Ifrit

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Mortals whose ancestry includes beings of elemental fire such as efreet, ifrits are a passionate and fickle race. No ifrit is satisfied with a sedentary life; like a wildfire, ifrits must keep moving or burn away into nothingness. Ifrits not only adore flames, but personify multiple aspects of them as well, embodying both fire's dynamic, ever-changing energy and its destructive, pitiless nature.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Ifrits vary in appearance as widely as their elemental ancestors do. Most have pointy ears, red or mottled horns on the brow, and hair that flickers and waves as if it were aflame. Some possess skin the color of polished brass or have charcoal-hued scales covering their arms and legs. Ifrits favor revealing and ostentatious clothing in bright oranges and reds, preferably paired with gaudy jewelry.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Ifrits are most often born into mortal communities, and rarely form societies of their own. Those who grow up in a city are almost always imprisoned or driven off before they reach adulthood; most are simply too hot-headed and independent to fit into civilized society, and their predilection toward pyromania doesn't endear them to the local authorities. Those born into nomadic or tribal societies fare much better, since ifrits' instinctive urge to explore and conquer their surroundings can easily earn them a place among their tribe's leadership.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Male Names: Aja, Denat, Efit, Elum, Jalij, Maqej, Urah.
Female Names: Alayi, Etwa, Maqan, Qari, Sami, Zetaya.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Even the best-natured ifrits tend to view other individuals as tools to use as they see fit, and as such they get along best with races they can charm or browbeat into submission. Half-elves and gnomes often find themselves caught up in an ifrit's schemes, while halflings, half-orcs, and dwarves usually bridle at ifrits' controlling nature. Strangely, ifrits sometimes form incredibly close bonds with elves, whose calm, aloof nature seems to counterbalance an ifrit's impulsiveness. Most ifrits refuse to associate with sylphs, but are otherwise on peaceable terms with the other elemental-touched races.

Subraces

Lavasoul (Magma Ifrit)

Like the primal fires of creation, lavasoul ifrits are both fluid and fixed, alternating between stability and violent alteration. Mutable and intense, lavasouls evoke the cycle of creation and destruction in their colorful lives, unafraid to pursue new paradigms when the old ones no longer suit them. Many are dark-skinned but riven with blazing lines, which are sometimes also reflected in bright hair or eye colors. They tend to embrace body modification, acquiring and discarding tattoos and piercings as they feel appropriate. Lavasouls can be found in places where seismic change is commonplace and destructive creation is not seen as a contradiction.

Typical Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Ability Modifiers: +2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence, -2 Dexterity
Alternate Spell-Like Ability: Lavasouls gain Burning Sands as a spell-like ability.
Magma Affinity: This racial trait functions as and can be replaced as the base ifrit’s fire affinity, except it benefits sorcerers with the efreeti bloodline and spellcasters with the Ash subdomain.

Sunsoul (Solar Ifrit)

Strong in character and in body, sunsoul ifrits are incurably optimistic agents of positive change. With fire comes light, and the brightness of the sunsouls comes both from their affinity for positive energy and their own luminous attitudes. Where others despair, they labor on, striving to lead by example. Strong leaders and passionate ethos attract sunsouls, drawing them toward powerful religions or crusading nations. They can also be found in places where darkness is settling in. Sunsouls cannot easily hide their presence, and most would never try. Most sunsouls tend to have fair hair, often nearly white, and eyes that glow with a twinkle all their own. Some seem to glow from within, as if lit from inside by an inner sunlight. Unafraid to be seen, they dress in whatever styles please them, even when it means they stand out among populations either more daring or more conservative.

Typical Alignment: Lawful Good
Ability Modifiers: +2 Strength, +2 Charisma, -2 Wisdom
Alternate Spell-Like Ability: Sunsouls gain Sun Metal as a spell-like ability.
Solar Affinity: This racial trait functions as and can be replaced as the base ifrit’s fire affinity, except it benefits sorcerers with the celestial bloodline and spellcasters with the Sun domain.

Alternate Racial Traits

Replaces Energy Resistance

Wildfire Heart

Ifrits with this trait are as swift and dangerous as a blazing wildfire. They gain a +4 racial bonus on initiative checks. This racial trait replaces Energy Resistance.

Replaces Energy Resistance, Spell-Like Ability

Brazen Flame

An unusual number of ifrits are able to infuse their weapons with flames in mortal combat, rather than protect them or grant spells. An ifrit with this racial trait deals 1 point of fire damage with its melee attacks. This racial trait replaces the Energy Resistance and Spell-Like Ability traits.

Replaces Fire Affinity

Desert Mirage

Ifrits thrive in the deserts of the world, where their keen instincts and resistance to heat give them a huge edge over their competitors. Those with this trait gain a +2 racial bonus on Stealth checks in desert environments and on saves to resist starvation and thirst. This racial trait replaces Fire Affinity.

Fire in the Blood

Ifrits with this racial trait mimic the healing abilities of the mephits, gaining fast healing 2 for 1 round anytime they take fire damage (whether or not this fire damage gets through their fire resistance). The ifrits can heal up to 2 hit points per level per day with this ability, after which it ceases to function. This racial trait replaces Fire Affinity.

Fire Insight

Ifrit spellcasters sometimes find that their elemental heritage makes creatures of fire more willing to serve them. Summon Monster and Summon Nature’s Ally spells that the ifrit casts last 2 rounds longer than normal when used to summon creatures with the fire subtype. This racial trait replaces Fire Affinity.

Fire Starter

Ifrits with this racial trait derive sadistic satisfaction from watching others burn. Anytime the ifrit causes a creature to catch fire, he gains a +1 morale bonus on the next single attack roll, saving throw, skill check, or ability check that he makes in the next round. The ifrit only gains this bonus the first time he causes a particular creature to catch fire; subsequent times the creature catches fire provide no bonus. This racial trait replaces Fire Affinity.

Hypnotic

Ifrits with this racial trait evoke the entrancing nature of flame, adding +1 to the DC for all saving throws against spells or effects they cast that inflict the fascinated condition. Once per day, when a creature rolls a saving throw against such an effect from the ifrit, the ifrit can spend an immediate action to force that creature to reroll the saving throw and use the second result, even if it is worse. The ifrit must announce he is using this ability before the results of the first roll are revealed. This racial trait replaces Fire Affinity.

Replaces Languages, Subtype, Type

Mostly Human

A few ifrits, oreads, sulis, sylphs, and undines have appearances much closer to those of their human ancestors; in fact, they may not even realize their true race. Such geniekin appear to be human, save perhaps minor features like unusual eye color, and they count as humanoid (human) as well as outsider (native) for all purposes (such as humanoid-affecting spells such as Charm Person or Enlarge Person). These geniekin do not automatically gain their associated elemental language (but may select it as a bonus language if their Intelligence is high enough). This ability alters the geniekin’s type, subtype, and languages.

Replaces Spell-Like Ability

Efreeti Magic

Some ifrits inherit an efreeti ancestor’s ability to magically change a creature’s size. They can cast either Enlarge Person or Reduce Person (the ifrit chooses when using this ability) once per day as a spell-like ability (caster level equals the ifrit’s level). The ifrit can use this ability to affect other ifrits as though they were humanoid creatures. This racial trait replaces the Spell-Like Ability racial trait.

Forge-Hardened

Not all ifrits are descended from efreet—some instead descend from azers or even salamanders. Such ifrits gain a +2 racial bonus on Craft (Armor and Weapons) checks and saves to resist fatigue and exhaustion. This racial trait replaces the Spell-Like Ability racial trait.

Favored Class Options

Instead of receiving an additional skill rank or hit point whenever they gain a level in a favored class, ifrits have the option of choosing from a number of other bonuses, depending upon their favored class. The following options are available to all ifrits who have the listed favored class.

• Alchemist: Add +1/2 to the alchemist’s bomb damage.
• Bard: Add +1/6 to the number of people the bard can affect with the fascinate bardic performance.
• Cleric: Add a +1/2 bonus on Knowledge (Planes) checks relating to the Plane of Fire and creatures with the fire subtype.
• Gunslinger: Add +1/2 to the bonus on Initiative checks the gunslinger makes while using her gunslinger initiative deed.
• Inquisitor: Add a +1/2 bonus on Intimidate checks made against creatures with the fire subtype and a +1/2 bonus on Knowledge (Planes) checks relating to the Plane of Fire.
• Oracle: Add +1/6 to the oracle’s level for the purpose of determining the effects of one revelation.
• Rogue: Add a +1/2 bonus on Acrobatics checks to jump and a +1/2 bonus on Intimidate checks to demoralize enemies.
• Sorcerer: Choose a bloodline power from the elemental (fire) bloodline or the efreeti bloodline that the sorcerer can use. The sorcerer treats her class level as though it were +1/6 higher (to a maximum of +2) when determining the effects of that power.

Racial Traits

+2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma, -2 Wisdom
Ifrits are passionate and quick, but also impetuous and destructive.

Native Outsider
Ifrits are outsiders with the native subtype.

Medium
Ifrits are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.

Normal Speed
Ifrits have a base speed of 30 feet.

Darkvision
Ifrits can see in the dark up to 60 feet.

Energy Resistance
Ifrits have fire resistance 5.

Fire Affinity
Ifrit sorcerers with the elemental (fire) bloodline treat their Charisma scores as 2 points higher for the purposes of all sorcerer spells and class abilities. Ifrit spellcasters with the Fire domain use their domain powers and spells at +1 caster level.

Spell-Like Ability
Ifrits can use Burning Hands once per day as a spell-like ability (caster level equals the ifrit’s character level).

Languages
Ifrits begin play speaking Common and Ignan. Ifrits with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following languages: Aquan, Auran, Dwarven, Elven, Gnome, Halfling, and Terran.

Average Lifespan
250 years

Average Height
5 ft. 4 in. – 6 ft. 6 in.

Average Weight
120 – 190 lbs.