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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 915155" data-attributes="member: 2012">ok, these halflings are from the continent known as The Fallenlands and were designed using both the wild and desert racial templates from Dragon #306. Major changes to the resultant race were also made including: Speak without Sound added; Code of Honor added; favored class is psion not ranger; removed wild racial template social penalties; and changed weapons listed under attacks and damage. -- KF72------------------------------Halfling, Wild Desert (Sahne)Small Humanoid (Halfling)Hit Dice: 1d8 (4 hp)Initiative: +1 (Dex)Speed: 25 ft.AC: 12 (+1 size, +1 Dex)Attacks: Short sword +2 melee; or sling +3 rangedDamage: Short sword 1d6; or sling 1d4Face/Reach: 5 ft. / 5 ft.Special Attacks: Racial traitsSpecial Qualities: Racial traits, code of honor, speak without soundSaves: Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +1Abilities: Str 10 (+0), Dex 13 (+1), Con 10 (+0), Int 9 (-1), Wis 11 (+0), Cha 9 (-1)Skills: Climb +1, Hide +5, Intuit Direction +2, Jump +1, Listen +3, Move Silently +2, Spot +2, Survival +7Feats: Desert Dweller (SS), Weapon Focus (short sword) (B)Climate/Terrain: The FallenlandsOrganization: Company (2–4), squad (11–20 plus 2 3rd-level sergeants and 1 leader of 3rd to 6th-level), or tribe (30–100 plus 100% noncombatants plus 1 3rd-level sergeant per 20 adults, 5 5th-level lieutenants, 3 7th-level captains, 8–16 giant lizards)Challenge Rating: 1Treasure: StandardAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: By character classLevel Adjustment: +1Fallenlanden halflings, who call themselves the Sahne, are more nomadic than their distant kin on Harqual. As a result, they also tend to be stronger. Sahne shave their heads bald and are fond of tattooing their skull, face, back and arms. They tend to wear loose fitting garments and males often wear nothing above the waist.Sahne speak their own racial tongue, which is different from other halfling languages.CombatSahne prefer to fight from the backs of giant lizards, known as cilias, using their short swords and slings to best advantage. Sahne believe in honor but are more likely to find fault with those from outside of their tribal structure. Such incidents are common with bakemono and the sahne have no respect for the cowardly goblinoids.Code of Honor: Sahne have a strict code of conduct that they must follow when dealing with other sahne, as well as most outsiders. The most common tenets are as follows:* Never lie to a ruling member or psion. * Never trade with outsiders, except at the Year City.* Never look a tribal psion or psychic warrior in the eyes, always look at his feet.* Never betray a fellow tribe member.* Honor the jann.Racial Traits (Ex): See below.Speak without Sound (Su): Sahne can communicate telepathically with any creature within 20 feet, just as if speaking to him or her. The sahne can only speak and listen to one person at a time, and they must share a common language with the person or creature he speaks to telepathically, or the telepathic link fails.Sahne SocietySahne usually live apart from all other societies, and tend to be very self-sufficient. They are known to wander from place to place all over the Fallenlands and trade amongst themselves with a complex bartering system that others find difficult to understand. Sahne goods are some of the finest items you will find anywhere.Sahne rarely trade goods outside of their society but there is one well-known exception. On the first day of the New Year (Nagpa Calendar), the sahne pick one city of the jann to enter and sell their goods to those that happen to be there at the time. They never tell anyone the city they plan to bless with their goods until the last 10 days of the year. This news always sends traders of other races running to collect their assets and travel to the Year City so they can get the best deals from the sahne. Many a trader has made his fortune in this way (however, most die along the way to the city by the treachery of his enemies).Sahne society is based on tight-knit family groups within a larger tribe. The system is highly diplomatic but does rely on challenges of strength and agility for control of the tribe. One family controls the tribe and dictates its involvement with other races and alliances with other sahne tribes. Each year a tribe will hold a series of diplomatic games where different families try to convince their fellow tribe members to vote their family into power for the next year. No one is allowed to vote for their family, and the competition is fierce but non-violent. There isn't a guarantee that if a family wins every event that they will become the ruling family for the tribe. The diplomatic vote takes precedence.Psions and psychic warriors are highly respected in sahne society. Most family members defer judgements to psions within the family and the ruling family of a tribe is always guided by the most powerful psion. A family without a psion isn't likely to win the vote regardless of how many events the family wins.Sahne get along with most races they choose to have contact with. Surprisingly, they get along with both the kenku and the nagpa and are often called upon to settle disputes between the two races. Sahne also enjoy the company of thri-kreen and the jann. They don't like the bakemono but then again most races don't. They try to remain neutral whenever possible.Sahne CharactersSahne favor the psion class.Sahne TraitsSahne benefit from a number of racial traits:-> +2 Dexterity, -2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma-> Small: Sahne gain a +1 size bonus to AC and attack rolls and a +4 size bonus to Hide checks, but they must use smaller weapons than humans use, and their lifting and carrying limits are three-quarters of those of Medium-size creatures.-> Speed: Base land speed is 25 ft.-> +1 racial attack bonus with a thrown weapon.-> Spells (Sp): Sahne gain the ability to cast create water once per day (caster level equals sahne’s character level).-> Code of Honor: As per the description under Combat.-> Speak without Sound (Ex): As per the description under Combat.-> Save Adjustments: +1 racial bonus to all saving throws and a +2 morale bonus to saving throws against fear effects. +1 racial bonus on saves against fire effects and a -1 racial penalty on saving throws against cold effects. These adjustments apply to cold and fire effects from any source, whether mundane or magical.-> Skills: A sahne gains 1 extra skill point at each level (or HD) because he must constantly train herself to stay one step ahead of the dangers that surround him. In addition, a sahne gains a +2 racial bonus on Intuit Direction, Listen and Spot checks and a +6 racial bonus on Survival checks. Sahne can use Intuit Direction untrained.-> Automatic Languages: Sahne. Bonus Languages: Bakemono, Ignan, Kenku, Kreen, and Nagw.-> Favored Class: Psion. A multiclass sahne’s psion class does not count when determining whether he suffers an XP penalty for multiclassing.-> ECL: +2</blockquote>

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