Spirit Elf Positives and Negatives

Spirit Elves are able to lose physical form and travel like spirits among the veil. This allows the spirit elf to go into places that others could not and to be able to escape certain death more easily than others. In spirit form, they can only be harmed by magic or energy weapons, with physical weapons only dealing a quarter of the damage to them. Given this, Spirit Elves make great rogues and mages.

However losing one's body, even if only temporary, comes with its own penalties. It is taxing on the spirit elf to maintain a connection with the physical realm while in spirit form. Should they lose this connection, they would lose themselves and no longer exist among the living. Many believe that a large amount of hauntings could simply be spirit elves who have gotten themselves trapped in the veil. Another problem for the spirit elf is that they cannot bring or keep on them any physical thing, be it weapons, armor, packs, or even clothes, if those things are not magically enchanted and bear the same connection  to their runic element. This could make playing as a spirit elf very challenging. The player would need to hope for a lot of money or very good friends.

Spirit Elf Skills

Spirit elves have the skills shared by all elf races as well as have the following core skills at level 1:

Skill	Stat Cost	Description	Level Effects	Cost to Acquire
Affect Form	20 Soul	This skill allows the spirit elf to drop their physical form and become spiritual. Their physical form will disappear, and any clothing, weaponry, armor, or packs on them not enchanted to their element will drop to the floor. The spirit elf will then be a spirit, like any other spirit or wraith, and thus able to move about without any physical restrictions. However, each round (in battle) or each hour (out of battle) that the spirit elf remains in spirit form the spirit elf must make a mental check, with a penalty of 10 that increases by 10 for each round or hour after that, as well as spend 20% of their max Endurance. Skilled Concentration will cut the Endurance cost in half, and decrease the penalty by 5. Should Endurance drop to 0 or the spirit elf fail a mental check, the spirit elf will need to make 1 save check, and should that fail the spirit elf will be dead, only able to be restored by Miracle Summoning or Resurrection. When the spirit elf is ready to regain physical form, the spirit elf needs to use this skill again. The spirit elf cannot affect the physical world in this form.	N/A: only one level	This is a Tier 1 skill Level 1: acquired
Affect Reality	10 Soul	This skill allows the spirit elf to affect the physical world while in spirit form. Using this skill will allow the spirit elf to open doors and chests, set and disarm traps, cause physical damage, and anything else as if physical. However, any physical damages will be halved.	N/A: only one level	This is a Tier 2 skill Level 1: 50/100
Magic Sense	N/A	Allows you to sense magic and its element. You can sense the magic in a room or 100x100 square foot area.	N/A: only one level	This is a Tier 1 skill Level 1: 25/50

Appearance

Spirit elves are slightly shorter than humans. They have ears that are 2" long that stick out horizontally instead of at an angle like other elves, pale and slender faces, and pointed noses. Spirit elves tend to keep their hair long, and it comes in shades of gray, white, silver, or steel blue. Spirit elf eyes are very cat-like in appearance and are gray.

Living Habitat

Spirit elves tend to seclude themselves from the outside world. Instead they typically live in mountain ravines, caves, or in small shacks atop steep mountain peeks. Those that travel do their best to not draw attention to themselves.

Spirit Elf Culture

Spirit elves are very spiritual  and secretive. Often used to being blamed for crimes they'd never think of committing, they tend to keep to themselves. Spirit elves don't tend to worship gods or goddesses. Instead, they respect them, and honor spirits while worshiping the very power of magic and spiritual energy. Spirit elf shamans often hold retreats for spiritual cleanings and spirit elves often take part in seances. Spirit elves are also one of the only elf type that will and do give surnames, using surnames as a way to honor and give worship to their departed ancestors.

Spirit Elf Racial Relations

Spirit elves suffer from forms of paranoia which causes them great difficulty in dealing with other races other than elves and faes. They are the only elf type that will get along with dark elves, simply because of their spiritual beliefs. In fact, if they could get past their paranoia, they'd easily get along with anyone regardless of race. They just have to learn to trust that person first, and trust from a spirit elf is hard to obtain.