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Avariel and Myotar
Aka. “Wingéd Elves”

In the 2nd Edition D&D book The Complete Book of Elves, we were presented a modified formal version of a race that appeared in Dragon Magazine #51, called “The Winged Folk.” This Race was known as the Avariel, A race of high elves who had beatutiful pale skin, and feathered wings. There were a number of ‘theories’ presented in the text about the origins of the avariel, the most widely accepted one ‘among scholars’ being that they were descended from elves who had Wings of Flying permantently attatched the thier backs.



It has been one of my greatest dissapointments that this race has not yet made its way into any of the 3.5E manuals, and I havent heard of them in the 3.0 Ones either. Because it is a race that has figured greatly in my campaigns that I have run, and because they were also one of my favorites to play, I adapted the class to 3.0 / 3.5 rules. Because they vary little from the High Elven subrace, it was not very difficult, either.

Also presented here are the Myotar. . . . Dark Elves who have had Cloaks of the Bat permanently attatched, just as the Avariel had Wings of Flying. While this race is one of my own making, it is true to the Avariel concept, and required little adaptation.

Racial Name:Myotar
Ability Adjustments: +4 Dex, -4 Con, +2 Cha
Size: Medium
Movement: Move 30, Fly 60 (Good), Jump (10)
Special Qualities/Abilities:
*Dark Elven Sight: Darkvision 120ft.
*Elven Senses: +2 Racial Bonus to Listen, Search, and Spot
*Improved Elven Senses: +4 racial bonus to Search and Spot while flying or outdoors
*Myotar Weapons: Proficiency with Scimitar, Whip, and Bladering
*Fragile: A Myotar cannot fly if it has lost 50% or more of its hit points, and can only glide for a short time if it has lost 25% or more of its hit points.
*Vulnerable to Arrows: Myotar wings are easilly pierced with arrows. If in flight and struck with an arrow, there is a 50% that the wing is punctured. For every puncture in the wing, the manuverability class is reduced by one. If reduced below poor, thw wings become useless, and only several weeks of recuperation will restore the Myotar's ability to fly.
*Claustrophobic: Myotar do not like to be in enclosed spaces. When in such places, the Myotar must make a Will save for every day she is confined. (DC 15 + number of days) If failed, she goes temporarily insane, becoming violent and hysterical until she can reach open air. Checks are continually made even if insanity has already set in; more than four failures at one time means the Myotar has gone completely insane.
*Light Sensitive: Myotar are creatures of the night. They suffer the same penalties as Drow when exposed to bright light.
*Spell Like Abilities: Myotar share the same spell like abilities as the Drow do.
*Automatic Languages: Myotar speak Common, Elven, and Undercommon
*Favored Class: Wizard (Males) or Cleric (Females)
*Level Adjustment: +3

*Description: Myotar look very similar to Dark Elves, with the addition of a pair of large, leathery black wings. Their clothing is similar to that of togas, as regular clothing can snag thier wings, and togas can be easilly wrapped about the body. There have been rumors of Myotar with wings ranging in color from brown to red, but such rumors are unconfirmed.

*Society: Myotar society is much the same as that of the drow, though in addition to the worship of Lolth, they revere are deity represented by a great red bat. The Myotar are allied to the drow nations of the Underdark, and hate avariel as much as the Drow hate High Elves. The Myotar have been enslaved by the drow, however, and resent thier intrusion in thier affairs. Many of the Myotar have come to have the Dark Elven way of life, and have ventured out into the world to make thier own way. Often feared and mistrusted, the only ones who are wiling to accept these people-less Myotar are, surprisingly, thier enemies, the Avariel.

Sample Elven Hybrid:

High Elven / Dark Elven hybrid
Ability Adjustments: +2 Dex, -2 Con, -2 Cha
Favored Class: Wizard
Abilities/Qualities:
*Medium Size
*30’ Movement
*Immunity to sleep effects
*+2 bonus on Will saves versus spells
*60’ Darkvision
*Weapon Proficiencies: Longsword, Scimitar, Shortbow, Longbow
*Automatic Search Checks
*Innate Spells: When the character is created, they may pick one of the Dark Elven innate spells to be able to cast 1/day at their character level.
*Light Sensitive: Blinded for one round by exposure to sudden bright lights, but does not suffer any penalty for fighting in daylight.
Level Adjustment +1

*Note: Raised in either a mixed-racial setting (I.E. a Major City) or by very tolerant elves, more than likely High Elves, because they are the most tolerant of the elven species, and would possibly be willing to give a drow a chance to abandon his/her evil ways. Dark Elves would never tolerate something that would be such an abomination in thier eyes. Grey Elves would also not tolerate such a creature, because they are racial purists. Other Elven sub-races might also tolerate them, though treat them with fear and suspicion.

If people want statistics and descriptions of other Elven races, I can probably get them for them. Either post here (for those of you who read this, or if someone mentions it, redirect them to me.)

I have pretty much ALL the 2.0 handbooks (with like 3 exceptions, i thikn), and most of the 3.5 ones, so Ive got alot of stuff to base things off of. As I mentioned to GeoHound, Elves are one of my primary races that I've done custom variants on.

So, if someone wants to try and make a new variant, I'm up to the task. I love that sort of stuff.

Lesse. . . variants I know of:
Wild, Wood, High, Moon, Sun, Star, Aquatic, Deep, Dark, Rock, Fire

Ones I have a template I can use for: Jungle, Water, Ice, Earth, Desert

actually, i think that there is a 3.0 version of that winged elf, i think it was in Races of Faurun.... it had other elves, that i can't remember right now, but i think it is worth looking into.

I think the race changed from Avariel, to Avoral......