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'''Half-Elves''' are a playable [[race]] in [[Baldur's Gate 3]].
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'''Half-Elves''' are a playable [[race]] in [[Baldur's Gate 3]].
'''Half-Elves''' are a playable [[race]] in [[Baldur's Gate 3]].


== About Half-Elves ==
{{Class Quote|quote=Half-Elves inherit blessings from both their parents, but at the price of never quite fitting in. Curious, ambitious, and versatile, half-elves are welcome everywhere, but struggle without a community to call their own.|image=Race Half-Elf.png}}
{{Q|Half-Elves inherit blessings from both their parents, but at the price of never quite fitting in. Curious, ambitious, and versatile, half-elves are welcome everywhere, but struggle without a community to call their own.|Half-Elves' racial description.}}


==== Race Features ====
==Racial features==
* {{SmallIcon|Creature Speed Icon.png}} Base Racial Speed: You can move {{InfoBlob|9 m / 30 ft}} per turn.
* {{SmallIcon|Creature Speed Icon.png}} Base Racial Speed: You can move {{InfoBlob|9 m / 30 ft}} per turn.
* {{SmallIcon|Civil Militia Icon.png}} [[Civil Militia]]: You gain {{SmallIcon|Proficiency Icon.png}} [[Proficiency]] in the following:
* {{SAI|Civil Militia|w=40}}: You gain {{SmallIcon|Proficiency Icon.png}} [[Proficiency]] in the following:
**[[Proficiency#Weapon Proficiency|Weapon Proficiency]]: {{WeaponType|Pikes}}, {{WeaponType|Spears}}, {{WeaponType|Halberds}}, {{WeaponType|Glaives}}.
**[[Proficiency#Weapon Proficiency|Weapon Proficiency]]: {{WeaponType|Pikes}}, {{WeaponType|Spears}}, {{WeaponType|Halberds}}, {{WeaponType|Glaives}}.
**[[Proficiency#Armour Proficiency|Armour Proficiency]]: {{LightArmour}}, {{Shields}}
**[[Proficiency#Armour Proficiency|Armour Proficiency]]: {{LightArmour}}, {{Shields}}.
*{{SmallIcon|PassiveFeature Darkvision.png}} [[Darkvision_(Passive_Feature)|Darkvision]]
*{{SAI|Darkvision_(Passive_Feature)|Darkvision|w=40}}
*{{SmallIcon|Fey Ancestry Icon.png}} [[Fey Ancestry]]: You have {{Advantage}} on {{SavingThrow}}s against being [[Charmed (Condition)|Charmed]], and magic can't put you to [[Sleeping (Condition)|Sleep]].
*{{SAI|Fey Ancestry|w=40}}: You have {{Advantage}} on {{SavingThrow}}s against being [[Charmed (Condition)|Charmed]], and magic can't put you to [[Sleeping (Condition)|Sleep]].


=== High Half-Elves ===
=== High half-elves ===
[[File:High Half-Elf Default Portrait.png|350px|thumb|right|Default High Half-Elf appearances]]
[[File:High Half-Elf Default Portrait.png|350px|thumb|right|Default High Half-Elf appearances]]
{{Q|A touch of the [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Feywild Feywild] remains in half-elves with this bloodline, and even those untrained in magic possess a hint of wild power.|High Half-Elves' description.}}
{{Q|A touch of the [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Feywild Feywild] remains in half-elves with this bloodline, and even those untrained in magic possess a hint of wild power.|High Half-Elves' description.}}


==== Subrace Features ====
==== Subrace features ====
* High Elf Cantrip: Choose 1 [[Spells#Cantrips|Cantrip]] from the [[Wizard]] spell list.
* High Elf Cantrip: Choose 1 [[Spells#Cantrips|Cantrip]] from the [[Wizard]] spell list. Note that this means these cantrips use [[Intelligence]] as a casting stat.
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* [[File:Acid Splash Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Acid Splash]] [[Acid Splash]]
* {{SAI|Acid Splash}}
* [[File:Blade Ward Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Blade Ward]] [[Blade Ward]]
* {{SAI|Blade Ward}}
* [[File:Bone Chill Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Bone Chill]] [[Bone Chill]]
* {{SAI|Bone Chill}}
* [[File:Dancing Lights Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Dancing Lights]] [[Dancing Lights]]
* {{SAI|Dancing Lights}}
* [[File:Fire Bolt Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Fire Bolt]] [[Fire Bolt]]
* {{SAI|Fire Bolt}}
* [[File:Friends Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Friends]] [[Friends]]
* {{SAI|Friends}}
* [[File:Light Spell Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Light]] [[Light]]
* {{SAI|Light}}
* [[File:Mage Hand Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Mage Hand]] [[Mage Hand]]
* {{SAI|Mage Hand}}
* [[File:Minor Illusion Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Mage Hand]] [[Minor Illusion]]
* {{SAI|Minor Illusion}}
* [[File:Poison Spray Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Poison Spray]] [[Poison Spray]]
* {{SAI|Poison Spray}}
* [[File:Ray Of Frost Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Ray of Frost]] [[Ray of Frost]]
* {{SAI|Ray of Frost}}
* [[File:Shocking Grasp Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=Shocking Grasp]] [[Shocking Grasp]]
* {{SAI|Shocking Grasp}}
* [[File:True Strike Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1|link=True Strike]] [[True Strike]]
* {{SAI|True Strike}}
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=== Wood Half-Elves ===
=== Wood half-elves ===
[[File:Wood Half-Elf Default Portrait.png|350px|thumb|right|Default Wood Half-Elf appearances]]
[[File:Wood Half-Elf Default Portrait.png|350px|thumb|right|Default Wood Half-Elf appearances]]
{{Q|Like their wood elf parent, these half-elves have a quickened stride and eye for stealth. Yet many break away from isolation in [[Faerûn]]'s forests to explore the rest of the Realms.|Wood Half-Elves' description.}}
{{Q|Like their wood elf parent, these half-elves have a quickened stride and eye for stealth. Yet many break away from isolation in [[Faerûn]]'s forests to explore the rest of the Realms.|Wood Half-Elves' description.}}


==== Subrace Features ====
==== Subrace features ====
*{{SmallIcon|Creature Speed Icon.png}} [[Fleet of Foot]]: Your [[Movement Speed]] is increased by {{InfoBlob|1.5 m / 5 ft}}.
*{{SmallIcon|Creature Speed Icon.png}} [[Fleet of Foot]]: Your [[Movement Speed]] is increased by {{InfoBlob|1.5 m / 5 ft}}.
*[[Mask of the Wild]]: You gain {{SmallIcon|Proficiency Icon.png}} [[Proficiency]] in [[Stealth]]
*[[Mask of the Wild]]: You gain {{SmallIcon|Proficiency Icon.png}} [[Proficiency]] in [[Stealth]].
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=== Drow Half-Elves ===
=== Drow half-elves ===
[[File:Drow Half-Elf Default Portrait.png|350px|thumb|right|Default Drow Half-Elf appearances]]
[[File:Drow Half-Elf Default Portrait.png|350px|thumb|right|Default Drow Half-Elf appearances]]
{{Q|Most Half-Drow result from liaisons between [[Drow#Seldarine Drow|Seldarine Drow]] and surfacers. While Half-Drow inherit a few magical gifts, they aren't usually raised in the [[Underdark]].|Drow Half-Elves' description.}}
{{Q|Most Half-Drow result from liaisons between [[Drow#Seldarine Drow|Seldarine Drow]] and surfacers. While Half-Drow inherit a few magical gifts, they aren't usually raised in the [[Underdark]].|Drow Half-Elves' description.}}


==== Subrace Features ====
==== Subrace features ====
*[[Drow Magic]]: You again access to the following [[Spells]]:
*[[Drow Magic]]: You gain access to the following [[Spells]]:
**Cantrip: {{SmallIcon|Dancing Lights Icon.png}} [[Dancing Lights]] (at character Level 1)
**Cantrip: {{SAI|Dancing Lights}} (at character Level 1)
**1st Level Spell: {{SmallIcon|Faerie Fire Icon.png}} [[Faerie Fire]] (at character level 3); {{Recharge|Long Rest}}.
**1st Level Spell: {{SAI|Faerie Fire}} (at character level 3); {{Recharge|Long Rest}}.
**2nd Level Spell: {{SmallIcon|Darkness Icon.png}} [[Darkness]] (at character level 5); {{Recharge|Long Rest}}.
**2nd Level Spell: {{SAI|Darkness}} (at character level 5); {{Recharge|Long Rest}}.
Note: These spells use [[Charisma]] as their casting stat
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== Notable Half-Elves ==
==Notable half-elves==
* [[Jaheira]]
*[[Jaheira]]
* [[Ketheric Thorm]]
*[[Ketheric Thorm]]
* [[Shadowheart]]
*[[Shadowheart]]  


== See also ==
==See also==
* [[:Category:Half-Elves|List of all Half-Elves]]
* [[:Category:Half-Elves|List of all Half-Elves]]


== External Links ==
==External links==
* {{FRWiki|Half-elf|long}}
*{{FRWiki|Half-elf|long}}
* {{FRWiki|Seldarine|long}}
*{{FRWiki|Seldarine|long}}
* {{FRWiki|Feywild|long}}
*{{FRWiki|Feywild|long}}
* {{FRWiki|Underdark|long}}
*{{FRWiki|Underdark|long}}


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== Notable Half-Elves ==
* [[Shadowheart]]
* [[Jaheira]]
* [[Anders]]
== See also ==
* [[:Category:Half-Elves|List of all Half-Elves]]
== External Links ==
* {{FRWiki|Half-elf|long}}
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Latest revision as of 16:34, 9 March 2024

Half-Elves are a playable race in Baldur's Gate 3.

Half-Elves inherit blessings from both their parents, but at the price of never quite fitting in. Curious, ambitious, and versatile, half-elves are welcome everywhere, but struggle without a community to call their own.
Race Half-Elf.png
Race Half-Elf.png
Half-Elves inherit blessings from both their parents, but at the price of never quite fitting in. Curious, ambitious, and versatile, half-elves are welcome everywhere, but struggle without a community to call their own.

Racial features[edit | edit source]

High half-elves[edit | edit source]

Default High Half-Elf appearances
A touch of the Feywild remains in half-elves with this bloodline, and even those untrained in magic possess a hint of wild power.
— High Half-Elves' description.

Subrace features[edit | edit source]

  • High Elf Cantrip: Choose 1 Cantrip from the Wizard spell list. Note that this means these cantrips use Intelligence as a casting stat.

Wood half-elves[edit | edit source]

Default Wood Half-Elf appearances
Like their wood elf parent, these half-elves have a quickened stride and eye for stealth. Yet many break away from isolation in Faerûn's forests to explore the rest of the Realms.
— Wood Half-Elves' description.

Subrace features[edit | edit source]

Drow half-elves[edit | edit source]

Default Drow Half-Elf appearances
Most Half-Drow result from liaisons between Seldarine Drow and surfacers. While Half-Drow inherit a few magical gifts, they aren't usually raised in the Underdark.
— Drow Half-Elves' description.

Subrace features[edit | edit source]

Note: These spells use Charisma as their casting stat

Notable half-elves[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

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