Alright so, a group I'm in decided to give the Race Builder a try for a campaign and we were allowed to pick any race in the book within reason and try to build it via Race Build. My initial was a Pixie and I managed to get it under 40 points and be near identical. Today I took a look at Cyclops, a race that interested me so much because of their Lore in Pathfinder and their Lore in other works of fantasy and I decided to build it.
Initially, I made it as close to Cyclops as I could, the only thing I could not do was give it its +7 Natural Armor, I could only go up to +4 in total, Rock Catching prevented one more as it was a Defensive Trait, and its +8 Racial to Perception, I could only give it +2.
After giving it a thorough look over I asked my DM for some tips because I felt that, based off of a 10 HD monster, it was still too strong. I wanted the purpose to feel like you are a Cyclops without being ridiculously overpowered at level 1.The Original build was 25 points and included more Natural Armor and Advanced Wisdom, giving it a +2 Wisdom since Cyclops are an old race and are wise. However since I decided to not do a full breed of Cyclops, and Half of something should never ever be as strong as a pure breed in base stats, I removed some armor and the wisdom. After that was done, I got this, my Half-Cyclops.
Feedback is Appreciated.
Half-Cyclops (19 RP)
Humanoid (Giant) 0 RP
Large (7 RP)
Normal Speed (0 RP)
Specialized (1 RP) +2 Str/Con, -2 Cha
Xenophobic (0 RP) Common, Cyclops, Giant.
Natural Armor (2 RP) +1 Natural Armor
Improved Natural Armor (2 RP) +2 Natural Armor
Skill Bonus (2 RP) (+2 Perception)
Ferocity (4 RP)
Low-Light Vision (1 RP)
Tacticslion wrote: Dot. Dot?
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I don't know if you are interested, or if the following helps, but Purple Duck Games created a half-cyclops race. You can click the link to see how they compare if you wish.
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ericthecleric wrote: I don't know if you are interested, or if the following helps, but Purple Duck Games created a half-cyclops race. You can click the link to see how they compare if you wish. This has me so intimidated now. its 10x better than what i have. All my work just got invalidated T_T
Danzibe1989 wrote: Tacticslion wrote: Dot. Dot? It's a method of marking a thread as "Come back to it later." I'm on my phone right now, and unlikely to give it the fair chance it deserves. :)
Danzibe1989 wrote: Tacticslion wrote: Dot. Dot? "Dot" means "I am interested in this post. It's easy to find posts made by others when I reply in the thread, so I am "dotting" this for interest".
Tacticslion wrote: Danzibe1989 wrote: Tacticslion wrote: Dot. Dot? It's a method of marking a thread as "Come back to it later." I'm on my phone right now, and unlikely to give it the fair chance it deserves. :) Ahhh ok
After the link that was given, i've graciously used a few of those ideas to better my own.
Half-Cyclops (11 RP)
Humanoid (Giant) 0 RP
Medium (0 RP)
Normal Speed (0 RP)
Standard (0 RP) +2 Str, +2 Wis, -2 Cha
Xenophobic (0 RP) Common, Cyclops, Giant.
Natural Armor (2 RP) +1 Natural Armor
Skill Bonus (2 RP) (+2 Perception)
Ferocity (4 RP)
Low-Light Vision (1 RP)
Lesser Spell-like ability (2 RP) 1/day Augury
Danzibe1989 wrote: ericthecleric wrote: I don't know if you are interested, or if the following helps, but Purple Duck Games created a half-cyclops race. You can click the link to see how they compare if you wish. This has me so intimidated now. its 10x better than what i have. All my work just got invalidated T_T
Oh. Sorry! That wasn't my intention. Please use whichever version is more fun for you. :)
ericthecleric wrote: Danzibe1989 wrote: ericthecleric wrote: I don't know if you are interested, or if the following helps, but Purple Duck Games created a half-cyclops race. You can click the link to see how they compare if you wish. This has me so intimidated now. its 10x better than what i have. All my work just got invalidated T_T
Oh. Sorry! That wasn't my intention. Please use whichever version is more fun for you. :) it was just so much better than what i had, but I took a few pieces from it to help my build. the one i just posted is the finished version.
I just wanna know what they look like.
Since they're Large, I would go ahead and give them reach for 1 RP more.
EDIT: Oops, I see they got downsized. Never mind.
P.S. I assume they have 1.5 eyes? :)
Fuzzy-Wuzzy wrote: Since they're Large, I would go ahead and give them reach for 1 RP more.
EDIT: Oops, I see they got downsized. Never mind.
P.S. I assume they have 1.5 eyes? :)
No, 1 eye just like a normal Cyclops.
Freehold DM wrote: I just wanna know what they look like. thats hard to say. Pathfinder has them looking both grotesque and beautiful (for a cyclops). Well at least the females are beautiful, i haven't seen a beautiful male or grotesque male. I guess they can look how they want in the face. Inner Sea Monsters has Lore on them as well as their racial Oracle archetype. Theres a female in that book.
Fuzzy-Wuzzy wrote: Since they're Large, I would go ahead and give them reach for 1 RP more.
EDIT: Oops, I see they got downsized. Never mind.
P.S. I assume they have 1.5 eyes? :)
depends- maybe they are cross bred with a race with no eyes (because the cyclops are kings in the land of the blind). Thus, they have .5 eyes. Eye.
Danzibe1989 wrote: After the link that was given, i've graciously used a few of those ideas to better my own.
Half-Cyclops (11 RP)
Humanoid (Giant) 0 RP
Medium (0 RP)
Normal Speed (0 RP)
Standard (0 RP) +2 Str, +2 Wis, -2 Cha
Xenophobic (0 RP) Common, Cyclops, Giant.
Natural Armor (2 RP) +1 Natural Armor
Skill Bonus (2 RP) (+2 Perception)
Ferocity (4 RP)
Low-Light Vision (1 RP)
Lesser Spell-like ability (2 RP) 1/day Augury
I would consider that a much more balanced player race than your original version, and would allow such a race in my games.
Being naturally large size and getting bonuses to both strength and con is definitely a little too good.
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