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I have a player who wants to play a blood elf in our Forgotten Realms campaign. I already started a thread to discuss the flavor. This thread is for the mechanics. If you want to learn more about blood elves in general see here.
Blood Elf Racial Traits
+2 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence, –2 Constitution: Blood elves are an agile, magically adept race, but their slight frames make them frail.
Medium: Blood elves are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
Normal Speed: Blood elves have a base speed of 30 feet.
Light Vision: Blood elves can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.
Immunities: Blood elves are immune to magic sleep effects and get a +2 racial saving throw bonus against enchantment spells and effects.
Arcane Ability: A blood elf with an Intelligence score of 10 or better may select four 0-level spells from the Sorcerer/Wizard spell list. They can cast each one of the spells once per day as if they were a 1st level sorcerer. Unlike most spell like abilities, these spells are subject to arcane spell failure due to armor.
Arcane Affinity: Blood elves get a +2 racial bonus to Knowledge (Arcana) and Spellcraft checks. Knowledge (Arcana) and Spellcraft are always class skills for a blood elf.
Fel Magic: Blood elves have a special affinity to Conjuration magic. Blood elf wizards and sorcerers may once per day declare that they are adding either Maximize Spell or Extend Spell to any Conjuration spell they are casting without a level increase, even if they do not possess the feat. This must be declared prior to casting the spell and if the spell fails they lose this ability for the rest of the day.
Magic Addiction: Blood elves have become addicted to arcane magic. Each day they must spend at least one hour meditating on resisting the effects of this addiction or take -1 caster level penalty and a -2 penalty to saving throws to resist the effects of arcane spells. The time spent meditating on their addiction must be separate from the time that spellcasters spend preparing their spells, all though they can be done consecutively.
Weapon Familiarity: Blood elves are proficient with longbows (including composite longbows), short swords, rapiers, and shortbows (including composite shortbows), and treat any weapon with the word “elven” in its name as a martial weapon.
Languages: Blood elves begin play speaking Common and Elven. Blood elves with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Celestial, Draconic, Gnoll, Gnome, Goblin, Orc, and Sylvan.
And a new feat to go with them.
Arcane Torrent
the blood elves have learned new techniques for manipulating arcane magic.
Prerequisite: Ability to cast 2nd level arcane spells
Benefit: You can use Silence as a spell-like ability 3 times per day.
I like this a lot. Nice job!
And a new feat to go with them.
Arcane Torrent
the blood elves have learned new techniques for manipulating arcane magic.
Prerequisite: Ability to cast 2nd level arcane spells
Benefit: You can use Silence as a spell-like ability 3 times per day.
that is kewl and all, but all blood elves even non casters get arcane torrent, in WoW.
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It's true but I felt that giving it to them as a racial ability would make them overpowered as a 1st level PC. In the Warcraft d20 game they did not get it at all. In the World of Warcraft d20 game it was a feat that they could only take after taking three levels in the Blood Elf racial class. I felt that this was a good way to deal with the ability without overpowering the race or ignoring it. Although if I could go back and change it I might make the prerequisite simply character level 3rd.
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I like this a lot. Nice job!And a new feat to go with them.
Arcane Torrent
the blood elves have learned new techniques for manipulating arcane magic.
Prerequisite: Ability to cast 2nd level arcane spells
Benefit: You can use Silence as a spell-like ability 3 times per day.
Thanks Hyrum. My dream is to be a full time designer some day. Unfortunately today is not the day.
My dream is to be a full time designer some day. Unfortunately today is not the day.
Keep the dream alive. :) It might not be today, but tomorrow is a new day. You never know what life will throw at you.
Hyrum.