Chapter 3 - Races

Character Races - Introduction

A verity of cultures and societies populate the universe of Stellar Winds. some made up of humans but others made up of fantastic races such elves, dwarves, and other alien races that live among the cosmos. Adventures and heroes can arise from these various peoples. Your choice of character race provides you with a basic set of advantages and special abilities. If you're a soldier, are you a stubborn dwarf monster-slayer, a graceful elven guardian, a fierce uruk gladiator? Your character race not only affects your ability score and powers but also provides the first cue for building your character's story.

Racial Traits

Each character race offers the following types of benefits.

Ability Scores: Your character race gives you a bonus to a particular ability score or two. Keep these bonusesmind when you assign your ability scores.
Speed: Your speed is the number of squares you can normally move when you walk.
Vision: Most races, including humans, have normal vision. Some races have low-light vision; they see better in the darkness than humans do.
Languages: You start off knowing how to speak, read, and write a few languages. All races speak read, and write a few languages. All races speak common, the language created by the Star League to give all the races the means to communicate.
Other Racial Traits: Other traits include bonuses to your skills, weapon training, and a handful of other traits that give you capabilities or bonuses that members of other races don't have.
Racial Powers: Several races give you access to a racial power, which is an extra power you gain at 1st level in addition to the powers your class gives you.

The Stellar Winds Races

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