Half-Elf Variants

Legacy half-elf options that exchange Skill Versatility for an ancestral trait.

Variant traits

Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take the elf trait Keen Senses or a trait based on your elf parentage:

• A half-elf of wood elf descent can choose the wood elf's Elf Weapon Training, Fleet of Foot, or Mask of the Wild.
• A half-elf of moon elf or sun elf descent can choose the high elf's Elf Weapon Training or Cantrip.
• A half-elf of drow descent can choose the drow's Drow Magic.
• A half-elf of aquatic heritage can choose a swimming speed of 30 feet.