RING OF THE SOPHISTICATE    

Aura moderate превращение and прорицание; CL 8th

Slot ring; Price 11,000 gp; Weight -

DESCRIPTION        

A favorite ring of urban полуэльфы, люди, and полурослики, this небольшой and plain silver band is set with a single сияющий-cut sapphire and decorated with a лабиринтlike шаблон engraved into the ring’s metal. Often worn on the little finger, the ring grants its wearer a +4 бонус мастерства on Проницательность and Знание (краеведение) checks. Also, once per day on приказ, the wearer can use the ring to cast either поиск существа or поиск предмета (the wearer’s choice). Furthermore, on приказ and at Воля, the wearer can instantly know the direction from his to the nearest tavern, pub, or similar водаing hole as long as that establishment is in a settlement whose population is equivalent to that of a village or greater (GameMastery Guide 203) and which is within 20 miles of the wearer.

конструкцияION    

Requirements Создание Колец, определение направления, поиск существа, поиск предмета, creator must have at least 4 ranks in both Проницательность and Знание (краеведение); Cost 5,500 gp

 

HALF-ELVEN заклинания

полуэльфы have access to the following заклинания.

 

 FORGETFUL SLUMBER 

Школа: очарование (принуждение) [разум];

Круг: бард 4, чародей/волшебник 4, ведьма 4

Casting Time 1 round

Компоненты: V, S, M (a few drops of river вода)

Дистанция: close (25 футов + 5 футов/2 levels)

Цель: one living creature

Длит.: 1 мин./1 УЗ

Испытание: Воли отменяет;

устойчивость к магии yes

This заклинание acts as the deeper slumber заклинание, but affects only one creature of 10 Hit Dice or fewer. In addition, a creature affected by this заклинание пробуждениеs with no Знание of the events that led to the заклинание’s casting. The target loses all memory from the 5 minutes prior to falling aсон. No effect short of a чудо or желание can restore memories lost by this заклинание.

 

 PARAGON SURGE

Школа: превращение (полиморф);

Круг: алхимик 3, жрец 3, маг 4, паладин 4, чародей/волшебник 3, ведьма 3

Время сотворения: 1 основное действие

Components V, S

Дистанция: personal (полуэльф only)

Target you

Длит.: 1 мин./1 УЗ

You surge with ancestral power, temporarily embodying all the Силаs of both elvenkind and humankind simultaneously, and transforming into a paragon of both народы, something greater than эльф or human alone. Unlike with most полиморф effects, your basic form does not change, so you keep all extraordinary and сверхъестественные способности of your half-elven form as well as all of your gear.

For the duration of the заклинание, you receive a +2 бонус усиления to Ловкость and Интеллект and are treated as if you possessed any one feat for which you meet the prerequisites, chosen when you cast this заклинание. The first time each day that you cast this заклинание, you must select a feat and make all the associated choices that come with it. Once that choice is made, it is set for the day and additional castings must make the exact same decisions.

 

 RESILIENT RESERVOIR 

Школа: превращение;

Круг: маг 3, паладин 3, чародей/ волшебник 4, ведьма 4

Время сотворения: 1 основное действие

Components V, S

Дистанция: personal

Area special, see text

Длит.: 1 round/ level

Испытание: none (see below);

устойчивость к магии yes

This заклинание creates a magical well of retribution that a caster can unleash with ослепительный быстрое.

Upon casting this заклинание, damage from melee attacks and атака касанием заклинания gets transferred into a special pool that you then redirect before the заклинание’s duration expires.

Each time you are struck by a melee attack or атака касанием заклинание that deals пункт здоровья damage, 1 point of damage is negated and transferred into the reservoir created by this заклинание. The total number of points in the reservoir cannot exceed your caster level (to a maximum of 20 points at 20th level). As an immediate action, anytime before the заклинание’s duration expires, you can expend a number of points of energy from the reservoir, granting yourself an интуитивный бонус on one skill check, attack roll, damage roll, or combat maneuver check, but you must do so before the roll is made. This bonus is equal to the number of points spent. For every 5 caster levels, you may call upon the reservoir one additional time (maximum of four times at 15th level).

If you are reduced to negative пункты здоровья while you are under the effect of this заклинание, the заклинание automatically release the remaining magic of the reservoir in a concussive blast of сила. All creatures within a 15-foot radius take 1d6 points of сила damage per 2 points remaining in the reserve (maximum of 10d6). A successful испытание Реакции halves this damage, and устойчивость к магии applies to this effect.

 

 URBAN Gнарод

Школа: превращение;

Круг: алхимик 1, бард 1, следопыт 1, чародей/волшебник 1, ведьма 1

Время сотворения: 1 основное действие

Components V, S

Дистанция: personal

Target you

Длит.: 1 мин./1 УЗ

You become one with the city around you, allowing you to move more easily through its crowds and buildings. For the duration of this заклинание, your base land быстрое increases by 10 футов. In addition, it does not cost you 2 squares of movement to enter a square with crowds, though the crowd still provides cover to you. This ability does not allow you to enter the space of enemy creatures without making the appropriate Акробатика check. In addition, you receive a +4 ситуативный бонус on Акробатика checks made to move across uneven urban surfaces, such as roofs and сломан pavement, and on Лазание checks made to scale walls and other artificial surfaces. Whenever you make an Акробатика check to make a long прыжок between two buildings or artificial structures, you are always treated as if you had a running start, regardless of the actual дальнобойное traveled.

 

ПОЛУОРКИ

As seen by civilized народы, полуорки are monstrosities, the result of perversion and violence-whether or not this is actually true. полуорки are rarely the result of loving unions, and as such are usually силаd to grow up hard and fast, constantly fighting for protection or to make names for themselves. полуорки as a whole resent this treatment, and rather than play the part of the victim, they tend to lash out, unknowingly confirming the biases of those around them. A few ужасed, distrusted, and spat- upon полуорки manage to surprise their detractors with great deeds and unexpected Мудрость-though sometimes it’s easier just to crack a few skulls. Some полуорки spend their entire lives proving to full-blooded орки that they are just as fierce. Others opt for trying to blend into human society, constantly demonstrating that they aren’t monsters. Their need to always prove themselves worthy encourages полуорки to strive for power and greatness within the society around them.

Physical Description: полуорки average around 6 футов tall, with powerful builds and greenish or grayish skin. Their canine teeth often grow long enough to protrude from their mouths, and these “tusks,” combined with heavy brows and sсветly pointed ears, give them their notoriously bestial appearance. While полуорки may be impressive, few ever describe them as beautiful. Despite these obvious orc traits, полуорки are as varied as their human parents.

Society: Unlike полуэльфы, where at least part of society’s discrimination is born out of jealousy or attraction, полуорки get the worst of both worlds: physically weaker than their orc kin, they also tend to be ужасed or attacked outright by люди who don’t bother making the distinction between full орки and half bloods. Even on the best of terms, полуорки in civilized societies are not exactly accepted, and tend to be valued only for their physical abilities. On the other hand, orc leaders have been known to deliberately spawn полуорки, as the half breeds make up for their lack of physical Сила with increased хитрое and aggression, making them natural leaders and strategic advisors.

Within orc tribes, полуорки find themselves constantly striving to prove their worth in battle and with черты of Сила. полуорки raised within orc tribes are more likely to file their tusks and cover themselves in tribal tattoos. Tribal leaders quietly recognize that полуорки are often more clever than their orc cousins and often apprentice them to the tribe’s shaman, where their хитрое might eventually Strengthen the tribe. Apprenticeship to a shaman is a brutal and often short-lived distinction, however, and those полуорки who survive it either become influential in the tribe or are eventually driven to leave.

полуорки have a much more mixed experience in human society, where many cultures view them as little more than monsters. They often are unable even to get normal work, and are pressed into service in the military or sold into slavery. In these cultures, полуорки often lead furtive lives, hiding their nature whenever possible. The dark underworld of society is often the most welcoming place, and many полуорки wind up serving as enсилаrs for thieves guilds or other types of organized crime.

Less commonly, human cities may allow полуорки a more normal existence, even enabling them to develop небольшой communities of their own. These communities are usually centered around the arena districts, the military, or mercenary organizations where their brute Сила is valued and their appearance is more likely to be overlooked. Even surrounded by their own kind, полуорк life isn’t easy. Bullying and physical confrontation comes easy to a people who have been raised with few other examples of behavior. It is, however, one of the best places for young полуорки to grow up without prejudice, and these небольшой enclaves are one of the few places where полуорк marriages and children are truly accepted and sometimes cherihed.

Even more rarely, certain human cultures come to embнарод полуорки for their Сила. There are stories of places where people see полуорк children as a blessing and seek out полуорк or orc lovers. In these cultures, полуорки lead lives not much different from full-blooded люди.

Relations: эльфы and дварфы tend to be the least accepting of полуорки, seeing in them too great a resemblance to their racial enemies, and other народы aren’t much more understanding.

A lifetime of persecution leaves the average полуорк wary and quick to anger, yet people who break through his savage exterior might find a well-hidden core of empathy. Human societies with few orc problems tend to be the most accommodating, and полуорки dwelling there can often find work as mercenaries and enсилаrs. Even in places where there is a general tolerance for полуорки, however, many люди mistreat them when they can get away with it.

полуорки are envious of the measure of acceptance полуэльфы have within human and elven society and resent their physical beauty, which contrasts starkly to the полуорки’ brutish appearance. While полуорки avoid antagonizing their half-breed cousins directly, they won’t hesitate to undermine them if the opportunity presents itself.

Of all the other народы, полуорки are most sympathetic with полурослики, who often have an equally rough lot in life. полуорки respect the half ling’s ability to blend in and disappear and admire their perpetually cheerful outlook on life in spite of hardships. полурослики fail to appreciate this fact because they usually are too busy avoiding the крупный, intimidating полуорки.

Alignment and Religion: силаd to live either among brutish орки or as lonely outcasts in civilized lands, most полуорки are горький, violent, and reclusive. зло comes easily to them, but they are not зло by nature-rather, most полуорки are хаос нейтральный, having been taught by long experience that there’s no point doing anything but that which directly benefits themselves. полуорки worship the human or orc gods venerated in the area where they were raised. Those who live alongside люди most often worship human gods of war, свобода, or уничтожение. полуорки raised in orc tribes find themselves most drawn to the gods of blood, огонь, and iron-depending more on what god the tribe worships rather than the полуорки’ personal preference. Many полуорки are contrary about religion, either ignoring it entirely, or getting deeply involved in it and trying to find meaning in a life filled with hate and miразрушениеstanding; even a полуорк divine заклинатель may wrestle with doubt and anger about religion and faith.

Adventurers: Staunchly independent, many полуорки take to lives of adventure out of necessity, ищущее to escape their больful pasts or improve their lot through сила of arms. Others, more optimistic or desperate for acceptance, take up the mantle of crusaders in order to prove their worth to the world.

полуорки raised in orc societies often take up the brutish ways of those around them, becoming воинs, варварs, or следопытs. полуорки who survive their shaman training may eventually succeed their masters as tribal shamans, or flee the tribe and practice their magic as outcasts or explorers.

полуорки are just as likely to have children that possess an innate talent for sorcery as any other народ, with the abyssal, destined, and elemental огонь наследиеs being the most common types of чародейs. полуорки are завороженность by alchemy, and its destructive capabilities make its usefulness obvious in any orc tribe. полуорк алхимикs treat themselves as living experiments, even to the point of trying to separate their orc and human halves through alchemy. Other алхимикs use their powers to enhance their physical abilities and thus increase their состояние within orc communities.

In human societies, полуорки have a few more options. Many find it easy to take advantage of the brute Сила and work as mercenaries or caravan guards. Crime is another easy route for полуорки, as there are plenty of criminals looking for a strong arm. полуорк жрецs in human communities are fвоздухly rare; the more religious полуорки more often turn to (or get puhed to) the martial aspects of religious service and become паладинs or инквизиторs. полуорки usually lack the patience and money required to become a волшебник.

Males names: Ausk, Davor, Hakak, Kizziar, Makoa, Nesteruk, Tsadok.

Female names: Canan, Drogheda, Goruza, Mazon, Shirish, Tevaga, Zeljka.

 

ОСОБЕННОСТИ НАРОДА ПОЛУОРКОВ

+2 to One характеристики: полуорк characters gain a +2 bonus to one характеристики of their choice at создание to represent their varied nature.

средний: полуорки are средний creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.

Normal быстрое: полуорки have a базовая скорость of 30 футов.

ночное зрение: полуорки can see in the dark up to 60 футов.

Intimidating: полуорки receive a +2 бонус народа on Запугивание checks due to their ужасsome nature.

Orc Blood: полуорки count as both люди and орки for any effect related to народ.

Orc Ferocity: Once per day, when a полуорк is brought below 0 пункты здоровья but not killed, he can fight on for 1 more round as if едва жив. At the end of his next turn, unless brought to above 0 пункты здоровья, he immediately falls без сознания and begins при смерти.

Weapon Familiarity: полуорки are proficient with greataxes and falchions and treat any weapon with the word “orc” in its name as a martial weapon.

Languages: полуорки begin play speaking Common and Orc.

полуорки with high Интеллект scores can choose from the following: Abyssal, Draconic, Giant, Gnoll, and гоблин.

 

АЛЬТЕРНАТИВНЫЕ ПРАВИЛА

полуорки are as varied as люди and орки in terms of culture and environment. The following rules can be taken by any полуорк character. At the GM’s discretion, a полуорк may also select from the alternate racial rules for орки.

 

АЛЬТЕРНАТИВНЫЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ НАРОДА

The following особенности народа may be selected instead of existing полуорк особенности народа. Consult your GM before selecting any of these new options. A полуорк also has the option of selecting the squalid alternate особенность народа (see page 139) in place of his orc ferocity особенность народа.

acute darkvision: Some полуорки have exceptionally sharp ночное зрение, gaining ночное зрение 90 футов. This особенность народа replaces orc ferocity. A полуорк must have the ночное зрение особенность народа to select this trait.

Beastmaster: Some полуорки have a spiritual kinship with fantastical beasts, capturing them for sport or living and hunting with them. A полуорк with this trait treats whips and nets as martial weapons and gains a +2 бонус народа on Дрессировка checks. This особенность народа replaces orc ferocity.

Bestial: The orc blood of some полуорки manifests in the form of particularly prominent orc features, exacerbating their bestial appearances but improving their already Острые Чувства. They gain a +2 бонус народа on Внимание checks. This особенность народа replaces orc ferocity.

Cavewight: Some полуорки live far below the surface, ищущее свобода in winding cave complexes. полуорки with this особенность народа gain a +1 бонус народа on Знание (подземелья) and Выживание checks made underground.

This особенность народа replaces the intimidating trait.

Chain воин: Some полуорки have escaped from slavery and reforged the chains of their заключение into мертвый weapons. полуорки with this особенность народа are proficient with flails and heavy flails, and treat dire flails and spiked chains as martial weapons. This особенность народа replaces weapon familiarity.

City-Raised: полуорки with this trait know little of their orc ancestry and were raised among люди and other полуорки in a крупный city. City-raised полуорки are proficient with whips and longswords, and receive a +2 бонус народа on Знание (краеведение) checks. This особенность народа replaces weapon familiarity.

Forest Walker: More at home in the forests and jungles of the world, these полуорки are well adapted to their surroundings. полуорки with this trait have сумеречное зрение and gain a +2 бонус народа on Лазание checks. This особенность народа replaces ночное зрение.

gatecraher: Many полуорки revel in acts of wanton уничтожение. полуорки with this особенность народа gain a +2 бонус народа on Сила checks to break objects and on разрушение combat maneuver checks. This особенность народа replaces orc ferocity.

Rock climber: полуорки from mountainous regions are excellent climbers, and sometimes ambush prey by leaping down from above. полуорки with this особенность народа gain a +1 бонус народа on Акробатика and Лазание checks. This особенность народа replaces the intimidating trait.

Sacred Tattoo: Many полуорки decorate themselves with tattoos, piercings, and ritual scarification, which they consider sacred markings. полуорки with this особенность народа gain a +1 luck bonus on all испытания. This особенность народа replaces orc ferocity.

Scavenger: Some полуорки eke out a leaving picking over the garbage heaps of society, and must learn to separate rare finds from the inevitable dross. полуорки with this особенность народа receive a +2 бонус народа on Оценка checks and on Внимание checks to find hidden objects (including traps and secret doors), determine whether food is spoiled, or опознание a potion by taste. This особенность народа replaces the intimidating trait.

Shaman’s Apprentice: Only the most stalwart survive the years of harsh treatment that an apprenticeship to an orc shaman entails. полуорки with this trait gain Двужильный as a дополнительная черта. This особенность народа replaces the intimidating trait.

Skilled: Second- and third-generation полуорки often favor their human heritage more than their orc heritage. полуорки with this trait gain 1 additional пункт в навыке per level. This особенность народа replaces ночное зрение.

Toothy: Some полуорки’ tusks are крупный and sharp, granting a bite attack. This is a primary natural attack that deals 1d4 points of piercing damage. This особенность народа replaces orc ferocity.

 

НАРОДНОСТИ

You can combine various alternate особенности народа to create полуорк subнароды or variant народы, such as the following.

Arena-Bred: Many полуорки are born and raised to fight in the arena, and in many cases have two полуорк parents or even a полуорк and a human parent. These arena-bred полуорки lose the brutal physical appearance of their orc ancestors and look more human. They have the city-raised and skilled alternate особенности народа.

Deep Kin: Some полуорки are descended from clans that remained in the eternal тьма below the surface. полуорки from these clans tend to be небольшойer and more at home underground than those descended from surface-dwelling орки. These полуорки have the acute darkvision and cavewight alternate особенности народа.

Feral: полуорк children who are abandoned as infants or небольшой children rarely survive in the дикий, but a few manage to scrape out a meager existence as “дикий children,” tough enough to live but completely uncivilized. Feral полуорки have the forest walker and toothy alternate особенности народа.

mountain Clan: полуорки from the more mountainous regions tend to be more agile and alert to the echoing sounds of their homeland. mountain clan полуорки have the bestial and rock climber особенности народа.

Mystic: Orc shamans are brutal teachers who sometimes kill or maim their most promising students in order to eliminate what could be a potential rival. полуорки who survive years of abuse by an orc shaman master are deeply scarred and altered by the experience. Shaman trainees learn early that хитрое and luck are often the only things that offer a chance of Выживание. They have the shaman’s apprentice and sacred tattoo alternate особенности народа.

 

БОНУСЫ ПРЕДПОЧИТАЕМЫХ КЛАССОВ

The following options are available to all полуорки who have the listed предпочитаемый класс, and unless otherwise stated, the bonus applies each time you select the class reward.

алхимик: Add +1/2 to the алхимик’s bomb damage.

варвар: Add +1 to the варвар’s total number of ярость rounds per day.

бард: Add +1 to the бард’s total number of Выступление Барда rounds per day.

рыцарь: Add +1 пункт здоровья to the рыцарь’s скакун companion. If the рыцарь ever replaces his скакун, the new скакун gains these бонусные пункты здоровья.

жрец: Select one сфера power granted at 1st level that is normally usable a number of times per day equal to 3 + the жрец’s модификатор Мудрости. The жрец adds +1/2 to the number of uses per day of that сфера power.

друид: Add +1/3 to the друид’s бонус естественной брони when using дикий shape.

воин: Add a +2 bonus on rolls to первая помощь when при смерти.

стрелок: Add a +1/3 бонус к броскам атаки when using the pistol whip deed.

инквизитор: Add a +1/2 bonus on Запугивание checks and Знание checks to опознание creatures.

маг: Add +1/2 point of огонь damage to заклинания that deal огонь damage cast by the маг.

монах: Add +1 to the монах’s ЗБМ when resisting a захват and +1/2 to the number of шокирующий attacks he can attempt per day.

оракул: Add one заклинание known from the оракул заклинание list. This заклинание must be at least one level below the highest заклинание level the оракул can cast.

паладин: Add +1/3 on критический удар confirmation rolls made while using smite зло (maximum bonus of +5). This bonus does not stack with Критическая Точность.

следопыт: Add +1 пункт здоровья to the следопыт’s животное companion. If the следопыт ever replaces his животное companion, the new животное companion gains these бонусные пункты здоровья.

плут: Add +1/3 on критический удар confirmation rolls made while using sneak attack (maximum bonus of +5). This bonus does not stack with Критическая Точность.

чародей: Add +1/2 point of огонь damage to заклинания that deal огонь damage cast by the чародей.

призыватель: Add +1 пункт здоровья to the призыватель’s eidolon.

ведьма: Add +1 пункт в навыке to the ведьма’s familiar. If the полуорк ever replaces his familiar, the new familiar gains these бонусный пункт в навыкеs.

волшебник: Add a +1 bonus on concentration checks made due to taking damage while casting волшебник заклинания.

 

АРХЕТИПЫ НАРОДА

The following racial archetypes are available to полуорки.