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Divinity elves are not Lord of the ring elves or anything comparable. In the end it's their lore.

Where can one find more info on such lore?
I only played the first opus (with no elves whatsoever)

(Sorry for the off topic)

Only in the beginning.
Any other race can use the Mask to gain Corpse Eater do the same thing.
Then the Elves have nothing on your +1.

Yeah, but most times you have nothing at all from your +1?

Barter gives benefits with merchants. Thievery can allow you to unlock doors and chests. Persuasion lets you win conversation checks. Telekinesis lets you move things without approaching them. Leadership gives your allies a nice boost (small radius though). Etc.

Sure, but normally you need only one guy for trading and taking. Persuasion improves trading aswell, so having it on two different guys makes one point in vain in cooperative play.

Thievery and Telekinesis are no racial social skills if they did not change that, same goes for leadership. Leadership is hardly usefull anyway, because of the extremely limited range.