Oread
Applicability
This Sub-Ancestry may be applied to any base ancestry which does not have the Outsider type.Ancestry Traits
Common Traits
- Ability score modifiers: -1 Dexterity +1 Constitution. These adjustments cannot increase the total Racial bonus to ability scores to more than +2.
- Size: Unchanged
- Type: The type changes to Outsider with the Native subtype and an subtypes the base ancestry has.
- Base speed: Unchanged
- Ponderous: Oread's are much slower than others of their kin due to increased bulk and stiffer bodies. Reduce all modes of movement from the base ancestry by 10ft. This reduction cannot reduce the base movespeed below 15ft or any alternative movement modes below 10ft.
- Dense: Oread's greater density and stiffer forms make them much harder to move around. Oreads are treated as one size larger when advantageous against forced movement effects. In addition, an oread with this trait deals and receives 50% extra fall damage.
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Trait Descriptions
Acid Resistance 5: Oreads with this trait gain acid resist 5. This trait does not stack with itself
Adamantine Skin: Oread with this racial trait gain DR 3/- but increase their armor check penalty by 2 (this means that even oreads with no armor suffer at least a -2 armor check penalty).
Constitution Bonus: Oread with this trait gain an additional +2 racial bonus to Constitution. This allows the total racial bonus to exceed +2.
Crystalline Skin: Oreads with this trait gain a +2 racial bonus to AC against rays thanks to their reflective crystalline skin. In addition, once per day, they can deflect a single ray attack targeted at them as if they were using the Deflect Arrows feat.
Earth Affinity: An Oread with this trait treats all mental stats as 2 higher and adds +1 to the caster level for all spells and Bloodline/Domain/Mystery abilities cast using a class providing any of the following: the Deep Earth, Elemental (Earth), or Shaitan Bloodlines; the Earth Domain, or the Metal or Stone Mysteries.
Granite Skin: Oreads with this trait gain +1 natural armor.
Oread Gem Magic: Oreads with this racial trait can augment their earth-related spells and spell-like abilities through the use of precious and semiprecious gemstones as additional material components (see Table: Oread Gem Magic). The gems are destroyed in the process, granting the spell the listed effects in addition to its normal effects unless otherwise noted. Only one instance of oread gem magic can be applied to a spell at a time; excess expended gems do not stack.
| Spell/Spell-Like Ability | Effect | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Binding Earth | +1 damage; +1 to DC of Strength checks | Garnet worth 50 gp. |
| Binding Earth, Mass | As binding earth augmentation, affecting all targets of the augmented spell | Garnets worth 250 gp. |
| Calcific Touch | +1 Dexterity damage | Aquamarine worth 250 gp. |
| Clashing Rocks | +1 damage per damage die | Emeralds worth 1,500 gp. |
| Earthquake | +2 Reflex save DC in whatever application the spell is used; area increases to 100-foot-radius shapeable spread | Jet worth 500 gp. |
| Elemental Body | Duration increases to 10 minutes/level. | Amber worth 250 gp for elemental body I, +100 gp per spell level for greater versions. |
| Elemental Swarm | Earth elementals summoned gain the advanced simple template (this does not stack with the Augment Summoning feat) | Rubies worth 1,200 gp. |
| Magic Stone | Range increment increases by 10 feet. | Moonstone worth 25 gp. |
| Meld into Stone | Can bring up to 200 pounds of equipment with you; you can see as normal out of the stone | Peridots worth 150 gp. |
| Mighty Fist of Earth | Increase unarmed strike damage by one step (to 1d4 in most instances) | Sard or sardonyx worth 25 gp. |
| Raging Rubble | Rubble deals +1 damage; distraction DC increases by 1 | Tourmaline worth 80 gp. |
| Shifting Sand | Move area of sands up to 15 feet as a move action | Turquoise worth 125 gp. |
| Soften Earth and Stone | Creatures can move only at a quarter their normal speed (minimum 5 feet) in areas of mud and loose dirt | Fluorite worth 100 gp. |
| Spike Stones | +1 piercing damage; spikes deal 1 point of bleed damage | Topaz worth 300 gp. |
| Stone Shape | Shapes that include moving parts have only 5% chance of not working | Opal worth 250 gp. |
| Stone Shield | If your opponent’s attack strikes the stone shield, its full damage roll is also applied to its weapon. Unarmed strikes and natural attacks are not affected | Jade worth 75 gp. |
| Stoneskin | The cost of this spell’s expensive material component can be reduced or increased to affect the spell’s power accordingly. With reduced components, the spell grants DR 10/silver (instead of adamantine with increased components, the spell absorbs 15 points of damage per caster level before it’s discharged | Diamonds worth 150 gp (reduced diamonds worth 500 gp (increased). |
| Wall of Stone | Wall is 1 inch thick per 3 caster levels. | Sapphire worth 400 gp. |
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