Dungeons & Dragons 5e Race/Species : Blood Elf
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Blood Elf
The blood elves are high elves who changed their name after the Scourge invasion of Quel'Thalas. Their new name is a dirge, referencing both the blood of their many brethren who fell during the Third War, and their royal lineage.
For nearly 7,000 years, high elven society centered on the sacred Sunwell, a magical fount that was created using a vial of pure arcane energy from the first Well of Eternity. Nourished and strengthened by the Sunwell’s potent energies, the high elves’ enchanted kingdom of Quel'Thalas prospered within the verdant forests north of Lordaeron. During the Third War, however, the high elves were nearly scoured from Azeroth. Led by the death knight Arthas Menethil, a Scourge army stormed into Quel'Thalas, slaughtering almost ninety percent of the kingdom’s population. Arthas then used the mystical Sunwell to resurrect the fallen necromancer Kel'Thuzad, irrevocably tainting the fountain in the process.
Velen, The Prophet would eventually use the essence of a darkened naaru to restore the Sunwell as a fount of both arcane and holy energy.
ability score increase:
Your Intelligence score increases by 2 and Dexterity by 1.
age:
Blood Elves reach adulthood at age 18 and live up to 400 years.
Size:
Medium
speed:
30 ft.
Languages:
You can speak, read, and write Common and Thalassian.
race features:
Arcane Acuity. Whenever you roll damage for a spell of the evocation school, you treat any 1 on a damage die as a 2.
Darkvision. 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 color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Mana Bending. You can be attuned to as many as 4 total magical items that require attunement.
Arcane Acuity. Whenever you roll damage for a spell of the evocation school, you treat any 1 on a damage die as a 2.
Darkvision. 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 color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Mana Bending. You can be attuned to as many as 4 total magical items that require attunement.
In contrast to their night elven cousins, blood elven naming conventions tend to favor the concepts of the day, the sun, and brightness/light/fire over the night, the moon, and darkness. A prefix referencing one in some way ("Brightwing," "Sunhallow," "Dawnglow," "Blazefeather," etc.) is quite common in many blood elven surnames. However, some others eschew this altogether and have fairly standard elven names that evoke no particular imagery; Lor'themar Theron himself is a prominent example of this.
Unlike the high elves, however, a number of blood elves have taken on more aggressive surnames - often incorporating the word "blood" into their identity, which had not been heard of prior to the sin'dorei coming to power. Presumably, this is to better illustrate their cultural identity and their drive for vengeance, as many blood elves would have lost family members during the Scourge massacre. Some blood elves changed their surnames as a further homage to their fallen people and loved ones, taking names such as "Bloodwatcher," "Bloodblade," and "Bloodwrath."
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