Runetouched Human (3.5e Race)

Runetouched Human
Magic heavy societies may realize not all magic is free. Certain magic and some item creation forms a sort of "magical pollution", with various side effects. One such side effect began to affect the unborn children of humans, transforming then in the womb with a boon and a bane into new beings known as runetouched humans. Summary::Runetouched humans are normal humans touched by magic at birth. Their rune covered skins grant them greater magical prowess, but also exposes them to the ravages of magic.

Personality
Runetouched humans are, like their human forebearers, quite varied in their personalities. However, they may grow up either excluded by their friends and family or exalted and told that they are different. This, combined with the magical might many possess, results in runetouched humans becoming haughty, gain superiority complexes, or become reclusive hermits. They truly live up to the stereotypes associated with wizards and other magicians.

Physical Description
A runetouched human is a normal human whose skin is covered partially or entirely in strange runes which appear around the onset of puberty, and get more numerous and darker as they age. Ancient runetouched humans are completely covered head to toe, even on the inside of their body and inscribed upon their bones. When casting magic these runes shift, glow, and express other manifestations of power. The runes have great meaning in magical studies, and some believe they can read the child's future by deciphering them.

Relations
A runetouched human, if not shunned by the society which raised them, is no different than another human of their type. However sadly this happens few and far between, resulting in those who would hide themselves away from the world to research magic, and those who would dominate the world with their magical powers.

Alignment
Any.

Lands
Runetouched humans live in human lands, specifically those rich in magical powers and technology.

Religion
Runetouched humans generally are less pious that the average human. And why not, when one realizes that one has power already there is often little reason to ask for power from beyond.

Language
Runetouched humans speak Common as is typical for human beings.

Names
Runetouched humans are named the same as human beings, and in fact they are usually considered human until they first begin to show signs of the runic markings.