Races of Wild

are destined for more. The killoren have begun to makeknown their presence in the world, and a few far-seeing andlearned sages wonder at the implications of their growingpower and numbers.KILLOREN RACIAL TRAITSKilloren resemble half-elves, and males and females alikeaverage about 5-1/2 feet in height. They mature quickly, beingfull-grown by the age of 10, and live very long lives, hardlychanging at all in appearance for their first century. Killorenhave green or tan skin the texture of a soft, young leaf, andtheir limbs are unusually long and slender when comparedwith those of the humanoid races. An individual killoren’shair and eye color depends on which aspect of nature thekilloren is currently manifesting.• Fey: Killoren are of the fey type and are therefore notaffected by spells such as charm person and hold person.Unlike other fey, killoren gain Hit Dice only by acquiringlevels in a character class.• A killoren’s base land speed is 30 feet.• Low-Light Vision: Killoren can see twice as far as a humanin starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditionsof poor illumination. They retain the ability to distinguishcolor and detail under these conditions.• Immunity to magic sleep effects and a +2 racial bonus onsaves against enchantment spells or effects.• Racial Skills: Killoren have a +2 racial bonus on HandleAnimal and Survival checks.• Cold Iron Anathema (Su): Killoren have a difficult timewielding weapons made of cold iron. Killoren take a –2 penaltyon any attack roll they make with a cold iron weaponor a weapon made only partially out of cold iron, such asa cold iron spear or a bow firing cold iron arrows.• Manifest Nature’s Might (Su): Killoren are foreverbound to the raw forces of nature itself, manifesting thisbond even in their physical form. A killoren can onlymanifest one aspect of nature’s might at a time. Eachmorning as the sun rises, a killoren spends 10 minutesin quiet meditation, filling her spirit with the aspect ofnature that is most needed for her current tasks. Oncea killoren chooses an aspect, she manifests that aspectuntil the next morning, when she chooses again whichaspect to manifest. Many killoren favor one aspect overthe others and rarely choose to manifest one of the othertwo aspects.Aspect of the Ancient: While manifesting the aspectof the ancient, a killoren embodies the deep and ancientsecrets of nature itself. With this bond to nature’s secretlore, a killoren gains a racial bonus on Knowledge (nature)checks equal to her Hit Dice and gains an additional +2bonus on saving throws against enchantment effects.This bonus stacks with the killoren’s normal racialbonus on saving throws against enchantment effects.While a killoren manifests the aspect of the ancient,her hair turns white and her eyes turn to the color of ablue summer sky.Aspect of the Destroyer: Many races revere nature for itspower to destroy, but none more so than a killoren manifestingthe aspect of the destroyer. Once per hour (up to amaximum number of times per day equal to the character’sCharisma bonus, minimum 1), a killoren manifesting theaspect of the destroyer can make a special smite attack thatdeals extra damage to the foes of nature. When makingthis smite attack, a killoren adds her Charisma bonus toher attack roll and deals an extra 1 point of damage perHit Die. This smite attack works only against aberrations,constructs, humanoids, oozes, outsiders, and undead. If akilloren accidentally smites a creature that is not one of thecreature types listed above, the smite has no effect, but theability is still used up for that hour and counts against thetotal uses per day. While a killoren manifests the aspect ofthe destroyer, her hair and eyes turn a deep, lusterless black;many find the gaze of a killoren destroyer’s coal-black eyesto be unnerving.Aspect of the Hunter: The hunt affects nearly everyaspect of nature and claims a place of great prominenceand importance in the cycle of life. A killoren manifestingthe aspect of the hunt is bound to nature’s ancient traditionof the hunt, and her senses sharpen to an amazing degree.While manifesting the aspect of the hunt, a killoren gainsa +2 racial bonus on Hide, Listen, Move Silently, andSpot checks, and a +2 racial bonus on initiative checks.While a killoren manifests the aspect of the hunter, herhair and eyes turn a deep forest green, and her skin tonebecomes a deeper brown than when manifesting one ofthe other aspects.• Automatic Languages: Common, Sylvan. Bonus Languages:Aquan, Auran, Elven, Gnome, Ignan, Terran.• Favored Class: Druid.KILLOREN SOCIETYThe killoren have no organized kingdoms and only a fewscattered communities. They live comfortably in nearlyany climate, and their dwellings and communities blendbeautifully with the natural world around them. Few membersof humanoid races are knowledgeable enough aboutnature to recognize where the wilds end and a killorencommunity begins.Lands: As yet, killoren claim no lands as their own. Killorenconcepts of property and land ownership differ greatlyfrom those of the humanoid races: They see the world asbelonging to nature itself. As stewards and manifestationsof nature, they might at some point deny others the right tosettle or despoil part of the wild, but their numbers are fewenough that this has not yet come to pass. In the small conflictsthat have cropped up between killoren and particulargroups of evil humanoids, the killoren have not claimedownership of the land, instead claiming only that they guardthe land from evil.Settlements: Their small communities blend with thenatural world, but many killoren are drawn away fromtheir home community to mingle with the populationsCHAPTER 4OTHERRACES103