User:Average/Elf
Elves date back to Second Age of Oerth. They are primarily made of light, rather than meat. They are a by-product of the Mage Wars that ended the First Age. For this reason they are always light-skinned and light-haired (as long as they stay good-aligned) and never have high CON. They emerged from the alpine lakes of Gwyndolyn.
Their emotional sensitivity is unmatched, from this they have higher WIS, which for them, is really just emotional intelligence (hence most other races this is emo-intelligence gets turned into PieTY). They are not as good with heavy weapons. They are dextrous. They have natural resistance to some magic spells.
They are considered reserved-intelligent and their race splits into two kinds: austere (standard and high-elf) or stoic (dark-elf). Sun elves and Moon elves aren't considered racial variants but variants of background only. Sun elves went towards knowledge, while moon elves went towards forging relationships. So called "high-elves" are simply standard elves which have achieved a high level of light (represented perfectly fine with game levels).
Elves are don't use magic as much as they are (part and parcel to) magic. If they choose to be mages, they use magic in a way that doesn't need incantations.
If elves get low on mana, they collapse to preserve themselves, but have generally learned to eat when they get near that point.
Elves get a fixed Wisdom score of 17 (standard-elf) or 18 (dark-elf) and must subtract 7 points from their other stats (only 6 if player is typecast to this race). If they choose the higher value they must subtract 6 of 7 points from INT, CON, and/or STR. DMs should be able to detect the dark-elf variety from the standard -- they're always more "mod".
What were high-elves are just elves that are higher-level elves, generally in leadership positions protection the hidden value of the realms. The dark-elf race was a high-elf that descended into the Abyss, where he rescued the enslaved Ghost (Red) Dragon to give to the gods and create the dragonborn. Here ushered the Third Age .
