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• Land speed 30 feet.
• Cold resistance 5.
• +4 racial bonus on Hide checks in wooded terrain.
• Low-Light Vision: Volodnis can see twice as far as a human
in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions
of poor illumination. They retain the ability to distinguish
color and detail under these conditions.
• Plant: Volodnis are immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning,
and polymorphing. They are not subject to critical hits
or mind-affecting effects.
• Half damage from Piercing: Piercing weapons deal only half
damage to volodnis, with a minimum of 1 point of damage.
• Sustenance: Volodnis require only 2 hours of sleep per day
to gain the benefits of 8 hours of sleep (although arcane
spellcasters must still have 8 hours of rest to prepare
spells). Volodnis only require one-quarter the food and
water a human requires, as they absorb nutrients from
their environment.
• Automatic Languages: Common, Sylvan. Bonus Languages:
By character region.
• Level Adjustment: +2. A volodni has an effective character
level (ECL) of 2 plus class levels, so a 1st-level volodni druid
would have an ECL of 3. See the Powerful Races sidebar.
• Favored Class: Druid. A multiclassed volodni’s druid class
does not count when determining whether he suffers an
XP penalty.
Age, Height,
and Weight
The details of your character’s age, gender, height, weight, and
appearance are up to you. However, if you prefer some rough
guidelines, refer to Tables 1–2 through 1–4.
Character Age
Your character’s starting age is determined by your choice of race
and class, as summed up on Table 1–2: Random Starting Ages.
For example, a taer barbarian’s starting age is 10 + 1d4 years
(11–14), while a volodni ranger is 20 + 3d6 years old (23–38).
TABLE 1–2: RANDOM STARTING AGES
Bard Cleric
Barbarian Fighter Druid
Rogue Paladin Monk
Race Adulthood Sorcerer Ranger Wizard
Elf, star 110 years +4d6 +6d6 +10d6
Gnoll 12 years +1d4 +1d6 +2d4
Hagspawn 15 years +1d4 +1d6 +2d6
Spirit folk 110 years +4d6 +6d6 +10d6
Taer 10 years +1d4 +1d4 +2d4
Volodni 20 years +2d4 +3d6 +4d6
RACES OF THE EAST
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As your character ages, her physical ability scores (Strength,
Dexterity, and Constitution) decrease and her mental ability
scores (Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma) increase. The effects
of each aging step are cumulative, but a character’s ability
scores can never be reduced below 1 by aging effects.
TABLE 1–3: AGING EFFECTS
Middle Maximum
Race Age* Old** Venerable † Age
Elf, star 175 years 263 years 350 years +4d% years
Gnoll 30 years 45 years 60 years +2d12 years
Hagspawn 40 years 60 years 80 years +2d20 years
Spirit folk 175 years 263 years 350 years +4d% years
Taer 25 years 37 years 50 years +2d10 years
Volodni 80 years 100 years 120 years +2d20 years
*–1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
**–2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
† –3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
When a character becomes venerable, the DM secretly rolls
to determine her maximum age. This is the sum of the
number from the Venerable column for that race in Table
1–3: Aging Effects plus the modifier from the Maximum Age
column. When a character reaches her maximum age, she dies
of old age at some point in the following year, as determined
by the DM.
Height and Weight
Choose your character’s height and weight from the ranges
mentioned in the racial description, or roll randomly on
Table 1–4: Random Height and Weight. The dice roll given
in the Height Modifier column determines the character’s
extra height beyond his base height. That same number multiplied
by the dice roll given in the Weight Modifier column
determines the character’s extra weight beyond his or her
base weight.
TABLE 1–4:
RANDOM HEIGHT AND WEIGHT
Base Height Base Weight
Race Height Modifier Weight Modifier
Elf, star, male 4´10˝ +2d10 95 lb. × (1d6) lb.
Elf, star, female 4´5˝ +2d10 75 lb. × (1d6) lb.
Gnoll, male 5´8˝ +2d12 160 lb. × (2d4) lb.
Gnoll, female 5´4˝ +2d10 135 lb. × (2d4) lb.
Hagspawn 5´0˝ +2d10 125 lb. × (2d4) lb.
Spirit folk, male 4´10˝ +2d8 120 lb. × (2d4) lb.
Spirit folk, female 4´5˝ +2d8 85 lb. × (2d4) lb.
Taer, male 4´8˝ +2d8 180 lb. × (2d4) lb.
Taer, female 4´6˝ +2d6 145 lb. × (2d4) lb.
Volodni, male 5´5˝ +2d10 120 lb. × (2d4) lb.
Volodni, female 5´3˝ +2d8 100 lb. × (2d4) lb.