Half-Elves
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The product of a union between an elf and a human parent, half-elves do not have the full magical powers of elves, but are stronger and hardier than elves (albeit not so strong and hardy as a human.) Half-Elves can identify with either their elven or their human ancestry, but in either case tend to make better spellcasters than many humans. Half-Elves have retained the ability of their human parent to haggle with shopkeepers effectively over prices.
- Abbreviation: Hel.
- Racial Size: medium.
- Racial TNL: 1052 XP.
- Well-Suited to Be: mages, psionicists, sorcerers.
- Ill-Suited to Be: warriors
Diplomatic Corps
Half-Elves may participate in the Diplomatic Corps every 10 levels at lowmort. All Half-Elves should report to Aeldiskaa when they are ready to begin.
Comments
Although an offspring of elves, the half-elves get only a fraction of the magic power of their ancestors - they receive a 5% spell cost reduction, noticeably smaller mana pools, and are not no-fail at 95%. However, they virtually never fail arcane spells.
They have no damage modifiers, no natural armor, modest hp pool, no stealth modifiers, nor any archery modifiers, making them similar to humans but with slightly better casting abilities.
Overall, half-elves are a good choice should you not desire to remort into a high elf, but instead into a sprite, since they have smaller TNL than other, spellcasting oriented races, and will reach the remort goal more quickly. However it is difficult to make the case for half-elf, as both Lizard and Drow offer more remort options and greater abilities for similar TNL.