Adopted trait does it allow me to use racial Items / weapons

[Bardofcyberspace]

I want to know if I am human and take adopted trait(halfling) if I can use the SOLIDSMOKE PIPEWEED from the Advanced Race Book. I also play a pipe smoking character because I enjoy smoking a pipe. I want to use this with a survivalist build. This would give me any tools I needed at hand. Just want to know if it is legal with in the rules.

[Tarantula]

"Adopted: You were adopted and raised by someone not of your actual race, and raised in a society not your own. As a result, you picked up a race trait from your adoptive parents and society, and may immediately select a race trait from your adoptive parents' race."

"Halfling Race Traits

Only halflings may select one of these traits.

Freedom Fighter: Your parents allowed escaping slaves to hide in your home, and the stories you've heard from them instilled into you a deep loathing of slavery. You gain a +1 trait bonus on any skill check or attack roll made during the process of escaping capture or in helping a slave escape bondage, and Escape Artist is always a class skill for you.

Well-Informed: You make it a point to know everyone and to be connected to everything around you. You frequent the best taverns, attend all of the right events, and graciously help anyone who needs it. Because of this, you gain a +1 trait bonus on Diplomacy checks to gather information and Knowledge (local) checks. One of these skills (your choice) is always a class skill for you."

If you take adpoted: Halfling, you can select either freedom fighter or well-informed. The solidsmoke pipeweed won't give you any benefit.

Now, you could take the Feat: Racial Heritage (Halfling).
"Racial Heritage

The blood of a non-human ancestor flows in your veins.

Prerequisite: Human.

Benefit: Choose another humanoid race. You count as both human and that race for any effects related to race. For example, if you choose dwarf, you are considered both a human and a dwarf for the purpose of taking traits, feats, how spells and magic items affect you, and so on."

That will make you count as a halfling for effects, and could then benefit from the pipeweed.

[Ansel Krulwich]

Solidsmoke Pipeweed wrote:

This smoke is caustic and chokes non-halflings. It grants non-halflings no benefits...

Being adopted by halflings does not under any circumstances make you a halfling if you are a human.

Your GM may, at his or her discretion, allow Use Magic Device to let you emulate a race (DC 25) to activate the magic item if they even allow you to purchase the item at all.

If you're asking with regards to PFS, please read the Additional Resources document.

[Bardofcyberspace]

Thank you . Racial Heritage (Halfling). Will work for the build I am going for.

[Lincoln Hills]

If I'm reading this correctly, it means that being raised by half-elves or half-orcs would give you the option of a trait that allows you to be treated as an elf (or orc) respectively, while being raised by actual elves or orcs would not. That's droll.

[Kazaan]

Lincoln Hills wrote:

If I'm reading this correctly, it means that being raised by half-elves or half-orcs would give you the option of a trait that allows you to be treated as an elf (or orc) respectively, while being raised by actual elves or orcs would not. That's droll.

You're not reading it correctly. There's a significant difference between Race Traits and Racial Traits. Adopted allows you to take Race Traits. The traits specific to a race such as Human's bonus feat or Elf's sleep immunity are Racial Traits; they cannot be shared by any means. These are two very different uses of the term Trait. One refers to the Traits system where each trait is worth about half a feat and each character gets 2 by default, separated into Social, Race, Religious, etc. The other refers to the specific abilities built into each Race by default and the abilities you have available when you build a custom race with the ARG.

[Lincoln Hills]

Phew! OK, you're right. I was thinking of racial benefits/abilities, not entries in the Traits chapter that are restricted by Race. Good thing I've never tried to use the Adopted trait!