Star Elves of the Deep Mountains

The Star Elves of the Deep Mountains have lived in their mountain fortresses for many years. Magic is a part of their everyday lives, even more so than most star elves. They have also lived with the cold of the mountains and the threat of giants for as long as they can remember. All of this has permanently affected their day to day lives and led to them having a distinct star elf culture.

Prerequisites: must be an elf, must be from the Deep Mountains on Vaffirna

+1 Intelligence or Magic

Trained in Magic Lore skill and Magic Knowledge, Detect Magic, and Spell Identification focuses

Trained in Arcane Magic and two of Arcane Magic focuses

Spellbook: All Star Elves of the Deep Mountains have spellbooks and the ability to write spells in their books and memorize spells. Treat this like the spellbooks described in the Wizard's Spellbook talent, only Star Elves of the Deep Mountains only get to decrease the mana costs of memorized spells by 10% (round the decrease down, at least 1). [If a Star Elf of the Deep Mountains also takes the Wizard's Spellbook talent, the % mana decrease is cumulative, for a total decrease of 35% (round the increase up, at least 1] Star Elves of the Deep Mountains also do not gain the ability to create scrolls. At 1st level, a Star Elf of the Deep Mountains has 2 spells (of Initiate or Novice status) in his or her spellbook for each Arcane Magic focus they are trained in. One spell for each focus must be a ritual, and they must meet the intelligence requirements for learning all spells. This is in addition to any spells they would normally know at 1st level. When a Star Elf of the Deep Mountains gains a level, they may add one spell to their spell book for free. They know how to cast this spell and this is in addition to any other spells they learned for gaining a level.

Cold resistance equal to 5 times your Endurance status, (5-40).

When you fight giants on a regular basis, you learn how to dodge their attacks (or you usually die). Giants take a -5 penalty to attack rolls when attacking a Star Elf of the Deep Mountains. for use with 4th edition and gives a pretty good idea of what the rules for the culture will be like.

Languages: Common, Elven, Giant