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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2348872" data-attributes="member: 13966">Well, let's see.....Kirin deserve a few extra feats worth of power.  I'd suggest simply removing their Intelligence penalty, or doing something equivalent, maybe giving them as many varied but minor skill bonuses as a halfling for instance.Highlanders seem fine; their Rage is practically more of a penalty than a boon, so it's nearly inconsequential.  Combined with the other abilities, seems fine and focused but not pigeonholed.Mando deserve a +2 Charisma, beyond their existing ability adjustments.  Or something equally or slightly less useful.Earthern gnomes deserve an extra two or three feats worth of power.  I'd suggest boosting their Constitution by an extra +2 for this, or bolstering their magic abilities to more useful stuff, such as Enlarge Person, Major Image, and Sound Burst, as per a 3rd-level caster.Fungai are horribly weak for a +1 Level Adjustment.  Ditch the LA for them.  Then clarify 360-degree vision and they should be fine with no Level Adjustment.  Your terribly vague description of 360-degree vision leaves it far too open to interpretation and fiat.  I'd say, specify it as making them impossible to flank as long as they aren't immobilized, and making them impossible to surprise from behind but still subject to other methods of surprise.  Also, their wide range of vision should mean that they cannot avoid gaze attacks, and thus automatically fail any Reflex saves against gaze attacks unless their head is completely covered (blinding them).  This still leaves them open to surprise from above or below, or from invisible foes, or from enemies jumping out of the darkness/fog/whatever right next to them (enemies don't have to come up from behind in order to surprise you; they just have to spring at you when you aren't expecting it and have too little time to react).  If you still fear they will be too hard to Sneak Attack, then say that instead of preventing them from being flanked, say instead that it negates the attack bonus for flanking them.Higher Fungai are a bit weak for a +1 Level Adjustment.  Either improve them by 3-5 feats worth of power, or ditch their Int and Wis bonuses along with the LA.  If you improve them and keep the +1 LA, you might give them the Constitution bonus of other Fungai, along with expanding their magic abilities a bit, like adding one or two 1st-level spells, maybe 2nd-level spells.  BTW, you have a typo there, in describing their racial spells; they only get two, but later in the description you mention how their effective caster level affects three spells, one being Ghost Touch, which isn't listed for them otherwise.  So fix the typo at least.Nin'geko are kinda weak for a small race, on the order of three or four feats worth of power weak.  Given their description, I wouldn't consider removing any of their ability penalties nor their small size.  Thus, I'd suggest giving them Combat Expertise and Power Attack as racial bonus feats, making them fine opportunists and dodgers, plus giving them a few extra +2 racial bonuses on skills.  Perhaps Wilderness Lore/Survival, Climb, Jump, and Balance.</blockquote>

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