Sword Dancer

Medium humanoid (dark elf), chaotic good

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• Armor Class 14 (17 while dancing)
• Hit Points 78 (12d8 + 24)
• Speed 30 ft. (45 ft. while dancing)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (+0)	19 (+4)	14 (+2)	11 (+0)	13 (+1)	16 (+3)

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• Saving Throws Dex +7, Cha +6
• Skills Acrobatics +7, Perception +4, Performance +6, Persuasion +6
• Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 14
• Languages Common, Elvish, Undercommon
• Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)

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Special Equipment. The dancer has a moonshard and a quiver of 20 silvered arrows.

Eilistraee's Dance (2/Day). As a bonus action, the dancer can begin a magic dance that lasts for 1 minute or until the dancer is incapacitated. While dancing, the dancer gains the following benefits:

• The dancer adds her Charisma modifier to her AC.
• The dancer's walking speed increases by 15 feet.
• The dancer has advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.
• The dancer adds her Charisma modifier to any Constitution saving throw she makes to maintain her concentration on a spell.

Fey Ancestry. The dancer has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the dancer to sleep.

Innate Spellcasting. The dancer's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: dancing lights
1/day each: faerie fire, levitate (self only)
1/day either: darkness, moonbeam

Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the dancer has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Actions

Multiattack. The dancer makes two melee attacks or two ranged attacks.

Moonshard (+1 Longsword). Melee Weapon Attack: +8
to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) slashing damage, or 10 (1d10 + 5) slashing damage if wielded with two hands, plus 10 (4d4) radiant damage.

Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.

Reactions

Guided Strike (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The dancer grants a +10 bonus to an attack roll made by herself or another creature within 30 feet of it. The dancer can make this choice after the roll is made but before it hits or misses.

Sword Dancers

The Sword Dancers are a special order of drow priestesses that worship Eilistraee, Goddess of the Moon. The sword dancers are gifted artists, dancers, and acrobats, and--like every priestess of Eilistraee--they are skilled in the arts of singing and playing the harp, flute, and horn. They seek to nurture beauty, music, and song, and they work to spread joy wherever and whenever they can.

The sword dancers are also skilled sword wielders, known to use their art while fencing. They fight employing an agile and acrobatic style, that allows them to quickly and gracefully move on the battlefield, with movements that resemble a dance.

As priestesses of Eilistraee, the sword dancers operate in accordance with her teachings. They have a duty to lead and be on the frontline in missions to find, encourage, assist, and protect any drow looking to return to the surface (or that could be persuaded to return) and join a different life, far from Lolth's evil schemes. Sword dancers put a great deal of effort into promoting harmony and cooperation between the drow and other races, and as a result they usually live near non-drow settlements. There they work to aid the local population by bringing food, cures, and protection in order to establish friendships and to offer the drow converts a place on the surface world.

Moonshard

Weapon (longsword), very rare (requires attunement by a creature of good alignment)