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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. |
