Tallow (3.5e Race)

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Tallow

This Race is to humans what cuckoo's are to birds.

Personality

Tallows are humanoids that work their way into human civilization to survive.

Physical Description

Tallow use their natural aptitude for disguise to blend into human society and thus can assume any physical aspects they choose as long as they are minor details.

Relations

Tallow use their abilities to blend into society and gain wealth and affluence.

Racial Traits

• Monsterous Humanoid (Augmented Humanoid, Human) 
• Medium: As a Medium creature, a tallow has no special bonuses or penalties due to its size.
• Tallow base land speed is 30 feet.  
• Covert Birth (Ex): Tallow take no penalties to disguise from gender, age, or race as long as the race they are disguised as has the human sub-type. They also may change any minor details such as eye or hair color ect. 
• Living Lie (Ex): For a Tallow Bluff, Disguise, and Sense Motive are always considered class skills. 
• Painful Truth (Ex): Tallow become shaken on a failed save vs a Zone of Truth or similar effect for the duration of the effect +1d4 rounds. 
• Consume Memory (Sp): Once per day as a full round action a Tallow may use a touch attack to subject a Humanoid with the Human sub-type to Modify Memory as a spell-like ability only to eliminate a memory. This act provides a Tallow with sustenance for 2d4 days. A sleeping subject is not subject to a save vs a Tallow's Consume Memory Ability. The DC for this ability is 10 + 1/2 HD + Highest Mental Ability Modifier.
• Automatic Languages: Common
• Bonus Languages: None
• Favored Class: Any
• Level Adjustment: +0
• Effective Character Level: 1

Vital Statistics

Table: Tallow Random Starting Ages

Adulthood	Simple	Moderate	Complex
15 years	+1d4	+1d6	+2d6

Table: Tallow Aging Effects

Middle Age1	Old2	Venerable3	Maximum Age
35 years	53 years	70 years	+2d20 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: Tallow Random Height and Weight

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	4' 10"	+2d10	120 lb.	× (2d4) lb.
Female	4' 10"	+2d10	85 lb.	× (2d4) lb.

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