Marune (3.5e Race)

Marune
Summary::The Marune race is unique in it ability to shapechange into rather large magical hares at whim and their ability to handle magic with degree of innate ease. In legend marune were once a race of magical hares, while not sentient they were quite smart for animals. The legend say that the hares aided a wounded sorceress in a way now lost to time and that she rewarded them with humanoid body and sentience with the ability to return to their hare form. Whether or not the legend is true is unknown but the marune certainly possess above average magical prowess and the ability to turn into magical hares.

Marune are naturally magical creatures, capable of calling powers similar to an apprentice wizard innately at a young age. Their powers are both limited in scope and it variety, a marune only know how to produce a few magical effect innately without training. Their most notable ability is their hare transformation, transforming them into large magical hares. While in hare form they are unable to use their training (class level) but still have access to their own innate mystical powers.

Personality
Marune are typically very curious and proactive, most of them have a friendly endeavor (sometime so friendly it creepy) and are not usually taking themselves very seriously. Their ability to manipulate magic and change from definitely have an effect on their behavior, some tries to hide their powers while other revel in it. Marune tend to be individualistic, preferring to live with friends or alone than in family.

Physical Description
Marune are average sized humanoid with grey to blue skin, long loppy ears and strange birthmarks all over their body. Marune have little to no body hairs, they do have eyebrows and hair on their head and male can have facial hairs but their body is usually hairless. The Marune's apparnce is highly variable, their height can go from a short 4'5 to a tall 6'2 and the length, size and position of their ears change from marune to marune.

The marune's alternate form is a large usually hairless (some do have a fine coat of hair) hare covered in glowing lines resembling the marune's birthmark. The color of the hare is the same as the marune's skin color, it size also seem somewhat proportional to it humanoid form.

Relations
Marune tend to have lighthearted relations with other races, they are often finding conflict with elves and dwarves however because of their magical affinities. Changelings and Marune tend to get along well enough, both being very different shapeshifters. Relations with humans tend to be neutral, because that hwo human roll for some reason.

Alignment
Marune tend to be on the chaotic scale of the alignment, this is far from absolute however.

Lands
Marune prefer prairies and planes in temperate areas to settle.

Religion
Marunes are not particularly religious, although quite a few find themselves devoted by a religion.

Language
Overall marune seem to prefer spekaing in common, they do not seem to have any racial language of their own. Sylvan is usually also spoken widely.

Names
Names is always a somewhat sensitive matter to the marune, each marune is named according to the whim of her parent leading to a very large variety of names with no rhyme or reason between them. Most marune will change their name to their liking when they get to adulthood.

Variant Racial Features

 * Psionic Marune: A psionic marune receive hidden talent instead of hidden sorcery as a bonus feat. Mystical Might become Pisonic Might, granting a +1 ML bonus instead of a +1 caster level. The Marune gain the psionic subtype.