beastman

Racial Traits

Racial Abilities: +2 Dexterity, -2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma.

Beastmen are lithe and agile, but their fundamental

bestial nature detracts from both their reasoning

ability and their social interaction.

Base Speed: A Beastman's base land speed is 30 ft.

Medium Size: As medium creatures Beastmen have no

bonuses or penalties associated with size.

Shifting (Su): A Beastman can tap into his lycanthropic

heritage to gain short bursts of physical power. Once

per day a Beastman can enter a state that is

superficially similar to a barbarian's rage. Choose a

trait from the list below.

Shifting is a free action and lasts for a number of

rounds equal to 3 + the Beastman's Constitution

modifier. Any increase in Constitution due to shifting

prolongs this duration.

If a Beastman takes feats related to his shifting

ability listed below he gains an additional round of

shifting for each one and an additional use of shifting

per day for every two.

Low-Light Vision: Beastmen can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight,

torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. They retain the ability to

distinguish color and detail under these conditions.

Skill Bonuses: +2 racial bonus on Balance, Climb, and Jump checks. A Beastman's

animalistic heritage enhances many of his physical skills.

Automatic Languages: Common and Beastman

Bonus Languages: Elven, Gnome,. Halfling, and Sylvan.

Favored Class: Ranger. A Beastman's ranger level does not count when determining an

experience penalty.

Shifting Traits (Su)

A shifter may choose one (and only one) of the traits below to manifest while shifting.

Beasthide

While shifting the Beastman gains +2 CON and a +2 Natural Armor bonus to AC

Cliffwalk

While shifting the Beastman gains +2 DEX and has a climb speed of 20 feet.

Dreamsight

While shifting the Beastman gains +2 WIS and can communicate with animals

as if under the effect of a speak with animals spell.

The shifter also gains a +2 bonus on handle animal checks even while not

shifting.

Longstride

While shifting the Beastman gains +2 DEX and a bonus of +10 feet to base land

speed

Longtooth

While shifting the Beastman gains +2 STR and grows fangs that can be used as

a natural weapon dealing 1d6 damage +1/4 levels with a successful bite

attack. This bite attack cannot gain iterative attacks (even with a base

attack bonus greater than +5). The bite attack can be used as a secondary

attack while wielding a weapon, albeit at a -5 penalty (-2 with multiattack).

Razorclaw

While shifting the Beastman gains +2 STR and grows claws that can be used as

natural wewapons. The claws deal 1d4 damage +1/4 levels. He can attack

with 1 claw as a standard action or with 2 claws as a full attack action.

These claw attacks do not benefit from iterative attacks even if the character

has a base attack bonus greater than +5. He can attack with a claw as a

light offhand weapon if attacking with a manufactured weapon, albeit at a

-2 penalty on all attacks.

Wildhunt

While shifting the Beastman gains +2 CON and the scent ability. This ability

allows the Beastman to detect approaching creatures, sniff out hidden

creatures, and track by sense of smell. The Beastman can identify familiar

odors just as a human does familiar sights.

The Beastman can detect creatures within 30 feet by sense of smell. If upwind,

this range increases to 60 feet; if downwind it decreases to 15 feet. Strong

scents (such as smoke, rotting garbage, etc...) can be detected at twice the

above ranges. Overpowering scents (such as skunk musk and troglodyte

stench) can be detected at triple the above ranges. These scents mask

weaker ones, however, and can be used to confuse the Beastman's scent

ability.

The detection of a scent does not reveal exact location, but only its existence

within range. The Beastman can take a move action to note the direction of

the scent. If the Beastman comes within 5 feet of the source of the scent it

is pinpointed.

While shifting the Beastman effectively has the track feat and can make survival

checks to track by scent.

While not shifting the Beastman gains a +2 bonus on Survival checks due to the

lingering effects of the scent ability.

Racial Feats

Beastmen have access to the following racial feats for shifting.

Bestial Agility

Prerequisite: Beastman with the Cliffwalk or Longstride trait.

Benefit: You gain a +1 dodge bonus to AC and a +1 bonus to reflex saves while

shifting.

Bestial Ferocity

Prerequisite: Beastman, WIS 13

Benefit: While shifting you continue to fight without penalty if you are disable or

dying. When reduced to 0 HP you can act as if you weren't disabled and you

do not lose 1 HP for performing a standard or otherwise strenuous action

while at 0 HP. When reduced to -1 to -9 HP you do not fall unconcious and

you don't automatically lose 1 HP each round.

When your current HP drop to -10 or lower you immediately die.

Bestial Instincts

Prerequisite: Beastman

Benefit: You gain a +1 bonus on Listen, Sense Motive, and Spot checks, and a +2

bonus on initiative checks.

Bestial Savagery

Prerequisite: Beastman with the Longtooth or Razorclaw trait, Base Attack Bonus

+6, ability to rage or frenzy

Benefit: While shifting and raging simultaneously the threat range of your natural

weapons doubles (to 19-20/x2) and the base damage dealt by your natural

weapons improves by two steps as if you had increased two size categories.

To find your new damage modifier, find your base damage below and

move forward two steps.

Progression I: 1d2, 1d3, 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 2d6, 3d6, 4d6, 6d6, 8d6, 12d6

Progression II: 1d10, 2d8, 3d8, 4d8, 6d8, 8d8, 12d8

Special: The threat range improvement granted by this feat doesn't stack with

any other effect that expands the threat range of a weapon (such as

improved critical). The damage improvement granted by this feat does not

stack with other effects that increase the base damage of your natural

weapons (such as Improved Natural Attack) except for effects that grant an

actual size increase (such as the enlarge person spell).

Bestial Stamina

Prerequisites: Beastman with the Beasthide or Wildhunt trait, Endurance.

Benefit: While shifting you are immune to non-lethal damage, and the effects of

fatigue and exhaustion are suppressed. When your shifting ends any fatiuge

or exhaustion effects that would have taken effect during shifting (or that

were in effect when you began shifting) take effect normally.

Cliffwalk Elite

Prerequisite: Beastman with the Cliffwalk trait

Benefit: While shifting your climb speed improves by an additional 10 feet.

Dreamsight Elite

Prerequisite: Beastman with the Dreamsight trait

Benefit: While shifting you can use a full-round action to gain extraordinary visual

power. For the duration of your shifting you gain a +5 bonus on Spot checks

and can see invisible creatures and objects as if under the effect of a

see invisibility spell.

Extra Shifter Trait

Prerequisite: Beastman, two other shifter feats

Benefit: Select a second shifter trait from those described. You manifest all the

benefits of the second trait except for the temporary bonus to an ability score.

Longstride Elite

Prerequisite: Beastman with the Longstride trait

Benefit: While shifting your base land speed improves by an additional 10 feet.

Longtooth Elite

Prerequisite: Beastman with the Longtooth trait

Benefit: Wounds dealt by your bite attack bleed copiously. Each time a living

creature takes damage from your bite attack it also takes 1 point of

Constitution damage.

Razorclaw Elite

Prerequisite: Beastman with the Razorclaw Trait

Benefit: When you make a charge attack you can make two claw attacks at the

end of the charge. Both attacks are at your highest attack bonus, and both

receive the +2 bonus for charging.

Normal: Without this feat a character can only make a single attack as part of

a charge.

Reactive Shifting

Prerequisite: Beastman, Improved Initiative

Benefit: You can activate your shifting ability as an immediate action, allowing

you to begin shifting even when flat-footed or when it's not your turn.

Wildhunt Elite

Prerequisite: Beastman with the Wildhunt trait

Benefit: While shifting your nonvisual senses improve to such a degree that you

gain the blindsense ability out to 30 feet.