Safir (3.5e Race)

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Safir

The safir are a race of azure-blooded, naturally psionic, four-armed elflike beings. They live for around 450 years, and are heavily matriarchal — females outnumber males 5 to 1. One fascinating point of safir biology is that they do not have a larynx, like most humanoids; instead they have a syrinx, the vocal organ found in birds, and a rich language to go with it. Safir history is kept both in paper archives and in the minds of a caste of eidetics called Lawspeakers, who are tasked with remembering and reciting telepathically over four million years of their race's past exploits.

Physical Description

Safir have blue skin and an athletic build, with four arms, a pointed jaw and long, slender, pointed ears, and can have any hair or eye color, with warm colors being more common than cool ones. Female safir are on average about 15 inches taller than males, and males tend to be slenderer than females.

Relations

A safir will usually have a small circle of friends and lovers, who maintain a limited mindlink with one another; thus, it is notably difficult to make friends with a safir.

Alignment

Most safir are good or neutral, with a slight tendency towards chaos.

Lands

The safir are most comfortable living in temperate forests or foothills, though large swaths of their homeland are desert or rainforest.

Religion

The native safir religion is known as the Sevenfold Path, and centres around six elder goddesses -- Kaena, Yukari, Maria, Sila, Astriþ, and Erina -- and the queen-goddess Amane.

Language

The safir are well-versed in Common, but their native spoken language is Xylphika, an ancient language that can either be whispered or sung through a safir's syrinx.

Names

The method of divining a newborn safir's name is unknown aside from the fact that it involves consuming dreamweaver silk.

Racial Traits

• +2 Intelligence, +2 Dexterity, -2 Constitution, -2 Strength
• Humanoid (Psionic, Safir)
• Medium: As a Medium creature, a Safir has no special bonuses or penalties due to its size.
• Safir base land speed is 30 feet.
• Low-Light Vision: A safir can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. She retains the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.

• Detect Thoughts (Ps): A safir constantly scans the area around itself looking for the thoughts and feelings of others. The safir detects thoughts as the spell, except that it does not need to concentrate and always gains the information as if it had spent 3 rounds concentrating on any particular creature, and the area is a 60 ft. emanation from the safir in all directions. Save DC is 10 + ½ safir’s HD + safir’s Charisma modifier. A creature that makes a successful save cannot have its thoughts detected by the safir for 24 hours.
• Empathic (Su): Safir are natural empaths, constantly in touch with the emotions of others. They have a constant empathy effect, as the psionic power with the following changes. If a creature at least 6 intelligence dies within the area of effect of a safir's empathy ability, she must make a Concentration check (DC 10 + the creature's HD + the creature's Charisma modifier) or be Staggered for 1 round. On a successful check, there is no penalty. A safir may not turn off her empathy.
• Hemocyanin: Safir have hemocyanin-based blood, which offers them a +4 racial bonus to Resist Natural Diseases and hemotoxins. Creatures that attempt to drink a safir's blood or bite into her flesh must make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 the safir's HD + Con mod) or become Nauseated for one round. Since hemocyanin is less efficient at carrying oxygen than hemoglobin, a safir takes a -4 penalty to Fortitude saves against altitude sickness, and to Constitution checks to avoid suffocation.
• Keen Senses: Safir have a +2 racial bonus to Listen and Spot checks.
• Multiple Arms: Safir have four arms, which allow them to wield twice as many implements at once as a human. Therefore, a safir gains one instance of Extra Arms as a racial feat at 1st level.
• Natural Telepath (Ps): A safir may, as a standard action, expend her psionic focus to manifest mindlink as a psi-like ability, using half her character level (minimum 1) as her manifester level. If she has levels in a manifesting class, she may also add mindlink to her powers known for free.
• Naturally Psionic: A safir gains wild talent as a bonus feat at 1st level; if she takes a psionic class at 1st level, she instead gains psionic talent.
• Trance (Ex): Safir once reigned over an extensive demiplane known as the Supernal or Dreamworld, which was accessible only through dreams. However, after the dreamweavers found and conquered the Supernal, safir avoided them by ceasing to sleep; now they instead enter a dreamless sleep-like state known as trance. Therefore, they have immunity to magic sleep effects. When a safir enters a trance, she must remain so entranced for a minimum of three hours, and six hours of trance is equivalent to a full night's rest.
• Automatic Languages: Common and Xylphika.
• Bonus Languages: Aquan, Auran, Ignan, Draconic, and Terran.
• Favored Class: Psion
• Level Adjustment: +1
• Effective Character Level: 2

Vital Statistics

Table: Safir Random Starting Ages

Adulthood	Simple	Moderate	Complex
16 years	+0 years	+0 years	+1d4 years

Table: Safir Aging Effects

Middle Age1	Old2	Venerable3	Maximum Age
390 years	415 years	440 years	+3d20 years
At middle age, −1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At old age, −2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At venerable age, −3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

Table: Safir Random Height and Weight

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	4' 9"	+1d10"	110 lb.	× (1d6) lb.
Female	5' 7"	+1d20"	130 lb.	× (2d6) lb.

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