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Faerie Elves in the Steel Realms
Faerie genus in the Steel Realms have more variety even than humans, though their population size is much smaller. Like any population, the normally life-allied elven population has its share of Faey, as well as the fallen ones that dwell in the underlight and persist by blood – Faet m’un. There are those which breathe underwater (Glyddin; “Sea Elves”), which fly and breathe the thin high air (Syphim; “Winged Elves”), and all manner and size of land dwelling variety. These are divided into two ‘camps’ as seen by the rest of the species on Helca; The deep forest dwelling Ynthian Elves and the Wyld Elves of open plains and natural places outside of the Forest of Ynth. There are no known settlements of the ancient Aelfs left on Helca – if there were ever any. Faerie races are treated with suspicion, as they are nearly as adaptable as humans and in direct competition most of them, but inscrutable to most humanoids.
@RP Impact: Reaction penalty in some places. Most faerie enclaves have some group that are Faerie Wind Weavers.
Official PC Races of the Steel Realms
i20™ Race/Species Details
i20 assumes you are familiar with the 2014 DnD 5.0 SRD and the PHB it is based off of.
Starting i20 Characters have Zero Discretionary CP unless noted by the Game Master. These are all taken acquiring a Race/Species and a Pathway of Experience. A starting character is the moment of character creation (@Character Inception).
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This corresponds to the HALFLING ( Race/Species)
The following aspects deviate from or add to the base race, though may also vary by setting, back story, and/or cultural experience; ‘Baseline’ values are just average/defaults to be used * without specific reference checks. *
Common Cultural Experience
The character comes from an area which has a dominant culture of the race/species and evinces it’s common physiologically and sociologically developed features. As they develop, the cultural norms are ingrained and stay with them in absence of consciously ridding themselves of them (and their benefits).
> This inherits from: None.
Open Cultural Experience
Wherever the character grew up, they eschewed the common cultural experience in favor of a more individualistic approach to life. While they are aware of the cultural norms, they chose not to be confined by them and not to benefit from them, and any unconscious behavior that reflects them gradually fades over time. Unless noted, all Archetype options are available.
Shared Physiological Details
The following elements reference game details that are physically part of every character of this race/species:
iCore™ Race/Species Details
Faey elves become incredibly powerful, very quickly, twisting their powerful soul-gem into a dead one, an intuitive tunnel to the power of the void.
Long Life Thread
Nearly ALL faerie races have a Long Life Thread, living more than 200 years.
d20 Raise Dead and equivalent/d20 Revivify and equivalent: Creatures with a Long Life Thread (ex: Elves) cannot be targeted by either of these spells (they simply fail) – it takes stronger spells to impact the character enough to bring them back from the dead.
Folk of copse and hill, folk of glade and wood, folk of sea and wave, folk of cloud and breeze, folk of grass and sky
the [contentblock id=playlink1] is the defacto starting point for characters and races of the Steel Realms. The Faerie of the Steel Realms correlate to the (Fey) Elves of DnD.
Common Aspects
D20D20 Feature Mechanics
- Soul Gem
- Faerie Meditation (the Dream Sleep): The faerie tap into the Feywild and Aelfpaths to take their mind to a different place. The 4 hours of Meditation for [most] faeries counts as Deep Sleeper and grants them the equivalent of a human 8 hours of rest, but the hour prior to and after can only be spent in contemplative state, resting, relaxing, reading and the like. The last 2 hours of the normal 8 required for rest can be spent in heightened alert – such as standing watch. If the hour before or after is interrupted, the character must make a DC 5 Sanity saving throw or the entire meditative effect must be started over again; Characters not resting suffer 1 point of Malaise (cumulative) until they can.
iCore Feature Mechanics
Faerie-Kin
Elves: Wild (sylvan) and Ynthian
Making Contact
The target will find themselves ‘watched’ by the tiny natural allies of the faeries. They will pointedly stop and stare, unblinking, and the targets pass – it should be obvious if the PC’s are paying attention that something is amiss. The small animals will generally not scurry away unless the targets approach threateningly. Those with Lore: Faerie or any sub race may make an Insight skill check DC 15 to understand the ‘faerie watchers’ are relaying what they see as a prelude to the faeries making contact.
Obscure Knowledge / Near-Impossible Difficulty
Displacement of the Aelfs: Only the elves of Ynth know that at one time about 500,000 years ago, their ancient brethren, the Aelfs, once dwelt on Helca. Were it not for only trace evidence of their spirits in Ynth, no one would know. The Aelfpaths of Helca were made by them, discovered by the elves of Ynth, and their existence kept secret. Once Ynth began its decline, more have become aware of them and started to explore them. The Elves of Ynth only know that at one point, they were on Helca, and then they were gone – before the coming of the Celestials. They do not know about the massive amount of Augmentum ( as it is known in the realms) that drew them. It also drew the dragons, and made powerful their dreams. Before a terrible war between the two could break out, the Aelfs left Helca completely, after only about 50,000 years of living peacefully and quietly.
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