Dark Elves
Native Literacy: Dark Elven
Category: Elf • Elves
Matriarchal, subterranean elves of the Underdark who revere the Hierarch Arachnia.
Advantages
- Half cost for the Rogue Basic Career Skill List (5 Build Points)
- +1 Damage Bonus for all weapons during the night (7pm to 7am) or while completely underground
- Can purchase the Elven Resist skill
- Can purchase Poison Immunity: Sleep Poison as a racial ability for 3 Build Points. May start the game with this skill.
- Can purchase the Blind Fighting skill as a racial ability for 3 Build Points. May start the game with this skill.
Disadvantages
- -2 Body Points at first Level
- Double cost for the Stamina skill (8 Build Points)
- -1 Damage Bonus during the day (7am to 7pm)
- Cannot learn the Charm School
Costume & Roleplaying Requirements
- The player must wear black pointed ears and black makeup on their face and exposed skin. Most Dark Elves have white hair, but this is not required.
Additional Rulebook Notes
Any union between any Elves always results in one of the parent's racial characteristics being dominant — a child of a Gray Elf and a Dark Elf will be either a Dark Elf or a Gray Elf, not a mix of the two.
Other Elves
Canonical Source Citations
Rulebook — Page 29 (Character Races and Tribes - Elves - Dark Elves)
[Rulebook, p. 29]