Choker (3.5e Race)

Chokers

Personality

Chokers are ravenous, greedy hunters. They lurk in the darkness of caves and dungeons, snatching any prey they can get their grasping tendrils on. Easily bribed and hard to escape from, they can at best be controlled and at worst be consumed by.

Physical Description

A choker appears to be a mottled brown, semi-humanoid creature with long tendril-like limbs ending with four fingers, lined on the inside with spines that allow it to climb walls and constrict enemies. A choker’s skull, spine, and rib cage are bony, but its limbs are really tentacles with multiple knobby joints of cartilage. Thus, it appears bowlegged, and its movements seem peculiar and fluid. It's elongated face ends in a grotesque mouth filled with jagged teeth, and always appears to be snarling. The creature weighs about 35 pounds.

Relations

Chokers are animalistic predators. The only peaceful interaction they might have is through heavy bribery, and even then they are hostile and combative. Otherwise, they simply attack and consume what they can, and flee or hide from what they cannot.

Alignment

Usually Chaotic Evil

Lands

Underground. Chokers live almost exclusively in caves, dungeons and similar locations. They tend to use the ceilings and walls of such areas to their advantage, utilizing their skill at climbing to ambush prey.

Language

Undercommon.

Racial Traits

• +6 Strength, +4 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, -6 Intelligence (minimum 3), +2 Wisdom, -4 Charisma
• Aberration: Chokers are at best hideous, mutated forms of natural creatures
• Small: As a Small creature, a Choker gains a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks, but she uses smaller weapons than humans use, and her lifting and carrying limits are three-quarters of those of a Medium character.
• Choker base land speed is 20 feet: Climb 10 feet
• Darkvision out to 60 feet.
• Racial Hit Dice: A choker begins with three levels of aberration, which provide 3d8 Hit Dice, a base attack bonus of +2, and base saving throw bonuses of Fort +1, Ref +1, and Will +3.
• Racial Skills: A Choker’s aberration levels give it skill points equal to 6 x (2 + Int modifier, minimum 1). Its class skills are Climb, Hide, Move Silently, Intimidate, Jump. Chokers have a +8 racial bonus on Climb checks.
• +4 racial bonus to Grapple checks.
• Natural Weapons: Tentacle (1d3) - this natural weapon has a reach of 10 feet.
• Special Attacks (see above): Constrict (1d3), Improved Grab.
• Special Qualities (see above): Quickness. A choker can take an extra standard or move action during it's turn each round.
• Automatic Languages: Undercommon. Bonus Languages: Common.
• Favored Class: Rogue.
• Level Adjustment: +1

Vital Statistics

Table: Random Starting Ages

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

Table: Choker Aging Effects

Middle Age1	Old2	Venerable3	Maximum Age
25 years	35 years	50 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: Choker Random Height and Weight

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	2' 8"	+2d4	30 lb.	× (1) lb.
Female	2' 6"	+2d4	30 lb.	× (1) lb.

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