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Errata and Typos (Ch2 and Ch3) (Sticky) Aug 14, 2008, 08:40 AM by Jason Bulmahn — David Krikorian, Beastman, Rob McCreary and 31 others	43 posts	Last post: Jan 12, 2009, 01:47 AM by David Krikorian

Welcome to the Design Forums (Sticky) Aug 14, 2008, 08:38 AM by Jason Bulmahn — Roman, RedShirtNo5, Ekmule and 17 others	22 posts	Last post: Nov 20, 2008, 05:47 AM by Ekmule

Plane-touched Pathfinder. Feb 20, 2009, 08:09 PM by nighttree — nighttree, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Beckett and 2 others	12 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 07:38 AM by nighttree

Why Half-Orc ? Sep 6, 2008, 12:19 PM by simondeschenes — Threeshades, simondeschenes, SirUrza and 22 others	40 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2009, 06:49 AM by Zohar

Extra hit points at first level: NPCs and monster as well? Feb 21, 2009, 01:55 AM by Neil Phillips — seekerofshadowlight and Neil Phillips	4 posts	Last post: Feb 21, 2009, 03:23 AM by seekerofshadowlight

Elves, Half elves and hieght Dec 17, 2008, 08:02 AM by Pendagast — Pendagast, James Jacobs, Studpuffin and 14 others	40 posts	Last post: Feb 20, 2009, 10:36 PM by Kevin Andrew Murphy

Slow and Steady question Feb 16, 2009, 05:26 PM by Zurai — brock and Zurai	2 posts	Last post: Feb 19, 2009, 06:04 AM by brock

Shout Out! Props on the Improved Half Elf Feb 11, 2009, 02:43 AM by Neil Phillips — Kvantum, Majuba, Theodore Tibbitts and 4 others	7 posts	Last post: Feb 16, 2009, 01:31 PM by Kvantum

Realistic hybrids? Feb 1, 2009, 08:10 PM by Rimlar — Pendagast, Studpuffin, Rageheart and 10 others	38 posts	Last post: Feb 16, 2009, 09:34 AM by Studpuffin

Modifying Races for Pathfinder: Goliaths Feb 15, 2009, 01:06 PM by Theodore Tibbitts — Sleepy and Theodore Tibbitts	2 posts	Last post: Feb 16, 2009, 09:30 AM by Sleepy

Doppleganger and / or changellings Feb 9, 2009, 05:09 PM by Portella — Portella, seekerofshadowlight, Matthew Morris and 2 others	12 posts	Last post: Feb 15, 2009, 11:58 AM by Matthew Morris

Ability score increases Nov 24, 2008, 02:29 AM by Dalvyn — Jonaspaul, KaeYoss and Dalvyn	3 posts	Last post: Feb 14, 2009, 10:55 PM by Jonaspaul

An old gleemax homebrew i am trying to adapt. Feb 10, 2009, 02:08 PM by Luminiere Solas — Luminiere Solas	1 post	Last post: Feb 10, 2009, 02:39 PM by Luminiere Solas

Elven Ears Aug 30, 2008, 06:26 AM by NYC Russ — James Jacobs, toyrobots, Krensky and 27 others	57 posts	Last post: Feb 9, 2009, 12:57 PM by James Jacobs

Races with Level Adjustments? Aug 26, 2008, 07:00 PM by MarmaladeChainsaw — Kyrinn S. Eis, MarmaladeChainsaw, Arovyn and 8 others	14 posts	Last post: Feb 6, 2009, 09:48 AM by KamiNoBaka

Small Humans Feb 2, 2009, 05:30 PM by Phasics — Mortagon, Phasics, Nero24200 and Coridan	9 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2009, 06:22 PM by Mortagon

Intelligence Increases and Skill Points - Option Jan 31, 2009, 12:37 PM by Kor - Orc Scrollkeeper — Mosaic, Shisumo, KnightErrantJR and 2 others	5 posts	Last post: Feb 1, 2009, 02:10 PM by Mosaic

Do We Still Need To Bribe Players To Play Their Race's Favored Classes? Oct 5, 2008, 03:59 PM by Sueki Suezo — Zurai, Sueki Suezo, Bill Dunn and 34 others	413 posts	Last post: Jan 30, 2009, 03:31 PM by Tycho, Lord of Karran-Kural

The Drow Aug 19, 2008, 02:17 PM by Misery — Misery, Montalve, Pendagast and 26 others	80 posts	Last post: Jan 29, 2009, 09:11 PM by Pendagast

Aquatic Races in Pathfinder - Triton Jan 6, 2009, 04:59 AM by Rob Vermeulen — LMPjr007 and Rob Vermeulen	2 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2009, 08:55 PM by LMPjr007

Starting Hit Point Options Aug 25, 2008, 02:58 PM by Quandary — KnightErrantJR, Gotham Gamemaster, A 2E Floppy-Eared Golem and 41 others	60 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2009, 12:13 PM by Arius Vistoon

help with dragonborn Jan 23, 2009, 09:36 PM by kefka360 — kefka360, Pendagast, DeadlyUematsu and 6 others	25 posts	Last post: Jan 27, 2009, 07:14 PM by DeadlyUematsu

Random Human Height / Weight Jan 23, 2009, 03:25 PM by JBSchroeds — JBSchroeds	1 post	Last post: Jan 23, 2009, 03:39 PM by JBSchroeds

Races: Inherent and Learned Features Aug 16, 2008, 03:43 AM by Roman — Roman, veebles, BlaineTog and 9 others	18 posts	Last post: Jan 18, 2009, 07:28 PM by Roman

Human Fighters Aug 14, 2008, 11:25 AM by Brett Blackwell — Epic Meepo, Subversive, Adam Teles and 44 others	86 posts	Last post: Jan 14, 2009, 09:43 AM by voska66

Ability Increase Feat Dec 31, 2008, 07:33 PM by rowdy55 — rowdy55, veebles, Crimson Jester and 2 others	8 posts	Last post: Jan 13, 2009, 10:21 AM by veebles

Page 11 - Halfling Racial Traits Aug 19, 2008, 01:38 PM by Ross Byers — Subversive, Purple Dragon Knight, Ross Byers and 34 others	57 posts	Last post: Jan 6, 2009, 02:10 PM by veebles

Point buy Sep 14, 2008, 07:26 AM by seekerofshadowlight — seekerofshadowlight, Pendagast, Bagpuss and 18 others	34 posts	Last post: Jan 5, 2009, 11:08 AM by Pendagast

Elves, Dwarves - What did they do with their early years. Dec 17, 2008, 07:44 AM by Pendagast — Pendagast, seekerofshadowlight, Remco Sommeling and 7 others	21 posts	Last post: Jan 1, 2009, 06:03 PM by Pendagast

Disabled & Hit Points Oct 3, 2008, 08:43 AM by Agi Hammerthief — Agi Hammerthief, toyrobots, Arnim Thayer and 6 others	15 posts	Last post: Jan 1, 2009, 06:17 AM by Swordslinger

Half-Elves: Still the worst race? Oct 28, 2008, 07:10 AM by Matthew Vickrey — Abraham spalding, Dennis da Ogre, hogarth and 22 others	51 posts	Last post: Dec 31, 2008, 05:25 PM by Zurai

Dvati Golarion background Dec 28, 2008, 02:43 AM by Andrew Bigwood — hmarcbower and Andrew Bigwood	2 posts	Last post: Dec 28, 2008, 12:19 PM by hmarcbower

Gnome Abilities Aug 16, 2008, 12:10 AM by thefishcometh — minkscooter, Threeshades, Set and 37 others	70 posts	Last post: Dec 26, 2008, 01:50 PM by Adam Laux

Ditch the CHA penalties for dwarves... Oct 2, 2008, 08:31 AM by Chris Perkins 88 — Bagpuss, KaeYoss, Dennis da Ogre and 26 others	159 posts	Last post: Dec 25, 2008, 07:57 AM by Beckett

Clarify the Creation / Level Process Sep 2, 2008, 02:04 PM by Jal Dorak — Jal Dorak, Epic Meepo, Freesword and 5 others	16 posts	Last post: Dec 18, 2008, 06:29 AM by Korwin

PFerized Kobolds as Characters Dec 14, 2008, 10:01 PM by Xuttah — Xuttah, Kevin Mack and The Wraith	6 posts	Last post: Dec 18, 2008, 05:42 AM by Xuttah

STR - Clarify Modifier vs Bonus Dec 11, 2008, 09:59 PM by kitenerd — kitenerd, Kaisoku, Abraham spalding and Paul Watson	9 posts	Last post: Dec 16, 2008, 02:11 AM by Kaisoku

Regarding Eberron specific races Nov 29, 2008, 11:48 AM by hopeless — The Wraith, seekerofshadowlight, Sneaksy Dragon and 5 others	13 posts	Last post: Dec 12, 2008, 01:09 AM by The Wraith

New Races? Aug 29, 2008, 07:07 AM by Iziak — KaeYoss, Kirth Gersen, Dennis da Ogre and 26 others	64 posts	Last post: Dec 6, 2008, 11:38 AM by Set

Custom Races with LA0 Aug 26, 2008, 08:01 PM by The Authority — The Authority, Aikuchi and Alphonse Joly	9 posts	Last post: Nov 17, 2008, 12:44 AM by Aikuchi

Adjust the base AC for each race maybe? Nov 12, 2008, 05:56 PM by Cavalier Lord — Cavalier Lord and DarkWhite	3 posts	Last post: Nov 14, 2008, 07:50 AM by Cavalier Lord

Orc Ferocity bug Oct 26, 2008, 11:09 AM by Shisumo — jikjik and Shisumo	2 posts	Last post: Nov 13, 2008, 07:58 PM by jikjik

Greed! Now THAT's a true Dwarf! Nov 12, 2008, 06:01 PM by Cavalier Lord — Drakli and Cavalier Lord	2 posts	Last post: Nov 13, 2008, 07:44 AM by Drakli

Human Racial Feature Weapon Training suggestion Sep 25, 2008, 11:09 AM by phoenixhawk — Galnörag, Arakhor, seekerofshadowlight and 7 others	10 posts	Last post: Nov 13, 2008, 07:02 AM by Galnörag

Power Creep in Pathfinder - the +2 / +2 / -2 Ability Score Power Boost Aug 27, 2008, 05:48 PM by Roman — Dennis da Ogre, Robert Brambley, Nero24200 and 63 others	134 posts	Last post: Nov 12, 2008, 09:15 AM by Roman

Dwarf: Stonecunning bonus to Knowledge(dungeoneering)? Nov 12, 2008, 04:07 AM by Lang Lorenz — Golarion Goblin and Lang Lorenz	4 posts	Last post: Nov 12, 2008, 06:27 AM by Golarion Goblin

[Rant / Non-Rant] "Racial Builds" - a proposed "fix" for Pathfinder Races Oct 10, 2008, 04:36 AM by Windjammer — Windjammer, Chris Perkins 88, minkscooter and 5 others	14 posts	Last post: Nov 11, 2008, 01:13 AM by minkscooter

Half-Orc: Wisdom Bonus Aug 14, 2008, 09:43 AM by Roman — Jal Dorak, Roman, Subversive and 58 others	138 posts	Last post: Nov 9, 2008, 05:03 PM by Purple Dragon Knight

KnightErrantJR's Rise of the Runelords Character Creation / Race & Ability Score Thread Sep 5, 2008, 08:42 AM by KnightErrantJR — KnightErrantJR	2 posts	Last post: Nov 2, 2008, 07:12 PM by KnightErrantJR

Racial Example / Underwear Art Aug 15, 2008, 02:08 PM by Quandary — apotheon, Montalve, VargrBoartusk and 29 others	52 posts	Last post: Oct 28, 2008, 11:08 PM by Fatjose

Half-Elves and Humans cannot have as high ability scores as others Sep 12, 2008, 03:11 PM by Karui Kage — KaeYoss, Dennis da Ogre, BlaineTog and 22 others	39 posts	Last post: Oct 27, 2008, 07:00 PM by Bagpuss

Pathfinder Goblins!!! Aug 21, 2008, 09:20 PM by Chubbs McGee — Dennis da Ogre, David Fryer, Grindle and 21 others	33 posts	Last post: Oct 26, 2008, 09:44 AM by Dennis da Ogre

Why tall elves? Oct 13, 2008, 11:48 AM by snobi — Arakhor, houstonderek, KnightErrantJR and 19 others	32 posts	Last post: Oct 26, 2008, 07:52 AM by LazarX

What happened to half-orcs' Cha penalty? Aug 28, 2008, 06:52 AM by Iziak — griffonwing, Iziak, KaeYoss and 8 others	17 posts	Last post: Oct 24, 2008, 11:20 AM by KaeYoss

Reason for dwarves' CON bonus revealed! Oct 10, 2008, 12:26 AM by Teach — Teach, Set, tallforadwarf and 3 others	11 posts	Last post: Oct 16, 2008, 02:23 AM by Teach

Dwarven Greed vs. Elven Magic Sep 12, 2008, 04:12 AM by Rob McCreary — Montalve, Teach, Kirth Gersen and 12 others	25 posts	Last post: Oct 15, 2008, 07:37 PM by Gul Kai Ruk

Turin's Observations on Ability Scores and Races Oct 8, 2008, 03:18 PM by Turin the Mad — Turin the Mad, Kirth Gersen, KaeYoss and 6 others	19 posts	Last post: Oct 11, 2008, 07:15 PM by KaeYoss

Half race : a simple rule ? Aug 18, 2008, 09:19 AM by MScam — snowyak, MScam, Dennis da Ogre and 4 others	9 posts	Last post: Oct 8, 2008, 09:03 AM by Dennis da Ogre

Racial Weapon Familiarity and Proficiency Aug 18, 2008, 12:09 PM by Subversive — Subversive, MisterSlanky, Epervier and 43 others	86 posts	Last post: Oct 7, 2008, 10:40 PM by Mosaic

A Tweak to "Stat Bumps" Oct 4, 2008, 08:23 PM by Asgetrion — Asgetrion, toyrobots and Selgard	5 posts	Last post: Oct 6, 2008, 05:40 PM by Asgetrion

Class Hit Dice Sep 21, 2008, 04:04 PM by Marty1000 — Arakhor, Marty1000, KaeYoss and 7 others	15 posts	Last post: Sep 29, 2008, 11:52 AM by BloodBought

Eberron Upgrades Sep 17, 2008, 11:00 AM by Jodah — seekerofshadowlight, Arakhor, Selgard and 8 others	22 posts	Last post: Sep 27, 2008, 12:49 AM by ShadowChemosh

Please read my house rules and comment Sep 21, 2008, 06:23 PM by S W — S W, Laurefindel, KaeYoss and 5 others	21 posts	Last post: Sep 25, 2008, 05:03 AM by KaeYoss

2 feats at character creation Sep 12, 2008, 03:46 PM by Montalve — Montalve, Disciple of Sakura, BlaineTog and 21 others	59 posts	Last post: Sep 24, 2008, 01:01 PM by Disciple of Sakura

Ineffectual Poisons Sep 1, 2008, 08:07 PM by Kirth Gersen — Kirth Gersen, Montalve, Jal Dorak and 20 others	57 posts	Last post: Sep 24, 2008, 10:46 AM by Set

Grant a Racial Bonus to Saving Throws Instead of the +2 to Good Saves at Level 1 Sep 19, 2008, 06:38 PM by Roman — Quandary, Freesword, James Risner and 8 others	21 posts	Last post: Sep 23, 2008, 10:27 PM by James Risner

Improving Intelligence and Skill Points... why isn't it like Con and HP? Sep 14, 2008, 07:16 PM by UndeadDan — Jeff Wilder, Kyrinn S. Eis, Jal Dorak and 14 others	21 posts	Last post: Sep 23, 2008, 01:58 PM by Flamehawke

Racial Abilities - Half-Elf and Human Aug 18, 2008, 05:54 AM by Archade — minkscooter, Threeshades, Archade and 24 others	49 posts	Last post: Sep 23, 2008, 10:09 AM by Archade

Psionic Races Aug 25, 2008, 05:01 AM by Ranger of Renwood — LazarX, Ranger of Renwood, Jason Beardsley and 11 others	63 posts	Last post: Sep 22, 2008, 12:20 PM by BlaineTog

Half Orc -- Why Barbarian? Sep 20, 2008, 10:15 PM by Gamer Girrl — Threeshades, Disciple of Sakura, Gurubabaetcposingashiswife and 3 others	7 posts	Last post: Sep 21, 2008, 06:56 PM by Threeshades

Keen Senses for Half-Orcs and Halflings p.10-11 Aug 16, 2008, 03:16 AM by Roman — Robert Brambley, BlaineTog, Krome and 15 others	36 posts	Last post: Sep 19, 2008, 03:11 AM by Arakhor

Fun Methods: Ability Score Generation Aug 15, 2008, 12:01 AM by neceros — neceros, Fake Healer, Chris Mortika and 46 others	72 posts	Last post: Sep 18, 2008, 10:35 PM by wolfknight75

Petition to remove physical attractiveness from Charisma Aug 14, 2008, 03:43 PM by BlaineTog — BlaineTog, Benchak the Nightstalker, Digitalelf and 58 others	126 posts	Last post: Sep 17, 2008, 11:03 AM by Selk

[Designers] Question on Integrated Suggestions & the Paizo Use of WotC Races Aug 23, 2008, 10:47 AM by Roman — Roman, James Jacobs, Gailbraithe and 18 others	31 posts	Last post: Sep 16, 2008, 07:49 AM by The Wraith

Gnome Spell-Likes Sep 14, 2008, 10:55 AM by BlaineTog — BlaineTog, thefishcometh, Xaaon of Xen'Drik and 5 others	9 posts	Last post: Sep 15, 2008, 07:23 PM by thefishcometh

Racial bonus languages Aug 26, 2008, 04:29 PM by Squirrelloid — minkscooter, Andrew Phillips, Mistwalker and Squirrelloid	4 posts	Last post: Sep 15, 2008, 04:11 AM by minkscooter

Racial Balancing Aug 14, 2008, 06:31 PM by Adam Teles — Montalve, TomJohn, Sueki Suezo and 7 others	11 posts	Last post: Sep 14, 2008, 10:14 PM by TomJohn

Half-Orc: Orc Ferocity Aug 14, 2008, 04:56 PM by BlaineTog — BlaineTog, Xaaon of Xen'Drik, Andrew Phillips and 11 others	17 posts	Last post: Sep 14, 2008, 07:41 PM by Xaaon of Xen'Drik

Ability Scores and Encounter Level Aug 29, 2008, 01:13 PM by toyrobots — Andrew Phillips, JahellTheBard and toyrobots	3 posts	Last post: Sep 14, 2008, 07:35 PM by Andrew Phillips

Tell Me the Justification for Racial Preferred-Class Bonuses Aug 18, 2008, 10:59 AM by Subversive — Robert Brambley, Subversive, Montalve and 39 others	242 posts	Last post: Sep 14, 2008, 05:11 PM by Subversive

Suggested Halfling Bonus and Favored Class Sep 1, 2008, 05:00 AM by Jim Callaghan — Scrape, Jim Callaghan, Andrew Phillips and 15 others	23 posts	Last post: Sep 14, 2008, 12:27 PM by thefishcometh

New suggestion for Dwarven and Elven / Half-Elven racial traits Sep 12, 2008, 01:40 PM by S W — S W, Andrew Phillips, KaeYoss and 6 others	18 posts	Last post: Sep 14, 2008, 06:21 AM by Andrew Phillips

If I Could Change One Thing... Aug 27, 2008, 09:21 AM by David Fryer — David Fryer, Montalve, Andrew Phillips and 18 others	29 posts	Last post: Sep 13, 2008, 08:36 PM by Andrew Phillips

Why are things named what they are named? Sep 11, 2008, 05:19 PM by Archade — Arakhor, Majuba and Archade	4 posts	Last post: Sep 13, 2008, 06:14 PM by Arakhor

Suggestion: Remove the ECL Aug 22, 2008, 10:55 PM by Steelfiredragon — Jal Dorak, LazarX, Steelfiredragon and 20 others	34 posts	Last post: Sep 13, 2008, 05:21 AM by Arakhor

Vital Statistics and Alignment Sep 12, 2008, 09:50 AM by Kemper Woodlock — Montalve, Mark Moreland, Dennis da Ogre and 4 others	8 posts	Last post: Sep 12, 2008, 10:50 PM by Mark Moreland

Why do the core rules have to be be married to Golarion? Sep 2, 2008, 12:56 PM by Chris Perkins 88 — Montalve, Chris Perkins 88, Asgetrion and 24 others	57 posts	Last post: Sep 12, 2008, 05:44 PM by Montalve

Weapon Familiarity needs racial weapons - and here they are! Sep 12, 2008, 04:02 AM by KaeYoss — KaeYoss, Set, Matthew Morris and 3 others	10 posts	Last post: Sep 12, 2008, 04:15 PM by KaeYoss

[THINK TANK] Racial Feats Sep 7, 2008, 03:29 PM by Asgetrion — Asgetrion and Nightwish	5 posts	Last post: Sep 11, 2008, 03:36 PM by Asgetrion

Living Constructs and Level Adjustment Sep 10, 2008, 06:22 PM by RickSummon — RickSummon, BlaineTog and Iziak	5 posts	Last post: Sep 11, 2008, 11:02 AM by RickSummon

Nisei elves? Sep 9, 2008, 06:17 PM by Mosaic — DarkWhite, Quandary and Mosaic	3 posts	Last post: Sep 9, 2008, 08:16 PM by DarkWhite

Getting rid of "non-abilities"? Sep 6, 2008, 03:07 PM by hogarth — hogarth, Threeshades, Kaisoku and 8 others	24 posts	Last post: Sep 9, 2008, 01:00 AM by Kaisoku

A thought experiment, Cafeteria Style Racial Traits. Aug 22, 2008, 01:51 PM by Dennis da Ogre — Dennis da Ogre, Laurefindel, Epic Meepo and 38 others	82 posts	Last post: Sep 8, 2008, 11:39 AM by Asgetrion

Ability Scores - Issues and Suggestions Aug 25, 2008, 03:35 AM by Arovyn — Demandred69, Dread, silverhair2008 and 4 others	8 posts	Last post: Sep 8, 2008, 11:09 AM by Dread

I've Started Creating New Pathfinder Races: Brownie, Arimaspoi, etc. Aug 25, 2008, 09:06 PM by hallucitor — hallucitor, Demandred69, Krome and 4 others	13 posts	Last post: Sep 8, 2008, 09:05 AM by Demandred69

Favored Class discussion Aug 14, 2008, 09:56 AM by Mark Moreland — BlaineTog, Dennis da Ogre, Krensky and 55 others	156 posts	Last post: Sep 6, 2008, 11:45 PM by BlaineTog

[Think-Tank] ECL Races in PRPG Sep 5, 2008, 05:24 PM by Jal Dorak — JBSchroeds, Jal Dorak and SirUrza	5 posts	Last post: Sep 6, 2008, 03:06 PM by SirUrza

Strength & Acme Sep 5, 2008, 02:23 AM by Virgil — Virgil, neceros, Jim Callaghan and 3 others	12 posts	Last post: Sep 6, 2008, 08:44 AM by neceros

Statistical Averages for Stat generation methods Aug 23, 2008, 09:52 PM by darth_borehd — JBSchroeds, magdalena thiriet, darth_borehd and 5 others	19 posts	Last post: Sep 5, 2008, 09:47 PM by JBSchroeds