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--- legacy:characters:ancestry:elves [2025/06/10 05:05] – [Features] tailkinker
+++ legacy:characters:ancestry:elves [2025/08/26 16:22] (current) – [Traits] tailkinker
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 ====== Elves ======
-Elves are an ancient and noble race, renowned for their grace, agility, and sharp intellect. With a natural affinity for the natural world and a keen sense of perception, they excel in both physical and mental pursuits. Agile and perceptive, Elves often notice the small details that others overlook, making them formidable scouts, archers, and spellcasters. Their long lifespan grants them unparalleled patience and wisdom, allowing them to master arts and crafts over the centuries that most would never live to see perfected.
+Elves are a people defined by grace and refinement, their movements as precise as their crafts and their words as carefully chosen as their songs. Though they live two or three times longer than humans, their years are still numbered, and they feel the weight of that truth. Their long lives give them perspective, but not detachment; they are aware of the value of each season and of how swiftly even centuries can pass when one is devoted to art, love, or learning.
-{{ :legacy:characters:ancestry:elf.png?400|}}Despite their many talents, Elves are often seen as aloof and standoffish by other races. They tend to keep their emotions guarded, and their detached demeanor can be misinterpreted as arrogance. They are slow to trust, preferring the company of their kin and often forming tight-knit communities that are carefully protected from the outside world. This elusiveness makes Elves enigmatic to those who do not understand their culture, but those who gain their trust find a fiercely loyal ally. While they may be distant, their deep respect for life and the natural world, coupled with their dedication to preserving harmony, drives their actions. Elves are often called upon to defend the natural world and its balance, standing as guardians of ancient forests, sacred places, and old knowledge that must be protected at all costs.
+{{ :legacy:characters:ancestry:elf.png?400|}}Their presence is striking, and charisma comes as naturally to them as breath. Elves often draw others in with an effortless poise, the kind that grows from self-awareness and a keen sense of beauty. Whether in a courtly hall or beneath the canopy of an ancient forest, they stand as figures of both allure and authority. Some admire them as paragons of refinement, while others view them with suspicion, but few can truly ignore them.
+Elven intellect complements this charisma. They are seekers of meaning, philosophers and mages who approach thought as carefully as an artisan shaping stone or wood. Their long lives foster a balance: the patience to study deeply, but also the urgency to use what they learn before their span is done. In this, Elves embody both wisdom and ambition---they are not content to merely preserve knowledge, but to test it, refine it, and make it their own.
+Despite their elegance, Elves are not distant from passion. They revel in song, art, and the natural world, throwing themselves into life’s beauty with intensity, for they know it cannot last forever. Where others see only fragility, Elves see precision; where others see aloofness, Elves see perspective. Their lives may stretch across centuries, but to them, every moment is a chance to shape the dance of the world with both grace and purpose.
-While Elves may seem aloof and delicate due to their smaller size and graceful demeanour, they are not to be underestimated. Beneath their serene exterior lies a sharp intellect and an unmatched adaptability. Whether navigating the complexities of ancient magics, surviving in the harshest environments, or engaging in battle with unparalleled precision, Elves possess a quiet strength. Their long lives and connection to the natural world have honed their skills, and any who would underestimate an Elf’s resolve quickly learn that their patience can be just as lethal as their speed.
 ===== Attributes =====
-|  STR  |  AGI  |  DEX  |  WIS  |  INT  |  CHA  |
+When you select Elf as your ancestry, increase your Dexterity score by three, your Charisma score by two and your Intellect score by one.
-|   8   |  10   |   8   |  10   |   8   |   6   |
 ===== Features =====
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 **Walking Speed**:  6 meters.  Despite their shorter stature, Elves are remarkably quick.
-**Stamina**:  Elves begin play with 20 Stamina, plus an amount equal to their Strength bonus.
+**Stamina**:  Elves begin play with 10 Stamina, plus an amount equal to their Strength bonus.
 **Recovery Dice**: Elves begin play with two six-sided (2d6) Recovery dice.
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 ==== Traits =====
-Elves can always select the following traits as Basic traits, regardless of their background or base class.
+Elves can always select the following traits as Apprentice-tier traits.
   * [[legacy:traits:Ancient Knowledge]]