Feyun
Having no central nation that Feyun can call home, they can be found anywhere. They are usually found at taverns entertaining people, but they are sometimes found in wilderness glades protecting the forest from those who wish to destroy it.
Personality: Feyun are a merry bunch, but the people in general have a certain sadness that they are born with. They, like the Gnomes, like jokes and pranks, but, unlike the Gnomes, they are deeply repentant when they hurt someone’s feelings. They adore gems as Gnomes and Dwarves, but they are rarely greedy—except when it comes to jewelry. They covet jewelry like the Second Coming. They adore the woodlands like the Elves. They are a peace—driven people, and they will go to war to bring peace.
Alignment: Feyun love freedom like the elves, and they tend toward good as they are a more peace—driven people. They are rarely lawful, but a Feyun paladin is a much revered person among the Feyun.
Feyun Lands: Feyun do not have lands because of their two Great Wars before and after their Golden Age. Therefore, they dwell in mostly other racially dominant areas or secluded in the woodlands.
Religion: Feyun revere and worship Foret, who created them as her first creatures, above all others, but if they have any “secondary” deities, they would be Lebn, Natre, and The Traveler.
Language: Feyun speak Sylvan, having learned it from their woodland friends long ago, and common.
Adventurers: Feyun are a restless and wandering race. Sometimes they find adventure, but more likely adventure finds them.
Subraces
There are few subraces of Feyun. They are as follows:
Dark Feyun (Necrumanci)
Not a playable race.
Deep Feyun (Eau)
The Aquatic version of the Feyun. The Deep Feyun are a reclusive but cheerful race. Some scholars believe that Deep Feyun (as opposed to Aquatic Elves or Mermaids) are the origin of the Siren legends. Deep Feyun are similar in look and culture as well as mannerisms to the Surface Feyun. However, they do not have the same racial traits.
Terra Feyun (Terre)
Terre are the subterranean version of the Feyun. Terre have the base Fayun traits with the following exceptions:
- No Low-Light Vison, Darkvision: Terre can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and Terre can function just fine with no light at all.
- +2 Search instead of Spot. Living in the Dark, the Terre have learned how to find things.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Humanoid Two arms, Two legs, on head, organs all in the right places
Additional Information
Social Structure
Feyun are very family-based and if one person in the family is mourning, they all mourn.
Facial characteristics
They typically have very delicate and nymph-like features.
Average Intelligence
On par with human average intelligence and wisdom (META: 10-11 Int, Wis), but are a persuasive and beautiful race (META: 12-13 Cha)
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
The five basic senses plus Low—Light vision: Feyun can see three times as far as humans in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. They retain the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Feyun favor names with meaning, and they all choose their own name when they reach the Age of Adulthood.
Male Names: Lenjer (love), Corellon (woods) Rener (forest), Fharlanghn (road), Obad (nature).
Female Names: Demva (love), Ehlonna (woods), Meva (forest), Teva (road), Hai (nature).
Family/Clan Names: Larethian (love), Natren (woods), Foret (forest), Bendu (traveler), Natensor (nature).
Feyun have names under the following convention:
Males: GivenName FathersFamilyName-FathersClanName. E.x. Rener Natensor-Larethian
Females: GivenName FathersFamilyName. E.x. Ehlonna Natensor
Married Females: GivenName FathersFamilyName-HusbandsClanName. E.x. Ehlonna Natensor-Bendu
Beauty Ideals
Feyun have high standards of beauty merely because it is rare for them to not be beautiful. Ugly Feyun are considered Cursed, and unclean, much like Lepers in Jesus' time.
Gender Ideals
The Feyun believe in equity amongst me and women and do not discriminate, although they do typically fall into gender stereotypes.
Courtship Ideals
Feyun understand and revere the three Higher Loves, Sturgis, Agape and Eros. Fathers arrange marriages with the son and daughter's wishes weighing heavily in the decision-making.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
All Feyun speak Sylvan, but each subrace also has their own dialect:
Deep Feyun speak Aqualish
Dark Feyun speak Nevron
Terra Feyun speak Undercommon
(See Elves for more info on these languages)
Common Etiquette Rules
Natural Chivalry, that is, being chivalrous while still being true to the self, is very important amongst the Feyun.
Common Dress Code
Feyun are very in tune with nature, and it is not uncommon to see them meditating in the woods clothelss, but they understand the need for modesty amongst others, especially strangers.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Feyun get along well with gnomes because of their shared love of precious gems and jewelry, and they both love jokes and pranks. They get along well with Halflings and Kender, for their love of jokes, but they think Kender take the jokes to far complaining that they were innocent of all the wrongs they do. They find Hobbits not at all fun and boring as do most races on Rasani. They get along well with Dwarves for their shared interest in gems, and shared disdain of Necromancy, their only sticking point with Gnomes, but they do think half—dwarves need some refining. Elves and half—elves, they get along fine with, for their shared love of nature and freedom. They view half—orcs with as much suspicion as the elves do.
On par with human strength and dexterity (META: 10-11 Str, Dex), but are frail in nature (META: 8-9 Con)
Females often have a red/green or amber/red, blond/blue/fair, or black/black/fair hair/eye/skin set, but a combination of them is not uncommon. Males, on the other hand all have black/blue/white or black/brown/white sets.
FEYUN RACIAL TRAITS
- +2 Cha, -2 Con. Feyun are a beautiful and charismatic race, but are frail in nature.
- Medium—Sized: as Medium—sized creatures, Feyun have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
- Feyun Base Speed is 30 ft.
- +2 saving throw against necromancy spells because of their deep involvement in necromancy in the past.
- Low—Light vision: Feyun can see three times as far as humans in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. They retain the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
- +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against orcs and goblinoids (goblins, bugbears, and hobgoblins). Feyun fight these creatures for the survival of nature, so they have studied their fighting techniques.
- +4 Dodge bonus against Undead. They created necroman-cy, and undead, so they know how undead work. Note that any time a character loses their positive Dexterity bo-nus to AC, such as when they are caught flat—footed, they lose this bonus.
- +2 racial bonus to Spot checks: Feyun have sharp eyes.
- +2 racial bonus to Appraise checks that involve gems or jewelry: Feyun are familiar with these items and can iden-tify their worth by touch, smell, and sight.
- Automatic Languages: Common, Sylvan. Bonus Lan-guages: Elven, Dwarven, Gnome, Halfling, Orc, and Gob-lin. Feyun know the languages of their allies and their en-emies. Also, a Feyun can speak with animals to either rats, dogs, or songbirds (for city—dwellers) or squir-rels/chipmunks, foxes, and songbirds (for woodland dwell-ers) as a spell—like ability. This ability is innate to Feyun dating back to when they were creatures of nature them-selves. It has a duration of 1 minute (the Feyun is consid-ered a first—level caster when casting this spell regardless of their actual level)
- Feyun with an Intelligence of 12 to 18 has the Minor Bardic Knowledge ability: as the Bardic Knowledge ability except: the DC is multiplied by 2, and the bard level is half of the Feyun’s actual level. Any Feyun Bard with 12—18 intelligence reduces the DC by ¼. A Feyun with an intelligence of 19 or higher receives the full Bardic Knowledge ability as the bard of equal level. A Feyun Bard with an intelligence of 19 or higher receives a DC re-duction of ½.
- A Feyun with a charisma of 10 or higher may cast the 0—level spells (cantrips) dancing lights, ghost sound, and prestidigitation each once per day. These are arcane spells, and as such, the Feyun suffers spell failure penalties for wearing armor. Treat the Feyun as a 1st level caster for all spell effects dependant on level.
- Favored Class: Bard. A multiclass Feyun’s bard class does not count when determining whether he suffers an XP penalty.
DEEP FEYUN RACIAL TRAITS
- +2 Cha, -2 Con. Feyun are a beautiful and charismatic race, but are frail in nature.
- Medium—Sized: as Medium—sized creatures, Feyun have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
- Feyun Base Speed is 30 ft and have a swim speed of 60 ft.
- +2 saving throw against necromancy spells because of their deep involvement in necromancy in the past.
- Low—Light vision: Feyun can see three times as far as humans in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. They retain the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
- Darkvision: Deep Feyun can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and Deep Feyun can function just fine with no light at all.
- +1 racial bonus on attack rolls against Animals that make their home in the sea (Sharks, Whales, etc.). Feyun are the Apex Predator in their part of the ocean and know these creatures.
- +4 Dodge bonus against Undead. They created necromancy, and undead, so they know how undead work. Note that any time a character loses their positive Dexterity bo-nus to AC, such as when they are caught flat—footed, they lose this bonus.
- +2 racial bonus to Listen checks: Feyun have sharp ears.
- Deep Feyun also have Blindsight of 50 ft in the air and 100 ft underwater, because their "hair" is an electrical sonar/radar emitter. They can't "see" per-se, but they can perceive where objects are. They get a rough outline and can detect movement. Anything moving faster than electricity is undetectable.
- Automatic Languages: Common, Sylvan, Aqualish. Bonus Languages: Elven, Dwarven, Gnome, Halfling, Orc, and Goblin, Aquan. Feyun know the languages of their allies and their enemies. Also, a Deep Feyun can speak with animals to Sea Creatures as a spell—like ability. This ability is innate to Feyun dating back to when they were creatures of nature them-selves. It has a duration of 1 minute (the Feyun is considered a first—level caster when casting this spell regardless of their actual level)
- Feyun with a Charisma of 12 to 18 has the Minor Bardic Music ability: as the Bardic
Music ability except: the DC is multiplied by 2, and the bard level is half of the Feyun’s actual level. Any Feyun Bard with 12—18 Charisma reduces the DC by ¼. A Feyun with a Charisma of 19 or higher receives the full Bardic Knowledge ability as the bard of equal level. A Feyun Bard with a Carisma of 19 or higher receives a DC reduction of ½. - Favored Class: Bard. A multiclass Feyun’s bard class does not count when determining whether he suffers an XP penalty.
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