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Vanaras

Vanaras are intelligent, monkeylike humanoids that live in deep, warm forests and lush jungles.

Description

Vanaras are intelligent, monkeylike humanoids that live in deep, warm forests and lush jungles. A vanara's body is covered in a thin coat of soft fur, and individuals with chestnut, ivory, and even golden coats are common. Despite their fur, vanaras can grow lengthy hair on their head just as humans can, and both male and female vanaras take pains to wear elaborate hairstyles for important social functions. The hair on a vanara's head matches the color of its fur. All vanaras have long, prehensile tails and handlike feet capable of well-articulated movements. A vanara stands slightly shorter and weighs slightly less than a typical human.

Standard Racial Traits

Vanara

Vanaras are humanoids with the vanara subtype.

Low-Light Vision

A vanara can see twice as far as a human in dim light.

Nimble

Vanaras have a +2 racial bonus on Acrobatics and Stealth checks.

Prehensile Tail

A vanara has a long, flexible tail that she can use to carry objects. She cannot wield weapons with her tail, but the tail allows her to retrieve a small, stowed object carried on her person as a swift action.

Alternate Racial Traits

Tree Stranger

Some vanaras have spent their lives among humans in centers of learning instead of traditional treetop homes. These vanaras treat all Knowledge skills as class skills, but lose their climb speed racial trait.

Whitecape

The rare whitecape vanara clans have more in common with savanna-dwelling baboons than the jungle-dwelling monkeys that most vanaras resemble. Their stooping build grants them a +4 racial bonus to CMD when resisting a bull rush or trip. These vanaras usually have a thick mane of hair on the head and shoulders (called a "cape") and shorter tails. This racial trait replaces prehensile tail.

Ability Modifiers

CHA -2 DEX +2 WIS +2

Details

Size: Medium
Speed: 30 ft.
Languages: Common, Vanaran, Aklo, Celestial, Elven, Gnome, Goblin, Sylvan
Universe: core
Source: Advanced Race Guide