EldarWolf: переводы

→Elans are not born; they are made. Living humans are selected from a pool of applicants and screened by a special elan council. Those who pass muster undergo a secret psionic process in one of several hidden elan enclaves, where they abandon their humanity for a new, psionically energized existence. Thus, elans do not reproduce biologically, but rather psionically, through a mysterious psionic ritual known only to elans. Even then, their “children” are usually already fully formed adult humans. Nonhuman elans are never created, and it could be that the ritual simply doesn’t work for any creatures but those who were originally human.

→ELANS

→After you roll your ability scores and before you write them on your character sheet, choose your character’s race. At the same time, you’ll want to choose his or her class, since race affects how well a character can do in each class. Once you know your character’s race and class, assign your ability score rolls to particular abilities, alter those abilities according to race (see Table 1–1: Racial Ability Adjustments), and continue detailing your character.

→CHOOSING A RACE

→Maenads insinuate themselves into civilized societies, fi nding the waging of war a fi tting outlet for their unending angst. On the other hand, xephs are rarely accepted into civilization; they must subsist on the edges, getting by as best they can with trickery and psychic contrivance. Even farther removed from “normal” civilization are the dromites and the thri-kreen, two races with insectoid features and characteristics. Along with humans, dwarves, elves, gnomes, half-elves, half-orcs, and halfl ings, those of psionic heritage can be found embroiled in life and politics of many lands.