Elan
Elans are not born; they are made. Living humans are selected from a pool of applicants and screened by a special elan council. Those who pass muster undergo a secret psionic process in one of several hidden elan enclaves, where they abandon their humanity for a new, psionically energized existence. Thus, elans do not reproduce biologically, but rather psionically, through a mysterious psionic ritual known only to elans. Even then, their “children” are usually already fully formed adult humans. Nonhuman elans are never created, and it could be that the ritual simply doesn’t work for any creatures but those who were originally human.
When those who are still human seek the transformation to elans, they must petition existing elans for the privilege of going through the process. Elans are a secret lot in this regard, and do not publicly reveal their enclaves or places of making; the elans select new aspirants and turn away those they feel are unsuited for life as an elan.
Elans do not sleep as members of most other races do. Instead, an elan meditates in a deep trance for 4 hours a day. An elan resting in this fashion gains the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep. While in this trance, an elan concentrates on suffusing her body with psionic energy, healing the hurts of the day, restoring animation and resiliency to her tissues, and filling her stomach with psionic substances to remove the need to eat or drink.
Elans will retain any racial abilities they had in their previous lives as well as their memories and previously learned languages.
Elan Traits
Ability Score Increases: You can add 2 to any ability or split them between two abilities of your choice.
Age: Elans have effectively unlimited life spans. As long as they are not destroyed, their mental arts could conceivably continually energize and rebuild their bodies for a thousand years or more.
Alignment: Elans tend toward no particular alignment, not even neutral. The best and the worst are found among them.
Size: Elans typically stand just under 6 feet tall and weigh around 180 pounds, with males generally taller and heavier than females. Therefore your size is Medium.
Speed: You have a walking speed of 30 feet.
Naturally Psionic: Elans gain 2 bonus power points at 1st level. This benefit does not grant them the ability to manifest powers as they have only been able to use this ability to grant them immortality and remove their need to eat, drink, or sleep. Unless they gain the ability to use psionics through another source, such as levels in a psionic class, can they use their psionic points which will then stack with the points provided by the class.
Resistance: Elans can use psionic energy to increase their resistance to various forms of attack. As an immediate action, an elan can spend 1 power point to gain advantage on their next saving throw.
Resilience: When an elan takes damage, she can spend power points to reduce its severity. As an immediate action, she can reduce the damage she is about to take by 2 hit points for every 1 power point she spends.
Knowledge of an Immortal: Through the ages Elan have learned many things as they have watched kingdoms rise and fall through time. For this You gain proficiency in History.
Language: You know common as well as any languages you had in your previous life. Also due to your extended life you can also learn one bonus language of your choosing.
