Variant Changeling Traits
"Pathfinder Character: Changeling Mesmerist" © Istvan Straban, accessed at his ArtStation here.
[Inspired by conversation around the sweet hag. Notice that I am only doing small racial abilities, a la the Advanced Race Guide and Inner Sea Races, rather than doing whole subtypes as in Blood of the Coven. That's because I like the smaller, subtler differences between changelings more. And because the Blood of the Coven abilities are wildly out of sync with each other, power-level wise, especially when the feats from that book are taken into account. These are all small, situational bonuses, except for the groac'h, which mostly reflects my belief that Exotic Weapon Proficiency is not a very good feat, and nets are not very good weapons.]
Variant Changeling Traits The multifarious lineages of hags all may occasionally breed with humanoid men, and thus be mothers to changelings. These changelings are influenced by their haggish mothers, granting them the following hag racial traits:
Capacitor (Ame-Onna): The changeling gains a +2 racial bonus on saving throws made against electricity effects.
Cast the Net (Groac'h): The changeling gains Exotic Weapon Proficiency (net) as a bonus feat.
Crocodile Charmer (Cuca): The changeling gains a +2 racial bonus on Handle Animal and wild empathy checks made to influence reptiles.
Daughter of Darkness (Void Hag): The changeling gains a +1 racial bonus on all saves against fear and sleep effects. Under the night sky, this bonus increases to +2.
Discerning Palate (Sweet Hag): The changeling gains a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks made to taste.
Soft Fall (Dogai): The changeling treats all falling damage as if the fall were 10 feet shorter.
Sure Footed (Ut’lun’ta): The changeling gains a +2 racial bonus to Acrobatics checks made moving through rubble, scree or on uneven stone surfaces.
Voice Actor (Lechuza): The changeling gains a +2 racial bonus on Disguise checks made to disguise her voice.
