ELVES (TAINTED) "The world belongs to us by right." Elves are a head taller than human men, slim, and fair skinned with sharp, pointed canines. Formerly one of the most beautiful races in the world they are now cruel, and leering with bloodshot eyes from a life of decadence.
ELF RACIAL TRAITS STARTING AGE Adulthood: 110
Elven Assassin: +4d6
Dragonrider, Thain: +6d6
Elven Sorcerer, Elven Noble: +10d6
AGING EFFECTS Middle Age: 175
Old: 263
Venerable: 350
Maximum Age: +4d10%
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Base Height: Male: 5'4" Female: 5'1"
Height Modifier: +2d10
Base Weight: Male: 150 Female: 115
Weight Modifier: (x2d4)
ELF CHARACTERS If you want powerful allies, the Elves count on Lesser Demons as assistants, Dragons as their friends, and usually have several slaves as cannon fodder. Their armies also have large reserves of magical weaponry and armor, and are the best trained in the world. So basically you get all the good stuff. The downside is that if you fail your superior or a random angry demon devours your soul.
Adventuring Race: Because they're told to. Either a Fallen or one of the Nobility assigns you a task, and if you want to live you succeed. besides if you win you get rewarded nicely and move up in the world. Since power and glory are the side benefits why not do it if your death is the other option.
Character Development: Elves tend to be magically talented, and almost all of them have magical ability of some kind even if they aren't a Sorcerer. They also have easier access to magical items and training than most, so make sure you can take advantage of this.
Character Names:
Male: Alsadair, Brone, Clarann, Eachann, Eamon, Earnon, Eoin, Feargus, Lorcan, Manus, Niall.
Female: Alana, Aurnia, Darina, Derrin, Dervla, Lasrina, Sinead.
Surnames: Elven Surnames tend to be something they are known for. For example Dwarf-Killer might be the surname of an Elven veteran of their battles with the Dwarves.
ROLEPLAYING AN ELF You are an evil bastard. You would sell your on children to avoid death, or just gain a step up in the world. Everyone you know is a potential assassin or betrayer. Everyone you know is a possible stepping stone to greater power. The world is now literally Hell, and you can be a Lord or a slave, and you can't imagine being a slave after what you have seen and done to them.
Personality: All is lost, and there is nothing left. This world is all you have since your soul will probably be devoured if you die, so you may as well make the best of it. So what if you rape your own relatives, devour a few children, and murder the innocent. Survival is necessary, and these days that's the price.
Behaviors: You are allowed to indulge any urges you may have, and the more power you have, the worse the desires you can indulge. Morality is no longer a part of the Elven soul.
Language: Elves have one of the most complex and well developed languages in the world, and are one of the very few to have a written form of their racial language. Many races use the Elven alphabet for the written form of their own language unless they have specifically developed writing of their own.
ELF SOCIETY Any culture or civilization the Elves practiced has been swept away for the most part by the Fallen. Rape, slavery, murder, sacrifice, and cannibalism are now the norm. So long as you have enough power and the right connections you can do almost anything and no one can touch you except whoever is higher up the chain. While the Elves still have the best of everything they squander it needlessly in debauchery, and neglect all that once made them great. After all the world is ending so why bother to save anything?
Alignment : Most Tainted Elves are now Chaotic or Neutral Evil. There might be a few Chaotic Neutral ones left, but they would be very rare, and need to hide it. Elves who refused to serve the Fallen were slaughtered en masse, and as a result all that is left are the very worst of their race.
Lands : Elves take the very best lands for their own. Anywhere with a bad climate or soil, or scarce resources are left for the other races. Unfortunately after freeing the Fallen, most lands are now baked deserts.
Settlements : The Elves consider all lands to be theirs, and engage in endless warfare to conquer them all.
Beliefs : Elves generally worship Azothar the Destroyer or Bethshakai the Hidden. As the last 5 remaining of the Fallen princes emerge perhaps they wil gain cults as well.
Relations: Other races are food to extend the Elves lives, slaves to conduct wars or raise crops or perform hard labor, or to be handed over to the Fallen for sacrifice.
ELF ADVENTURES Taint SubtypeOverall this Subtype gives you nothing, but some Feats or PrC's will require it as a Prerequisite, and some items or spells/powers will have lesser or greater effects against Tainted individuals.