Half-Elf

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.

About Half-Elves

Racial Features

All Half-Elves receive the following racial features:

• Ability Improvement: Select two Ability Scores. You gain a +1 racial bonus to each selected score.
• Fey Ancestry
• Charisma +2
• Darkvision

High Half-Elves

Default High Half-Elf appearance

A touch of the Feywild remains in half-elves with this bloodline, and even those untrained in magic possess a hint of wild power.

A step further from the Feywild than their high elf parent, these half-elves still hold a magical spark. They mature faster than their brethren, but only live a few decades longer than humans.

Subrace Traits

• Base Racial Speed: 9m / 30ft
• Cantrip: (Choose 1) High Elf Cantrip

Wood Half-Elves

Default Wood Half-Elf appearance

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.

Subrace Traits

• Fleet of Foot: Your Movement Speed is 11m / 35ft
• Mask of the Wild: You were raised to blend into your natural surroundings. You gain Proficiency in Stealth.

Drow Half-Elves

Default Drow Half-Elf appearance

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.

To be half-drow is to wrestle with a violent and complicated legacy. Cleverness and tenacity serve them well, for they are caught between two very different worlds.

Subrace Traits

• Base Racial Speed: 9m / 30ft
• Cantrip: Dancing Lights (Level 1)
• 1st Level Spell: Faerie Fire (Level 3; once per Long Rest)
• 2nd Level Spell: Darkness (Level 5; once per Long Rest)

Notable Half-Elves

• Jaheira
• Shadowheart