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A R T D I R E C T O R , D & D

D AWN M URIN

C O V E R A R T I S T

A DAM R EX

I N T E R I O R A R T I S T S

E D C OX , W AYNE E NGLAND , D AVID H UDNUT ,

C HUCK L UKACS , J EFF M IRACOLA ,

M ONTE M OORE , J IM N ELSON ,

M ICHAEL P HILLIPPI , E RIC P OLAK ,

R ICHARD S ARDINHA , R ON S PENCER

G R A P H I C D E S I G N E R

D EE B ARNETT

C A R T O G R A P H E R

T ODD G AMBLE

G R A P H I C P R O D U C T I O N S P E C I A L I S T

A NGELIKA L OKOTZ

I M A G E T E C H N I C I A N

B OB J ORDAN

P R O D U C T I O N M A N A G E R S

J OSH F ISCHER , R ANDALL C REWS

E RIC C AGLE , D AVID N OONAN ,

A ARON R OSENBERG

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A NDREW J. F INCH

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K IM M OHAN

D E S I G N M A N A G E R

C HRISTOPHER P ERKINS

D E V E L O P M E N T M A N A G E R

A NDREW J. F INCH

S E N I O R A R T D I R E C T O R , R P G

S TACY L ONGSTREET

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

What Is a Race of Destiny? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

What’s in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

What You Need to Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Chapter 1: Humans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

A Day in the Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Human Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Energy and Ambition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Aggression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Focus on the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Adaptability and Variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Human Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Human Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Leisure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Arts and Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Technology and Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Humans at War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Society and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Society’s Drive to Organize . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Social Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

The Immediate Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Relying Less on Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Humans and Other Races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

How Humans Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Urbanus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Zarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Other Forms of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

History and Folklore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Mythic Origins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Gutterspeak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Gutterspeak Phrasebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Cities and Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Human Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Settling the Frontier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Building a Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Human Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Visiting a Human Settlement . . . . . . . . . . .28

Human Economies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Example City: Three Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Creating Human Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Special Human Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Humans as Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Chapter 2: Half-Elves and Half-Orcs . . . . . . .33

The Half-Elf: A Day in the Life . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Half-Elf Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Age Confusion in Childhood . . . . . . . . . . .34

Quiet Exterior, Inner Turmoil . . . . . . . . . .34

The Foreigner Mentality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

The Half-Elf Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Leisure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Arts and Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Technology and Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Half-Elves at War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Half-Elf Society and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Half-Elves and Other Races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Half-Elf Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Half-Elf History and Folklore . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Half-Elf Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Half-Elf Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Creating Half-Elf Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Half-Elves as Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Special Half-Elf Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

The Half-Orc: A Day in the Life . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Half-Orc Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Quick to Judge, Quick to Anger . . . . . . . . .43

Brutal Childhoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

No True Place in Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Heritage of Shame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Living in the Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

The Stupid Stereotype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

The Half-Orc Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Leisure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Arts and Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Technology and Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Half-Orcs at War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Half-Orc Society and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

The Solace of Friendship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Half-Orcs and Other Races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Half-Orc Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Half-Orc History and Folklore . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Half-Orc Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Half-Orc Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Creating Half-Orc Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Half-Orcs as Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Special Half-Orc Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Chapter 3: Illumians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

A Day in the Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Illumian Racial Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Illumian Plotters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

The Illumian Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Leisure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Arts and Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Technology and Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Illumians at War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Society and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Cabal Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Cabal Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Laws and Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Travelers and Renegades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Illumian Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Human Gods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Abstract Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

The Illumian Pantheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Tarmuid, the First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Aulasha, the Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Glautru, the Seer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Soorinek, the Doubter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Syeret, the Lightbringer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Wathaku, the Silent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

History and Folklore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Ritual of Words Made Flesh . . . . . . . . . . . .78

The Journey of Neverlost Kaodei . . . . . . . .78

The Ascension of Tarmuid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

The Sack of the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Raising Elirhondas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

The Search For Trueroot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

The Hunting Secret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Illumian Phrasebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Illumian Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Example Cabal: Bloodwing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Important Cabal Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Elirhondas, Shadow Metropolis . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Creating Illumian Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Special Illumian Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Illumians as Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Chapter 4: Other Races of Destiny . . . . . . . . .91

Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Monster Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Aasimar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Aasimar Racial Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Doppelganger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Doppelganger Racial Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Doppelganger Monster Class . . . . . . . . . . .95

Half-Ogre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Mongrelfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Mongrelfolk Racial Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Sea Kin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Sea Kin Racial Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Sharakim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Sharakim Racial Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Skulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Skulk Racial Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Skulk Monster Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Racial Traits at 1st Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Class Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Class Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Tieﬂing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Tieﬂing Racial Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Underfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Underfolk Racial Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Age, Height, and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Chapter 5: Prestige Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Chameleon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Loredelver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Menacing Brute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Outcast Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Scar Enforcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Shadow Sentinel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Urban Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Chapter 6: Character Options . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Racial Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

General and Racial Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Initiate Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Tactical Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Racial Substitution Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Half-Elf Bard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Half-Elf Fighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Half-Elf Ranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Half-Orc Barbarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Half-Orc Druid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Half-Orc Paladin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Swift and Immediate Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

New Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Spell Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

New Psionic Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Power Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Chapter 8: Campaigns of Destiny . . . . . . . . 171

Elements of a Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Community Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Cityfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Social Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Roleplaying Cityfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Sample NPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Encounters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Introduction

Races of Destiny is a rules accessory for the D UNGEONS &

D RAGONS ® game. It contains information for both players

and DMs. Players will ﬁnd new feats, spells, and prestige

classes for their characters—and a new race that may be

inspiration for the next character they create. DMs will

ﬁnd a wealth of building blocks for adventures that take

characters to human cities or the remote fortresses of

the illumians—and along the way they’ll meet half-elf

diplomats, half-orc mercenaries, and other characters both

fascinating and dangerous.

Within the D&D milieu, humans interbreed more than

any other race. The human tendency to absorb (some would

say conquer) other races in this manner is touched on brieﬂy

as a segue into a discussion of halfbreed races, particularly

half-elves and half-orcs. Half-elves and half-orcs would

seem to have little in common besides a shared human

heritage. However, Races of Destiny explores the social and

psychological ramiﬁcations of living a life torn between two

very different worlds, covering everything from the half-

orc’s outcast attitude to the half-elf’s desire for acceptance.

The book also provides new feats, prestige classes, racial

substitution levels, and other goodies that play off these

races’ dual heritage.

To illustrate how humans can evolve within a magical

world, we introduce the illumians—secret masters who

have used magic language to transcend humanity. Their

ambition and thirst for knowledge rivals that of any human;

however, they have sacriﬁced some of their human versa-

tility for access to arcane secrets that manifest as glowing

sigils about their heads. Whereas humans gather in cities,

illumians ﬁnd strength and refuge in the enclaves of their

secret cabals. Herein you’ll ﬁnd the information you need

to create an illumian character, along with enough detail

to ground your new character in illumian culture. Races of

Destiny also provides some additional “toys” for illumian

characters and NPCs to play with, including racial feats

and prestige classes. Likewise, DMs should have no trouble

inserting the secretive illumians into an ongoing campaign,

using them as patrons, allies, or antagonists in the adven-

tures they create.

Races of Destiny also discusses the panoply of strange

races that either live peacefully among humans or have suc-

cessfully inﬁltrated human society, including the twisted

mongrelfolk, the noble aasimar, the less than noble tieﬂings,

and the subtle doppelgangers. Whether you’re looking for

an oddball race to play or your players’ next archenemy,

you’ll ﬁnd something useful here.

In summary, this book explores races whose destiny, for

good or ill, is tied to the fate of the human empires of your

world. If you enjoy playing human characters because of their

versatility and adaptability, you will ﬁnd new ways to explore

these human qualities in Races of Destiny. If you’re looking for

a humanlike race that trades some of its humanity for super-

natural abilities, the mysterious illumians might capture your

interest. Finally, Races of Destiny explores some of the nuances

of the traditionally angst-ridden halfbreed races, revealing

where they ﬁt within human society and giving them new

options that make them even more fun to play.

WHAT IS A

RACE OF DESTINY?

In most D&D worlds, human societies dominate much of

the map, and human culture is standard by which other

cultures are described. Despite other races’ unusual powers

and long histories, it is humanity and its related races that

seem poised to control the future. This book focuses on

these races of destiny—humans and the races that have at

least some human blood within their veins: the half-elves

and half-orcs. It also explores races that were once fully

human, such as the illumians, and creatures that ordinarily

live among humans, such as doppelgangers.

Themes of destiny, community, and interbreeding unite

the races of this book. Compared to the elves, dwarves,

and other longer-lived races, those of human blood have

a relatively short time in the world and strive ardently to

forge their legacies and reshape the world to suit their needs.

Humans explore, conquer, and settle, constantly pushing

the boundaries of civilization. Their villages become towns,

their towns become cities, and their cities become the

cosmopolitan ports-of-call for the “movers and shakers” of

the world.

Sometimes, the human drive to expand and evolve yields

remarkable results. The mingling of human and elf blood

gave rise to the ﬁrst half-elves. The union of humans and

orcs brought the ﬁrst half-orcs into the world. An ambitious

experiment involving a sorcerous ritual led to the birth of

the illumian race and an entire society built around the

power of the magic word.

WHAT’S IN THIS BOOK

Most players and DMs can play human characters with-

out too much strain, so rather than deﬁning humans in

general terms, this book explores the trends that have

shaped human cultures throughout history, covering

such themes as city-building, religion, art, and war. Races

of Destiny also provides new insights into how humans

regard other races, as well as feats and prestige classes that

suit the humans’ versatility and ﬁt the book’s themes of

destiny and community.

WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY

Races of Destiny makes use of the information in the three

D&D core rulebooks— Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s

Guide, and Monster Manual. In addition, it includes a small

amount of material designed for use with the Expanded

Psionics Handbook.

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