The Elf Races

In an effort to maintain their nepotistic control over the New World, corporations bankrolled the Extension of Life Functions program, a gene-editing project dedicated to keeping corporate directors, board members and vital employees alive for as long as possible, maintaining the status quo indefinitely. Executive Elfs are the direct descendants of the original board members that bankrolled the project, while Street Elfs are the result of Elfs breeding with humans. Undercity Elfs were bred to thrive in and maintain the interconnected underground datacenters under the megacities, and few ever make it up to the surface.

Roleplaying an Elf:

Your lineage determines a lot about how you ended up needing to become an adventurer. What caused your Executive Elf to fall so far from the luxury and wealth of their ancestors? Which director mated with a human to create your Street Elf? Why has your Undercity Elf made it up to the surface?

No matter the reason, an adventuring Elf is rarely a happy Elf, and overtones of haughty disdain lace every word out of their mouths.

Elf Naming Conventions:

• Executive Elfs, being the descendants of the upper crust of Old World society, tend to have very exuberant and fanciful family names. Street Elfs have lost touch with this tradition somewhat, and have simpler human first names to reflect that, but retain their societal family names. Undercity Elfs, being manufactured to serve in megacity datacenters, often only have first names.
• Executive Elf names include: Allegra Dankworth, Quincy Eastaughffe, Roderick Bisciotti, Arnault Bettencourt, Jae Ji-Yeong, Mars Plutarch, etc.
• Street Elf first names include: Mosie, Beth, Luca, Zion, Remi, Atlas, Mika, Theo, Zoe, Dante, Rhys, Giovanni, Ximena, etc.
• Undercity Elf names include: Kay, Jay, Ell, En, Que, Zed, Seven, Nine, Deejay, Opie, Abbie, Ceedie, Effigy, etc.

Elf Features:

• Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity Score increases by 2
• Age: Elfs mature at the same rate as humans but can live for over 400 years, their physique remaining similar to that of a 20 year old for 250 years.
• Size: Your size is Medium. Elfs are between 6 and 8 feet tall.
• Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
• Born for The Boardroom: You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and can't be put to sleep by tech.
• Caffeinated Blood: Elfs only require four hours of light sleep.

Elf Subraces:

EXECUTIVE:

• Ability Score Increase: Your Charisma score increases by 1.
• Trick: You know one Trick of your choice from the Techwizard tech list. Charisma is your techcasting ability for it.

STREET:

• Ability Score Increase: Your Wisdom Score increases by 1.
• Speedy: Your base walking speed increases to 35 feet.
• Streetside Agility: Your reflexes and agility allow you to move with a burst of speed. When you move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the turn. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.

UNDERCITY:

• Ability Score Increase: Your Intelligence Score increases by 1.
• Darkvision: 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 colour in darkness, only shades of grey.
• Hunter in the Dark: When attacking targets from a position of darkness you gain advantage on attacks against them.

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