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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 1603321" data-attributes="member: 13966">Well, let's see here......First of all, your improvement for humans is terribly lame if you give them a +1 Level Adjustment to go with it, otherwise it's fine. If you do give the humans a +1 LA for it, at least make it a 1st-level wizard or sorcerer spell and useable 4/day or something. Race 1: Medium humanoid, Dex+2, Spd40, 2 claws 1d4 primary, bite 1d6 secondary, Climb+2, Hide+2, Move Silently+2, Alertness bonus feat, low-light vision, ? favored class, LA+1.This seems a bit too strong for only a +1 Level Adjustment. Compared to a human, their bonus feat is specific, they get +2 Dex and a spread of +6 total on skill checks in place of extra skill points, three natural attacks for their LA, low-light vision and +10 feet to base speed in exchange for the human versatility and for the LA. The Dex bonus, at least, makes it too much. Remove the Alertness feat and/or the Hide/MS bonuses, but keep the Climb bonus, to balance the race. As for favored class, my suggestion is barbarian if they're going to be a savage race, or monk if they're going to be a rather civilized people, or rogue otherwise I guess. Race 2: Medium humanoid, Con+2, Spd30, bite 1d6 primary, Listen+2, Move Silently+2, Endurance bonus feat, Scent quality, ? favored class, LA+1.This one seems mostly fine for its LA, but you should perhaps remove the Endurance feat, or instead the Scent quality, to balance it out. If you remove Scent, you could always choose to allow them to gain it as a feat, like some races in non-core books can do. For favored class I'd recommend bard, with perhaps barbarian or rogue instead. Race 3: Medium humanoid, Str+4, Dex-2, Int-2, Spd30, gore 1d6 primary, gore damage x2 on a charge, Intimidate+2, low-light vision, LA+1.Well, the gore attack makes up for the bonus feat and multiclassing flexibility of humans, the intimidate bonus and low-light vision make up for the initial bonus skill points a human has as well, and the ability score adjustments make up for the extra skill points humans get later...... I think it's relatively balanced for a +1 LA, due to the potency of +4 Strength without a similar penalty to Dex or Con. Race 4: Medium humanoid, Dex+2, Con-2, Spd20, Fly50, average maneuverability, Spot+4, low-light vision, hands built into wings, ? favored class, LA+1.Let's see, the ability adjustments make up for the extra skill points a human would get, the spot bonus makes up for the feat a human would get, the low-light vision makes up somewhat for the reduced base speed, and the flight more than makes up for the lack of human versatility and the addition of a +1 LA...... Flight is too powerful for so little LA and these other benefits. I'd say maybe reduce the flight speed to 40 feet, maybe reduce the size of the race to Small to balance out some of the potency of flight, and limit their flight time by some factor of Constitution. Perhaps no more than one minute of flight per point of Constitution, during any given hour, with each additional minute of flight requiring first a Constitution check against DC 10, +2 DC per previous such check attempted that hour. Or perhaps no checks allowed to extend the flight time. For favored class I'd suggest ranger, perhaps rogue if they're rather urbanized, or sorcerer if you want them a bit more exotic. Race 5: Medium humanoid, Str+2, Spd30, 2 claws 1d4 primary, bite 1d6 secondary, Swim+2, low-light vision, ? favored class, LA+1.This race gets low-light vision in place of a human bonus feat, three natural attacks and a Swim bonus for their LA, and +2 Strength in place of the extra skill points and flexibility a human would have..... They might be a bit powerful, perhaps give a -2 Charisma penalty or -2 Wisdom, or remove the claw attacks... Favored class should probably be barbarian if somewhat primitive or savage, otherwise fighter, or bard if you want to make them more interesting for such a muscular and toothy race. Race 6: Medium humanoid, Str-2, Dex+4, Cha-2, Spd30, Balance+2, Climb+2, Acrobatic bonus feat, low-light vision, ? favored class, LA+1.These folks get overall strong ability adjustments that make up for the lack of a human's extra skill points and bonus feat, while they get skill bonuses and low-light vision for their LA, and a feat in exchange for the human versatility. I think it's fair overall. Favored class should be rogue, ranger, or bard, maybe monk or fighter. Race 7: Medium humanoid, Spd30, Swim30, Hide+2, Jump+4, Toughness bonus feat, low-light vision, hold breath, ? favored class, LA+1.As for this race, they've got a bonus feat like a human although specific, and low-light vision coupled with the ability to hold their breath extra long in place of the human versatility, with a Swim speed and some skill bonuses in place of the human skill points and for their +1 LA..... Do they get the usual benefits for having a Swim speed though, like a +8 racial bonus on Swim checks and all that? In any case, you should probably give them an extra skill or two at a +2 bonus, like Move Silently and Spot. Favoredclass might be bard, monk, or ranger, I think. Race 8: Medium humanoid, Spd30, bite 1d6 primary, Listen+2, Swim+2, low-light vision, natural armor+2, natural camouflage, ? favored class, LA+1.This race gets a bite attack and low-light vision in place of the human bonus feat and versatility, natural armor in exchange for its LA, and natural camouflage and some skill bonuses in place of most of the human's extra skill points. You should probably add +2 on Hide and Move Silently checks, or instead Spot and Move Silently. Favored classwould probably be rogue, but maybe monk, druid, or ranger instead. Race 9: Small humanoid, Str-4, Dex+2, Con-2, Int+4, Cha+2, Spd20, telepathic communication out to 60 feet, constant Detect Thoughts scanning willing subjects, ? favored class, LA+1.Well, these folks get overall strong ability scores but not terribly so, making up for the extra skill points and bonus feat a human would get at least, while their small size andspeed make up for the telepathy when combined with their lack of human versatility Iguess, and the detect thoughts ability is too limited to really matter much anyway, soI'd say they're maybe a bit weak for +1 Level Adjustment, though telepathy is indeedquite useful, so maybe give them +2 on each of two skills, probably Sense Motive and Concentration. Favored class would likely be wizard or sorcerer, perhaps cleric or druid instead, or definately psion if you use psionics. Bard or rogue would also make sensedepending on what sort of background or culture you have in mind for them.</blockquote>

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