UA:Desert Half-Elves

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Desert Half-Elves

Desert elves often wed humans, just as their more common cousins do, producing desert half-elf children. These offspring often serve as diplomats and negotiators for either their human or elf communities, depending on where they live.

Racial Traits: Desert half-elves have the following racial traits.

• Humanoid (Elf).
• Medium: As Medium creatures, desert half-elves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Desert half-elf base land speed is 30 feet.
• Immunity to sleep spells and similar magical effects, and a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against enchantment spells or effects.
• Low-Light Vision: A desert half-elf can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. She retains the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
• Heat Endurance: Desert half-elves gain a +4 racial bonus on Fortitude saves made to resist the effects of hot weather.
• +1 racial bonus on Search, and Spot checks.
• +2 racial bonus on Diplomacy and Gather Information checks.
• +2 racial bonus on Sense Motive checks: A desert half-elf’s survival often relies on her ability to gauge the social situation.
• Elven Blood: For all effects related to race, a desert half-elf is considered an elf.
• Automatic Languages: Common and Elven. Bonus Languages: Any (other than secret languages, such as Druidic).
• Favored Class: Any. When determining whether a multiclass desert half-elf takes an experience point penalty, her highest-level class does not count.
• Level Adjustment: +0.

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