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Standard Other Traits

Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 238
Amphibious (2 RP): Prerequisite: Swim racial trait; Benefit: Members of this race are amphibious and can breathe both air and water.

Heroic (4 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: In campaigns that use the optional hero point system, each time a member of this race gains a level, it gains 2 hero points instead of 1. If it takes the Blood of Heroes feat, it gains 3 hero points each level instead of 2.

Hold Breath (1 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: Members of this race can hold their breath for a number of rounds equal to four times their Constitution score before risking drowning or suffocating.

Light and Dark (1 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: Members of this race gain the following supernatural ability: Once per day as an immediate action, a member of this race can treat positive and negative energies as if it were an undead creature, taking damage from positive energy and healing damage from negative energy. This ability lasts for 1 minute once activated.

Multitalented (2 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: Members of this race choose two favored classes at 1st level and gain +1 hit points or +1 skill rank whenever they take a level in either of those classes.

Prehensile Tail (2 RP): Prerequisites: None; Benefit: Members of this race have a long, flexible tail that can be used to carry objects. They cannot wield weapons with their tails, but they can retrieve small, stowed objects carried on their persons as a swift action.

Rodent Empathy (1 RP): Prerequisite: Ratfolk subtype; Benefit: Members of this race gain a +4 bonus on Handle Animal checks made to influence rodents.

Treespeech (2 RP): Prerequisite: Plant type; Benefit: Members of this race have the ability to converse with plants as if subject to a continual speak with plants spell.

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Standard Other Traits