Alternate DF Elf template

[ravenfish]

Originally Posted by vitruvian

Since they're not usually an underground race, I could pretty easily be persuaded to depart from Gygaxland and embrace the Tolkienism of Elves first showing up when the only light in the sky was from the stars, therefore replacing Infravision with Night Vision in the 5-9 range. They'd still be able to see considerable distances in the dungeon using only ambient light or something like a shuttered lamp with a candle as the light source.

If you aren't really trying to model a certain other game precisely, I would probably recommend going that way. It makes things more interesting, for one, and helps differentiate them from the races that *can* see in total darkness.

[vitruvian]

Revised per suggestions:

Gygaxian/Tolkienian DF Elf [50]:
ST -1 [-10], DX +1 [20]
Per +2 [10]
Appearance (Attractive) [4]
Forest Guardian 1 [5]
Language Talent [10]
Less Sleep 4 [8]
Magery 0 [5]
Night Vision 7 [7]
Resistant (+8) to Magical paralysis and sleep effects [5]
Elven Gear [1]
Sense of Duty (Nature) [-15]

Specific subraces may have additional abilities such as IQ+1 [20], Perfect Balance [15], Animal Empathy and/or Animal Friend, additional levels of Forest Guardian, and so on, but this is the base.

Meant for a 300 point DF campaign where everybody can take a professional template plus a racial template, professional template plus a lense from DF 3, or just slam 50 more points into professional template abilities for a truly focused character.

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by vitruvian

...would Less Sleep 5 [10] be enough to cover the whole "elves don't actually sleep, but go into a trance for three or four hours" thing?

Doesn't Sleep is the equivalent of Less Sleep 8 (if that trait extended so far). Since the four allowed levels of LS cost only 2 points each, I have ruled that the other four (virtual) levels should be worth 3 each.

[GnomesofZurich]

Originally Posted by Not another shrubbery

Doesn't Sleep is the equivalent of Less Sleep 8 (if that trait extended so far). Since the four allowed levels of LS cost only 2 points each, I have ruled that the other four (virtual) levels should be worth 3 each.

This would of course, be the equivalent of Less Sleep 4 [8] + Less Sleep 4 (Cosmic, +50%, can have additional levels over 4) [12].