Lord Ravinous
First Post
I'm just curious to see whats out there, cause the Half-Elf deserves more attention than the poor ol' Ranger class anyways.
Steverooo said:I haven't actually done anything with them (haven't had a player take one), but I have considered giving them HALF the Human's Skill Points bonus... TWO at first level, and one EVERY OTHER LEVEL, thereafter. This, and half the Elf's sensory bonuses makes them -=duh!=- half-human/half-elf!
Maximillian said:My fellow DM and I have thought long and hard on this issue. No one ever plays a half-elf, and when they have in the past, it was for the role-playing aspect of being from two different worlds, and yet none (yada yada yada, I'm Tanis).
Racial Abilities:
* +2 Charisma, -2 Constitution. Half-elves, like their elven parent, suffer from a weak physical construction when compared to their human parent. Half-elves, in order to survive with no true homeland or people, generally develop strong personalities and learn how to deal with people from many different cultures.
* Medium Size: as medium size creatures, half-elves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
* Base Speed: 30ft.
* Low-Light Vision: Half-elves can see twice as far a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight and similar conditions of poor illumination. They retain their ability to discern color and detail under these conditions.
*+1 bonus on spot, listen and search checks. Half-elves share in some of their elven parent's keen senses.
* Elven Blood.
* Favored Class: Bard.
How do you all feel about that?
Maximillian said:Here's an as-of-yet-untested idea that adds flavor two the half-elf without really giving them much power.
Maximillian said:Now... someone is getting shafted here, but I'm not sure who. The rules in the DMG don't work on all the PHB races, so I really don't care anymore what the stat adjustments are supposed to be like. Also, have you noticed that mental stats are "inferior" by-the-book, but there are no +0 ECL races with a mental stat bonus, save some wacky subraces of elf? Conspiracy!