Moosu (3.5e Race)

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Date Created:	10-19-16
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Moosu

Moose-headed creatures from the frozen north, they are well known for their strength, endurance, and politeness. They are the epitome of the gentle giant.

Personality

The moosu may look potentially intimidating with their size and wide horns, but they are gentle giants at heart. Their home culture is one of understanding and helpfulness as they believe the greatest strength one has isn't the strength of arms, but the strength of numbers. It also helps them compensate for their weaknesses, as they can be a bit scatterbrained at times.

Physical Description

The moosu are deceptively strong. They are humanoid creatures with generally tall frames, large feet, and covered in a layer of brown fur with a pronounced moose-like snout and wide antlers. Due to their antlers their necks are extremely strong. It also makes them clumsy and prone to getting stuck in doorways. Moosu sometimes have thicker more human-like hair on top, but many are "bald" with only their base fur covering their heads.

Relations

The moosu have generally found friendly, or at least non-hostile, relations with most that they meet. When encountering a foe they cannot diplomacy into submission, they often retreat and set up a potent defensive wall. They hold this position as their allies weaken them while they are distracted.

Alignment

Moosu are generally neutral good, but as any race they do vary.

Lands

Moosu live in the frozen northern plains, forests, and mountains.

Religion

Moosu can adopt any number of religions but seem to have a base in druidic nature deities, especially those in bounty, harvest, and celebration.

Language

Moosu speak Common and Sylvan.

Names

Moosu have long since adopted names of the races around them, resulting in very human-like names.

Racial Traits

+2 Strength, -2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence or -2 Wisdom: Strong and tough, their bulk does not help them move quickly. They also tend to be scatterbrained or simple minded.
Humanoid (Anthro): They are humanoid creatures with moose-like heads.
Medium: As a Medium creature, a moosu has no special bonuses or penalties due to its size.
Moosu base land speed is 30 feet.
Low-Light Vision: A moosu 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.
Clumsy (Ex): Moosu suffer from the clumsy build flaw with no bonus feat. However they can still acquire powerful build in spite of this flaw.
Cold Endurance (Ex): The moosu are under a constant endure elements (cold only) and may ignore ice and snow based difficult terrain, including slipping on ice.
Natural Armor (Ex): Moosu have a +2 natural armor bonus.
Natural Attack (Ex): Moosu has a gore attack which deals 1d10 points of damage as a primary natural attack. If it is the only attack made, treat it as a two-handed attack. In addition the moosu gains a free bull rush when hitting with their gore attack without provoking attacks of opportunity. This counts as Improved Bull Rush for the purpose of pre-requisites.
Steady Aim (Ex): The moosu may use their Strength in place of Dexterity for the purpose of ranged attacks.
Wild Empathy (Ex): The moosu gains wild empathy as a druid of their level. If they gain wild empathy from their class, they get a +4 bonus on their checks.
Weapon Proficiency: Moosu are proficient in the hunting rifle, mancatcher^CW, net, and sap.
Skills: Moosu gain a +2 racial bonus on Concentration, Diplomacy, Handle Animal, Ride, and Survival. These skills are always class skills.
Automatic Languages: Common, Sylvan
Bonus Languages: Any (except secret languages)
Favored Class: Ranger
Level Adjustment: +0
Effective Character Level: 1

Vital Statistics

Table: Moosu Random Starting Ages
Adulthood	Simple	Moderate	Complex
15 years	+1d4	+1d6	+2d6

Table: Moosu Aging Effects
Middle Age¹	Old²	Venerable³	Maximum Age
40 years	60 years	80 years	+1d20 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: Moosu Random Height and Weight
Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	5' 10"	+2d10	200 lb.	× (1d8) lb.
Female	5' 8"	+2d10	180 lb.	× (1d8) lb.

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