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The '''Drazai''' live deep in the mountains of the Aralech's Mountain Range, where they fight for metal ores with the dwarves. They are known far and wide as celebrated magic users, being among the best wizards in Brenak. They are constantly experimenting with new magics.

'''Personality:''' Drazai are often cautious, though they are not afraid to take risks once they've identified a potential gain.  They constantly experiment and try to learn more about their environments and their comrades.  Living in tight warrens as they do, they have little or no sense of privacy.  They see nothing wrong with going through a companion's bags, or walking into a privy that's in use.

'''Physical Description:''' Drazai are small, lizard-like humanoids. * Their colors range from light bronze to nearly black, with colorful strips and crests in blues and greens.  The males stand at three-and-a-half feet tall, with the females standing slightly taller and broader.  Eye color ranges from yellow, to green, to the occasional brown.  Their clothing tends towards thick, leather robes.

'''Alignment:''' Drazai are usually lawful, with a tendency towards good. They believe in a strong, unified community, with various members working for the good of the whole. However, they have a strong individualistic streak as a group, making them resist other races who try to impose their ways on them.

'''Drazai Lands:''' Drazai live in the mountains, in tunnels and caves they've carved out. 

'''Religion:''' The drazai don't worship any gods. Instead, they engage in a peculiar form of ancestor worship focusing on the mythical hero Trechnar, who wrested the secret of iron from the gods. 

'''Language:''' Drazai speak Draz, a language that uses the Dwarven alphabet, but has both Terran and Draconic roots.

'''Relations:''' Drazai get along well with humans, whom they see as fellow explorers and experimenters.  They are cordial with orcs, though they've never given their governance much mind.  They find the Dancers to flighty to be of much interest.

'''Adventures:''' Drazai feel a strong compulsion to explore and discover new things. A drazai adventurer is either looking for new magic (or other learning) or else is looking for something to strengthen the community. A very few drazai adventurers are outcasts who were unable to fit into the rigid mold of Drazai society. Generally, other drazai look at them with pity, rather than scorn or anger.

'''Aging:''' Drazai reach adulthood at twenty, middle age at fifty, old age at sixty-five, and venerable at ninety.

==Player Character Drazai==
*+2 Int, -2 Con.
*'''Small:''' As a [[Small]] creature, a drazai gains a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks, but he uses smaller weapons than humans use, and his lifting and carrying limits are three-quarters of those of a Medium character. 
*'''[[Humanoid]] [[Reptilian]]''' 
*Drazai '''base speed''' is 20 feet. 
*Low-light vision
*Drazai gain a  +2 bonus to craft checks involving metal objects. Drazai are adept at working steel and iron, having perfected their work over the centuries.
*Drazai gain a +2 bonus to climb checks. The claws on the drazai, though not very long, are good for helping them find handholds and footing. 
*A Drazai's well-ordered mind gives him a +2 racial bonus to saves vs. confusion.
*'''Claws:''' Drazai do not normally have natural attacks. However, they do have claws, and when they make an unarmed attack, it does slashing, rather than bludgeoning damage. It is in all other respects like a normal unarmed attack.
*'''Automatic languages:''' Common, Draz
*'''Bonus Languages:''' Any (except for secret languages such as druidic)
*'''Spell-like abilities:''' Detect Magic and Amanuensis 1/day, Caster Level 1st Light 3/day, Caster Level 1st
*'''Favored Class:''' Wizard. A multiclass drazai's wizard class does not count when determining whether he suffers an XP penalty for multiclassing.

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