| Kokubyaku were a race of elves that several generations ago found a way to bond elements of the Shadow Plane to their kind, resulting in an obvious change in their physical makeup. They also became native outsiders, with various abilities that elves do not possess. Personality: Kokubyaku are a withdrawn group of, but they are not isolationists. They usually behave much like elves to others. They enjoy most forms of art, but are most fond of acting, dancing, and wind instruments. Physical Description: Slightly taller and lighter than elves, the Kokubyaku are frail, smart, and quick. They have porcelain white skin that fades along the arms and legs to a shadow engulfed black at the hands and feet, black, gray, or snow white hair, and white, gray, or black eyes. The appearance of these elves has been twisted by a connection that their ancestors established with the Plane of Shadow. Relations: Kokubyaku treat others with a tolerance shared by elves. While they are even a longer lived than elves, they are much more in tune with the rapidly changing currents in the politics of other races. Alignment: Unlike elves, Kokubyaku are most often Chaotic Neutral due to the generally evil nature of creatures of the Shadow Plane. Kokubyaku Lands: Kokubyaku control some covernous regions between the surface and the Underdark as well as some well protected communities in surrounding forests, plains, and mountains. Kokubyaku also have a fair if not large number who settle in the lands of other races. Religion: Kokubyaku religion has been shaped by the powers of the Shadow Plane and they never revere deities of the sun and they never take the sun domain. While one would assume that they devote themselves to the Shadow Plane, it is a much circulated myth by those who know their nature, as they really are more focused on bending it to their will than to submitting to it, and they worship a large range of deities, including the elven deities, who only have a passing concern about their wellfare as they thought they had to improve the form given to them. Language: Kokubyaku have maintained much of the elven language tradition and often speak elven with as much grace as any elf and sometimes they have a more unearthly quality to it. Names: Kokubyaku usually have elven names, but sometimes, they take up the flowing names of Eastern humanoids, which in fact, they used to name their race. Adventurers: Kokubyaku are not big adventurers as a whole, but those who do take up the mantle are often some of the most focused adventurers around. Many Kokubyaku adventurers belong to an extreme alignment on both axes. They are very seldom neutral as their outsider nature draws them into questing after some cause once they have adventured for a while. Medium Outsider (Native) Dex +4, Con -4, Int +2 30 ft. base land speed Low-Light Vision (EX) Darkvision 60 ft. (EX) Weapon Proficiency: Rapier, Longbow, and Shortbow +2 racial bonus to Diplomacy, Gather Information, Knowledge(local), Listen, Search, and Spot checks; a Kokubyaku who merely passes within 10 feet of a secret or concealed door is entitled to a Search check to notice it as if she were actively looking for it. (EX) Immunity to magic sleep effects and to Illusion (Shadow) effects, and a +2 racial saving throw bonus against enchantment spells or effects. (EX) Spell-like abilities (SP): 1/day - darkness and light; CL=character level Domain restriction: Kokubyaku cannot worship deities that have the sun domain and may not take the sun domain, if provided by a prestige class, they may gain it, but they recieve a -2 CL penalty to the domain. Shadow Strike: Kokubyaku inflict lethal shadow damage (SU) with their unarmed strikes and therefore recieve the Improved Unarmed Strike Feat as a bonus feat. If this ability is supressed, they deal damage as normal, with the Improved Unarmed Strike Feat. Automatic Languages: Common and Elven Bonus Languages: Abyssal, Draconic, Gnome, Goblin, Sylvan, and Undercommon Favored Class: Rogue LA: +2 Age Adult: 150 Middle: 200 Old: 275 Venerable: 400 Maximum: +5d% Starting Ages Simple: +4d6 Moderate: +6d6 Complex: +10d6 Height and Weight Male: 4'7" +2d6 78 lbs. x(1d6) Female: 4'7" +2d6 75 lbs. x(1d6) image obtained from http://www.dragonsart.com/gallery/NightElf.jpg |
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