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The COMPLETIST’S

GUIDE to HUMANOID

CHARACTERS

Iain Fyffe

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The Completist’s Guide to

Humanoid Characters

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The Completist’s Guide to

Humanoid Characters

Table of Contents

Introduction

Goblin

Part II: Half-Elves, Half-Orcs

and Other Crossbreeds

Discussion

Grimlock

Part I: Racial Class Levels

Aasimar

Halfling, Lightfoot

Halfling, Deep

Darkheart

Bugbear

Halfling, Tallfellow

Dwelf

Centaur

Hobgoblin

Elfling

Dwarf, Hill

Human

Erlking

Dwarf, Deep

Kobold

Gobel

Dwarf, Duergar

Lizardfolk

Half-Dwarf

Dwarf, Mountain

Locathah

Half-Gnome

Elf, High

Merfolk

Hammerling

Elf, Half

Minotaur

Kabouter

Elf, Aquatic

Ogre

Nisser

Elf, Drow

Ogre, Merrow

Puki

Drider (Prestige Class)

Orc

Treiling

Elf, Grey

Orc, Half

Vetter

Elf, Wild

Sahuagin

Elf, Wood

Satyr

Appendix: Feats

Gnoll

Tiefling

Gnome, Rock

Triton

Open Game License

Gnome, Forest

Troglodyte

Gnome, Svirfneblin

The COMPLETIST’S GUIDE to HUMANOID CHARACTERS

INTRODUCTION

Most fantasy role-playing games are filled with dozens of

different sentient humanoid races. The "Big 7" races that

are available as standard PC races (human, dwarf, elf,

gnome, halfling, half-elf* and half-orc*) form the bulk of

most adventuring parties. But it doesn't seem consistent

that individuals from other sentient races wouldn't also

become adventurers. And it's always fun to try out a new

race, be it a gnoll or a svirfneblin. Of course, some sense

of game balance must be kept, and that is where it gets

complicated.

levels in its racial class to explain its higher ECL. This

would also allow a high-ECL race to be deconstructed

into lower levels, allowing it to be balanced with other

characters at low levels.

This is precisely what Part I of The Completist's Guide to

Humanoid Characters endeavours to do. Each humanoid

race (and a few others for good measure) is broken down

into a set of racial traits (all at +0 LA so as to be available

to a standard 1st-level character), and three or more racial

class levels. Each is balanced such that a character with

the appropriate number of racial class levels is roughly

equivalent to the standard version of that race; for

example, a minotaur character with 8 racial class levels

should be equivalent to a standard minotaur, which is

ECL 8 (6 racial Hit Dice + 2 Level Adjustment). Racial

class levels presented here do not count when determining

a character's experience point penalty from multiclassing.

If you're playing a nonstandard race, you'll likely have to

worry about racial Hit Dice, class Hit Dice, Level

Adjustments, and Effective Character Levels. And don't

let Challenge Rating slip in there; it doesn't belong in this

discussion. Then there's the question of wanting to start a

new 1st-level campaign with a high-ECL race. This

character would outshine the others significantly until

later levels when the other characters catch up, and as

such most referees simply don't allow such a situation.

Of course, most such creatures will not be precisely the

same as the standard creature. Class levels always grant

Hit Dice and skill points and attack and save bonuses, so

balancing is required to ensure that the creatures are of

approximately the same power, so that these new rules

can be incorporated into your games without significantly

changing the creatures in question.

There really isn't any need for these complications. There

is a simple solution to all of this, which falls back on the

basis of OGL fantasy role-playing game characters:

classes and levels. Building on the idea of racial paragon

classes, why not make each race a class as well, with

levels and class abilities unique to each? This way, a

more-powerful race could simply be considered to have

* You might point out that half-elves and half-orcs are not races by themselves, but crossbreeds. Heck, you might also point

out that the term "race" is applied incorrectly here. However, despite these perfectly valid arguments, this book will use the

standard terminology and call them all races. Also, see Part II for discussion of crossbreed races.

The COMPLETIST’S GUIDE to HUMANOID CHARACTERS

AASIMAR

AASIMAR ADVANCEMENT

An aasimar who takes levels in his racial class uses the

following game rule information.

Aasimars are usually tall, good-looking, and generally

pleasant. Some have a minor physical trait suggesting

their heritage, such as silver hair, golden eyes, or an

unnaturally intense stare. While an onlooker might not

realize why, they often find aasimars to be strangely

captivating.

Hit Die: d8.

Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier (x4 if 1st

level is the character's 1st character level).

Most aasimars are decidedly good-aligned. They fight

against evil causes and attempt to sway others to do the

right thing. Occasionally they take on the vengeful,

judgmental aspect of their celestial ancestor, but this is

rare.

Class Skills: Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha),

Jump (Str), Knowledge (religion or the planes) (Int),

Listen (Wis), Profession (Wis), Spot (Wis), Survival

(Wis), and Swim (Str).

Aasimars usually like a fair, straightforward contest.

Against a particularly evil foe, however, they fight with

utter conviction and to the death. They dislike deception

and most would rather suffer consequences than act

dishonourably.

Weapon and Armour Proficiency: Aasimar with racial

class levels are proficient with all simple weapons, with

light and medium armour, and with shields (but not tower

shields).

Daylight (Sp) : At 1st level, an aasimar can use daylight

once per day, as the spell. His caster level is equal to his

class levels, and the save DC is Charisma-based.

AASIMAR TRAITS

Aasimar characters have the following racial traits.

Wisdom Boost : At 1st level, an aasimar's Wisdom score

increases by 2 points.

• +2 Charisma.

•

Medium: As Medium creatures, aasimars have no

special modifiers due to their size.

Improved Resistance (Ex) : At 2nd level, one of an

aasimar's natural resistances to energy (fire, cold, or

electricity) improves from 5 to 10. The character can

choose which of his three resistances improves, but once

he makes this choice it can never be altered.

•

Aasimar base land speed is 30 feet.

•

Darkvision (Ex): Aasimars can see in the dark up to

60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but is

otherwise like normal sight, and aasimars can

function just fine with no light at all.

Spells per Day: At 2nd, 3rd and 5th level, an aasimar

gains new spells per day as if he had also gained a level in

cleric. He does not, however, gain any other benefit a

character of that class would have gained. This essentially

means that he adds the level of aasimar to his level in

cleric, then determines spells per day and caster level

accordingly.

•

+2 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks.

•

Resistance to acid 5, cold 5 and electricity 5.

•

Automatic Languages: Common and Celestial. Bonus

Languages: Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Gnome,

Halfling, and Sylvan.

•

Favoured Class: Cleric. A multiclass aasimar’s cleric

class does not count when determining whether he

takes an experience point penalty for multiclassing.

If an aasimar has no levels in cleric, this class feature has

no effect.

Table I: Aasimar Racial Levels

Level

Attack

Fort

Ref

Will

Special

Spells per Day

1st

Daylight , Wisdom boost

Improved resistance

+ 1 level of cleric

2nd

3rd

Skill bonus

+1 level of cleric

4th

Searing light

5th

Charisma boost

+1 level of cleric

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