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zenanarchist
2010-07-14, 10:17 PM
Heralds

These children of the heavens are natural messengers and warriors. Natural diplomats -born to run, fight and talk. A herald is a lithe, but muscular, charismatic individual who all seem automatically drawn to, but will find hard to follow. They are free spirited characters and they hate being tied down- metaphorically and physically. Heralds are always ready to fight and are quick to anger, however their natural charisma usually gets them out of a bind.

They will regularly be seen in taverns talking into the small hours of the night and they love their freedom.

LA +0

+2 Charisma, +2 Strength, -2 Wisdom, -2 Constitution.

Heralders are strong and charismatic, able to fight their way through a war to deliver any particular item or message. However most consider them unwise for such actions and they cannot take much punishment.

Land Speed 40ft


TRAITS

Natural Messenger

Heralds have a +2 racial bonus to diplomacy and gather information checks.

Vikings

Heralds gain a +1 to all attacks with composite bows and all large weapons (Great Sword, Bastard Sword, Hammer, Double Sword, Great Axe etc).

SPECIAL TRAITS

Fast

Heralds gain the Run feat for free.

Mobile

Heralds qualify for Mobility without taking Dodge as a prerequisite, this also nullifies the Dodge prerequisite for Spring Attack.

PENALTIES

Flighty

Heralds take a -2 to all spot and listen checks, they are too flighty to notice subtelties.

Crude

Heralds are not fans of smaller weapons, their large hands and physiques seem ill fitted and take -4 on all attacks with light or small weapons.

Lithe

Heralds may never take the Endurance feat.


They also take -2 on the first attack roll if they strike immediately after conversing with the target. They are quick to anger and become unfocused temporarily as they madden.

Temotei
2010-07-15, 02:16 AM
Heralders

That's a weird name. Why not just heralds, instead of heralders?


These children of the heavens are natural messengers. They charge through battlefields defying blade and bow alike to get their delivery to it's destination. They can talk themselves out of almost any situation. They often have golden eyes and hair that seems to shift in the breeze, even inside.

There will need to be a lot more than this for fluff. Right now, it almost seems like you're describing a class.


+2 Charisma, +2 Strength, -2 Wisdom, -2 Constitution.

Fair enough.


Heralders are strong and charismatic, able to fight their way through a war to deliver any particular item or message. However most consider them unwise for such actions and more than a few consider them to not have the strongest fortitude.

I find it funny that they're supposed to be messengers, but they have lower fortitude, basically making them worse runners.


Land Speed 40ft


TRAITS

Natural Messenger

Heralders have a +2 racial bonus to diplomacy and gather information checks.

That's not much to look at. Why not give them the Run feat for free?

Give them a couple more fluff bonuses and maybe a small penalty or two and you'll have a unique race.

zenanarchist
2010-07-15, 05:31 PM
That's a weird name. Why not just heralds, instead of heralders?



There will need to be a lot more than this for fluff. Right now, it almost seems like you're describing a class.



Fair enough.



I find it funny that they're supposed to be messengers, but they have lower fortitude, basically making them worse runners.



That's not much to look at. Why not give them the Run feat for free?

Give them a couple more fluff bonuses and maybe a small penalty or two and you'll have a unique race.

All done except some more fluff bonuses, what were you thinking? Re-worded some of the fluff as well to make it more viable and sensible.

EDIT: I gave them two seperate penalties and one more benefit. I think the benefit to large weapons works well because otherwise Sorcerors would take this class to gain the strength bonus as well as the Charisma. But now they're forced into larger weapons by the race... So it gets less abuseable.