D20r:Elan
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* '''Speed:''' An elan's base land speed is 30 feet. | * '''Speed:''' An elan's base land speed is 30 feet. | ||
* '''Ageless:''' An elan has no maximum age and will never die of old age. Penalties and bonuses for aging still accrue. | * '''Ageless:''' An elan has no maximum age and will never die of old age. Penalties and bonuses for aging still accrue. | ||
| - | + | * '''Aberrant Biology:''' An elan gains a +4 racial bonus to saving throws to resist the effects of poisons and diseases. Heal checks made by a non-elan to treat an elan have their DC increased by 10. | |
* '''Rubbery Build:''' An elan gains a +2 racial bonus to Acrobatics and Athletics checks due to their less rigid internal structure. | * '''Rubbery Build:''' An elan gains a +2 racial bonus to Acrobatics and Athletics checks due to their less rigid internal structure. | ||
* '''Innate Awareness:''' The residual psionic awareness of the aboleths has passed down an inherent psionic ability to elans. They gain two bonus power points at first level and one bonus power point at each level thereafter. | * '''Innate Awareness:''' The residual psionic awareness of the aboleths has passed down an inherent psionic ability to elans. They gain two bonus power points at first level and one bonus power point at each level thereafter. | ||
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* '''Favored Class:''' [[d20r:Psion]]. | * '''Favored Class:''' [[d20r:Psion]]. | ||
| - | Elans were an experiment of the aboleths in ancient times, a slave race to be used to infiltrate the surface world. Made to carry the racial devotion of their masters as well as what the aboleths considered their own most suitable traits, the elans were successful beyond measure. However, their racial knowledge and psionic abilities led them to break away from the masters below and act in self-interest. The backlash was swift and devastating, decimating elan numbers on the surface, mentally enslaving those remaining below and convincing the aboleths to devise a new minion, the skum. The wants and needs of the remaining elans are largely alien to mortal understanding, save that they deposit genetic material in shallow bodies of water and seem concerned with the propagation and promotion of elan psionic ability, possibly over that of any other living organism. | + | Elans were an experiment of the aboleths in ancient times, a slave race to be used to infiltrate the surface world. Made to carry the racial devotion of their masters as well as what the aboleths considered their own most suitable traits, the elans were successful beyond measure. However, their racial knowledge and psionic abilities led them to break away from the masters below and act in self-interest. The backlash was swift and devastating, decimating elan numbers on the surface, mentally enslaving those remaining below and convincing the aboleths to devise a new minion, the skum. The wants and needs of the remaining elans are largely alien to mortal understanding, save that they deposit genetic material in shallow bodies of water and seem concerned with the propagation and promotion of elan psionic ability, possibly over that of any other living organism. Elans can breed with other humanoid species; the result of such a union is a child of the mother's race, possibly born with innate psychic capabilities if the father is an elan. Elans do not consider this means of propagation acceptable, as the extended pregnancy period for an elan mother is quite noticeable, and her pregnant state depletes her psychic abilities and energy. |
