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Drow Source Inner Sea Races pg. 241, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary pg. 114, Advanced Race Guide pg. 102 Monster Entry Link Cruel and cunning, drow are a dark reflection of the elven race. Also called dark elves, they dwell deep underground in elaborate cities shaped from the rock of cyclopean caverns. Drow seldom make themselves known to surface folk, preferring to remain legends while advancing their sinister agendas through proxies and agents. Drow have no love for anyone but themselves, and are adept at manipulating other creatures. While they are not born evil, malignancy is deep-rooted in their culture and society, and nonconformists rarely survive for long. Some stories tell that given the right circumstances, a particularly hateful elf might turn into a drow, though such a transformation would require a truly heinous individual. Physical Description: Drow are similar in stature to humans, but share the slender build and features of elves, including the distinctive long, pointed ears. Their eyes lack pupils and are usually solid white or red. Drow skin ranges from coal black to a dusky purple. Their hair is typically white or silver, though some variation is not unknown. Society: Drow society is traditionally class-oriented and matriarchal. Male drow usually fulfill martial roles, defending the species from external threats, while female drow assume positions of leadership and authority. Reinforcing these gender roles, one in 20 drow are born with exceptional abilities and thus considered to be nobility, and the majority of these special drow are female. Noble houses define drow politics, with each house governed by a noble matriarch and composed of lesser families, business enterprises, and military companies. Each house is also associated with a demon lord patron. Drow are strongly driven by individual self-interest and advancement, which shapes their culture with seething intrigue and politics, as common drow jockey for favor of the nobility, and the nobility rise in power through a combination of assassination, seduction, and treachery. Relations: Drow have a strong sense of racial superiority and divide non-drow into two groups: slaves, and those that are not yet slaves. In practice, however, races that may share similar inclinations (such as hobgoblins and orcs) and those who serve willingly may be treated as servitor races and granted a measure of trust and modest rank in drow society. Others, such as dwarves, gnomes, and halflings, are deemed fit only for the lash. Manipulative drow delight in exploiting the weak character of humans. While they claim no kinship with fetchlings, the drow harbor a curiosity toward the shadow race, as both are adaptations of races exposed to extreme and dangerous conditions. Finally, the drow's hatred of elves sets these beings apart from all other races, and the dark elves desire nothing more than to ruin everything about their surface cousins. Alignment and Religion: Drow place a premium on power and survival, and are unapologetic about any vile choices they might make to ensure their survival. After all, they do not just survive adversity—they conquer it. They have no use for compassion, and are unforgiving of their enemies, both ancient and contemporary. Drow retain the elven traits of strong emotion and passion, but channel it through negative outlets, such as hatred, vengeance, lust for power, and raw carnal sensation. Consequently, most drow are chaotic evil. Adventurers: Conquerors and slavers, drow are driven to expand their territory, and many seek to settle ancient grudges upon elven and dwarven nations in ruinous and dreary sites of contested power on the surface. Male drow favor martial or stealth classes that put them close to their enemies and their homes, as either soldiers or spies. Female drow typically assume classes that lend themselves to leadership, such as bards and especially clerics. Both genders have an innate talent for the arcane arts, and may be wizards or summoners. Drow make natural antipaladins, but males are often discouraged from this path, as the feminine nobility feel discomforted by the idea of strong-willed males with autonomous instincts and a direct relationship with a demon lord. Male Names: Arcavato, Drovic, Firyin, Kaelmourn, Mirrendier, Pharnox, Syrendross, Zov. Female Names: Belmarniss, Cylellinth, Ilvaria, Johysis, Loscivia, Tyvorhan, Ulumbralya, Volundeil. Drow Racial Traits +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma, –2 Constitution: Drow are nimble and manipulative. Elf: Drow are humanoids with the elf subtype. Medium: Drow are Medium creatures and receive no bonuses or penalties due to their size. Normal Speed: Drow have a base speed of 30 feet. Darkvision: Drow can see in the dark up to 120 feet. Drow Immunities: Drow are immune to magic sleep effects and gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against enchantment spells and effects. Keen Senses: Drow gain a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks. Poison Use: Drow are skilled in the use of poison and never risk accidentally poisoning themselves. Spell Resistance: A drow possesses an amount of spell resistance equal to 6 + her character level. Spell-Like Abilities: A drow can cast dancing lights, darkness, and faerie fire, each once per day, using her total character level as her caster level. Light Blindness: Abrupt exposure to bright light blinds drow for 1 round; on subsequent rounds, they are dazzled as long as they remain in the affected area. Weapon Familiarity: Drow are proficient with the hand crossbow, rapier, and short sword. Languages: Drow begin play speaking Elven and Undercommon. Drow with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Abyssal, Aklo, Aquan, Common, Draconic, Gnome, Goblin, and Sakvroth. Drow Alternate Racial Traits Replaces Darkvision, Light Blindness Surface Infiltrator Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 103 Some drow dwell close to the surface lands, either because they serve drow causes or they were exiled. Drow with this racial trait gain low-light vision, allowing them to see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light. This racial trait replaces the darkvision and light blindness racial traits. Replaces Drow Immunities Seducer Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 103 Certain drow possess an innate understanding of the darkest desires that lurk in every heart. Drow with this racial trait add +1 to the saving throw DCs for spells and spell-like abilities of the enchantment school. In addition, drow with a Wisdom score of 15 or higher may use charm person once per day as a spell-like ability (caster level equal to the drow’s character level). This racial trait replaces drow immunities. Replaces Drow Immunities, Keen Senses Psychic Sensitivity Source Blood of Shadows pg. 15 The Darklands is full of strange energies, and the drow or half-drow who live there practice bloody rituals in exchange for favor and power. Drow or half-elves with this trait gain the Psychic Sensitivity feat (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Occult Adventures 138), gaining access to occult skill unlocks normally only available to psychic spellcasters. This racial trait replaces keen senses for drow and half-elves and drow immunities for drow or elven immunities for half-elves. Replaces Drow Immunities, Keen Senses, Poison Use Defensive Training Source Inner Sea Races pg. 215 Many drow cities are frequently beset by attacks from aberrations, prompting the residents train themselves to defend against them. Drow gain a +4 dodge bonus to AC against aberrations. This racial trait replaces drow immunities, keen senses, and poison use. Replaces Drow Immunities, Light Blindness, Spell Resistance, Weapon Familiarity Poison Minion Source Blood of Shadows pg. 5 Drow sometimes augment their slaves and frontline warriors by making them toxic, causing their bodies to internally produce mawbane poison (see below). The resulting poisonous creature makes a potent weapon in the effort to discourage neighboring monsters. Any creature that hits such a character with a bite attack is immediately exposed to its poison. The save DC for this poison is equal to 10 + 1/2 the character’s Hit Dice + the character’s Constitution modifier. Mawbane Poison—ingested; save Fortitude as above; frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1d2 Constitution damage; cure 1 save. Dwarves can take this trait in place of defensive training and hardy. Elves can take this trait in place of elven magic and weapon familiarity. Gnomes can take this trait in place of defensive training, gnome magic, and illusion resistance. Half-elves can take this trait in place of elven immunities and keen senses. Half-orcs can take this trait in place of orc ferocity and weapon familiarity. Humans can take this trait in place of skilled. Halfling physiology prevents them from taking this trait. Drow can take this trait in place of drow immunities, light blindness, spell resistance, and weapon familiarity. Wayangs can take this trait in place of light and dark, lurker, and shadow resistance. Replaces Keen Senses Darklands Guide Source Blood of Shadows pg. 5 Those who brave the lightless tunnels below Golarion’s surface learn to identify the dangerous phenomena that characterize the Darklands. Characters with this trait gain a +2 bonus on initiative checks, and on saves against traps and hazards when underground (from a lifetime of dodging accursed pools, cave-ins, and green slime). Drow and half-elves can take this trait in place of keen senses. Tieflings can take this trait in place of the darkness spell-like ability. Sure Step Source Blood of Shadows pg. 5 Adventurers can spend their whole careers in the alleys and sewers of large cities or the tunnels of the Darklands. Characters with this trait suffer no movement penalties when blinded or moving in darkness. Drow and half-elves can take this trait in place of keen senses. Replaces Keen Senses, Poison Use Blasphemous Covenant Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 102 Since their twisted beginnings, the drow have consorted with demons. Some drow have strong ties with these creatures and may call upon ancient and obscene associations to sway demonic cooperation. Drow with this racial trait gain a +2 bonus on Diplomacy checks made against unbound creatures with the demon subtype. Furthermore, demons conjured with any summon spell gain +2 hit points per Hit Die. Lastly, the cost of bribes or offerings for any planar ally spell cast by these drow to summon a demon is reduced by 20%. This racial trait replaces keen senses and poison use. Replaces Keen Sight Ambitious Schemer Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 102 Seduction and treachery are tools for advancement in drow society, even for the martially inclined. Drow with this racial trait may choose either Bluff or Diplomacy as a class skill, and gain a +2 bonus on such skill checks. This racial trait replaces keen sight. Replaces Poison Use Ancestral Grudge Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 102 The enmity between the drow and elves and dwarves is long-standing and deeply entrenched. Drow with this racial trait gain a +1 bonus on attack rolls against humanoids with the dwarf or elf subtypes (with the exception of drow) because of their special training against these reviled foes. This racial trait replaces poison use. Shadow Sorcery Source Blood of Shadows pg. 15 Drow with this trait have a supernatural affinity for shadow. A drow sorcerer with the shadow^APG bloodline treats her Charisma score as 2 points higher for all sorcerer class abilities and for spells with the shadow^UM descriptor she casts. This racial trait replaces poison use. Replaces Spell Resistance Champion of Dark Powers Source Agents of Evil pg. 24 Some drow offer themselves to dark patrons, particularly demon lords. Drow with this racial trait apply their spell resistance only against spells with the good or healing descriptor or against spells cast by a divine spellcaster who worships a good-aligned deity. Anytime a drow with this racial trait casts a spell with the evil descriptor, the DC to resist the spell’s effects increases by 2. This modifies the spell resistance racial trait. Daylight Adaptation Source Blood of Shadows pg. 14 Some drow with a hint of other racial heritages spend significant time on the surface and maintain their darkvision, but no longer have the light blindness trait. This racial trait replaces spell resistance. Replaces Spell-Like Abilities Darklands Stalker Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 103 The lands outside of drow cities, from rough-hewn tunnels to rocky caverns, are treacherous to navigate. Drow with this racial trait may move through difficult terrain without penalty while underground. In addition, drow with a Dexterity of 13 or higher gain Nimble Moves as a bonus feat. This racial trait replaces the spell-like abilities racial trait. Shade Magic Source Blood of Shadows pg. 15 Drow with this trait can cast cloak of shade^APG, dust of twilight^APG, and ghost sound as spell-like abilities each once per day. This racial trait replaces a drow’s normal spell-like abilities. Replaces Weapon Familiarity Voice in the Darkness Source Blood of Shadows pg. 5 Prerequisite: Charisma 13+. Characters who practice coercion and intimidation in the Darklands or on the Shadow Plane learn to do so in dim light or no light at all. As long as they are in dim light or darker conditions, characters with this trait gain a +2 bonus on Intimidate and Stealth checks. Dwarves can take this trait in place of stonecunning. Drow and elves can take this trait in place of weapon familiarity. Half-elves can take this trait in place of adaptability. Half-orcs can take this trait in place of intimidating. Drow Favored Class Options Instead of receiving an additional skill rank or hit point whenever they gain a level in a favored class, Drow have the option of choosing from a number of other bonuses, depending upon their favored class. The following options are available to all Drow who have the listed favored class. Alchemist (Advanced Race Guide pg. 103): Add +10 minutes to the duration of the alchemist’s mutagens. Antipaladin (Advanced Race Guide pg. 103): The antipaladin adds +1/4 to the number of cruelties he can inflict. Bard (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add +1/2 to Bluff and Disguise checks to appear as an elf or half-elf. Bloodrager (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add a +1/2 bonus to concentration checks to cast or maintain spells when taking damage. Cleric (Advanced Race Guide pg. 103): Select one domain power granted at 1st level that is normally usable a number of times per day equal to 3 + the cleric’s Wisdom modifier. The cleric adds +1/2 to the number of uses per day of that domain power. Druid (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add a +1 bonus to wild empathy checks to influence animals and magical beasts that live underground. Fighter (Advanced Race Guide pg. 104): Choose the disarm or reposition combat maneuver. Add +1/3 to the fighter’s CMB when attempting this maneuver (maximum bonus of +4). Inquisitor (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Gain 1/4 of a teamwork feat. Paladin (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add a +1/2 sacred bonus to saving throws against spells of the shadow subschool or that have the darkness or shadow^UM descriptor. Psychic (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Gain 1/6 of a phrenic amplification (or a major amplification if the psychic is at least 11th level). Ranger (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add +1/3 to initiative checks in one of the ranger’s favored terrains. Rogue (Advanced Race Guide pg. 104): Add a +1/2 bonus on Bluff checks to feint and pass secret messages. Shifter (Wilderness Origins pg. 8): Add a +1/2 bonus on Climb checks. Sorcerer (Advanced Race Guide pg. 104): Add one spell known from the sorcerer spell list. This spell must have the curse, evil, or pain descriptor, and be at least one level below the highest spell level the sorcerer can cast. Summoner (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add 1 hit point or 1 skill rank to the summoner’s eidolon. Warpriest (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add 1/2 point to the amount of damage dealt or healed by the warpriest’s fervor ability. Wizard (Advanced Race Guide pg. 104): Select one arcane school power at 1st level that is normally usable a number of times per day equal to 3 + the wizard’s Intelligence modifier. The wizard adds +1/2 to the number of uses per day of that arcane school power.

Drow

Source Inner Sea Races pg. 241, Pathfinder RPG Bestiary pg. 114, Advanced Race Guide pg. 102
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Cruel and cunning, drow are a dark reflection of the elven race. Also called dark elves, they dwell deep underground in elaborate cities shaped from the rock of cyclopean caverns. Drow seldom make themselves known to surface folk, preferring to remain legends while advancing their sinister agendas through proxies and agents. Drow have no love for anyone but themselves, and are adept at manipulating other creatures. While they are not born evil, malignancy is deep-rooted in their culture and society, and nonconformists rarely survive for long. Some stories tell that given the right circumstances, a particularly hateful elf might turn into a drow, though such a transformation would require a truly heinous individual.

Physical Description: Drow are similar in stature to humans, but share the slender build and features of elves, including the distinctive long, pointed ears. Their eyes lack pupils and are usually solid white or red. Drow skin ranges from coal black to a dusky purple. Their hair is typically white or silver, though some variation is not unknown.

Society: Drow society is traditionally class-oriented and matriarchal. Male drow usually fulfill martial roles, defending the species from external threats, while female drow assume positions of leadership and authority. Reinforcing these gender roles, one in 20 drow are born with exceptional abilities and thus considered to be nobility, and the majority of these special drow are female. Noble houses define drow politics, with each house governed by a noble matriarch and composed of lesser families, business enterprises, and military companies. Each house is also associated with a demon lord patron. Drow are strongly driven by individual self-interest and advancement, which shapes their culture with seething intrigue and politics, as common drow jockey for favor of the nobility, and the nobility rise in power through a combination of assassination, seduction, and treachery.

Relations: Drow have a strong sense of racial superiority and divide non-drow into two groups: slaves, and those that are not yet slaves. In practice, however, races that may share similar inclinations (such as hobgoblins and orcs) and those who serve willingly may be treated as servitor races and granted a measure of trust and modest rank in drow society. Others, such as dwarves, gnomes, and halflings, are deemed fit only for the lash. Manipulative drow delight in exploiting the weak character of humans. While they claim no kinship with fetchlings, the drow harbor a curiosity toward the shadow race, as both are adaptations of races exposed to extreme and dangerous conditions. Finally, the drow's hatred of elves sets these beings apart from all other races, and the dark elves desire nothing more than to ruin everything about their surface cousins.

Alignment and Religion: Drow place a premium on power and survival, and are unapologetic about any vile choices they might make to ensure their survival. After all, they do not just survive adversity—they conquer it. They have no use for compassion, and are unforgiving of their enemies, both ancient and contemporary. Drow retain the elven traits of strong emotion and passion, but channel it through negative outlets, such as hatred, vengeance, lust for power, and raw carnal sensation. Consequently, most drow are chaotic evil.

Adventurers: Conquerors and slavers, drow are driven to expand their territory, and many seek to settle ancient grudges upon elven and dwarven nations in ruinous and dreary sites of contested power on the surface. Male drow favor martial or stealth classes that put them close to their enemies and their homes, as either soldiers or spies. Female drow typically assume classes that lend themselves to leadership, such as bards and especially clerics. Both genders have an innate talent for the arcane arts, and may be wizards or summoners. Drow make natural antipaladins, but males are often discouraged from this path, as the feminine nobility feel discomforted by the idea of strong-willed males with autonomous instincts and a direct relationship with a demon lord.

Male Names: Arcavato, Drovic, Firyin, Kaelmourn, Mirrendier, Pharnox, Syrendross, Zov.

Female Names: Belmarniss, Cylellinth, Ilvaria, Johysis, Loscivia, Tyvorhan, Ulumbralya, Volundeil.

Drow Racial Traits

+2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma, –2 Constitution: Drow are nimble and manipulative.
Elf: Drow are humanoids with the elf subtype.
Medium: Drow are Medium creatures and receive no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
Normal Speed: Drow have a base speed of 30 feet.
Darkvision: Drow can see in the dark up to 120 feet.
Drow Immunities: Drow are immune to magic sleep effects and gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against enchantment spells and effects.
Keen Senses: Drow gain a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks.
Poison Use: Drow are skilled in the use of poison and never risk accidentally poisoning themselves.
Spell Resistance: A drow possesses an amount of spell resistance equal to 6 + her character level.
Spell-Like Abilities: A drow can cast dancing lights, darkness, and faerie fire, each once per day, using her total character level as her caster level.
Light Blindness: Abrupt exposure to bright light blinds drow for 1 round; on subsequent rounds, they are dazzled as long as they remain in the affected area.
Weapon Familiarity: Drow are proficient with the hand crossbow, rapier, and short sword.
Languages: Drow begin play speaking Elven and Undercommon. Drow with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Abyssal, Aklo, Aquan, Common, Draconic, Gnome, Goblin, and Sakvroth.

Drow Alternate Racial Traits

Replaces Darkvision, Light Blindness

Surface Infiltrator
Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 103
Some drow dwell close to the surface lands, either because they serve drow causes or they were exiled. Drow with this racial trait gain low-light vision, allowing them to see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light. This racial trait replaces the darkvision and light blindness racial traits.

Replaces Drow Immunities

Seducer
Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 103
Certain drow possess an innate understanding of the darkest desires that lurk in every heart. Drow with this racial trait add +1 to the saving throw DCs for spells and spell-like abilities of the enchantment school. In addition, drow with a Wisdom score of 15 or higher may use charm person once per day as a spell-like ability (caster level equal to the drow’s character level). This racial trait replaces drow immunities.

Replaces Drow Immunities, Keen Senses

Psychic Sensitivity
Source Blood of Shadows pg. 15
The Darklands is full of strange energies, and the drow or half-drow who live there practice bloody rituals in exchange for favor and power. Drow or half-elves with this trait gain the Psychic Sensitivity feat (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Occult Adventures 138), gaining access to occult skill unlocks normally only available to psychic spellcasters. This racial trait replaces keen senses for drow and half-elves and drow immunities for drow or elven immunities for half-elves.

Replaces Drow Immunities, Keen Senses, Poison Use

Defensive Training
Source Inner Sea Races pg. 215
Many drow cities are frequently beset by attacks from aberrations, prompting the residents train themselves to defend against them. Drow gain a +4 dodge bonus to AC against aberrations. This racial trait replaces drow immunities, keen senses, and poison use.

Replaces Drow Immunities, Light Blindness, Spell Resistance, Weapon Familiarity

Poison Minion
Source Blood of Shadows pg. 5
Drow sometimes augment their slaves and frontline warriors by making them toxic, causing their bodies to internally produce mawbane poison (see below). The resulting poisonous creature makes a potent weapon in the effort to discourage neighboring monsters. Any creature that hits such a character with a bite attack is immediately exposed to its poison. The save DC for this poison is equal to 10 + 1/2 the character’s Hit Dice + the character’s Constitution modifier.

Mawbane Poison—ingested; save Fortitude as above; frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1d2 Constitution damage; cure 1 save.

Dwarves can take this trait in place of defensive training and hardy. Elves can take this trait in place of elven magic and weapon familiarity. Gnomes can take this trait in place of defensive training, gnome magic, and illusion resistance. Half-elves can take this trait in place of elven immunities and keen senses. Half-orcs can take this trait in place of orc ferocity and weapon familiarity. Humans can take this trait in place of skilled. Halfling physiology prevents them from taking this trait. Drow can take this trait in place of drow immunities, light blindness, spell resistance, and weapon familiarity. Wayangs can take this trait in place of light and dark, lurker, and shadow resistance.

Replaces Keen Senses

Darklands Guide
Source Blood of Shadows pg. 5
Those who brave the lightless tunnels below Golarion’s surface learn to identify the dangerous phenomena that characterize the Darklands. Characters with this trait gain a +2 bonus on initiative checks, and on saves against traps and hazards when underground (from a lifetime of dodging accursed pools, cave-ins, and green slime).

Drow and half-elves can take this trait in place of keen senses. Tieflings can take this trait in place of the darkness spell-like ability.

Sure Step
Source Blood of Shadows pg. 5
Adventurers can spend their whole careers in the alleys and sewers of large cities or the tunnels of the Darklands. Characters with this trait suffer no movement penalties when blinded or moving in darkness.

Drow and half-elves can take this trait in place of keen senses.

Replaces Keen Senses, Poison Use

Blasphemous Covenant
Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 102
Since their twisted beginnings, the drow have consorted with demons. Some drow have strong ties with these creatures and may call upon ancient and obscene associations to sway demonic cooperation. Drow with this racial trait gain a +2 bonus on Diplomacy checks made against unbound creatures with the demon subtype. Furthermore, demons conjured with any summon spell gain +2 hit points per Hit Die. Lastly, the cost of bribes or offerings for any planar ally spell cast by these drow to summon a demon is reduced by 20%. This racial trait replaces keen senses and poison use.

Replaces Keen Sight

Ambitious Schemer
Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 102
Seduction and treachery are tools for advancement in drow society, even for the martially inclined. Drow with this racial trait may choose either Bluff or Diplomacy as a class skill, and gain a +2 bonus on such skill checks. This racial trait replaces keen sight.

Replaces Poison Use

Ancestral Grudge
Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 102
The enmity between the drow and elves and dwarves is long-standing and deeply entrenched. Drow with this racial trait gain a +1 bonus on attack rolls against humanoids with the dwarf or elf subtypes (with the exception of drow) because of their special training against these reviled foes. This racial trait replaces poison use.

Shadow Sorcery
Source Blood of Shadows pg. 15
Drow with this trait have a supernatural affinity for shadow. A drow sorcerer with the shadow^APG bloodline treats her Charisma score as 2 points higher for all sorcerer class abilities and for spells with the shadow^UM descriptor she casts. This racial trait replaces poison use.

Replaces Spell Resistance

Champion of Dark Powers
Source Agents of Evil pg. 24
Some drow offer themselves to dark patrons, particularly demon lords. Drow with this racial trait apply their spell resistance only against spells with the good or healing descriptor or against spells cast by a divine spellcaster who worships a good-aligned deity. Anytime a drow with this racial trait casts a spell with the evil descriptor, the DC to resist the spell’s effects increases by 2. This modifies the spell resistance racial trait.

Daylight Adaptation
Source Blood of Shadows pg. 14
Some drow with a hint of other racial heritages spend significant time on the surface and maintain their darkvision, but no longer have the light blindness trait. This racial trait replaces spell resistance.

Replaces Spell-Like Abilities

Darklands Stalker
Source Advanced Race Guide pg. 103
The lands outside of drow cities, from rough-hewn tunnels to rocky caverns, are treacherous to navigate. Drow with this racial trait may move through difficult terrain without penalty while underground. In addition, drow with a Dexterity of 13 or higher gain Nimble Moves as a bonus feat. This racial trait replaces the spell-like abilities racial trait.

Shade Magic
Source Blood of Shadows pg. 15
Drow with this trait can cast cloak of shade^APG, dust of twilight^APG, and ghost sound as spell-like abilities each once per day. This racial trait replaces a drow’s normal spell-like abilities.

Replaces Weapon Familiarity

Voice in the Darkness
Source Blood of Shadows pg. 5
Prerequisite: Charisma 13+. Characters who practice coercion and intimidation in the Darklands or on the Shadow Plane learn to do so in dim light or no light at all. As long as they are in dim light or darker conditions, characters with this trait gain a +2 bonus on Intimidate and Stealth checks.

Dwarves can take this trait in place of stonecunning. Drow and elves can take this trait in place of weapon familiarity. Half-elves can take this trait in place of adaptability. Half-orcs can take this trait in place of intimidating.

Drow Favored Class Options

Instead of receiving an additional skill rank or hit point whenever they gain a level in a favored class, Drow have the option of choosing from a number of other bonuses, depending upon their favored class.

The following options are available to all Drow who have the listed favored class.

Alchemist (Advanced Race Guide pg. 103): Add +10 minutes to the duration of the alchemist’s mutagens.
Antipaladin (Advanced Race Guide pg. 103): The antipaladin adds +1/4 to the number of cruelties he can inflict.
Bard (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add +1/2 to Bluff and Disguise checks to appear as an elf or half-elf.
Bloodrager (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add a +1/2 bonus to concentration checks to cast or maintain spells when taking damage.
Cleric (Advanced Race Guide pg. 103): Select one domain power granted at 1st level that is normally usable a number of times per day equal to 3 + the cleric’s Wisdom modifier. The cleric adds +1/2 to the number of uses per day of that domain power.
Druid (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add a +1 bonus to wild empathy checks to influence animals and magical beasts that live underground.
Fighter (Advanced Race Guide pg. 104): Choose the disarm or reposition combat maneuver. Add +1/3 to the fighter’s CMB when attempting this maneuver (maximum bonus of +4).
Inquisitor (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Gain 1/4 of a teamwork feat.
Paladin (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add a +1/2 sacred bonus to saving throws against spells of the shadow subschool or that have the darkness or shadow^UM descriptor.
Psychic (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Gain 1/6 of a phrenic amplification (or a major amplification if the psychic is at least 11th level).
Ranger (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add +1/3 to initiative checks in one of the ranger’s favored terrains.
Rogue (Advanced Race Guide pg. 104): Add a +1/2 bonus on Bluff checks to feint and pass secret messages.
Shifter (Wilderness Origins pg. 8): Add a +1/2 bonus on Climb checks.
Sorcerer (Advanced Race Guide pg. 104): Add one spell known from the sorcerer spell list. This spell must have the curse, evil, or pain descriptor, and be at least one level below the highest spell level the sorcerer can cast.
Summoner (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add 1 hit point or 1 skill rank to the summoner’s eidolon.
Warpriest (Blood of Shadows pg. 15): Add 1/2 point to the amount of damage dealt or healed by the warpriest’s fervor ability.
Wizard (Advanced Race Guide pg. 104): Select one arcane school power at 1st level that is normally usable a number of times per day equal to 3 + the wizard’s Intelligence modifier. The wizard adds +1/2 to the number of uses per day of that arcane school power.

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