Blues (3.5e Race)

Blues

Personality

Blues are less outwardly violent than many of their comrades, but they remain reclusive, and most blues prefer to remain within their tribes, where they are usually venerated for their superior mental acuity. Blues who become adventurers have likely been exiled as "freaks" from a tribe who wasn't so accepting of the blue's mysterious powers.

Physical Description

Blues are a subrace of goblins with an innate knack for psionics. A blue is often smaller than an average goblin, standing just about 3 feet tall and weighing about 40 pounds. Blues have noticeably blue-tinged skin, and their eyes are less dull than those of a common goblin. Otherwise, they resemble their kin.

Relations

Like many other goblinoids, blues are clannish and mostly prefer to associate with other goblinoids, including other blues, goblins, hobgoblins and bugbears. They often harbor a subconscious enmity towards plains-dwelling races who might compete with their tribes for food, such as orcs, centaurs, and wild elves; otherwise, they

Alignment

Defaulting to a free-wheeling tribal lifestyle, many blues wind up chaotic. However, due in part to their increased intelligence, they are more likely than other goblinoids to bend neutral or even lawful, and have no strong inclination toward any part of the good-evil axis.

Lands

Most blues live in temperate environments, especially plains. Their lack of physical hardiness means that they're not very tolerant of extremely hot or cold environments, but they do sometimes take up residence in shallow caves and low-elevation foothills.

Racial Traits

• +2 Intelligence, –2 Charisma: Blues are mentally keen, but live a sheltered life, leading to occasional social difficulties, especially with non-goblinoids.
• Humanoid (Goblinoid, Psionic)
• Small size: +1 bonus to Armor Class, +1 bonus on attack rolls, +4 bonus on Hide checks, –4 penalty on grapple checks, lifting and carrying limits 3/4 of those of Medium characters.
• Blue base land speed is 30 feet.
• Naturally Psionic: Blues gain 1 bonus power point at 1st level. This benefit does not grant them the ability to manifest powers unless they gain that ability through another source, such as levels in a psionic class.
• Psi-Like Abilities (Ps): 3/day— detect psionics, distract, entangling ectoplasm. Manifester level 1/2 blue's Hit Dice (minimum 1st). The save DC is Intelligence based.
• Automatic Languages: Common, Goblin. Bonus Languages: Draconic, Elven, Giant, Gnoll, Orc.
• Favored Class: Psion.
• Level Adjustment: +0.

Vital Statistics

Table: Blue Random Starting Ages

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

Table: Aging Effects

Middle Age1	Old2	Venerable3	Maximum Age
22 years	35 years	50 years	+3d6 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: Random Height and Weight

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	2' 4"	+1d6 inches	35 lb.	× (1d4) lb.
Female	2' 1"	+1d6 inches	30 lb.	× (1d4) lb.

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