Chapter: Ancestries
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| Name ▲ | Page | Description |
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| Ancestries | Your character’s ancestry determines which people they call their own, whether it’s diverse and ambitious humans, insular but vivacious elves, traditionalist and family-focused dwarves, or any of the other folk who call… | |
| Dwarf | Dwarves have a well-earned reputation as a stoic and stern people, ensconced within citadels and cities carved from solid rock. | |
| Dwarf Heritages | With their long family lines and hardy physiologies, dwarves take great pride in the resilience their bloodlines provide. Choose one of the following dwarven heritages at 1st level. | |
| Dwarf Ancestry Feats | At 1st level, you gain one ancestry feat, and you gain an additional ancestry feat every 4 levels thereafter (at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th levels). As a dwarf, you select from among the following ancestry feats. | |
| Elf | As an ancient people, elves have seen great change and have the perspective that can come only from watching the arc of history. | |
| Elf Heritages | Elves live long lives and adapt to their environment after dwelling there for a long time. Choose one of the following elven heritages at 1st level. | |
| Elf Ancestry Feats | At 1st level, you gain one ancestry feat, and you gain an additional ancestry feat every 4 levels thereafter (at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th levels). As an elf, you select from among the following ancestry feats. | |
| Gnome | Long ago, early gnome ancestors emigrated from the First World, realm of the fey. | |
| Gnome Heritages | A diverse collection of oddballs, gnomes have all sorts of peculiar strains among their bloodlines. Choose one of the following gnome heritages at 1st level. | |
| Gnome Ancestry Feats | At 1st level, you gain one ancestry feat, and you gain an additional ancestry feat every 4 levels thereafter (at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level). As a gnome, you select from among the following ancestry feats. | |
| Goblin | The convoluted histories other people cling to don’t interest goblins. These small folk live in the moment, and they prefer tall tales over factual records. | |
| Goblin Heritages | Goblins, especially those of different tribes, have all sorts of physiological differences, which they often discover only through hazardous “experiments.” Choose one of the following goblin heritages at 1st level. | |
| Goblin Ancestry Feats | At 1st level, you gain one ancestry feat, and you gain an additional ancestry feat every 4 levels thereafter (at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level). As a goblin, you can select from the following ancestry feats. | |
| Halfling | Claiming no place as their own, halflings control few settlements larger than villages. Instead, they frequently live among humans within the walls of larger cities, carving out small communities alongside taller folk. | |
| Halfling Heritages | You select a heritage at 1st level to reflect abilities passed down to you from your ancestors or common among those of your ancestry in the environment where you were born or grew up. | |
| Halfling Ancestry Feats | At 1st level, you gain one ancestry feat, and you gain an additional ancestry feat every 4 levels thereafter (at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th levels). As a halfling, you select from among the following ancestry feats. | |
| Human | As unpredictable and varied as any of Golarion’s peoples, humans have exceptional drive and the capacity to endure and expand. | |
| Human Heritages | Unlike other ancestries, humans don’t have significant physiological differences defined by their lineage. Instead, their heritages either reveal their potential as a people or reflect lineages from multiple ancestries. | |
| Human Ancestry Feats | At 1st level, you gain one ancestry feat, and you gain an additional ancestry feat every 4 levels thereafter (at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th levels). As a human, you choose from among the following ancestry feats. | |
| Half-elf | A half-elf is born to an elf and a human, or to two half-elves. The life of a half-elf can be difficult, often marked by a struggle to fit in. | |
| Half-elf Ancestry Feats | A human with elf or orc blood is called a half-elf or half-orc, respectively, which is represented by the corresponding heritage. | |
| Half-orc | A half-orc is the offspring of a human and an orc, or of two half-orcs. Because some intolerant people see orcs as more akin to monsters than people, they sometimes hate and fear half-orcs simply due to their lineage. | |
| Half-orc Ancestry Feats | The following feats are available to half-orcs. Some of these feats are common to people with orc blood, and have the orc trait, while others are specific to half-orcs and have the half-orc trait. |