Another race from bean 2.0

[Bean 2.0]

Wood Stalkers

+2 con -2 cha

medium size

base speed 30 ft

+2 racial bonus on climb, jump, move silently, hide, & wilderness lore in froested areas

low-light vision (as an elf)

Automatic proficiency with daggers, hand axes, and javelins

regeneration 2 ( fire and acid deal normal damage )

May take scent as a feat

Languages; Auto - Giant, & Common
Bonus - Orc, Elven, Undercommon, Drow Sign

Favored Class : Ranger

Wood Stalkers are deadly hunters that dwell among the lower levels of the trees rather than the high branches like the elves. Wood Stalkers have smooth green skin of various shades depending on the woods in which they live.Their faces are angular, posseing sharp chins and noses. They tend to be wiry and tough rather than bulky. They are primitive and blunt, prefering to be brutally honest even when a little fib would make things go smoother. Their cheif deity is Dorod (alignment CN), her domains are Chaos, Retribution, Magic, Nature.

ECL +0

What do you think I've run it through the ECl calculator but feel free to offer your opinions

 

[Bean 2.0]

somebody anybody out there

 

[las]

one find a better name. Two dump the bonus to thurn weapons gife them profishency with thos kind of weapons.

 

[Morgenstern]

Forest trolls

Would probably change the name. 'Greenskins', 'Wood stalkers' or something. Seems little blunt unless you are planning on having several types of PC trolls?

+2 dex +2 con -2 cha

medium size

base speed 30 ft

Workable. The extra +2 on abilites is probably driving some of the ECL. I always try to work my way back down to ECL +/- 0, so my comments will be aimed at keeping the flavor, but toning down the power . I would kick around a base speed of 20 ft. if you want to offset some of the later bonuses.

+2 racial bonus on climb, jump, swim, move silently, tumble, hide, & wilderness lore

Eeek! Too much. Would dump the tumbleand swim, and restrict the bonus on the other skills to "while in forested terrain". Though with that restriction you might consider increasing the bonuses to +4 if you want to keep the +1 ECL. Otherwise I would create a racial feat for them that increases their bonus in the five remaining skills to +4 (with a prerequisite of level 6+).

Similarly, if you do reduce their base speed, give them a dwarf-like bonus to overlands travel through forests. Their very at home in that terrain .

low-light vision

Fine. A common enough bonus. What range? Would suggest 30 ft. if aiming for ECL +0, 60 ft. for +1 package.

+1 to attack rolls with thrown weapons

Bonus to Dex, or this, but not both. Inclined to agree with earlier poster- give them a free proficiency with all the stuff they like to throw, and you give flavor, without a lot of extra power.

Regeneration 2 ( fire and acid deal normal damage )

The real heart of their advantages. I like this one. Would also add a racial feat (prerequisite: level 9+) that would increase this to Regeneration 3.

May take scent as a feat

Another stylish choice. I like.

Languages; Auto - Giant, & Common
Bonus - Orc, Elven, Undercommon, Drow Sign

Favored Class : Ranger

Straight forward and reasonable.

ECL +1

What do you think I've run it through the ECl calculator but feel free to offer your opinions [/B]

I think you can get it down to ECL +0 while retaining all the flavor (or even enhancing it) by focusing the abilites and transfering some of the advantages into access to racial feats. Such a creature could make for a very entertaining PC, and wouldn't get outstripped by his non ECL companions .

9th level human fighter: "Dude, I just added Cleave to my arsenal Sweet."

9th level woods troll ranger: "I'm high enough level to start regenerating faster!"

9th level human fighter: "Wow! That's cool!"

Looking forward to seeing your revisions.

 

[Bean 2.0]

Increased regeneration
Preqs : Wood Stalker, Level 9
Benefit : your regenration improves from 2 to 3
normal : you only heal 2 points of non fire/acid damage a round

Skilled hunter
Preqs : Wood stalker , Level 6
Benefit : your racial bonuses to skills increase to +4 in forest terrain

Wandering hunter
Preqs : Wood stalker , Level 3 , must have been out side of forest terrain for at least a month, 6 ranks in the selected skills
Benefits : choose two of your racial +2 skill bonuses in forest terrain they apply out side the forest.