Balancing/Creating Races (Using Green Ronin's APM) [Updated 4/18/08]

[Angel Tarragon]

Cool race builds. Amazingly similar to the Pathfinder Alpha races, but yours precede them by several months, which is kinda weird.

Great minds think alike.

My only constructive comment is that the Saelvhik seem incredibly powerful for only a +1 LA. I realize these races are all more powerful than standard races, but these guys get awesome stat boosts, Powerful Build, Endurance, Toughness, Natural Armor, Natural Attacks and the Scent ability plus a bunch of other goodies more in line with the abilities the other races get.

Then again, with races this modded, maybe the classes are also similarly beefed up and giving up a level of class is really giving up a lot.

Yep. See here.

 

[Arkhandus]

Saelvhik are a weak LA +2, but definitely too much for LA +1. Yes, even accounting for your modifications to the core classes, a Saelvhik fighter or cleric is more than just 1 level better than a Human fighter or cleric. Maybe not quite 2 levels better all the time, but more than 1 level better for sure.