• this is elf info based for the most part on common elves, there is another page for information based on the Drow views. (link is below)

Elven Types:

Psionics: Elves have roughly the same amount of psychic potential as humans.

Alignment: Elves can range from very good to very evil.

Occupation: Any, however they have a special love of Magic.

Height: 6' to 7' tall.

Weight: 150 to 200 lbs.

Procreation and Gestation: Elves procreate in a very similar manner to humans. They have a slightly longer gestation period of 1 year but their children grow at about same rate until reaching puberty, at which time their growth rate slows. Elven puberty often lasts for about 2 decades. Elves are considered children until their 25th birthday.

Average Life Span: 1000 years.

Special/Natural Abilities: Night vision 90 foot.

Favorite Weapons and Armour: Large Sword Short Sword Long Bow Shield Helm Bracers Boots Usually leather or chainmail and sometimes Plate.	Racial Skills: Track Humanioids Track/Trap Animal Identify Plants/Fruits W.P. Long Bow or W.P. Sword Prowl Wilderness Survival: Forest

Languages: Common and Elven.

Climate/Terrian: The natural home of the Elven people is within Temperate to subtropical forests, but it is not at all unlikely to find them in any number of places.

Organization: Clan and house structure.

Diet: Omnivore

Physical Appearance: Elves are the children of Tirithilasa. They resemble her in general appearance.

Description: Though their lives span several human generations, elves appear at first glance to be frail when compared to man. However, elves have a number of special talents that more than make up for their slightly weaker constitutions. They are somewhat taller than men. Male elves usually weigh between 150 and 200 pounds, and females weigh between 115 and 140 pounds. The features of an elf are delicate and finely chiseled. Most elves have very pale complexions, which is odd because they spend a great deal of time outdoors. They tend to be slim, almost fragile. Though they are not as sturdy as humans, elves are much more agile.

Elven clothing tends to be colorful, but not garish. They often wear pastel colors, especially blues and greens. Because they dwell in forests, however, high elves often wear greenish grey cloaks to afford them quick camouflage.

Elves have learned that it is very important to understand the creatures, both good and evil, that share their forest home. Because of this, many elves speak the tongues of goblins, orcs, hobgoblins, gnolls, gnomes, and halflings, in addition to common and their own highly-developed language. They will always show an interest in anything that will allow them to communicate with, and learn from, their neighbors.

Combat: An elven fighter will usually battle with a style rapid and strong. Either with bow or sword they are never to be underestimated. Elves are cautious fighters and always use their strengths to advantage if possible. One of their greatest strengths is the ability to pass through natural surroundings, woods, or forests, silently and almost invisibly. By moving quietly and blending into vegetation for cover, elves will often surprise a person or party. As long as they are not attacking, the elves hiding in the forest can only be spotted by someone or something with the ability to see invisible objects. The military value of this skill is immense, and elven armies will always send scouts to spy on the enemy, since such spies are rarely caught-or even seen.

Elves posses an extremely strong will, such strong wills, in fact, that they have an extreme resistance to all charm and sleep spells.

Most Elves live in the wild, so weapons are used for everything from dealing with the hostile creatures around their camps, to such mundane tasks as hunting for dinner. The elves' rigorous training with bows and swords, in addition to their great dexterity, gives them a supreme skill fighting with a short or long sword, or when using a bow of any kind, other than a crossbow. Elves are especially proficient in the use of the bow. Their archers are extremely mobile, and therefore dangerous.

Because of limitations of horses in forest combat, elves do not usually ride. Elves prefer to fight as foot soldiers and are generally armed as such. Most elves wear scale, ring, or chain mail, and almost all high elves carry shields. Elves have natural advantages when they use bows and swords and their bands carry a variety of weapons. As a general guideline the weapons composition of an elven patrol is as follows: spear 30%; sword 20%; sword and spear 20%; sword and bow 10%; bow 15%; two-handed sword 5%.

Elven women are the equal of their male counterparts in all aspects of warfare. In fact, some bands of elves will contain units of female fighters, who will be mounted on unicorns. This occurs rarely (5% chance), and only 10-30 elf maidens will be encountered in such a unit. However, the legends of the destruction wrought by these elven women are rampant among the enemies of the elves. For Armour they prefer the following types. Shield, helm, bracers, boots, Usually leather, sometimes ringmail or chainmail.

Habitat/Society: Elves value their individual freedom highly and their social structure is based on independent bands. These small groups, usually consisting of no more than 200, recognize the authority of a royal overlord, who in turn owes allegiance to a king or queen. However, the laws and restraints set upon elven society are very few compared to human society and practically negligible when compared to dwarven society.

Elven camps are always well-hidden and protected. In addition to the large number of observation posts and personnel traps set around a camp, high elves typically set 2-12 giant eagles as guardians of their encampments (65% of the time). Females found in a camp will equal 100%, children 50%, of the males encountered.

Because elves live for several hundred years, their view of the world is radically different from most other sentient beings. Elves do not place much importance on short-term gains nor do they hurry to finish projects. Humans see this attitude as frivolous; the elves simply find it hard to understand why everyone else is always in such a rush. Elves prefer to surround themselves with things that will bring them joy over long periods of time-things like music and nature. The company of their own kind is also very important to elves, since they find it hard to share their experiences or their perspectives on the world with other races. This is one of the main reasons elven families are so close. However, as friendship, too is something to be valued, even friends of other races remain friends forever.

Though they are immune to a few specific spells, elves are captivated by magic. Not specific spells, of course, but the very concept of magic. Cooperation is far more likely to be had from an elf, by offering an obscure, even worthless, (but interesting) magical item, than it is with two sacks of gold.

Ultimately, their radically different perspective separates the elves from the rest of their world. Elves find dwarves too dour and their adherence to strict codes of law unpleasant. However, elves do recognize dwarven craftsmanship as something to be praised. Elves think a bit more highly of humans, though they see man's race after wealth and fleeting power as sad. In the end, after a few hundred years, all elves leave the world they share with dwarves and men, and journey to a mysterious land where they live freely for the rest of their extremely long lives.

Ecology: Elves produce fine clothes, beautiful music, and brilliant poetry. It is for these things that other cultures know the folk of the forest best. In their world within the forest, however, elves hold in check the dark forces of evil, and the creatures that would plunder the forest and then move on to plunder another. For this reason alone, elves are irreplaceable.