elves get +2 to accuracy when using a bow and to damage as well as the ability to fire a secondary arrow with poison or a element of choice but it needs to be able to be handled firstly.
• Elf Traits (Ex): A Shadow Elf gains Immunity to Magic sleep effect, +2 racial saving throws against enchantment spells or effects, +2 racial bonus on Listen, Search, and Spot checks, they also have Low-Light vision and Darkvision and gain weapon proficiency for Longbow (composite longbow) Shortbow (composite shortbow).
• Automatic Languages: Common, Elven, Sylvan and Spirit tongue. Bonus Languages: Draconic, Gnoll, Gnome, Goblin, Orc and any class specific language but most be of that Class.
• Favored Class: Bard, Rogue

[edit] Vital Statistics

Table: Shadow elf Random Starting Ages

Adulthood	Simple	Moderate	Complex
100 years	+4d6	+6d6	+10d6

Table: Aging Effects

Middle Age1	Old2	Venerable3	Maximum Age
200 years	400 years	600 years	+4d% years years
At middle age, −1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At old age, −2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At venerable age, −3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

Table: Random Height and Weight

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	5’ 00”	+2d6	90 lb.	× (1d6) lb.
Female	4’ 50”	+2d6	85 lb.	× (1d6) lb.

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