New PC Race, The Sefry (need help)

[thedearhunter]

The Sefry


Height – 5’2 – 6’5
Weight – 120 – 210
Scores – +2 Dex, +2 Cha
Speed – 6
Languages – Common, Sefry, Choice of one other
Skills – +2 Diplomacy, +2 Thievery, +2 Streetwise
Nomad’s Sense – Roll twice for Diplomacy and Bluff checks
Deciphering Ears – +5 to Insight when being bluffed or lied to
Feint of the Cunning – Immediate Reaction, you are hit with a melee attack.
Effect: Take half damge and make a basic attack.

Sefry are a gypsy people with no true lands of their own. They all seem to have something of an enigma about them, or seem to be hiding something. Nonetheless, Sefry caravans are welcome just about anywhere on Leped. Sefry have dark hair, ranging from black to purple to crimson red. Their skin tone generally ranges from an olive to an almost transluscent pale. Sefry can live for up to 200 years, though most don’t.





I feel like this might be a bit overpowered, though im running a rather difficult campaign. Its my first campaign as well, so im sure you guys know more about revisions i need to make than i do.

 

[Mengu]

The skill stuff is a bit on the powerful side, and combat on the weak side. Rerolls on skills are pretty potent and you are giving them unconditionally to two skills. I'd also simplify a bit, and remove some of the double dipped bonuses (bonus to skill *and* a reroll).

Skills – +2 Diplomacy, +2 Streetwise
Nomad’s Sense – Roll twice when making an opposed Bluff or Insight check.
Feint of the Cunning – Immediate Reaction, you are hit with a melee attack.
Effect: Take half damge and make a basic attack.

You might want to use new style stat bonuses with an optional stat bonus, to open the race up to more classes. From the fluff of it, sounds like Wisdom would be an appropriate alternative to Charisma maybe.

I also feel you need one more combat benefit. Some random ideas:

Sefry Will: Gain +2 racial bonus to saves against Daze, Stun, and Dominate.

or

Sefry Survival Instinct: While bloodied, you gain a +1 racial bonus to AC and Reflex.

or

Sefry Foresight: You cannot be surprised.

You may also want to make a few feats for the race to make it more enticing, otherwise racial feats for existing races are too big of a draw, and would make your campaign specific race undesirable to the PC's. I'd consider something like proficiency and +2/3/4 feat bonus with simple and military light blades, as well as dagger and orb implements.

Good luck.