From 7dd111a8732d0cd1c85a20d1c44e6ace0d9baedf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Brian S. Stephan" <bss@incorporeal.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:12:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add a high elf/eladrin descriptor
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pages/cypher/homebrew.md | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/pages/cypher/homebrew.md b/pages/cypher/homebrew.md
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--- a/pages/cypher/homebrew.md
+++ b/pages/cypher/homebrew.md
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ benefit of burning one stays the same. Meanwhile, we have resource pools *right
> logical choice. Or, perhaps lean towards Intellect as a default, to represent the willpower necessary to pull from
> reserves and to match the spellcasting flavor. This strain cannot be reduced by Edge.
-## Descriptions
+## Descriptors
+
+General purpose and setting-specific descriptors, species or otherwise.
### Faerûnian Races
@@ -118,6 +120,21 @@ character that hews a bit closer to the Forgotten Realms line, you can apply the
success, the poison inflicts 3 points of damage or hinders the poisoned creature's actions for one minute (your
choice). The fungal companion is destroyed in the process. Action.
+### High Elf
+
+Sometimes also known as eladrin, your kind are generally more cosmopolitan, studious, and aloof than your
+nature-dwelling brethren. You are more likely to be a spellcaster, and your heritage trains most of your kind in the way
+of the longsword rather than the bow.
+
+You gain the following characteristics:
+
+* **Studious:** +2 to your Intellect Pool.
+* **Long-Lived:** Your natural lifespan (unless tragically cut short) is thousands of years.
+* **Skill:** You are specialized in tasks related to studying or recalling magical lore.
+* **Skill:** You are practiced in using a longsword.
+* **Skill:** You are trained in interaction tasks where you take a position of intellectual authority.
+* **Fragile:** When you fail a Might defense roll to avoid damage, you take 1 extra point of damage.
+
## Foci
### Does Not Tread Lightly