Questions tagged [elf]
For questions primarily about the Elf as a species or race within tabletop role-playing games, typically those based on fantasy or folklore. (If your question relates to dark elves/drow in particular, you may want to use the [drow] tag in addition to or instead of this one.)
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According to Rules As Written, At what age would Half-elves enter Menopause?
There is a running joke in a campaign I play in that a female Half-elf member of the party is in menopause (She is 37 years old).
However, looking at the rules, I cannot find any concrete reference to ...
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Does a wood elf's Mask of the Wild feature allow hiding in plain sight in dim light/darkness? [duplicate]
Can a wood elf hide in plain sight in dim light/darkness?
Why I believe this could be the case:
The wood elf Mask of the Wild description says:
You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly ...
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In terms of mental age/status as a young teenager, what would be an appropriate chronological age for a high elf?
I'm in a campaign where all the players are supposed to be the human equivalent of young teenagers from their villages.
In terms of mental age/status as a young teenager, what would be an appropriate ...
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Why do Elves, who can see in starlight, have a lifepath called Chandler (candle-maker)?
BWGR p. 131:
Chandler, 50 yrs, 15 rp, +1 M, (Citadel, Protector)
Skills: 5 pts: Chant of Offering‡, Haggling, Conspicuous, Appraisal
Traits: 1 pt: —
Wikipedia:
A chandlery (/ˈtʃændləri/ or /ˈtʃɑːnd-...
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I need advice on the ability of my subrace of Zantan Elves
This is my second homebrew race ever and while I’ve watched a myriad of YouTube videos about it, all of them seem unhelpful in racial trait creation. I’m questioning about a certain racial trait I ...
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Does an age of an elf equal that of a human?
I'm trying to make an elf barbarian and I'm having trouble figuring out her age, in human years she's 30 but I don't know if that would be the same in elven years (in the default 5e setting of the ...
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How to optimise an elven melee bard?
The challenge here is creating a bard character that has to be some flavor of pure blooded elf and utilises that to help in its melee abilities.
I was thinking Valor with maybe High Elf for booming ...
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How do elves, or other long lived races, act when confronted with much more potent members of the short-lived races? [closed]
Example situations:
An adventuring party at the 3rd tier, mostly made of humans in their 20s, and plenty of raw power at their disposal. The Elves are interacting with dangerous individuals several ...
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Is there any disadvantage to playing an adolescent elf?
According to the chapter on elves in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, as children, elves explore memories of previous lives during their trances, and as adolescents, these memories begin to appear during ...
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Long Rest interrupted AFTER 4 hour Trance
Now that there has been strict errata saying an Elf DOES indeed finish a Long Rest after 4 hours if they decide to meditate through Trance, I assume this also means they are forced to gain the ...
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If an elf is stable with 0 HP, do they regain all hit points after a long rest of 8 hours or 4?
In my most recent session, the entire party except one character was downed (reduced to 0 HP), but they were all stabilised by the cleric (the only member that was left standing). One of the downed ...
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Can dim light be used to activate the wood elf's Mask of the Wild trait?
Because of a dispute with our DM, I'd like to confirm the following.
The wood elf's Mask of the Wild trait says:
You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain,...
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Where are aquatic elves defined?
Aquatic elves are mentioned under the sahuagin entry in the Monster Manual, and also in Ghosts of Saltmarsh, but I don't see them defined anywhere. Is there a stat block or other description of them ...
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Should a high elf wizard use weapons instead of cantrips?
As a new DM I'm running my first adventure for my kids (Lost Mine of Phandelver). My daughter took the high elf wizard and she was wondering whether she should use weapons instead of her cantrips when ...
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Can elves, half-elves, warforged, and/or kalashtar be affected by Dream of the Blue Veil?
The Fey Ancestry racial trait shared by elves (Player’s Handbook, p. 23) and half-elves (p. 39) states “magic can’t put you to sleep.” Warforged’s Constructed Resilience trait is similar: “You don’t ...
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