Favored sub-race class bonus.

[blackbloodtroll]

Are sub-races, such as the Duergar, Drow, and Svirfneblin able to take the favored class bonuses of their race to which they are a sub-race of?

[Talonhawke]

Hopefully there will be a straight answer in the ARG but in the mean time i would say yes since they are consider those races for just about everything else. YMMV

[blackbloodtroll]

So, this has yet to be addressed?

[blackbloodtroll]

Can they take alternative racial traits, provided they replace something they actually have?

[Talonhawke]

I would also say yes if they already have whats being repalced.

[blackbloodtroll]

I was thinking of a Svirfneblin with the Master Tinker racial trait, which replaces the defensive training and hatred racial traits, which both of them have.

[blackbloodtroll]

Bit of a necro. Can the sub-races take feats of the race they are a sub-race of?
Can Svirfneblin take a gnome feat? Can a Duergar take a dwarf feat?

[Johnico]

If you're already saying "yes" to them being able to do favored class stuff and racial trait stuff, it would make sense to allow them to also do feat stuff.

[blackbloodtroll]

I still want know the RAW.

[Sekret_One]

It would make sense, seeing as negative effects such as 'bane' would effect them similarly.

For RAW: in their entries in the beastaries, it says what type they are, say a duergar is humanoid, (dwarf). Therefore it's a dwarf. Therefore, it can do those things dwarves can do (such as trade out racial traits they possess for new dwarf ones, and meet the prerequisite of being a dwarf for a dwarf feat).

[blackbloodtroll]

Excellent.