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A collection of house rules and custom content for the WoW tabletop rpg. Use what you want and keep this awesome game going!

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Alternate Racial Class: Mechagnome

Howdy all. As a little patch-day treat, here’s an alternate racial class for some of our newest allies, the Mechagnomes.

Any Gnome character can take levels in the “Mechagnome” racial class. This class is mutually exclusive with other racial classes - that is, to say, a single character cannot take levels in multiple racial classes.

P.S. - there’s no official gnome racial class, but you can find a good one in the EMM&M fan supplement, found on Greywolf’s fan site.

Mechagnome Racial Class:

Hit Die: d8

Skill Points at 1st Level: (6 + Int modifier) x 4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier.

“Class” Skills: Appraise(Int), Craft(Any)(Int), Disable Device(Int), Escape Artist(Agy), Knowledge(Any)(Int), Tumble(Agy), Use Technological Device(Int).

Weapon/Armor Proficiency: Mechagnomes that only have racial levels are proficient in the use of all simple weapons and light armor in addition to any “natural” weapons they possess.

Starting Currency: 1st-level Mechagnomes with no other class start with 3d4 x 10gp.

Special Abilities:

Augmentation: At each level, the Mechagnome can select a single augmentation from the list below. Unless otherwise noted, each augmentation can only be chosen once.

Gyro-Stabilizing Limbs: Add 1 to one of your Physical ability scores (Strength, Agility, or Stamina). This augmentation can be selected multiple times.

OverMatter Mind-Enhancers: Add 1 to one of your Mental ability scores (Intellect, Spirit, or Charisma). This augmentation can be selected multiple times.

Max-grab synthetic grips: You gain a climb speed of 20 feet. This augmentation can be selected multiple times - each additional selection increases the climb speed by 10 feet.

Internal schematic projector: Add your levels in mechagnome to your tinker level for the purposes of determining your technological limit (TL).

MaxBlast Mana Resovoir: Select a single spellcasting class. Your Mechagnome level stacks with your levels in the chosen class for the purpose of determining your spells known and spells per day.

Ligament-integrated Locksplitters: False compartments in your arms conceal a set of masterwork thieves’ tools. These are integrated into your body and confer a +10 bonus on sleight of hand checks made to conceal them. The tools are integrated into your body and so cannot be removed except by force.

Warning Klaxon: You may select a shout feat as a bonus feat. In addition, the radius of your shouts is increased to 40 feet.

Needlessly complex attachments: Your augmentations are bulky! You gain a +1 “natural” bonus to your armor class. This augmentation can be selected multiple times.

Clamps!: You can use your synthetic limbs as a “natural” weapon. This weapon is a one-handed slam attack that deals (1d6 + Strength modifier) points of damage. This augmentation can be selected twice. The second time it is selected, the damage of your slam attack improves to (1d8 + Strength modifier).

Echolocators: You gain a +2 bonus on all Listen and Gather information checks.

Cranial Compendium: Once per day, you may reroll a failed knowledge check. You must accept the results of the second roll, even if it is worse.

TorqueTongue Translator: You gain a +2 bonus on all Diplomacy and Speak Language checks.

Voltaic Oscillation Load-Tuner: You gain resistance 5 to Electricity.

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Bonus Entry - Racial Iconic Class: The Blood Knight

Racial Iconic Classes work similarly to archetypes in pathfinder, or paths in dnd 5e. However, they can only be taken by members of a specific race. The Blood Knight class presented here modifies the base Paladin class, and is usable only by (you guessed it), Blood Elves, or those trained in their ways. Read below for the details.

Racial Iconic Class: Blood Elf Paladin (Blood Knight)

Core Features: Blood Knights operate exactly as a paladin, with the exception of the abilities noted below.

Affiliation: Blood Knights ignore the Paladin class restrictions regarding affiliation, and may be of any alignment.

Weapon Proficiencies: Blood Knights are not proficient with ranged weapons, but they retain their full armor and melee weapon proficiencies.

Abilities: Blood Knights do not gain the Lay on Hands ability, or the Auras of Healing or Wisdom. Instead, they gain the following abilities.

Seal of Blood: At 4th level, the Blood Knight learns how to strain herself and further invoke (or command) the light. As a free action, the Blood Knight may sacrifice 5 of her hit points to regain one use of her Holy Strike ability. If this damage would reduce her to 0 hit points or below, she remains conscious just long enough to take a standard action, after which she immediately collapses and is considered dying as normal.

Templar’s Verdict: At 8th level, a Blood Knight rolls a d10 instead of a d6 when determining damage from her Holy Strike Ability.

Aura of Sanctification: At 9th level, the Blood Knight can channel an Aura of Sanctification, which follows the standard rules for size and duration of Paladin Auras. When the Blood Knight or another ally casts a spell within the Aura, each ally within the aura restores a number of hit points equal to the spell’s level.

Avenging Aura: At 18th level, the Blood Knight can channel an Avenging Aura, which follows the standard rules for size and duration of Paladin Auras. While within the aura, successful attacks against the Blood Knight’s allies trigger an attack of opportunity from the Blood Knight, provided she is able to reach the attacker and has at least one opportunity attack remaining for the combat round.

Art used is from the WoW TCG, by artist Theodore Park.

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Alternate Racial Class: Blood Elf

Hey again! Back with another alternate racial class - this time, the Blood Elf.

Similarly to Void Elves, this one builds off of the standard High Elf race to allow players a bit more customization. As usual, stats are after the break.

Any High Elf character can take levels in the “Blood Elf” racial class. This class is mutually exclusive with other racial classes - that is, to say, a single character cannot take levels in multiple racial classes.

Blood Elf Racial Class:

Hit Die: d6

Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modifier) x 4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.

“Class” Skills: Appraise(Int), Bluff(Cha), Concentration(Sta), Decipher Script(Int), Knowledge(Arcana)(Int), Ride(Agy), Spellcraft(Int), Survival(Spt).

Weapon/Armor Proficiency: Blood Elves that only have racial levels are proficient in the use of all simple weapons and light armor in addition to their racial weapon proficiencies.

Starting Currency: 1st-level Blood Elves with no other class start with 5d4 x 10gp.

Special Abilities:

Arcane Torrent: When a Blood Elf is affected by a spell, she channels a part of the spell’s effects into her own attacks. Her next attack or damaging spell inflicts an additional amount of arcane damage equal to the spell’s level. If a Blood Elf is affected by multiple spells at once, only the highest-level spell applies towards this ability.

Detect Magic: At 2nd level, a Blood Elf can cast Detect Magic twice per day as a spell-like ability.

The Dark Times will Pass: At 3rd level, the Blood Elf no longer suffers the effects of their Magic Addiction racial trait. In addition, she gains Iron Will as a bonus feat.

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Alternate Racial Class: Void Elf

If you didn’t read the more elaborate post, here’s the idea:

This is an alternate racial Class for High Elf characters in the WoW RPG. Taking levels in this class allows a High Elf to explore the mysteries of the void and become void-touched.

This Racial class is mutually exclusive with the standard High Elf racial class, as well as any other class that modifies the same race (wink, wink). Stats below!

I know what you’re thinking - “Wow! An actual table?”

It’s 2020, people. You deserve tables.

High Elves can take up to three levels in the Void Elf Alternate racial class. This class is mutually exclusive with other racial classes - that is, to say, a single character cannot take levels in multiple racial classes.

Void Elf Racial Class:

Hit Die: d6

Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modifier) x 4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.

“Class” Skills: Concentration (Sta), Intimidate(Cha), Knowledge(Planes)(Int), Listen(Spt), Sense Motive(Spt), Sleight of Hand(Agy), Spellcraft(Int), and Stealth(Agy).

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Void Elves that only have racial levels are proficient in the use of simple weapons and light armor, in addition to their racial weapon proficiencies.

Starting Currency: 1st-level Void Elves with no other class start with 3d4 x 10gp.

Special Abilities:

Maddening Whispers: Your addiction to magic has been sated... but at what cost? You no longer suffer the penalties for magical addiction. However, any time you roll a natural 1 when making an attack roll or ability check, the whispers start to eat away at the edges of your mind. Attempt a Will save, with DC equal to 10 + your character level. If you fail, you become shaken for 1d4 rounds. If you succeed, you keep the whispers at bay... for now.

Entropic Embrace: Any time you roll a natural 20 when making an attack roll or ability check, the power of the void lashes out through you. Your skin and eyes flicker darkly and noticeably. If the check was an attack roll, add an additional 1d6 shadow damage to the result of your damage roll. This damage is not multiplied on a critical hit. If the check was not an attack roll, you gain a +3 bonus on your next skill or ability check. This bonus is considered spent whether you succeed or fail the check.

Void-Touched: The damage of your Entropic Embrace increases to 1d10, and the skill check bonus increases to +5. Also, the effects of your Maddening whispers grow, and now they affect all creatures within 10 feet of you in addition to yourself. Each creature that fails its save (DC = 10 + your character level) becomes shaken for 1d4 rounds.

Spatial Rift: For a number of times per day equal to your Spirit modifier, you can step through the shadows to appear anywhere within sight. You simply vanish from your current space and appear at the target location, ignoring all attacks of opportunity. You can only move a number of feet less than or equal to your base movement speed when using this ability. Intervening creatures are ignored, but intervening terrain is not. You can open a rift on the other side of an ogre, for example, but not past a stone wall.

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Let’s Talk about Elves.

If you only care about stats, skip this one. Your post is coming soon.

If not, delve further below.

How inventive blizzard must have felt introducing the night elves in Warcraft 3. Now here we are, years later, with at least six different flavors of the knife-eared stringbeans, depending on how you count them. It’s no surprise, then, that the WoW RPG didn’t exactly account for all these racial variations.

In fact, the official stats for Blood elves were the exact same as the stats for high elves, with the exception of losing some weapon proficiencies, and a tiny bit about using demon blood to slake their magic addictions. It’s clear that, at the time, blizzard didn’t exactly know how to distinguish the two races - the racial stat block for blood elves even has a little ‘coming soon!’ blurb for their racial class.

No really, I’m being serious.

However, silly as that might be, I’m not entirely convinced that it was the wrong decision. Blood Elves, after all, are for all intents and purposes the same species as High Elves, albeit slightly tainted by fel magics. The same can be said for Void Elves and even Felblood Elves, to a degree. Each of these types of elves branched out only recently from their High Elven kin, and their transformations were triggered by fel or void energies. That being said, the products of these transformations are very much different from their parent race, and players should be able to express these differences through gameplay mechanics.

I’m coming to a point, so thanks for sticking with me. On this blog, I’ve tried to expand upon the options available in the WoW RPG while trying not to overshadow any of the core races and classes. At the same time, I try to make sure I design things in a lore-friendly way, while making each choice feel like it adds something to a player’s character.

So, in essence, I think the best solution to these problems is a new option for WoW RPG characters: The Alternate Racial Class.

This removes the need for another set of races to balance and design, and instead builds upon a core race with a solid mechanical foundation. This means that a 1st-level High Elf Mage and a 1st-level Void Elf Mage would operate exactly the same, but each would diverge more and more as they took levels in their respective racial classes. This way there’s less design overlap when it comes to races, but players that really want to explore a Void elf’s heritage can do so.  I really like this method of design, as it brings some key Elven fantasy to the forefront - how far will you go to unlock these mysteries? How much will it cost you? Power changes people, after all.

Anyway, the following few posts will present some new Alternate Racial Classes for players to use, starting with Void elves. My first focus here is the High/Blood/Void elf issue, but I am considering expanding this mechanic to other races as well, particularly ones who diverged more recently from their parent race, or vice versa.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more.

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Racial Stats: Nightborne

In honor of my wife, who just unlocked Nightborne the other day!

Racial Stats:

+2 Intellect, -2 Stamina: The Nightborne are a society of advanced magical talent - however, their years of isolation have made them soft.

Medium: Nightborne have no bonuses or penalties due to size.

Base Speed: 30 feet.

Lost Lineage of Suramar: Nightborne are considered Night Elves for the purpose of all feats, prestige classes, spells, and class abilities.

Masquerade: Nightborne are known for their love of intrigue - all Nightborne can cast Disguise Self twice per day as a spell-like ability.

Sharp mind, and Sharper Tongue: Nightborne receive a +2 bonus to Knowledge(Arcana) and Diplomacy checks. These are always treated as class skills for Nightborne.

Automatic Languages: Shalassian.

Bonus Languages: Common, Darnassian, Low common, Orcish, Taurahe, Thalassian.

Racial Levels: Unlike humans and some other races, Nightborne characters can take a few levels in “Nightborne" as a class to develop their racial qualities more fully.

Favored Class: Arcanist.

Racial levels after the break!

Nightborne Racial Class:

Hit Die: d6

Skill Points at 1st Level: (4 + Int modifier) x 4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier.

“Class” Skills: Appraise(Int), Concentration(Sta), Craft(Int), Diplomacy(Cha), Disguise(Cha), Gather Information(Cha), Knowledge(All)(Int), Spellcraft(Int)

Weapon/Armor Proficiency: Nightborne that only have racial levels are proficient in the use of all simple weapons and light armor.

Starting Currency: 1st-level Nightborne with no other class start with 4d4 x 10gp.

Level 1: +0 BAB, +0 Fort, +0 Ref, +2 Will, +1 Agy, Magical Heritage

Level 2: +1 BAB, +0 Fort, +0 Ref, +2 Will, Courtly Decorum, Detect Magic 3/Day

Level 3: +2 BAB, +1 Fort, +1 Ref, +3 Will, +1 Agy, Strength of the Arcan’Dor

Magical Heritage: A Nightborne's racial class level stacks with levels gained from arcane spellcasting classes for the purpose of determining spells known and spell slots per day.

Courtly Decorum: Once per day at second level, a Nightborne can choose to reroll any one diplomacy or gather information check. The player may make the choice after the roll has been made, but must do so before the results of the roll are revealed.

Detect Magic: At second level, Nightborne gain the ability to cast Detect Magic three times per day as a spell-like-ability. The Nightborne is treated as having a caster level equal to her Nightborne level for the purposes of this spell-like ability.

Strength of the Arcan’Dor: At third level, the Nightborne gains either Magic Energy Control or Mental Stamina as a bonus feat.

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Bonus Entry: Highmountain Greatbow

Weapon (Exotic):

Cost:                      150gp

Damage(S):           1d10

Damage(M):           2d6

Critical:                   x3

Range Increment:  130ft

Weight:                  15lb

Damage Type:       Piercing

The Highmountain Greatbow, or simply the greatbow, is a truly massive ranged weapon, wielded only by the strongest archers. You need at least two hands to use a greatbow, and it is far too unwieldy to use while mounted.

If you have a bonus for high Strength, you can apply it to damage rolls when you use a greatbow. Conversely, if you have a penalty for low Strength, apply it to damage rolls twice when using this weapon. (If you have a -2 strength modifier, you would take a -4 Strength penalty on attacks with a greatbow.)

Unlike most bows, a greatbow takes a move action to reload, draw, and aim. This action provokes an attack of opportunity, but can be reduced with the Rapid Reload feat as if it were a crossbow.

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Racial Stats: Highmountain Tauren

Racial Stats:

+2 Stamina, -2 Intellect: The Tauren of the Broken Isles are stalwart, but have little need for complicated studies.

Medium: Highmountain Tauren have no bonuses or penalties due to size.

Base Speed: 30 feet.

Lost Lineage of Highmountain: Highmountain Tauren count as Tauren for the purpose of all feats, prestige classes, spells, and class abilities.

Mountaineer: From a young age, Highmountain Tauren learn that poor footing can cost you your life. They gain a +2 racial bonus on all Balance and Climb checks. These are considered class skills for all Highmountain Tauren Characters.

Beware the Deep Places: A healthy suspicion of the dark grants Highmountain Tauren a +2 bonus to their initiative modifier when fighting underground.

Automatic Languages: Taur-ahe, Orcish.

Bonus Languages: Low common, Darnassian, Zandali, Vrykul.

Racial Levels: Unlike humans and some other races, Highmountain Tauren characters can take a few levels in “Highmountain Tauren" as a class to develop their racial qualities more fully.

Favored Class: Hunter.

Racial levels after the break!

Highmountain Tauren Racial Class:

Hit Die: d10

Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modifier) x 4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.

"Class" Skills: Balance(Agy), Climb(Str), Craft(Int), Diplomacy(Cha), Handle Animal(Spt), Listen(Spt), , and Survival(Spt).

Weapon/Armor Proficiency: Highmountain Tauren that only have racial levels are proficient in the use of all simple weapons and light armor.

Starting Currency: 1st-level Highmountain Tauren with no other class start with 2d4 x 10gp.

Level 1: +0 BAB, +2 Fort, +2 Ref, +0 Will, +1 Agy, Highmountain Stands!

Level 2: +1 BAB, +2 Fort, +2 Ref, +0 Will, +2 Sta, Weapon Proficiency

Level 3: +2 BAB, +3 Fort, +3 Ref, +1 Will, +1 Agy, Defend this World Together

Highmountain Stands! The Highmountain Tauren can bolster the defense of his allies a number of times per day equal to his Stamina modifier. As a move action, he can grant all allies within 30 feet gain a +2 morale bonus to their armor class for one round.

Weapon Proficiency: At 2nd level, the Highmountain Tauren chooses one weapon from the following list: Tauren Halberd, Tauren Totem, Highmountain Greatbow. He is proficient with that weapon.

Defend this World Together!: At 3rd level, the Highmountain Tauren can defy even the cruelest foes. The morale bonuses from his Highmountain Stands! ability become +4, and he can now choose to have the bonus apply to all saving throws instead. The choice must be made at the time this ability is used, and must be the same for all allies affected by this ability. The ability’s duration, range, and uses per day remain unchanged.

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Racial Stats: Krokul (The Broken)

     I've always wanted playable Broken. Here's as close as I can get.

Racial Stats:

+2 Stamina, +2 Spirit, -4 Agility: Krokul have strong spirits, and have grown resolute due to the harsh lives they endure. They are, however, doubly inflexible.

Medium: Krokul have no bonuses or penalties due to size.

Base Speed: 30 feet.

Bond with the Land: Krokul begin play with the Bond With the Land feat. (Alliance Player's Guide)

Peace for You: Krokul gain a +4 bonus on all diplomacy checks to interact with any race other than Draenei, against whom they take a -4 penalty instead.

Live... Another Day: Krokul remain conscious at negative hp. They may take actions, though they are considered staggered. Each round they remain conscious, they take 1 point of lethal damage and are considered to be dying. A Krokul may choose to end this as a free action and drop to the ground, unconscious. This does not prevent the dying condition, however.

Forgotten by the Light: Broken Draenei cast all spells from the priest and paladin spell lists at -2 caster level. They can never gain any bonus spells from priest domains as long as they have levels in the priest or paladin classes.

Automatic Languages: Common, Eredun. Krokul also incur no penalties associated with learning Eredun.

Bonus Languages: Low common, Darnassian, Orcish, Taur-ahe, Dwarven. 

Racial Levels: Unlike humans and some other races, Krokul characters can take a few levels in “Broken" as a class to develop their racial qualities more fully.

Favored Class: Healer.

Racial levels after the break!

Broken Racial Class:

Hit Die: d8

Skill Points at 1st Level: (4 + Int modifier) x 4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier.

"Class" Skills: Concentration(Sta), Craft(Int), Diplomacy(Cha), Heal(Spt), Listen(Spt), Sense Motive(Spt), Spot(Spt), and Survival(Spt). 

Weapon/Armor Proficiency: Broken that only have racial levels are proficient in all simple weapons and shields (except tower shields.)

Starting Currency: 1st-level Broken with no other class start with 2d4 x 10gp.

Level 1: +0 BAB, +2 Fort, +0 Ref, +2 Will, Life under the Lash, Twisted by Darkness, +1 Will against mind-affecting spells.

Level 2: +1 BAB, +2 Fort, +0 Ref, +2 Will, +2 Charisma, DR 1/--

Level 3: +2 BAB, +3 Fort, +1 Ref, +3 Will, Redemption/Abdication, +2 bonus to Will saves against mind-affecting spells. 

Life Under the Lash: Many Broken lived terrible lives as slaves after succumbing to the burning legion. Many died in captivity, but those that survived learned the tricks of their demonic masters, and therefore receive a +2 bonus to attack rolls and Armor Class when fighting demons.

Twisted by Darkness: A broken character gains a +1 bonus on caster level checks and spell DCs when casting spells with the Fel descriptor.

DR 1: At 2nd level, Broken gain DR 1 against all attacks. This does not stack with any other form of DR.

Redemption/Abdication: At 3rd level, a Broken character must make a choice. He may become redeemed in the eyes of the light, thereby losing the "Forgotten by the Light" Special quality and replacing the racial diplomacy penalty for dealing with draenei with a +6 bonus instead, or he may abdicate and forsake the Light entirely, gaining a bonus feat of his choice. In this case, the racial penalty for dealing with draenei increases to -6.

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Tuesday Encounter: The Sands of Uldum! CR 8

     This is a small encounter designed to be inserted into any existing adventure. It's written to be used against a party of level 8 Adventurers, but could be adapted and scaled up or down, as you see fit.

     For the purposes of this encounter, the heroes are assumed to be trekking across the sands of Uldum (Or any other desert - in this instance, replace the Tol'vir with wastewander bandits or the like). This can be used as a random encounter or as a way to purposefully demonstrate the dangers of the wastes.

Creatures:

2 CR 4 Dune Scarab Swarms (stats here)

1 CR 4 Tol'Vir Shadowcaster

HP: 3d8+1d6+8(25)

AC: 14 [Touch 11, Flat-Footed 13]

Initiative: +1

Speed: 50 ft.

Attack: +6 Melee (1d8+2/19-20, Longsword)

Abilities: Str 14, Agy 12, Sta 15, Spt 15, Int 16, Cha 12

Saves: Fort +5, Ref +2, Will +7

Special Abilities: Fel Companion

Feats: Scribe Scroll, Weapon Focus(Longsword), Furious Charge, Ride-By-Attack, Combat Casting, Eschew Materials

Skills: Concentration +8, Intimidate +8, Spellcraft +7

2 CR 2 Tol'Vir Warriors

HP: 2d8

AC: 19 [Touch 11, Flat-Footed 18]

Initiative: +5

Speed: 40 ft.

Attack: +6 Melee (1d8+3/x3, Lance)

Abilities: Str 17, Agy 13, Sta 16, Spt 16, Int 11, Cha 10

Saves: +6 Fort, +1 Agy, +6 Will

Special Abilities:

Feats: Weapon Focus(Lance), Improved Initiative

Skills: Listen +4, Spot +4

Armor: Banded mail(+6 AC, +1 M.Agy, -6 AC Pen.)

TOTAL CR 8

The Shadowcaster casts spells as a 1st level warlock and recieves bonus spells because of his high intellect and path ability. He has prepared the following:

0-Level: Acid Spash x 3, Detect Magic

1st-Level: Demon skin, Lesser x2, Summon Monster I

Tactics after the break!

     The Fight begins when the Tol'vir notice the heroes, or vice versa. If the Tol'vir find the players first, the warriors run towards the party and attempt to make charge attacks against the strongest looking party member (Typically the one with the most/heaviest armor) in hopes that the element of surprise combined with the 'mounted' charge will bring the heaviest warriors down quickly. The shadowcaster hangs back and skirts the battle, casting Lesser Demon Skin early on and then repeatedly firing off his Acid splash. He saves his preperation of Summon Monster I in case the tides turn and he needs to distract the heroes in order to get away.

     What neither side in this conflict knows is that burrowed beneath their feet are two scarab swarms that become agitated at the smell of blood. 1d3 rounds after the first damage is dealt, both swarms burst forth from the ground and overtake as many creatures as they can. They attack indiscriminately and fight until death. This is a perfect opportunity for the heroes to attempt to broker peace with the Tol'vir or take them down while they're distracted.

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Monstrous Monday: Dune Scarab Swarm

Beneath the sands of Uldum lurk thousands of small, flesh-eating insects. They are typically docile and scavenge what they can from the corpses of those claimed by the wastes. Occasionally, when roused by some great disturbance, they will rise in great swarms to overcome living prey.

                          Scarab Swarm:

Tiny Vermin (Swarm)

Hit Dice: 6d8+6 (33 hp)

Initiative: +4

Speed: 20 ft. (1 Square), fly 20 ft. (Clumsy)

Armor Class: 15 (+2 Size, +3 Agy), touch 13, flat-footed 12

Base Attack/Grapple: +4/-

Attack: Swarm(2d6)

Full Attack: Swarm(2d6)

Space/Reach: 10 ft./0 ft.

Special Attacks: Distraction (DC 14), Swarming ambush (DC 16 Half)

Special Qualities: Low-light vision, half damage from slashing and piercing, scent, burrowing,  swarm traits

Saves: Fort +6, Ref +9, Will +4

Abilities: Str 3, Agy 17, Sta 12, Int 2, Spt 12, Cha 2

Skills: Balance +12, Climb +12, Stealth +8(+16 to hide, +20 to hide in deserts), Listen +8, Spot +9, Fly +7

Feats: Weapon Finesse, Cannibalize

Environment: Warm Deserts and Scrubland

Area: Tanaris, Uldum

Organization: Swarm

Challenge Rating: 4

Treasure: None

Alignment: Always Neutral

Advancement:     

Level Adjustment:      

Descriptions after the break!

Custom Special Quality: Burrowing

    Burrowing Creatures are able to hide underground. As a full-round action, the creature can dig a hole underground. It cannot move around while burrowed unless it has a burrow speed. Emerging from this burrowed state is a standard action that provokes an attack of opportunity. Burrowed creatures receive an additional +5 on stealth checks to hide. This bonus increases to +10 after the creatures have been burrowed for an hour, as the disturbed soil has been windswept enough to erase most traces of digging. 

Custom Special Attack: Swarming ambush

     A creature with this attack can emerge from a burrowed state and immediately deal swarm damage to any creatures occupying the square or squares where it emerges. This counts as a standard action that does not provoke an attack of opportunity. The swarm also deals damage at the end of its move, as normal.

Notes:

Scarab swarms cannot be affected by torches and lanterns as other swarms can.

For the purposes of the Cannibalize, count the swarm's total hit dice as its character level.

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Spellbound Sunday

A little break from character stats, here's a custom spell based one of my favorite ingame spells introduced in cataclysm.

Alter Time- 

School: Transmutation[Time]

Level: Mge 8

Components: V, S, F

Casting Time: 1 round

Range: Personal

Target: You

Duration: 1 round/2 levels

Saving Throw: None(Harmless)

Spell Resistance: No

     This spell enables you to "Mark" your location and status. Immediately upon casting the spell, you save your current status and location - mark down your current and temporary HP, the spells and class/racial ability uses you have remaining, any current spells, diseases, and poisons affecting you and their duration, as well as your exact location. As the spell expires (Or when you choose to terminate it as a full-round action), you immediately return to that state of being and location.

     Any HP gain or loss is lost as you revert to your previous total. Any other spells you cast before Alter Time expires are restored, as are any uses of any class abilities that are limited by uses per day. Should you die before the duration expires, the spell does not return you to life. Should you fall unconscious, you cannot terminate the spell early, but you still return to consciousness at the end of the spell. This violent reawakening leaves you staggered for 1d4 rounds. If Dispel Magic is cast upon you during the duration of this spell, you are immediately forced back to your original state and suffer the staggered condition for 1d4 rounds. 

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Creature Class: Tol'vir

The Tol’Vir were undersold, I think. They’re the best thing about Uldum.

Racial Stats:

+2 Spirit, +2 Strength, -2 Agility. Tol’vir are strong in body and spirit, but their awkward gait can limit their maneuverability.

Medium: Tol’vir incur no bonuses or penalties due to size.

Base Speed: 30 feet.

Quadruped: A Tol’vir’s four legs give him a +4 bonus on checks to avoid being tripped.

Monstrous Humanoid: A Tol’vir is immune to spells that specifically affect humanoids, such as Hold Person.

Thundering Charge: Tol’vir always inflict double damage when charging with a lance. They are considered to have the feat Mounted Combat for purposes of feat and prestige class prerequisites.

Automatic Languages: Tol’vir.

Bonus Languages: Common, Low Common, Dwarven, Goblin.

Creature Class: If you play a Tol’vir, you must take levels in the Tol’vir creature class.

Favored Class: Warrior.

The Class levels are after the break!

Tol’Vir Creature Class:

"Class" Skills: Concentration(Sta), Heal(Spt), Jump(Str), Knowledge(Religion)(Int), Listen(Spt), Spot(Spt), and Survival(Spt)

Starting Currency: 2d4 x 10gp.

Weapon/Armor Proficiency: Tol’vir are proficient with all simple weapons and light armor.

Skill Points: Every time a Tol’vir gains an additional Hit Die, he also gains 4 skill points plus an additional number equal to his Intellect modifier. 

Feats: A Tol’vir gains a feat at first and fifth level.

Natural Armor: A Tol’vir has a natural armor bonus equal to his number of racial hit die.

Level 1: 1d8 HD, +1 BAB, +2 Fort, +0 Ref, +2 Will, +1 Str, Training

Level 2: 1d8 HD, +1 BAB, +2 Fort, +0 Ref, +2 Will, +1 Spt, Speed

Level 3: 2d8 HD, +2 BAB, +3 Fort, +0 Ref, +3 Will, +1 Str, Training

Level 4: 2d8 HD, +2 BAB, +3 Fort, +0 Ref, +3 Will, +1 Spt, Speed

Level 5: 3d8 HD, +3 BAB, +3 Fort, +1 Ref, +3 Will, +2 Sta, Ascension

Training: At 1st level, A Tol’vir begins his path toward ascension. He becomes proficient in medium armor and may select any one Martial or Exotic weapon to become proficient in. At 3rd level, he becomes proficient in heavy armor and may select one bonus combat feat. He also gains the weapon focus feat for his chosen weapon.

Speed: At 2nd level, a Tol'vir's base speed increases to 40 feet. His speed in medium or heavy armor is 30 feet. At 4th level, a Tol'vir's base speed increases again, to 50 feet. His speed in medium or heavy armor becomes 40 feet.

Ascension: At 5th level, the Tol’vir must choose a path. There are three options.

Path of The Divine: Your Tol’vir level now stacks with your highest-level divine spellcasting class for purposes of caster level. You gain the Combat Casting feat and cast Healing spells at +1 character level.

Path of The Soldier: You gain the Furious Charge feat. You also gain the Ride-By Attack feat and may use it even when you’re not mounted.

Path of The Colossus: You grow to large size (Though your reach remains 5 feet), gaining a +4 size bonus on grapple checks, an additional +4 bonus on checks to avoid being tripped, and the ability to wield large weapons and armor. Your carrying capacity triples. However, this incurs a -1 size penalty to armor class, a -1 penalty to attack rolls, and a -4 penalty on stealth checks to hide.

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Racial Stats: Draenei

MagusRogue designed a wonderful interpretation of the Draenei race, and I highly suggest you check it out HERE. This is my own take on it, and I've adjusted a lot of the racial abilities to be more in line with the other races in the WoW RPG. So, here they are - everyone's favorite spacegoats, now available at your table.

Racial Stats:

+2 Spirit, -2 Agility. Draenei are wise and willful, but lack the dexterity of other races.

Medium: Draenei have no bonuses or penalties due to size.

Base Speed: 30 feet.

Heroic Presence: You project an aura of heroism. Once per day as a swift action, you and any allies within a number of squares equal to your Charisma Modifier gain a +1 Sacred bonus to attack rolls. This bonus lasts for a number of rounds equal to your character level.

Guided by the Light: Draenei have a +2 racial bonus to Diplomacy and Knowledge(Religion) checks. These are always considered class skills for Draenei.

Automatic Languages: Common, Eredun. Draenei incur no penalties associated with learning Eredun.

Bonus Languages: Low common, Darnassian, Orcish.

Racial Levels: Unlike humans and some other races, Draenei can take a few levels in “Draenei” as a class to develop their racial qualities more fully.

Favored Class: Paladin.

Racial levels after the break!

Draenei Racial Class:

Hit Die: d8

Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modifier) x 4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.

"Class" Skills: Concentration(Sta), Diplomacy(Cha), Heal(Spt), Sense Motive(Spt), Spot(Spt), Survival(Spt), and Use Magic Device(Cha).

Weapon/Armor Proficiency: Draenei that only have racial levels are proficient in all simple weapons and light armor.

Starting Currency: 1st-level Draenei with no other class start with 3d4 x 10gp.

Level 1: +0 BAB, +0 Fort, +0 Ref, +2 Will, Gift of the Naaru, Divinity, Bonus Weapon Proficiency.

Level 2: +1 BAB, +1 Fort, +0 Ref, +2 Will, +2 Charisma, +4 racial bonus on saves vs. spells with the Necromancy descriptor, Heroic Presence 2/day.

Level 3: +2 BAB, +1 Fort, +1 Ref, +3 Will, Heroism, Bonus Weapon Proficiency.

Gift of the Naaru: A Draenei can channel the light a number of times per day equal to her Draenei level + Spirit modifier. This heals an ally within 40 feet for 1d8 hp + 2hp per Draenei level. This ability does an equivalent amount of damage to undead creatures, resolved as a ranged touch attack.

Divinity: Levels in the Draenei racial class stack with divine spellcasting classes for the purpose of determining caster level.

Bonus Weapon Proficiency: At 1st and 3rd level, the Draenei gains proficiency with either the Longsword or the Greathammer.

Heroism: At 3rd level, the range of a Draenei's Heroic Presence extends to a number of squares equal to twice your Charisma Modifier, and the insight bonus increases to +3.  

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Racial Stats: Earthen Dwarves

A couple statistics for using the Earthen race in your WoW RPG games.

Racial Stats:

+2 Stamina, -2 Charisma. Earthen Dwarves share the sturdiness of surface Dwarves, but are just as gruff.

Medium: Earthen have no bonuses or penalties due to size.

Darkvision: Earthen can see out to 60 feet in natural darkness.

Stability: Earthen gain a +4 bonus on checks to resist being bull rushed or tripped while standing on solid ground.

Stonecunning: Earthen recieve a +2 bonus on checks to notice unusual stonework, and can make search checks for stone traps as a rogue can. They can also always sense their approximate depth underground.

Natural Armor: An Earthen Dwarf's thick skin gives him a +1 natural armor bonus.

Automatic Languages: Dwarven.

Bonus Languages: Common, Gnome, Darnassian, Low Common, Kalimag.

Racial Levels: Unlike humans and some other races, Earthen Dwarves can take a few levels in "Earthen" as a class to develop their racial qualities more fully.

Favored Class: Warrior.

Racial levels after the break!

Earthen Racial Class:

Hit Die: d8

Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modifier) x 4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.

"Class" Skills: Appraise(Int), Climb(Str), Concentration(Sta), Intimidate(Cha), Listen(Spt), Search(Int), Sense Motive(Spt), Spot(Spt), Survival(Spt).

Weapon/Armor Proficiency: Earthen that only have racial levels are proficient in all simple weapons and, but not armor. They are, however, proficient with heavy and light shields.

Starting Currency: 1st-level Earthen with no other class start with 2d4 x 10gp.

Level 1: +0 BAB, +2 Fort, +0 Ref, +0 Will, Improved Natural Armor, Poison Resistance +2.

Level 2: +1 BAB, +2 Fort, +0 Ref, +1 Will, +2 Stamina, Poison Resistance +4.

Level 3: +2 BAB, +3 Fort, +1 Ref, +1 Will, Improved Natural Armor, Poison Resistance +6, Stoneblood.

Improved Natural Armor: An Earthen Dwarf's inherent Natural Armor bonus improves to +2 at level 1 and +3 at level 3.

Poison Resistance: An Earthen Dwarf gains a bonus on saving throws against poison equal to twice his level in the Earthen racial class. 

Stoneblood: At third level, an Earthen Dwarf can muster his body's inherent fortitude once per day to reroll any fortitude saving throw as an immediate action. This ability must be used after the roll is made but before the result is revealed by the GM.

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