Patron Request: Heron-Kin Laguz from Fire Emblem

 As requested by Ronald J Paris! I just realized that I forgot to post the base Laguz race I created for Ronald, so it will be posted very soon out of schedule.

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Heron-kin Laguz (Advanced Race, 12 RP)

Heron-kin are the rarest laguz subrace, having been nearly obliterated in ancient wars due to their poor fighting abilities. They are humanoids able to assume the form of a giant raven (“laguz” means “changer” in their world’s language). When in normal form they appear as white-winged humans and can be mistaken for angels or aasimar. In laguz society, heron-kin fill most often the role of bards, clerics, and counselors.

Heron-kin laguz have the following racial traits:

Ability Score Modifiers: Weakness (-1 RP) +2 Dex, +2 Cha, -4 Str.

Beast Shape (Advanced Trait, 7 RP): When assuming beast shape, a raven-kin laguz can select the following features:

• Flight (60 ft., average maneuverability)
• +4 racial bonus on Diplomacy and Perform skill checks

A heron-kin cannot select claws  or bite attacks as a feature.

Gliding Wings (3 RP): A raven-kin laguz takes no damage from falling (as if subject to a constant non-magical feather fall spell). While in midair, she can move up to 5 feet in any horizontal direction for every 1 foot they fall, at a speed of 60 feet per round. The laguz cannot gain height with these wings alone; it merely coasts in other directions as it falls. If subjected to a strong wind or any other effect that causes her to rise, the laguz can take advantage of the updraft to increase the distance she can glide. This replaces lycanthropic resistance.

Bardic Magic (2 RP): Heron-kin are treated as +1 level higher when using bardic performances (from the bard character class or other sources). A heron-kin with a Charisma score of 11 or higher also gain the following spell-like abilities (the caster level is equal to the user’s character level):

1/day—aspect of the nightingale, resistance, remove fear

This replaces linguist.