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Wayangs

The wayangs are a race of small supernatural humanoids who trace their ancestry to the Plane of Shadows.

Description

The wayangs are a race of small supernatural humanoids who trace their ancestry to the Plane of Shadows. They are extremely gaunt, with pixielike stature and skin the color of deep shadow. Deeply spiritual, they follow a philosophy known as "The Dissolution," which teaches that in passing they may again merge into the shadow. They readily express their beliefs through ritual scarification and skin bleaching, marking their bodies with raised white dots in ornate spirals and geometric patterns. Shy and elusive, they live in small, interdependent tribes. Wayangs rarely associate with outsiders.

Standard Racial Traits

Wayang

Wayangs are humanoids with the wayang subtype.

Darkvision

Wayangs can see in the dark up to 60 feet.

Light and Dark (Su)

Once per day as an immediate action, a wayang can treat positive and negative energy effects as if she were an undead creature, taking damage from positive energy and healing damage from negative energy. This ability lasts for 1 minute once activated.

Lurker

Wayangs gain a +2 racial bonus on Perception and Stealth checks.

Shadow Magic

Wayangs add +1 to the DC of any saving throws against spells of the shadow subschool that they cast. Wayangs with a Charisma score of 11 or higher also gain the following spell-like abilities: 1/day—ghost sound, pass without trace, and ventriloquism. The caster level for these effects is equal to the wayang's level. The DC for these spells is equal to 10 + the spell's level + the wayang's Charisma modifier.

Shadow Resistance

Wayangs get a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against spells of the shadow subschool.

Alternate Racial Traits

Dissolution's Child

Once per day, you may change your appearance to look as if you were little more than a 4-foot-tall area of shadow. Your physical form still exists and you are not incorporeal—only your appearance changes. This works like invisibility, except it only lasts 1 round per level (maximum 5 rounds). This is a supernatural ability. This racial trait replaces shadow magic.

Ability Modifiers

DEX +2 INT +2 WIS -2

Details

Size: Small
Speed: 20 ft.
Languages: Common, Wayang, any human language, Abyssal, Aklo, Draconic, Goblin, Infernal, Nagaji, Samsaran, Tengu
Universe: core
Source: Advanced Race Guide