Dungeons & Dragons Snow Elf Miniature

This is a highly detailed miniature of a Snow Elf.

This model was created by M3DM who makes amazingly accurate models of Dungeons & Dragons creatures and is provided by Commercial License.

Snow Elves in Dungeons & Dragons are a rare subrace of elves adapted to life in icy, mountainous, and tundra environments. They are often depicted as taller and more robust than typical elves, with pale or bluish skin, white or silver hair, and piercing icy-colored eyes. Their culture values survival, resilience, and harmony with nature, often living in secluded, nomadic tribes or hidden strongholds carved into glacial caves.

Snow Elves possess keen survival instincts and heightened senses suited for their harsh homeland. They may have natural resistance to cold, the ability to move effortlessly through snow, and even limited magical abilities related to ice and frost. Some variations of Snow Elves grant them enhanced vision in blizzards, the ability to communicate with arctic wildlife, or minor innate spells such as ray of frost or fog cloud.

Unlike their woodland cousins, Snow Elves tend to be more pragmatic and wary of outsiders. Many are skilled hunters, trackers, and warriors, adept in archery and ambush tactics. They may worship deities of winter, the hunt, or the northern lights, drawing power from the raw elemental forces of their world. Culturally, they often maintain oral traditions, passing down stories and wisdom through song and poetry.

Depending on the setting, Snow Elves might be an isolated remnant of an ancient elven empire, a lost civilization forgotten by time, or a thriving but enigmatic people avoiding contact with warmer lands. They can be found in settings like The Elder Scrolls as the Falmer, or Dragonlance as the Dimernesti, though specific versions vary between campaigns. As a player race, they are often homebrewed, taking inspiration from existing elven traits with added cold resistance and thematic abilities.