As a player in Pathfinder, it is going to be rare for you to become fully undead. Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells, page 77, has a Race called 'Hellbred' that is very technically undead, and since their appearance is a curse given to them by a Devil, it is not outside of the realm of possibility that the appearance may be skeletal or otherwise undead in nature. By exploring the cultures and traditions of a characters race, we can better understand where she comes from and what makes her tick, thus immersing ourselves that much deeper in the campaign world. Benefit: Members of this race unnerve normal animals, and train to defend themselves against the inevitable attacks from such creatures. | d20 Anime SRD Prerequisites: The race has at least a +2 racial bonus to Charisma. | Everyday Heroes SRD If the race is Medium, its members speed is never modified by armor or encumbrance. A renegade few decide to forsake their clan and spend their life adventuring. Its effects stack. Weakness: A member of this race is alive, but is healed by negative energy and harmed by positive energy, as if it were an undead creature. Aberrations have bizarre anatomies, strange abilities, alien mindsets, or any combination of the three. Ability Score Modifiers Standard (+2 Cha, -2 Con, +2 Dex) 0 RP, Ability Score Modifiers Flexible (+2 Str, +2 Con) 2 RP. Subscribe to the Open Gaming Network and get everything ad-free! Constructs are immune to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms). A thrown rock has a range increment of 120 feet. Tiny races gain a +2 size bonus to their AC, a +2 size bonus on attack rolls, a 2 penalty on combat maneuver checks and to their CMD, and a +8 size bonus on Stealth checks. Prerequisites: Outsider (native) with ties to the Plane of Earth, construct type, or half-construct subtype. Benefit: Pick one of the following energy types that corresponds to the plane the race has ties to: acid (earth), cold (water), electricity (air), or fire (fire). The damage is based on the creatures size. It must decide to use this ability before attempting the saving throw. Benefit: Members of this race gain the following extraordinary ability: A number of times per day equal to its Constitution modifier (minimum 1/day), a member of this race can envenom a weapon that it wields with its toxic saliva or blood (using blood requires the creature to be injured when it uses this ability). A member of a race with gliding wings cannot gain height with these wings alone; it merely coasts in other directions as it falls. Elves excel in the arcane arts. Channel Negative Energy (Heal Undead) As of the current state of the game, this feature benefits exactly ONE character in the entire party, Jaethal. Changing its shape is a standard action. Prerequisites: Half-undead subtype or undead type. Special: This trait costs as many RP as twice the level of spell chosen (minimum 2). Benefit: Members of this race add +1 to the caster level of any spells with the earth descriptor they cast. Constructs cannot be raised or resurrected. The DC is equal to 10 + the spells level + the users Charisma modifier. For racial traits you can take more than once, this is the number of RP you pay each time you take the traits, unless stated otherwise in the Special line of the trait description. This trait does not give members of this race early access to level-based powers; it only affects powers they could already use without this trait. The following racial traits apply weaknesses to members of the race. Benefit: Whenever a member of this race is reduced to half its hit points or fewer and has no conscious ally within 30 feet, it gains a +2 racial bonus on melee attack rolls and to Armor Class. Benefit: Members of this race receive Run as a bonus feat and a +2 racial bonus on initiative checks. Benefit: Members of this race receive a +2 racial bonus to Charisma. Once per day, a member of this race can channel this wind into a single gust, making a bull rush or trip combat maneuver attempt against one creature within 30 feet. Benefit: Members of this race gain a +2 racial bonus on all saving throws. Members of this race also gain the following spell-like abilities (the caster level is equal to the users character level): Constantnondetection;1/dayfaerie fire, obscure object, sanctuary. Benefit: Members of this race can see in the dark up to 60 feet. A forsaken has a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against all effects that specifically affect undead. Prerequisites: Outsider (native) with ties to the Plane of Water, fey type, or plant type. Dannyalcatraz Schmoderator Staff member Jul 1, 2011 #10 Special: This bonus can be taken multiple times, but each additional time it is taken, its cost increases by 1 RP. Some creatures start out as some other type and become outsiders when they attain a higher (or lower) state of spiritual existence. The creature gains a +10 racial bonus on Disguise checks made to appear as the member of the race whose appearance it assumes. Prerequisites: Outsider (native) with ties to the Plane of Water or fey type. Benefit: Members of this race receive a +4 racial bonus on Constitution checks and Fortitude saves to avoid fatigue and exhaustion, as well as any other ill effects from running, forced marches, starvation, thirst, and hot or cold environments. Except for where noted here, fast healing is just like natural healing. This is a sonic, mind-affecting effect. The best way to deal with this is to create variant magic item versions of the various boots, shoes, and slippers that can be worn by this race. Also, once per day, after a natural roll of 1 on a d20 roll, members of this race may reroll and use the second result. While in midair, members of this race can move up to 5 feet in any horizontal direction for every 1 foot they fall, at a speed of 60 feet per round. A monstrous humanoid race has the following features: A native outsider is at least partially composed of the essence (but not necessarily the matter) of some plane other than the Material Plane. Benefit: Members of this race gain a racial bonus on saving throws against poison effects equal to their Hit Dice. | PF2 SRD A construct race is a group of animated objects or artificially created creatures. Legal Information/Open Game License. Humanoids are usually Small or Medium, unless they have the giant subtype, in which case they are Large. Benefit: Members of this race receive a +10 foot bonus to their swim speed. For groups with mixed power levels, average the RP and round the result to the nearest multiple of 10. Most of the ability score modifier qualities divide ability scores into two broad categories that each represent three of the six abilities: physical (Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution) and mental (Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma). 44 Few undead can be called heroes, but a small number overcome the challenges of unlife to become something more. Ability Score Modifiers Standard (+2 Dex, 2 Int, +2 Wis) 0 RP, New Pages Benefit: Member of this race gain a +2 racial bonus on all Craft or Profession checks to create objects from metal or stone. This means that a. Half-constructs cannot be raised or resurrected. Benefit: Members of this race gain a +2 racial bonus on Craft (alchemy), Perception, and Stealth checks. If it does, it is staggered, and loses 1 hit point each round. If the member of the race has a similar ability from another source (such as a rogues slippery mind class feature), it can only use one of these abilities per round, but can try the other on the second round if the first reroll ability fails. If the bonus is to a single physical ability score, the penalties apply to all mental ability scores, and vice versa. The wizards downfall came about when he granted them free will, which in addition to their cold, calculating intelligence heralded the birth of a strange new race. Each additional time you take this trait, increase its cost by 1 RP, and increase one other resistance to 10. Sometimes a race type may grant racial traits as features. (To be honest, I gave up on trying to find in the list of hundreds of undead creatures a random undead monster that could transform a such a tiefling into an undead, which may lend some weight to a literalist argument like A tiefling killed by a typical Paizo-published undead won't create spawn. Feel free to change the name or racial subtype prerequisite of such a trait to better fit the race you are building. Players interested in playing a half-undead race might also consider the dhampir, the progeny of a vampire and a human. Benefit: Members of this race are immune to altitude sickness and do not lose their Dexterity bonus to AC when making Climb checks or Acrobatics checks to cross narrow or slippery surfaces. Each time you take an additional spell, adjust the RP cost of this trait appropriately. Benefit: Members of this race gain the following spell-like ability: Benefit: Choose a 2nd-level or lower spell that does not attack a creature or deal damage. The second time it is taken, the burrow speed increases to 30 feet. Prerequisites: Native to the underground or the Plane of Shadow. Often they use their intrinsic link to nature to forge new spells and create wondrous items that, like their creators, seem nearly impervious to the ravages of time. | Forge Engine SRD | FateCoreSRD (Creatures tied to Abaddon can take either Abyssal or Infernal as a racial language.) Benefit: Members of this race gain DR 5/silver. Benefit: Members of this race are immune to magic sleep effects and gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws made against enchantment spells and effects. 7 Class restrictions: Class must be GM approved. Special: This trait costs as many RP as the level of the spell chosen. A half-undead race has the following features. In many ways, choosing this quality is one of the most important choices when creating a new race, as it determines many of the native abilities of that race. Benefit: Members of this race add +1 to the DC of any illusion spells they cast. Creatures that are already shaken become frightened for 1d4 rounds instead. They gain a +4 bonus on Diplomacy checks to gather information, and Knowledge (history) and Knowledge (local) become class skills for them. Benefit: Members of this race gain the following supernatural ability (the caster level is equal to the users character level): 1/dayhypnotism; The effects last only 1 round. Benefit: Members of this race have a fly speed of 30 feet with clumsy maneuverability. This is important so that a race can take advantage of all the various magic item slots available to characters and can utilize the standard weapon and armor options. Race is an important part of what makes characters who they are, yet it's often all too easy to gloss over the details. The following rules allow GMs, or even players with GM oversight, to create new races that are balanced and mesh with the core races. Both fit comfortably within the theme of half-orc, but come off as very different characters around the game table. They also gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against such spells. As stated earlier, Dhampir is the closest balanced race the emulates the 'Undead' play style for players. Special: If the race is Small or smaller, this trait costs 1 RP. Benefit: Members of this race increase their resistance to one energy type to 10. Special: This trait can be taken more than once. Allow members of these races to find ankle bracelets of speed or horseshoes of spider climb that act just like their traditional magic item counterparts, but fit the new races form. Prerequisites: Outsider (native) with ties to the Plane of Air, dragon type, fey type, or plant type. Applying venom in this way is a swift action. The type of DR can be changed to one of the alignments (chaos, evil, good, or law) if the race is of the outsider (native) type with ties to the appropriate plane (chaos for a race with ties to a lawful-aligned plane, evil for a race with ties to a good-aligned plane, etc.) While their fierce curiosity is sometimes at odds with their intrinsic common sense, half lings are eternal optimists and cunning opportunists with an incredible knack for getting out the worst situations. All living creatures (except those with the stench aura ability) within the aura must succeed at a Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the users character level + the users Constitution modifier) or be sickened for 5 rounds. When using the halo, a member of this race gains a +2 circumstance bonus on Intimidate checks against evil creatures and on saving throws against becoming blinded or dazzled. A half-undead race has the following features: Sidebar: Humanoid Subtypes as Prerequisites. Undead races are once-living creatures animated by spiritual or supernatural forces. Calculate the partys adjusted average party level, and use that number, rather than the actual APL, when creating encounters and adventures for the group. | Into The Unknown Benefit: When members of this race successfully use Diplomacy to win over an individual, that creature takes a 2 penalty on attempts to resist any of the members Charisma-based skills for the next 24 hours. Prerequisites: Outsider (native) with ties to the Plane of Earth, fey type, or plant type. Were there pivotal events in the races history? Weakness: Pick one of the following energy types: acid, cold, electricity, or fire. The following racial traits augment a races ability to move about the world. Affected humanoids may resist this effect by making a successful Will saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the users character level + the users Charisma modifier). Benefit: Members of this race gain a +1 bonus to the DC of any saving throws against illusion spells that they cast. Once per day, as a standard action, members of this race can make a supernatural breath weapon attack that deals 1d6 points of the damage type chosen in the area chosen. Such ties can be important for qualifying for other racial abilities, but its not required that a native outsider be tied to another plane. Once per day, they can deflect a single ray attack targeted at them as if they were using the Deflect Arrows feat. Players interested in playing a half-undead race might also consider the dhampir, the progeny of a vampire and a human. In addition, members of this race with a Wisdom score of 15 or higher gain the following spell-like ability (the caster level is equal to the users character level): Benefit: Members of this race add +1 to the saving throw DCs for their spells and spell-like abilities of the illusion (shadow) subschool. Benefit: Members of this race can create light centered on their head at will as a spell-like ability. Sell at the Open Gaming Store! Does it have a creation myth? Prerequisites: Natural armor racial trait. This trait otherwise functions as alter self, save that the creature does not adjust its ability scores. Prerequisites: Aberration, dragon, plant, or undead type, or grippli, half-undead, reptilian, or vishkanya subtype. Benefit: Members of this race gain a +4 bonus on Fortitude saves against disease and poison, including magical diseases. Benefit: Members of this race select one extra feat at 1st level. After all, most people know the basics: dwarves are short, elves live a long time, and gnomes are dangerously curious. X=replaced, (X)=optionally replaced, C=changed, New Pages The race has a base speed of 20 feet. Benefit: Members of this race gain a +1 racial bonus on attack rolls, a +2 dodge bonus to AC, and a +2 bonus on Perception checks against flying creatures. The bonus on Stealth checks increases to a +4 bonus while underground. (But most are immediately placed under Command Undead, which they can resist and can try to save against once a day) Helm of Opposite Alignment is a Cursed Object that forces your alignment to swap. Subtypes are often important to qualify for other racial abilities and feats. They also gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like abilities. | PF2 SRD Special: This racial trait can be taken multiple times. Furthermore, members of this race with high Intelligence scores can learn any languages they want (except Druidic and other secret languages). Benefit: Members of this race gain DR 5/magic. They must enter an opponents square to attack it in melee. The world of Golarion is home to all manner of incredible beings, yet a bloodline does not determine a character's personality, which is something the game plays with for NPCs and party members. 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