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CHAPTER 1
DRAGONBOUND
HEROES
Illus. by E. Deschamps
FORESTLORD ELVES AND
HALF-ELVES
Like most sylvan races, elves are in tune with the natural
world, and this attunement extends to dragonkind as well.
In ancient times, certain elf tribes made pacts with powerful
green dragons, which in turn used their magic to imbue the
elves with strange new abilities. Though the forestlord elves
did not worship these evil dragons, the two groups crafted
peace accords that remain in force to this day, long after those
who forged the treaties died.
Any descendant of a forestlord elf (including half-elves) can
also be a forestlord elf, even if she never agreed to the ancient
pacts. However, the forestlord traits are unpredictable, and
no one is ever certain if they will manifest in any given elf
or half-elf child.
Forestlord elves are easily distinguishable from standard
elves by their smooth green skin, similar to the color of a
green dragon’s scales. Most also have green hair, though
it ranges from brown to white on occasion. Otherwise,
except as noted below, forestlord elves are identical to the
elves described in the Player’s Handbook, and forestlord halfelves
are identical to the half-elves described in the Player’s
Handbook.
—Dragonblood Subtype: Forestlord elves and half-elves
are of the dragonblood subtype (see page 4).
—Treewalk (Su): A forestlord elf or half-elf can transport
herself between trees in much the same way that dryads
and druids can. Once per day, a forestlord elf can enter a
tree by touching it as a move action; once inside the tree,
she instantly transports to any other tree within 60 feet. The
forestlord elf appears in a square adjacent to the second tree
at the beginning of her next turn. When a forestlors elf or
half-elf reaches 5 Hit Dice, and for every 5 HD thereafter,
she gains one additional use of this ability per day.
Stonehunter gnome
and copper dragon
—Class Skills: Hide is a class skill for forestlord elves and
half-elves.
—No bonus on saves against enchantment spells or effects.
A costly part of the ancient pacts required the elves to forgo
their innate resistance to enchantments.
—Forestlord elves do not have proficiency with the longsword,
rapier, longbow, or shortbow. They spend more time
communing with nature and less time practicing with these
traditional weapons.
—Forestlord half-elves have no bonus on Diplomacy or
Gather Information checks. Cooperation comes less naturally
to these characters.
—Forestlord Pact: Any forestlord elf or half-elf who attacks
or otherwise attempts to harm a green dragon loses her treewalk
ability for 24 hours. During that time, the character also
takes a –1 penalty on attack rolls, caster level or manifester
level, and saving throws.
—Favored Class: Sorcerer. A multiclass forestlord elf or
half-elf’s sorcerer class does not count when determining
whether she takes an experience point penalty (see XP for
Multiclass Characters, PH 60). This class replaces the standard
elf’s favored class, wizard.
STONEHUNTER GNOMES
One of the few races considered to be fast companions of any
kind of drake, stonehunter gnomes are the favored people of
copper dragons. Since the coppers’ love of pranks, mischief,
riddles, and puzzles fits in well with the gnomes’ outlook on
life, it comes as no surprise that the dragons would associate
with the smaller race. The gnomes who return this sentiment
are known as stonehunters, a moniker derived from the fact
that the two races frequently meet to hunt together. In fact,
copper dragons often make their lairs beneath stonehunter
gnome villages. Over generations, the gnomes grow more
dragonlike in appearance, while the dragons become
fonder of the mortals.
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Glimmerskin halfling
and gold dragon