I was referring to a breath weapon that scales 1d6 per Bab. At low level that's too good for say a fighter to have as a racial.But it's very good for a non caster to have 10d6 of an elemental type that affects an area. Too good. Especially at low levels.level 10 is not low level......
It's not going to be a racial trait. It's going to be a feat.
I don't plan to make it that powerful. They can't get it at anything lower than level 5 and the max damage is going to be 7d6 if I do decide to scale it at all.
You're welcome.
Ok, I'm thinking of making one more trait selection that would replace Flight. It could combine Ferocity and Fast. It's a net loss of one point, but that's still pretty balanced, right?
Fast (1 RP)
Prerequisites: Normal speed.
Benefit: Members of this race gain a +10 foot bonus to their base speed.
Special: This trait can be taken more than once, but each time it is, the cost increases by 1 RP. Its effects stack.
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Ferocity (4 RP)
Prerequisites: None.
Benefit: Members of this race gain the following extraordinary ability: If the hit points of a member of this race fall below 0 but it is not yet dead, it can continue to fight. If it does, it is staggered, and loses 1 hit point each round. It still dies when its hit points reach a negative amount equal to its Constitution score.
You think so?
Ok.
Alright, Archives of Nethys doesn't have a section for building new races, and d20pfsrd doesn't have a single trait that gives bonuses to saves against sleep and paralysis.
Would a trait that make one immune to both be worth about 4 points? And would it be a valid replacement with flight? Still including the Fast trait to give a boost to land speed.
Ok. I guess I would word it like this:
Members of this race are immune to paralysis and magical sleep effects. Their land speed increases by 10 feet and gain +2 to (insert Skill here). They also receive a +2 to saves against spells with one energy type. This type must match Energy Resistance. This replaces Flight.
They originally came with a boost to Intimidate, so I'll make that the skill here.
Fair enough.
I've decided to just use the given list for the languages, only I'm going to switch out Kobald and Minotaur for Halfling and Gnomish.
So they start off with Common and Draconic. And they can also pick from Dwarvish, Elemental, Elvish, Infernal, Gnomish, Halfling, and Ghoulish/Undercommon.
Really?
Well, it's a third party race to begin with. There's probably third party languages.
In 5th Edition, there is a language called Primordial that has 4 dialects: Aquan, Auran, Ignan, and Terran. You just need to know Primordial to speak to water wierds, invisible stalkers, azers, and galeb duhr. :-)
Maybe that's what they meant by elemental as a language.
I think I've figured out how to make the breath weapon feat work.
Required: Character level 5, dragonkin. Feat: Gain a breath attack in the shape of a 30-foot cone. This attack does 4d6 damage and can be used 2 times a day plus Cha. At level 9 and every 4 levels after, increase damage by 1d6 for a maximum of 7d6 at level 17. Ref save for zero damage. At level 12, Ref save for half damage. If you possess the Energy Resistance racial trait, this attack must match the type chosen. Otherwise choose Acid, Fire, Cold, or Lightning. This choice cannot be changed.
Oh, and I need help figuring out the DC for this.
I'd set the dc at 10+1/2 character level+either con or cha. You seem to be leaning cha. However is also qualify it with a once every 1d4 rounds. Space it out a little. At 5th level that's a pretty great effect for a fighter or the like so giving the 1d4 rounds means they can't always just spam it one after another. Other than that seems balanced.
Sounds fair. Thanks.
I meant the mod. I'm just used to leaving out the word mod on my character sheets since it takes up room. I'll make sure to include it in the wording of the feat. I'll consider the ref save.
Both of you make good points.
The good thing about having baseline reflex save for zero damage is that characters cannot apply evasion or improved evasion to their saves (they are only for reflex saves that deal half damage on a successful save). Provided they put up with it long enough, their breath weapon eventually becomes better than most other attacks.
I'll consider how I want to breath attack to work.
So, what could I do for favored class options? I guess I could just borrow from other race lists.
Those sounds pretty good.
I'm slowly going through the classes and picking out the favored bonuses I like best from their list. Here's what I have so far:
Alchemist: +1 to Craft Alchemy checks to create poison and +1/4 to the DC of poisons they create.
Arcanist: +1/6 to the number of points gained in arcane reserve each day.
Barbarian: +1/2 to the total number of rage rounds each day.
Bard: +1 to CMD when resisting Disarm or Sunder.
Bloodrager: +1/2 to total number of bloodrage rounds each day.
Brawler: +1 to CMD when resisting Trip or Overrun.
Cavalier: +1 to mount’s HP. Transferred to any new mount.
Cleric: +1/3 to damage dealt or healed when using channel energy.
Druid: +1 to companion’s HP. Transferred to any new companion.
Fighter: +1 to CMD when resisting Bull Rush or Trip.
Gunslinger: +1/4 to grit point total.
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Oracle: Choose a revelation with daily uses of at least 3+Cha a day. +1/2 use a day.
(I'm going to go with Oracle as my favored class for my NPC.)