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Loth 04-28-07, 08:43 PM	Dourin Needing help with LA History: Descendents of the true giants, that came from solaris, Dourin are a a warrior and highly military race. Battle is their lives an bodys. Dourin birth to fight, but they are not beasts they are adepts from the refinated and supreme skills of combat. More than strengh Dourin are technique. Physical description: descendants of the giants Dourin are a warrior race and their bodies resemble that. Standing in 7 to 9 feet tall, weight 260 to 500 pounds, with men noticeable taller an heavier than women. Most have golden or metallic eyes, their skin has a vestige from a golden or copper coloration. Dourin Traits: Abilities: +2 Str +2 Int -2 Dex Type: Giant Size: Medium creature Vision: Low light vision Speed: 30 feet -2 saves vs Arcane Magic and invocations -2 saves vs diseases and poisons -- Dourin are strong and resilient but the Lurani´s curse and the strange energy´s od the shadow land ha made them vulerable to diseases and poisons -2 saves vs cold effects (including weather effects) +2 fort vs all fire and heat based efects -- Dourin lives betwen thre fire montains and a terrible desert this makes them resistant to this ambients Skills: +2 balance and concentration -2 spellcraft Powerful build Languages: common and giant Bonus: Ignan, ... Favored Class: Warblade LA +0 What do you think? Balanced? It´s a race to my home brew scenario: Andráli
zook1shoe666 04-28-07, 11:52 PM	interesting.... definitely not a +0 LA, more like a +1
Loth 05-02-07, 01:02 AM	Bump! Please I need help adjusting the LA? Comments are welcome! :D
adgramaine 05-02-07, 02:31 AM	um.... I'm torn. Powerful build off-sets the Medium sized "penalty" for this giant race. The ability score bonuses are not insanely unbalancing, especially when you look at the Save Penalties. But having a -2 to all saves against magic (all kinds? Maybe change this to one or two schools of magic, or a kind of magic... say Truenaming or Shadow Magic) would make this a game breaker in most games I know of. DnD, at default, is magic-heavy. Many creatures across the CR board have spell-like abilities, and many of those are used extensively in combat encounters. Are they a desert race, or a people used to warmer climes? I assume so, due to the penalty to cold effects. Why not give them Heat Endurance, or a bonus to fire-typed attacks and saves? And a penalty to diseases and poisons... wow. I don't know about other DMs out there, but I love poisons, and my current campaign is disease-heavy. Okay, I know I am thinking while typing, so I apologize if I ramble. *ahem* Try a +2 bonus to all Fire and heat based Fort saves (unless it goes against your racial theme to do so, of course), and increase the skill bonuses to a +4, and I would give it a +1 in my own home brew game. As is, I wouldn't allow it for play since it has pretty table-heavy penalties. But, if your game is going to be low-magic, and no gritty realism forcing saves against disease every time the characters enter a dungeon, then go for it as is, with the LA at +0. Purists will say the giant subtype warrants a LA, but in this case I will have to disagree....
Loth 05-02-07, 03:41 AM	Thanks adgramaine Yeah it´s a heavy magic world, the penalities aren´t against all magic, just arcane magic so I will edit This is to compensate the abilities bonuses I like your comments, about resistance to fire it fits the concept, so i will include it... Raising the bonus to skills wont be to much? I realy want LA +0 I prefer outdors campaings most of adventures are on wilderness, few dungeons I dont use much diseases, but poisons I love the black lotus.. The giant type seems interesting but i has it´s disvantages I dont think it deserves a +1 LA... Thank you so much More comments????? AnyonE??????????? :)
adgramaine 05-02-07, 03:51 AM	If it is going to be magic heavy, then keep the skill bonuses at +2. I think if you do that, the race could work. The penalties are still bothering me. If you can, I would try and design a Feat or three unique to the race. Make them flavorful, but not overly crunchy, and it will probably make this race more immediately appealing. Since they are a warrior people, and their favored class is Warblade, I would suggest Tactical feats (as found in such books as Complete Warrior). All this is, of course, opinion... :D
Loth 05-09-07, 06:59 PM	BUMP!!! No more comments?