3e SRD:Race Descriptions

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Race Descriptions

Race and Languages

All characters know how to speak Common.

Literacy

Your character can read and write all the languages he or she speaks.

Age

When a character becomes venerable, the DM secretly determines her maximum age. When the character reaches her personal maximum age, she dies of old age at some time during the following year, as determined by the DM.

Aging Effects

Table: Aging Effects

Race	Middle Age*	Old**	Venerable***	Maximum Age
Dwarf	125 years	188 years	250 years	+2d% years
Elf	175 years	263 years	350 years	+4d% years
Gnome	100 years	150 years	200 years	+3d% years
Half-elf	62 years	93 years	125 years	+3d20 years
Half-orc	30 years	45 years	60 years	+2d10 years
Halfling	50 years	75 years	100 years	+5d20 years
Human	35 years	53 years	70 years	+2d20 years

*-1 to Str, Con, and Dex; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

**-2 to Str, Con, and Dex; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

***-3 to Str, Con, and Dex; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

Aging effects are cumulative.

Height and Weight

Table: Height and Weight

Race	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Dwarf, man	3' 9"	+2d4	130 lb.	X (2d6) lb.
Dwarf, woman	3' 7"	+2d4	100 lb.	X (2d6) lb.
Elf, man	4' 5"	+2d6	85 lb.	X (1d6) lb.
Elf, woman	4' 5"	+2d6	80 lb.	X (1d6) lb.
Gnome, man	3'	+2d4	40 lb.	X 1 lb.
Gnome, woman	2' 10"	+2d4	35 lb.	X 1 lb.
Half-elf, man	4' 7"	+2d8	100 lb.	X (2d4) lb.
Half-elf, woman	4' 5"	+2d8	80 lb.	X (2d4) lb.
Half-orc, man	4' 10"	+2d8	130 lb.	X (2d4) lb.
Half-orc, woman	4' 4"	+2d8	90 lb.	X (2d4) lb.
Halfling, man	2' 8"	+2d4	30 lb.	X 1 lb.
Halfling, woman	2' 6"	+2d4	25 lb.	X 1 lb.
Human, man	4' 10"	+2d10	120 lb.	X (2d4) lb.
Human, woman	4' 5"	+2d10	85 lb.	X (2d4) lb.

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