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620_88578_RacesFaerun4.qxd 1/16/03 1:17 PM Page 1 GAME DESIGN ERIC L. BOYD, ROBERT RAPER ART DIRECTION JAMES JACOBS, AND MATT FORBECK ROBERT CAMPBELL, GRAPHIC DESIGN CYNTHIA FLIEGE, ADDITIONAL DESIGN SEAN K REYNOLDS AND ROBERT RAPER AND JASON CARL GREG STAPLES COVER ILLUSTRATION SPECIAL THANKS THOMAS M. COSTA DENNIS CALERO INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION DEVELOPmEnt RICHARD BAKER DENNIS CRAMER AND DAVID NOONAN MIKE DUTTON WAYNE ENGLAND EDITORS DAVID NOONAN AND JEREMY JARVIS JOHN D. RATELIFF VINCE LOCKE DAVID MARTIN CREATIVE DIRECTOR RICHARD BAKER RAVEN MIMURA JIM PAVELEC DIRECTOR OF RPG R&D BILL SLAVICSEK VINOD RAMS ADAM REX VICE-PRESIDENT PUBLISHING MARY KIRCHOFF ANGELIKA LOKOTZ TYPESETTING CATEGORY MANAGER ANTHONY VALTERRASampleE fileRIN DORRIES PROJECT MANAGER MARTIN DURHAM CHAS DELONG PRODUCTION MANAGER RESOURCES: Cormanthyr, Empire of the Elves, by Steven E. Schend and Kevin Melka; Demihuman Deities by Eric L. Boyd; Demihumans of the Realms, by Roger E. Moore; Empires of the Shining Sea, by Steven E. Schend and Dale Donovan; Epic Level Handbook, by Andy Collins and Bruce R. Cordell; Lands of Intrigue, by Steven E. Schend; Faiths & Avatars, by Julia Martin with Eric L. Boyd; Spellbound, by Anthony Pryor; and Tome & Blood, by Bruce R. Cordell and Skip Williams. Based on the original DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® rules created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and the new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game designed by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, and Peter Adkison. This Wizards of the Coast game product contains no Open Game Content. No portion of this work may be reproduced in any form without written permission. To learn more about the Open Gaming License and the d20 System License, please visit www.wizards.com/d20. U.S., CANADA, ASIA, EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS PACIFIC, & LATIN AMERICA Wizards of the Coast, Belgium Wizards of the Coast, Inc. T Hosfveld 6d P.O. Box 707 1702 Groot-Bijgaarden Renton WA 98057-0707 ® Belgium (Questions?) 1-800-324-6496 +322 467 3360 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Printing: March 2003 620-88578-001-EN DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, DRAGON, FORGOTTEN REALMS, the d20 system logo and the Wizards of the Coast logo are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All Wizards characters, character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Distributed to the hobby, toy, and comic trade in the United States and Canada by regional distributors. Distributed in the United States to the book trade by Holtzbrinck Publishing. Distributed in Canada to the book trade by Fenn Ltd. Distributed worldwide by Wizards of the Coast, Inc., and regional distributors. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This product is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual people, organizations, places, or events is purely coincidental. ©2003 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. Visit our website at www.wizards.com/forgottenrealms 620_88578_RacesFaerun4.qxd 1/14/03 12:17 PM Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Introduction . .3 Chapter 8: Planetouched . .112 Race, Subrace, and Ethnic Group . .3 Aasimar . .112 How to Read a Racial Entry . .4 Air Genasi . .114 Level Adjustments and ECL . .5 Earth Genasi . .116 Racial Hit Dice . .6 Fey’ri . .118 How to Read a Region . .7 Fire Genasi . .121 Tanarukk . .123 Chapter 1: Dwarves . .8 Tiefling . .125 Arctic Dwarf . .9 Water Genasi . .127 Gold Dwarf . .11 Gray Dwarf . .14 Chapter 9: Minor Races . .130 Shield Dwarf . .17 Aarakocra . .130 Urdunnir . .20 Centaur . .132 Wild Dwarf . .23 Goblinoids . .134 Kir-lanan . .137 Chapter 2: Elves . .26 Lizardfolk . .140 Aquatic Elf . .28 Lycanthropes . .142 Avariel . .31 Shade . .147 Drow . .34 Wemic . .149 Moon Elf . .38 Yuan-ti . .151 Sun Elf . .40 Wild Elf . .43 Appendix . .154 Wood Elf . .45 Equipment . .154 Feats . .160 Chapter 3: Gnomes . .48 Magic Items . .170 Deep Gnome . .49 Monsters . .174 Forest Gnome . .52 Animal . .174 Rock Gnome . .55 Cavvekan . .175 Deathfang . .175 Chapter 4: Half-Elves . .58 Osquip . .176 Common Half-Elves . .59 Snake, Flying . .177 Half-Aquatic Elf . .60 Steeder . .177 Half-Drow . .Sample . .62 Prestige file Classes . .178 Battlerager . .178 Chapter 5: Half-Orcs and Orcs . .64 Bladesinger . .179 Gray Orc . .65 Breachgnome . .181 Half-Orc . .67 Elven High Mage . .182 Mountain Orc . .68 Great Rift Skyguard . .183 Orog . .71 Orc Warlord . .184 Spellsinger . ..