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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description4= At will, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action.<br />
|trait5=Speak with Beasts<br />
|description5=You can communicate with natural beasts and fey beasts. <br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
:''Gruagach Subrace'': +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
:''Glashtyn Subrace'': +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
:''Bargheist Subrace'': +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
:''Jackalope Subrace'': +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Soul<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Your attributes and skills are not normally affected by these transformations. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unique and unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants and ruffians, harmless in their tricks, occasionally even ''helpful''. Others are vicious loners, brutal predators or downright ''monstrous''.<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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The modern Sylvan racial name ''pooka'' derives from the older Sylvan word ''púca'', with a meaning analogous to 'nuisance' or 'trouble'. Common derivations of the name include ''pucca'' in modern Elven, ''phookah'' in Dwarven, ''pwca'' in Draconic and ''puck'' in some Common folk-tongues. The 'p' is often confused for a 'b' in certain rural dialects, resulting in such variations as ''booka'', ''bucca'', ''bwca'' and ''buck''. The collective noun for a group of pookas is a ''revel'' or a ''pack''. Taxonomically speaking, a male pooka is a ''hob'', a female is a ''doe'' and a child is a ''pup''. In hunting terms, pooka flesh is called ''hogget'' and the horns are ''buckawns''.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape, even more so than the most diverse of humanoid races. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with gangly limbs, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but always animalistic. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their preferred habitat, but they tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads, small chins and triangular jawlines. Their lanky limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with long clawed digits, specialized for climbing trees. Some pookas stand on hoofed flanks instead of feet, but this is more peculiar to the glashtyn and gruagach subraces, and even then it is something of a rarity. Pookas all sport prehensile tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and shaggy. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered, and their<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same; a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their hairy bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. If such apparel is stolen, it is often torn or left open at the back to accommodate a tail. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their self-perceived uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a pup, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka pup or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) Also known as ''Grogans, Bucks, Kornebucks'' and ''Capricauns''. These surefooted but stubborn pookas resemble goats and sheep in facial structure. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. They possess moderately sized, curling goat horns, their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) Also known as ''Glashans, Brags, Fossegrims'' and ''Equicauns''. These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses, donkeys or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Bargheists:''' (''Bar''-guests) Also known as ''Skrikers, Shucks, Galletrots'' and ''Cynocauns''. These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs, wolves, foxes and other canids. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs, and their horns are somewhat small. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Bargheists are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a bargheist.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) Also known as ''Wagways, Hursts, Nissenacks'' and ''Lagocauns''. These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits, hares and pikas. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns, and their long ears can be drooping or cocked. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas twine amongst the twisted trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from wilderness to wilderness, frolicking with animals and trafficking with fellow Fey. As a race, the pookas are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least ''tolerated'' - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discreet than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument at hand would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall-tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies that try to tame nature rather than coexisting with it, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their footpads take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble along the way. Despite their sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. Although it is not ''impossible'' to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic to at least some extent, it ''is'' extremely unusual.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Macha, Nessa, Niniane, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Viviane, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard who just happened to be sojourning through the pooka's little corner of the Feywild. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large and beastly Derrick has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his particular sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of dark riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless incompetents who cannot match them. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the bargheist subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubtedly get them into.<br />
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''Diarnan of the Wind'' is a pooka Jumper and a runt of a gruagach. This small pooka was abandoned at birth and only by the grace of the Feywild did he survive his infancy. Diarnan lives in peaceful opposition to the wilds around him, his natural speed has kept him alive. His home is on the wind, drifting wherever curiosity may take him and staying only long enough to take what he needs to survive another day. Despite his life of minor thievery, he is very well liked by all in the taverns where he likes to spend his time and other peoples money. His wanderings unwittingly led him into the mortal realm where he was captured by goblins. Captivity sparked his innate abilities and he teleported out of his shackles and escaped the camp in the night, although not without first taking enough of the goblins supplies to keep him fat and happy for days to come.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the never-ending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little bargheist began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky friend's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers between his long lagomorphic ears, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer can be very infectious, but sadly remains exclusive to his chosen victim.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier Feats:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Gruff (4e Paragon Path)|Gruff (Gruagach)]], [[Knocker (4e Paragon Path)|Knocker (Jackalope)]], [[Grim (4e Paragon Path)|Grim (Bargheist)]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie (Glashtyn)]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier Feats:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2)<br />
*'''Epic Tier Feats:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description4= At will, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action.<br />
|trait5=Speak with Beasts<br />
|description5=You can communicate with natural beasts and fey beasts. <br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
:''Gruagach Subrace'': +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
:''Glashtyn Subrace'': +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
:''Bargheist Subrace'': +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
:''Jackalope Subrace'': +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Soul<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Your attributes and skills are not normally affected by these transformations. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unique and unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants and ruffians, harmless in their tricks, occasionally even ''helpful''. Others are vicious loners, brutal predators or downright ''monstrous''.<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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The racial name ''pooka'' derives from the Sylvan word ''púca'', with a meaning analogous to 'nuisance' or 'trouble'. Common variants of the term include ''phouka'' in Elven, ''phookah'' in Dwarven, ''pwwka'' in Draconic and ''puck'' in some Common folk-dialects. The collective noun for a group of pookas is a ''revel''.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape, even more so than the most diverse of humanoid races. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with gangly limbs, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but always animalistic. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their preferred habitat, but they tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads, small chins and triangular jawlines. Their lanky limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with long clawed digits, specialized for climbing trees. Some pookas stand on hoofed flanks instead of feet, but this is more peculiar to the glashtyn and gruagach subraces, and even then it is something of a rarity. Pookas all sport prehensile tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and shaggy. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered, and their<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same; a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their hairy bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. If such apparel is stolen, it is often torn or left open at the back to accommodate a tail. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their self-perceived uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) Also known as ''Grogans, Gruffs, Cornebucks'' and ''Capricauns''. These surefooted but stubborn pookas resemble goats and sheep in facial structure. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. They possess moderately sized, curling goat horns, their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) Also known as ''Glashans, Brags, Fossegrims'' and ''Equicauns''. These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses, donkeys or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Bargheists:''' (''Bar''-guests) Also known as ''Skrikers, Shucks, Galletrots'' and ''Cynocauns''. These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs, wolves, foxes and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Bargheists are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a bargheist.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) Also known as ''Wagways, Hursts, Nissenacks'' and ''Lagocauns''. These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits, hares and pikas. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas twine amongst the twisted trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from wilderness to wilderness, frolicking with animals and trafficking with fellow Fey. As a race, the pookas are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least ''tolerated'' - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discreet than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument at hand would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall-tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies that try to tame nature rather than coexisting with it, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their footpads take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble along the way. Despite their sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. Although it is not ''impossible'' to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic to at least some extent, it ''is'' extremely unusual.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Macha, Nessa, Niniane, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Viviane, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard who just happened to be sojourning through the pooka's little corner of the Feywild. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large and beastly Derrick has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his particular sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of dark riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless incompetents who cannot match them. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the bargheist subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubtedly get them into.<br />
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''Diarnan of the Wind'' is a pooka Jumper and a runt of a gruagach. This small pooka was abandoned at birth and only by the grace of the Feywild did he survive his infancy. Diarnan lives in peaceful opposition to the wilds around him, his natural speed has kept him alive. His home is on the wind, drifting wherever curiosity may take him and staying only long enough to take what he needs to survive another day. Despite his life of minor thievery, he is very well liked by all in the taverns where he likes to spend his time and other peoples money. His wanderings unwittingly led him into the mortal realm where he was captured by goblins. Captivity sparked his innate abilities and he teleported out of his shackles and escaped the camp in the night, although not without first taking enough of the goblins supplies to keep him fat and happy for days to come.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the never-ending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little bargheist began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky friend's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers between his long lagomorphic ears, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer can be very infectious, but sadly remains exclusive to his chosen victim.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier Feats:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier Feats:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2)<br />
*'''Epic Tier Feats:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description4= At will, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action.<br />
|trait5=Speak with Beasts<br />
|description5=You can communicate with natural beasts and fey beasts. <br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
|trait7=• ''Gruagach Subrace''<br />
|description7=+2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
|trait8=• ''Glashtyn Subrace''<br />
|description8=+2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
|trait9=• ''Bargheist Subrace''<br />
|description9=+2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
|trait10=• ''Jackalope Subrace''<br />
|description10=+2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait11=Wild Soul<br />
|description11=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Your attributes and skills are not normally affected by these transformations. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unique and unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants and ruffians, harmless in their tricks, occasionally even ''helpful''. Others are vicious loners, brutal predators or downright ''monstrous''.<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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The racial name ''pooka'' derives from the Sylvan word ''púca'', with a meaning analogous to 'nuisance' or 'trouble'. Common variants of the term include ''phouka'' in Elven, ''phookah'' in Dwarven, ''pwwka'' in Draconic and ''puck'' in some Common folk-dialects. The collective noun for a group of pookas is a ''revel''.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape, even more so than the most diverse of humanoid races. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with gangly limbs, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but always animalistic. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their preferred habitat, but they tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads, small chins and triangular jawlines. Their lanky limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with long clawed digits, specialized for climbing trees. Some pookas stand on hoofed flanks instead of feet, but this is more peculiar to the glashtyn and gruagach subraces, and even then it is something of a rarity. Pookas all sport prehensile tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and shaggy. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered, and their<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same; a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their hairy bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. If such apparel is stolen, it is often torn or left open at the back to accommodate a tail. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their self-perceived uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) Also known as ''Grogans, Gruffs, Cornebucks'' and ''Capricauns''. These surefooted but stubborn pookas resemble goats and sheep in facial structure. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. They possess moderately sized, curling goat horns, their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) Also known as ''Glashans, Brags, Fossegrims'' and ''Equicauns''. These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses, donkeys or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Bargheists:''' (''Bar''-guests) Also known as ''Skrikers, Shucks, Galletrots'' and ''Cynocauns''. These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs, wolves, foxes and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Bargheists are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a bargheist.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) Also known as ''Wagways, Hursts, Nissenacks'' and ''Lagocauns''. These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits, hares and pikas. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas twine amongst the twisted trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from wilderness to wilderness, frolicking with animals and trafficking with fellow Fey. As a race, the pookas are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least ''tolerated'' - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discreet than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument at hand would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall-tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies that try to tame nature rather than coexisting with it, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their footpads take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble along the way. Despite their sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. Although it is not ''impossible'' to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic to at least some extent, it ''is'' extremely unusual.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Macha, Nessa, Niniane, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Viviane, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard who just happened to be sojourning through the pooka's little corner of the Feywild. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large and beastly Derrick has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his particular sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of dark riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless incompetents who cannot match them. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the bargheist subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubtedly get them into.<br />
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''Diarnan of the Wind'' is a pooka Jumper and a runt of a gruagach. This small pooka was abandoned at birth and only by the grace of the Feywild did he survive his infancy. Diarnan lives in peaceful opposition to the wilds around him, his natural speed has kept him alive. His home is on the wind, drifting wherever curiosity may take him and staying only long enough to take what he needs to survive another day. Despite his life of minor thievery, he is very well liked by all in the taverns where he likes to spend his time and other peoples money. His wanderings unwittingly led him into the mortal realm where he was captured by goblins. Captivity sparked his innate abilities and he teleported out of his shackles and escaped the camp in the night, although not without first taking enough of the goblins supplies to keep him fat and happy for days to come.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the never-ending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little bargheist began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky friend's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers between his long lagomorphic ears, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer can be very infectious, but sadly remains exclusive to his chosen victim.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier Feats:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier Feats:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2)<br />
*'''Epic Tier Feats:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description4= At will, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action.<br />
|trait5=Speak with Beasts<br />
|description5=You can communicate with natural beasts and fey beasts. <br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
|trait7=• ''Gruagach Subrace''<br />
|description7=+2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
|trait8=• ''Glashtyn Subrace''<br />
|description8=+2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
|trait9=• ''Bargheist Subrace''<br />
|description9=+2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
|trait10=• ''Jackalope Subrace''<br />
|description10=+2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait11=Wild Soul<br />
|description11=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Your attributes and skills are not normally affected by these transformations. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unique and unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants and ruffians, harmless in their tricks, occasionally even ''helpful''. Others are vicious loners, brutal predators or downright ''monstrous''.<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape, even more so than the most diverse of humanoid races. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with gangly limbs, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but always animalistic. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their preferred habitat, but they tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads, small chins and triangular jawlines. Their lanky limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with long clawed digits, specialized for climbing trees. Some pookas stand on hoofed flanks instead of feet, but this is more peculiar to the glashtyn and gruagach subraces, and even then it is something of a rarity. Pookas all sport prehensile tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and shaggy. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered, and their<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same; a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their hairy bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. If such apparel is stolen, it is often torn or left open at the back to accommodate a tail. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their self-perceived uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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In the various dialects of other races, Pookas are also known as púcas (in Elven), phoukas (in Dwarven), pwwkas (in Draconic) and pucks (in some Common folk-dialects). Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) Also known as ''Grogans, Gruffs, Cornebucks'' and ''Capricauns''. These surefooted but stubborn pookas resemble goats and sheep in facial structure. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. They possess moderately sized, curling goat horns, their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) Also known as ''Glashans, Brags, Fossegrims'' and ''Equicauns''. These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses, donkeys or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Bargheists:''' (''Bar''-guests) Also known as ''Skrikers, Shucks, Galletrots'' and ''Cynocauns''. These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs, wolves, foxes and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Bargheists are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a bargheist.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) Also known as ''Wagways, Hursts, Nissenacks'' and ''Lagocauns''. These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits, hares and pikas. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas twine amongst the twisted trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from wilderness to wilderness, frolicking with animals and trafficking with fellow Fey. As a race, the pookas are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least ''tolerated'' - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discreet than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument at hand would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall-tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies that try to tame nature rather than coexisting with it, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their footpads take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble along the way. Despite their sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. Although it is not ''impossible'' to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic to at least some extent, it ''is'' extremely unusual.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Macha, Nessa, Niniane, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Viviane, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard who just happened to be sojourning through the pooka's little corner of the Feywild. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large and beastly Derrick has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his particular sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of dark riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless incompetents who cannot match them. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the bargheist subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubtedly get them into.<br />
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''Diarnan of the Wind'' is a pooka Jumper and a runt of a gruagach. This small pooka was abandoned at birth and only by the grace of the Feywild did he survive his infancy. Diarnan lives in peaceful opposition to the wilds around him, his natural speed has kept him alive. His home is on the wind, drifting wherever curiosity may take him and staying only long enough to take what he needs to survive another day. Despite his life of minor thievery, he is very well liked by all in the taverns where he likes to spend his time and other peoples money. His wanderings unwittingly led him into the mortal realm where he was captured by goblins. Captivity sparked his innate abilities and he teleported out of his shackles and escaped the camp in the night, although not without first taking enough of the goblins supplies to keep him fat and happy for days to come.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the never-ending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little bargheist began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky friend's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers between his long lagomorphic ears, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer can be very infectious, but sadly remains exclusive to his chosen victim.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier Feats:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier Feats:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2)<br />
*'''Epic Tier Feats:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description4= At will, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action. <br />
|trait5=Subrace<br />
|description5=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Barghest - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Jackalope - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait6=Wild Soul<br />
|description6=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Your attributes and skills are not normally affected by these transformations. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as púcas (in Elven), phoukas (in Dwarven), pwwkas (in Draconic) and pucks (in some Common folk-dialects).<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These surefooted but stubborn pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Barghests:''' (''Bar''-guests) These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Barghests are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a barghest.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discreet than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. It is not impossible to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic. It is, however, quite rare.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large, beastly pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the barghest subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little barghest began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky man's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer is infectious, but sadly exclusive.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2)<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description4= At will, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action. <br />
|trait5=Subrace<br />
|description5=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Barghest - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Jackalope - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait6=Wild Soul<br />
|description6=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Your attributes and skills are not normally affected by these transformations. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as púcas (in Elven), phoukas (in Dwarven), pwwkas (in Draconic) and pucks (in some Common folk-dialects).<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These surefooted but stubborn pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Barghests:''' (''Bar''-guests) These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Barghests are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a barghest.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discreet than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. It is not impossible to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic. It is, however, quite rare.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large, beastly pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the barghest subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little barghest began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky man's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer is infectious, but sadly exclusive.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2)<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description4= At will, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action. <br />
|trait5=Subrace<br />
|description5=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Barghest - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Jackalope - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait6=Wild Soul<br />
|description6=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as púcas (in Elven), phoukas (in Dwarven), pwwkas (in Draconic) and pucks (in some Common folk-dialects).<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These surefooted but stubborn pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Barghests:''' (''Bar''-guests) These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Barghests are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a barghest.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discreet than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. It is not impossible to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic. It is, however, quite rare.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large, beastly pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the barghest subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little barghest began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky man's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer is infectious, but sadly exclusive.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2)<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At will, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action. <br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Barghest - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Jackalope - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Soul<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as púcas (in Elven), phoukas (in Dwarven), pwwkas (in Draconic) and pucks (in some Common folk-dialects).<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These surefooted but stubborn pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Barghests:''' (''Bar''-guests) These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Barghests are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a barghest.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discrete than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. It is not impossible to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic. It is, however, quite rare.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large, beastly pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the barghest subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little barghest began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky man's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer is infectious, but sadly exclusive.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2)<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= Once per encounter, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action. <br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Barghest - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Jackalope - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Soul<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as púcas (in Elven), phoukas (in Dwarven), pwwkas (in Draconic) and pucks (in some Common folk-dialects).<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These surefooted but stubborn pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Barghests:''' (''Bar''-guests) These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Barghests are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a barghest.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discrete than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. It is not impossible to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic. It is, however, quite rare.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large, beastly pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the barghest subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little barghest began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky man's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer is infectious, but sadly exclusive.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2)<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
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|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= Once per encounter, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action. <br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Barghest - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Jackalope - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Soul<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
}}<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
}}<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as púcas (in Elven), phoukas (in Dwarven), pwwkas (in Draconic) and pucks (in some Common folk-dialects).<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These surefooted but stubborn pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Barghests:''' (''Bar''-guests) These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Barghests are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a barghest.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discrete than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. It is not impossible to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic. It is, however, quite rare.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large, beastly pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the barghest subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little barghest began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky man's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer is infectious, but sadly exclusive.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2)<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= Once per encounter, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action. <br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Barghest - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Jackalope - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Soul<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as púcas (in Elven), phoukas (in Dwarven), pwwkas (in Draconic) and pucks (in some Common folk-dialects).<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glashtyn to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These surefooted but stubborn pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Barghests:''' (''Bar''-guests) These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Barghests are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a barghest.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discrete than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. It is not impossible to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic. It is, however, quite rare.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large, beastly pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the barghest subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little barghest began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky man's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer is infectious, but sadly exclusive.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Medium<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the [[4e_Index_(4e_Other)#Gnome|gnome]] and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. At 11th level, this increases to +1d8 damage. At 21st level, this becomes +1d12 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= Once per encounter, you can use the wizard cantrip prestidigitation as a minor action. <br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Barghest - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Jackalope - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Soul<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to shapeshift into a beast of the wild, as Druids do. You possess the Wild Shape at-will power. Further refinement in the application of this ability requires advancement as a Druid, or the acquisition of Pooka feats.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Prestidigitation<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You perform a magical trick, such as creating a dancing wisp of light, freshening a wilting flower, or making a coin invisible.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 2<br />
|effect=Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.<br />
* Move up to 1 pound of material.<br />
* Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odor.<br />
* Color, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.<br />
* Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.<br />
* Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.<br />
* Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.<br />
Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature’s actions. This cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.<br />
|special=You can have as many as three prestidigitation effects active at one time.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and satyr races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their druidic shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as púcas (in Elven), phoukas (in Dwarven), pwwkas (in Draconic) and pucks (in some Common folk-dialects).<br />
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Play a pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Druid class.<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other pookas. Still, some flamboyant pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among pooka genders. Female pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a gruagach and a glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a jackalope. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These surefooted but stubborn pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gruagachs have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or more rarely, Seekers.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from human to elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Barghests:''' (''Bar''-guests) These swift, slender pookas have the traits of dogs and other canids. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gruagachs. They typically have short tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a barghest.<br />
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'''Jackalopes:''' (''Jack''-ah-lopes) These curious yet cautious pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Jackalopes are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make jackalopes the most conventionally 'cute' breed of pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a jackalope to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of druidism, they may show an interest in the bardic arts as well.<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive, but much less discrete than gnomes and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. Their love of folk music is well known, and a pooka without some manner of woodwind instrument would be a rare sight indeed. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a pooka, unless it is a law of nature.<br />
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Most pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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A pooka almost always follows the path of a Druid, even those who are not keen on leading a life of adventure. This being because the shapeshifting abilities of a Druid have become inseparable from the very identity of the pooka. No other race takes more passionately to the gift of the Wild Shape than these animalistic creatures. One is often more likely to cross paths with a pooka in animal form than to meet one in its true form. It is not impossible to encounter a pooka unpracticed in druidic magic. It is, however, quite rare.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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''Balin Bucklaggart'' is a pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gruagach stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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''Derrick of the Black Mane'' is a pooka Druid of the ill-tempered glashtyn breed. The large, beastly pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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''Gentle Annie'' is a pooka Shaman belonging to the barghest subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, having quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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''Griflet'' is a pooka Bard of the gregarious jackalope persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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''Cernarawn'', the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the pooka race. He is fearsome to behold; taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild. His only companions are the ''Hounds of Cernarawn'', an elite cadre of mighty pookas hand-picked by the Archfey to accompany him in his wild hunts.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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''Robin Goodfellow''. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about this many-named pooka? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gruagach with a mastery of druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with pooka, puck and prankster proud.<br />
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Few can tell where Robin Goodfellow will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, when the fancy strikes him. Robin is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. His motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his ephemeral moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, to collude with him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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''The Amadan'', with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little barghest began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Royal Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Harnvi]]<br />
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''Harnvi'' - also known as Haarnbiu, Ol' Hot-Iron, Hervé Jackrabbit and the White Puck - is a powerful jackalope, infamous for his habit of befriending individual humans and causing mischief wherever that person goes. Harnvi's general pattern is to choose some unremarkable yet personable fellow and affix himself to said person, remaining invisible to all others. While he is ever-friendly and polite to his chosen companion, the pooka's very presence has the unfortunate consequence of turning the unlucky man's life upside down.<br />
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Since Harnvi only allows himself to be detected by the human he has befriended, others may become suspicious of that person's seemingly eccentric behaviour, and may arrive at the conclusion that the man has gone mad. While the pooka is genuinely concerned for the safety of his friends, he still delights in uprooting them from the comforts of their lives, seeing it as his duty to show them the delights of true freedom - freedom from security, responsibility and routine. Harnvi will normally only excuse himself from his new friend's life if his existence is proven, whether by logical proof or magical detection. Afterwards, he travels abroad until someone else takes his fancy, and the chaos starts afresh.<br />
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To those who are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet him, Harnvi appears very large for a pooka, with a protuberant rum belly, an all-white fur coat and relatively small antlers, which he often hides beneath a tall stove-pipe hat. His good cheer is infectious, but sadly exclusive.<br />
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=== Pooka Character Options ===<br />
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The following feats, paragon paths and epic destinies are either exclusive to the pooka race, or suggested character options.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Call of the Wild (4e Feat)|Call of the Wild]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Glamour Guise (4e Feat)|Glamour Guise]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Paths:''' [[Bucca (4e Paragon Path)|Bucca]], [[Kelpie (4e Paragon Path)|Kelpie]], Fey Beguiler (PHB2), Sky Hunter (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Invisible Friend(4e Feat)|Invisible Friend]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]], [[Shapes of the Wild (4e Feat)|Shapes of the Wild]]<br />
*'''Epic Destinies:''' [[Hound of Cernarawn (4e Epic Destiny)|Hound of Cernarawn]], Deadly Trickster (PHB), Primal Avatar (PHB2, Druid only)<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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=== Pooka Equipment ===<br />
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The following items are associated with pookas.<br />
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*'''Magical Implements:''' [[Buckawn (4e Equipment)|Buckawn]]<br />
*'''Wondrous Items:''' [[Horn of Cernarawn (4e Equipment)|Horn of Cernarawn]], [[Puckflute (4e Equipment)|Puckflute]]<br />
*'''Mount Slot Items:''' [[Pooka Harness (4e Equipment)|Pooka Harness]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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|prerequisite(s)=[[Pooka (4e Race)|Pooka]], possess any ''Woodwind'' instrument (flute, pan flute, ocarina, bagpipes etc)<br />
|description=Your musical talent can enchant and beguile those who hearken to it<br />
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{{4e Feat<br />
|name=Trickster Tunes<br />
|type(s)=Pooka<br />
|summary=Pookas are an inherently musical lot, taking to the art of song, dance and melody with a diligence not seen in any other pursuit they practice - except perhaps for the art of trickery. Fortunately, they have found a way to combine their love of music with their love of mischief.<br />
|prerequisite(s)=[[Pooka (4e Race)|Pooka]], possess any ''Woodwind'' instrument (flute, pan flute, ocarina, bagpipes etc).<br />
|prerequisite_feat1=<br />
|prerequisite_feat2=<br />
|prerequisite_feat3=<br />
|prerequisite_feat4=<br />
|prerequisite_feat5=<br />
|prerequisite_feat6=<br />
|benefit=You can swap one 1st-level or higher ''Encounter'' attack power you know for the ''Trickster Tunes'' attack power. You can play a ''trickster tune'' as an encounter power with your ''Woodwind'' instrument. You choose one tune when you first take this feat, and you can swap one 1st-level or higher ''Encounter'' attack power you know to gain an additional tune instead of gaining a new Feat when you gain a level that grants one. The list of ''trickster tunes'' can be found below.<br />
|normal=<br />
|special=These tunes cannot be retrained, those selected remain with the character for the entire length of their existence.<br />
}}<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Befuddling Ballad<br><small>''Trickster Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=You vex, dazzle and confusticate your enemies with this mindboggling melody.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Stunned until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
}}<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Lackaday Lullaby<br><small>''Trickster Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=A gentle, lilting lullaby fills the minds of your enemies with slumberous fogs.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|keyword2=Sleep<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Helpless until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
}}<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wellaway Warble<br><small>''Trickster Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=The resolve of your enemies is curbed by this fearsome war-tune.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|keyword2=Fear<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Weakened until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
}}<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Swoopstake Satire<br><small>''Trickster Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=An insulting musical farce causes your flabbergasted enemies to hesitate.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|keyword2=Fear<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Slowed until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
}}<br />
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|desc=Your musical talent can enchant and beguile those who hearken to it.<br />
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===Trickster Tunes [Pooka]===<br />
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Pookas are an inherently musical lot, taking to the art of song, dance and melody with a diligence not seen in any other pursuit they practice - except perhaps for the art of trickery. Fortunately, they have found a way to combine their love of music with their love of mischief.<br />
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'''Tier:''' Heroic<br />
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'''Prerequisite:''' You must be a [[Pooka (4e Race)|Pooka]], and possess any ''Woodwind'' instrument (flute, pan flute, ocarina, bagpipes etc).<br />
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'''Benefit:''' You can swap one 1st-level or higher ''Encounter'' attack power you know for the ''Trickster Tunes'' attack power. You can play a ''magical tune'' as an encounter power with your ''Woodwind'' instrument. You choose one tune when you first take this feat, and you can swap one 1st-level or higher ''Encounter'' attack power you know to gain an additional tune instead of gaining a new Feat when you gain a level that grants one. The list of ''Trickster Tunes'' can be found below.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Befuddling Ballad<br><small>''Magical Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=You vex, dazzle and confusticate your enemies with this mindboggling melody.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Stunned until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
}}<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Lackaday Lullaby<br><small>''Magical Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=A gentle, lilting lullaby fills the minds of your enemies with slumberous fogs.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|keyword2=Sleep<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Helpless until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
}}<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wellaway Warble<br><small>''Magical Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=The resolve of your enemies is curbed by this fearsome war-tune.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|keyword2=Fear<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Weakened until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
}}<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Swoopstake Satire<br><small>''Magical Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=An insulting musical farce causes your flabbergasted enemies to hesitate.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|keyword2=Fear<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Slowed until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
}}<br />
'''Special:''' These tunes cannot be retrained, those selected remain with the character for the entire length of their existence.<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
}}<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a Pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most Pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical Pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-lee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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Cernarawn, the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the Pooka race. He is fearsome to behold. Taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow Pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild, solitary as the rest of his people.<br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. <br />
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Goodfellow is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, should the fancy strike him. Even his motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble Eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Breath (4e Feat)|Kelpie Breath]], [[Trickster Tunes (4e Feat)|Trickster Tunes]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Bucca Burrow (4e Feat)|Bucca Burrow]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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===Trickster Tunes [Pooka]===<br />
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Pookas are an inherently musical lot, taking to the art of song, dance and melody with a diligence not seen in any other pursuit they practice - except perhaps for the art of trickery. Fortunately, they have found a way to combine their love of music with their love of mischief.<br />
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'''Tier:''' Heroic<br />
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'''Prerequisite:''' You must be a [[Pooka (4e Race)|Pooka]], , and possess any ''Woodwind'' instrument (flute, pan flute, ocarina, bagpipes etc).<br />
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'''Benefit:''' You can swap one 1st-level or higher ''Encounter'' attack power you know for the ''Trickster Tunes'' attack power. You can play a ''magical tune'' as an encounter power with your ''Woodwind'' instrument. You choose one tune when you first take this feat, and you can swap one 1st-level or higher ''Encounter'' attack power you know to gain an additional tune instead of gaining a new Feat when you gain a level that grants one. The list of ''Trickster Tunes'' can be found below.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Befuddling Ballad<br><small>''Magical Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=You vex, dazzle and confusticate your enemies with this mindboggling melody.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Stunned until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Lackaday Lullaby<br><small>''Magical Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=A gentle, lilting lullaby fills the minds of your enemies with slumberous fogs.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|keyword2=Sleep<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Helpless until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wellaway Warble<br><small>''Magical Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=The resolve of your enemies is curbed by this fearsome war-tune.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|keyword2=Fear<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Weakened until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Swoopstake Satire<br><small>''Magical Tune''</small><br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|flavor=An insulting musical farce causes your flabbergasted enemies to hesitate.<br />
|usage=Encounter<br />
|keyword1=Implement<br />
|keyword2=Fear<br />
|actiontype=Move Action<br />
|range=Close Burst<br />
|rangemod=5 (targets enemies)<br />
|requirement=Woodwind<br />
|type=Attack<br />
|attack=Charisma<br />
|defense=Will<br />
|special=Deafened creatures are immune.<br />
|sustain=The Pooka must make a new attack roll when it sustains this attack.<br />
|sustainaction=Move<br />
|hit=Target is Slowed until the end of the Pooka's next turn.<br />
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'''Special:''' These tunes cannot be retrained, those selected remain with the character for the entire length of their existence.<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a Pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most Pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical Pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-lee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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Cernarawn, the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the Pooka race. He is fearsome to behold. Taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow Pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild, solitary as the rest of his people.<br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. <br />
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Goodfellow is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, should the fancy strike him. Even his motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble Eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Breath (4e Feat)|Kelpie Breath]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Bucca Burrow (4e Feat)|Bucca Burrow]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a Pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most Pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical Pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-lee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10Temp.jpg|thumb|left|Cernarawn]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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Cernarawn, the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the Pooka race. He is fearsome to behold. Taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow Pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild, solitary as the rest of his people.<br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. <br />
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Goodfellow is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, should the fancy strike him. Even his motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble Eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Breath (4e Feat)|Kelpie Breath]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Bucca Burrow (4e Feat)|Bucca Burrow]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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[[Category:Fey Type]]</div>Akherontishttps://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pooka_(4e_Race)&diff=483948Pooka (4e Race)2010-07-31T03:07:47Z<p>Akherontis: </p>
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a Pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most Pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical Pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-lee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10Temp.jpg|thumb|left|Cernarawn]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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Cernarawn, the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the Pooka race. He is fearsome to behold. Taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow Pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild, solitary as the rest of his people.<br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. <br />
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Goodfellow is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, should the fancy strike him. Even his motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble Eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Breath (4e Feat)|Kelpie Breath]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Bucca Burrow (4e Feat)|Bucca Barrage]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
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|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a Pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most Pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical Pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-lee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10Temp.jpg|thumb|left|Cernarawn]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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Cernarawn, the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the Pooka race. He is fearsome to behold. Taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow Pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild, solitary as the rest of his people.<br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. <br />
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Goodfellow is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, should the fancy strike him. Even his motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble Eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Breath (4e Feat)|Kelpie Breath]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Bucca Barrage (4e Feat)|Bucca Barrage]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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===Kelpie Skin [Pooka]===<br />
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Your very skin becomes a slippery trap with which to catch your unwary victims.<br />
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'''Tier:''' Paragon<br />
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'''Prerequisite:''' You must be a [[Pooka (4e Race)|Pooka]].<br />
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'''Benefit:''' You gain a +3 bonus to any grab attempt you make. In addition, enemies who succeed in grabbing you are treated as if you have successfully grabbed them instead. Enemies who are grabbed are treated as ''restrained'' as well as ''immobilized''.<br />
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'''Special:''' Taking this feat alters your appearance to give your hair a slimy, seaweed-like quality and your skin a wet, clammy texture.<br />
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===Urchin Spines [Pooka]===<br />
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Your hide is protected by a thick coat of sharp, flexible spines.<br />
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'''Tier:''' Paragon<br />
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'''Prerequisite:''' You must be a [[Pooka (4e Race)|Pooka]].<br />
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'''Benefit:''' You have +1 a racial bonus to your AC. Enemies dealing a successful unarmed attack or attack with a small weapon against you will take 1d3 points of damage from your spines. Enemies who successfully charge attack or bull-rush you will take 1d4 damage. Likewise, anyone attempting to grab you will take 1d4 damage per round.<br />
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'''Special:''' Taking this feat alters your appearance to give you a coat of thick, sharp spines running down your hide in a manner that resembles a hedgehog. These spines are prehensile and can be flexed, meaning they will not damage any clothing you wear. The spines are not easily removed from your hide like porcupine quills, but remain strongly fixed.<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a Pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most Pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical Pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-lee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10Temp.jpg|thumb|left|Cernarawn]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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Cernarawn, the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the Pooka race. He is fearsome to behold. Taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow Pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild, solitary as the rest of his people.<br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. <br />
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Goodfellow is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, should the fancy strike him. Even his motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble Eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Breath (4e Feat)|Kelpie Breath]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''', [[Bucca Barrage (4e Feat)|Bucca Barrage]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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[[Category:Fey Type]]</div>Akherontishttps://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pooka_(4e_Race)&diff=483933Pooka (4e Race)2010-07-30T23:08:26Z<p>Akherontis: </p>
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a Pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most Pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical Pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-lee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10Temp.jpg|thumb|left|Cernarawn]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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Cernarawn, the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the Pooka race. He is fearsome to behold. Taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow Pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild, solitary as the rest of his people.<br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. <br />
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Goodfellow is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, should the fancy strike him. Even his motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble Eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Balefire Bellow (4e Feat)|Balefire Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Breath(4e Feat)|Kelpie Breath]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''', [[Bucca Barrage(4e Feat)|Bucca Barrage]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Kelpie Skin(4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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===Kelpie Breath [Pooka]===<br />
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You are at home in the murky waters of mires, marshes and lochs.<br />
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'''Tier:''' Heroic<br />
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'''Prerequisite:''' You must be a [[Pooka (4e Race)|Pooka]].<br />
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'''Benefit:''' You can breathe underwater. In addition, you gain a +3 bonus to Perception checks when in a swampland or murky underwater environment.<br />
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'''Special:''' Taking this feat alters your appearance to give you an elongated snout, flaring nostrils and a mouth that can gape to twice its normal size.<br />
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===Brag Bellow [Pooka]===<br />
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You project hazardous haught with every snort, growl and stomp.<br />
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'''Prerequisite:''' You must be a [[Pooka (4e Race)|Pooka]].<br />
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'''Benefit:''' You can a +3 feat bonus to ''Intimidate'' checks. In addition, you gain a +3 feat bonus to saving throws against fear.<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a Pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most Pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical Pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-lee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10Temp.jpg|thumb|left|Cernarawn]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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Cernarawn, the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the Pooka race. He is fearsome to behold. Taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow Pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of satyrs, firbolgs, wilden and gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild, solitary as the rest of his people.<br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. <br />
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Goodfellow is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, should the fancy strike him. Even his motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble Eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Brag Bellow (4e Feat)|Brag Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Balefire Breath (4e Feat)|Balefire Breath]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]], [[Urchin Spines (4e Feat)|Urchin Spines]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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== A different sort of game ==<br />
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I have a roleplaying game known as World Tree which uses skill advancement instead of class advancement. A character in the game is given a number of skill points at creation with no restrictions as to where they may go. I was thinking of doing a variant of this and even eliminating such things as abilities (there would instead be a lift and carry skill, for instance). I'm not sure this is the right place to discuss such a different system but I was hoping to work with others on it. Can you make any suggestions? My e-mail is brenner.mike at gmail.com<br />
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Thank you for your time, -Michael Brenner. {{Unsigned|204.210.188.32|10:23, 12 December 2009 (MST)}}<br />
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:Well a few options exist. How different is it from D&D? One option is to make a "radical" variant rule out of it; keeping the structure on D&D Wiki in general. Another option is to make a self-contained wiki (like WikiRPS); hosting could be discussed if that is the desired option. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 12:01, 12 December 2009 (MST)<br />
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== Aura Guardian ==<br />
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Hey Green, I was wondering if you would mind looking over the Aura guardian and see if anything so far could be abused? Also let me know what direction I should focus in, Defense of adding some offensive choices. Ive considered a VERY restrictive spell list, like maybe only the healing domain up to 4 and protection up to 4. Not sure. Also I could use some help with the flavor for anyone else reading this! Thank you in advance. --[[User:Starcry|Starcry]] 12:30, 19 December 2009 (MST)<br />
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:I took a look at it. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 13:03, 19 December 2009 (MST)<br />
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== Brawler, fair fight ==<br />
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heya, i've been using this web site for ages and it's awesome, a player notified me of the Brawler class.<br />
At 7th level i think, he gets a special ability called fair fight, i was just looking at it and thought it was... well a little overpowered/little... silly (sorry if that offends btw.)<br />
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The feat basicly entails that people make a save or drop there weapons because it would be unfair otherwise... this gives a huge advantage to the brawler, as well as seeming silly as people who want him dead wouldn't think that they should kill him fairly (mostly) and those who would can normally be persuaded/ goaded into it. The skill might be relevant if the brawler had any actual arcane/divine powers but other then that he does not.<br />
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Anyway, asides from that it is an awesome class, a monk without the code of laws and from what I've seen of it a very balanced class except that.<br />
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Constructive criticisms ahoy! (Btw, i let my player have a feat rather then the ability)<br />
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== Talk page is really long/Review too ==<br />
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Your talk page is really long. Might be time to archive. Hehe. Peace. --[[User:Jay Freedman|Jay Freedman]] 14:50, 20 December 2009 (MST)<br />
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:GD, can you do me a big favor when you get a chance. I read your review of the Aura Guardian 3.5e Class. It was a flawless review. I was hoping you could give the Freerunner 3.5e Class a similar review. Currently the class is rated 20/20 and could really benefit from your perspective in particular. Thanks a million. (Just if you get a free moment.) --[[User:Jay Freedman|Jay Freedman]] 15:09, 20 December 2009 (MST)<br />
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== Leader of the Hunt ==<br />
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Really good article. Could also be the deity Cernunnos the Horned God, Leader of the Hunt.<br />
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== My article ==<br />
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how do i know when its ready to be used?<br />
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Just noticed the new Media Wiki version! Awesome! just having some issues, not sure if they are new or what but there is no more autoconfirmation group. so whenever I edit a page it is asking for a key code. Is this intentional? - 06:04, 30 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== MSRD cleanup ==<br />
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Hey Green Dragon: I think [[user:EldritchNumen|EldritchNumen]] is the "official" go-to guy for the MSRD, but I think he's (semi)retired, so here I am. I use the MSRD all the time, and think it could benefit from some changes, namely wikilinks to other MSRD articles, especially the skills and feats. I wouldn't mind working on this project, but obviously all of the pages are locked. Where do you think I should go to start/discuss this project? [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 19:24, 3 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Is there anyone left who's in control of the d20 Modern side of things anymore? I posted [http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=MSRD_Talk:Treat_Injury_%28Skill%29&oldid=455659 this] almost a week ago, but I don't think anyone noticed. There are some things that need cleaned up, and I would love to help out but 95% of it is locked. I see no reason why we shouldn't be able to turn [http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User:Jazzman831/workspace&oldid=451096 this] into [http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User:Jazzman831/workspace&oldid=451102 this]. Or at a minimum, clear out all the typos. If there's anything I can do to help, or if there's someone else I should talk to, let me know. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 20:54, 12 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Well that would need to be discussed before changing with someone who knows D20 Modern better. Or if you would not mind explaining it a bit more (since both the links you supplied are from a subpage of your username - or do you mean just adding links to the article?). Do you see what I mean?<br />
::And, if you want to go through and add a few things throughout the MSRD and clean things up I would be more then willing to give you temporary admin rights for you to work a bit on that. Let me know please. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 06:29, 14 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::First of all, thanks for fixing those other links.<br />
:::Second, sorry about the confusion. I'm not trying to change wording or anything, just clean up some typos and make the pages more navigable. That page in my subspace is just a random page from the MSRD that I copy/pasted there to give you an example of what I want to do. If you look at the [http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User%3AJazzman831%2Fworkspace&diff=451102&oldid=451096 diffs], you can see that the only thing I did was add wikilinks. (I had to do it in my userspace because I couldn't actually edit the article in question). As it is now, none of the pages have interwiki links, so if you are reading, for example, a class description and it references a feat, you have to go back up to the main MSRD page then navigate to the feat page then find your feat. I would just like to make the feat a link so all you'd have to do is just click it.<br />
:::If you're comfortable giving me temporary admin rights then I'm more than willing to help out. It might take a while, though, since there are a lot of pages![[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 13:48, 17 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Pooka Race ==<br />
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Sir, the rituals available for Wild Soul have always been listed there: <br />
"You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature."<br />
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==Access==<br />
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Hi there, for some reason my username doesn't want to co-operate with me. I try putting in my password and I get a message saying that it's invalid. I try to get a new one sent and nothing ever shows up in my inbox. I want to get on here and post some more stuff and because of this, I can't. Can you help me out? -- Mythos Specialist<br />
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:Actually, never mind. I didn't have anthing fully finished anyway, so I made a new account. -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 04:28, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Oh don't. As long as your email is correct it is not a problem. I just have to wait a few days to do it. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:35, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::I already posted a full core class to the new profile. But, if you can get my old account running, it'd make it a lot easier to do the transfer. Besides, I like the new name... -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 13:58, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Sorry if I am spamming you, I am trying to see what is stopping my submission from showing up. ==<br />
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Thanks for the help in advance.<br />
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BTW the submission is (Thrillseeker) base class submission.<br />
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:It's called a cache. It takes time. -- [[User:Jota|Jota]] 17:40, 11 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Been away for a while ==<br />
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Hi GD,<br />
Ive been gone for a while - one of those who left during the 'great admin dispute'<br />
I have come back tho, and was just curious what happened to the tavern?<br />
Thx - --[[User:Sabreheim|Sabreheim]] 10:21, 12 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:You'll find that after the 'great admin dispute,' as you call it, [[User_talk:Green_Dragon#What_Happened_to_the_Tavern.3F.21|the general consensus among those who were active before said incident seemed to be that the Tavern was superfluous and unproductive]], although I believe cost-engineering may be playing some part in its continued absence (inferred from the section above). -- [[User:Jota|Jota]] 12:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:: first of all - thats what it was 'a huge dispute amongst the admins' that seemed to threaten the well being of the wiki (why i left) - but bygones be bygones<br />
:: personally i think that the tavern was a good thing - it allowed for more person to person feedback on content --[[User:Sabreheim|Sabreheim]] 16:33, 12 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::I wasn't disagreeing with your phrasing (though I have my own thoughts on said incident and subsequent changes), I was just using the same terminology to affirm that we were referring to the same event(s). -- [[User:Jota|Jota]] 17:05, 12 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::See also [[Discussion:The Tavern: use, expansion, and availability.]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:13, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Repeatedly adding a stat to ac. ==<br />
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One of my friends in my D&D group has been planning to add wisdom at least 3 times to his ac by taking various classes that allow wisdom to be added to ac. Is doing something like this allowed?<br />
BTW, the campaign we are doing is a gestalt, if that makes a difference.<br />
--[[User:Cyte|Cyte]]<br />
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NO. It doesn't stack. Period. -- Mythos<br />
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Thanks much.<br />
--[[User:Cyte|Cyte]]<br />
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Also there is an argument going on in my group about bloodline levels. Some of my group is saying that bloodline levels raise class abilities such as sneak attack and other things that are simply made more powerful at regular intervals. The regular interval thing is the key to their argument since they say that means it is calculated by class level. I don't believe them. But do bloodline levels do what they say?<br />
--[[User:Cyte|Cyte]]<br />
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Hello I am with the above user. Do you have anywhere in any book where it specifically says that Mythos? <br />
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Thanks for the reply. <br />
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--[[User:Zachrb|Zachrb]] 21:22, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Hi, Mythos here...<br />
I'm pretty sure in the SRD (I don't have time to look it up) when it comes to modifiers, that you can only apply ability score modifiers once, like for instance bonuses to AC from a high DEX or WIS score. I think untyped bonuses do stack, however. -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 04:13, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Furthermore, as for gestalt (which I categorically despise), even under that, you can only, for instance, use one class' hit die at a time, in this case the higher. Ability modifiers work in much the same way. As for bloodlines, features such as spell save DCs, maximum skill ranks, caster level, those things are calculated using bloodline levels. Sneak Attack and such are only raised by actually having levels in said classes. Sorry to burst their power-gaming bubble. -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 04:22, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Thanks for the quick reply Mythos, only 1 of the classes actually have a type for the AC bonus thus the stat can be added 3 times. Also thanks for the reply regarding bloodlines! <br />
--[[User:Zachrb|Zachrb]] 06:13, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Hold up. Which classes allow this to stack? Ability modifiers, as I've said, do not stack. By "untyped bonus" I mean bonuses granted by the class, or certain other factors, not including ability bonuses. This is done so as not to totally unbalance the game with class dips. -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 08:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Many of the classes the player has allows you to add wisdom to AC. One of them is a deflection bonus, the other are just wisdom bonus to AC without any type. So what does this mean for the player? Can he add his wisdom once, or once as a deflection bonus and another as a regular bonus? --[[User:Zachrb|Zachrb]] 16:05, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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I would think once as untyped and once as deflection, but which class is it that adds it as a deflection?<br />
--[[User:Cyte|Cyte]]<br />
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I'm pretty sure you can add your ability modifier only ONCE. It doesn't matter what the type is. As for adding ability modifiers from different ability scores, I know you can, 'cos the Duelist does it. -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 17:17, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:While your interpretation is logical from a balance perspective, I'm pretty sure the reigning methodology is that while other types do not, untyped bonuses stack. -- [[User:Jota|Jota]] 17:25, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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I agree that untyped bonuses stack, but not with themselves. eg adding wisdom twice to ac as an untyped modifier.<br />
--[[User:Cyte|Cyte]]<br />
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That's what I'm trying to explain here. Otherwise with a few clever prestige class dips, or worse, misusing gestalt rules, whilst doing same, you have a build that becomes utterly broken. Any bonus derived from ability score bonuses can only be applied once, right? -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 20:27, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Logically yes, but I can't seem to find a rule that states this. --[[User:Zachrb|Zachrb]] 22:54, 14 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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It's out there, but I don't know where. I know I saw it, and it clearly said stacking the bonus for the same ability score doesn't happen. Here's a thought, though. In lieu of finding the rule, why not err on the side of common sense and not allow the bonus to stack? I mean, it works that way with magic spells that have the same effect as each other, so I'd be willing to bet ability modifiers don't stack either. It's just more logical. Otherwise, as I've said before, you can end up with something that completely wrecks the system. Also, has this player considered taking these 3 classes for the assumed triple-stacked Wisdom modifier as being incredibly munchkined? Because this kind of approach to a build is almost always about "Oooh, pluses!!" more than "Oooh, compelling character.." -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 03:49, 15 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== My new class ==<br />
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For anybody that pays attention to new material going up, I present to you the [[Battlemage (3.5e Class)|Battlemage]]. Enjoy. -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 08:43, 19 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Mirror mephit ==<br />
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Hello I have a question about : [http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Talk:Pun-Pun_(3.5e_Optimized_Character_Build)]<br />
'''Alternate first level trick'''<br />
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Aristocrat 1 (race independent) Feat 1: Magical training (player's guide to faerun) Feat 2: Precocious Apprentice: Summon Mirror Mephit (Expedition to the Demonweb Pits) Starting gold goes into purchasing a single vial of liquid pain.<br />
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Rounds 1->a Attempt to cast Summon Mirror Mephit until you can make the check. Optimization could allow this to autosucceed the first round, but it isn't needed Round b: toss your mirror mephit a vial of liquid pain, and have him use it with his spell-like Simulacrum ability As per the monster manual (which supercedes the SRD), a spell-like ability defaults to a standard action. With the vial, we have CL 9, sufficient to duplicate a 18 HD advanced efreeti (simulacrum is allowed to duplicate specific creatures). Divide the level by two, and we have a 9HD copy. Which is just as many hit dice as a normal efreet. Order the mirror mephit to order the efreeti to obey you completely before he vanishes.<br />
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You now have three free wishes. Start from step 4 of the above streategy.<br />
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The mirror mephit has 8th level for the caster level for simulacrum.<br />
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Did the liquid pain use as optional material component to improve the caster level by + 2 ?<br />
But simulacrum is a spell like ability, not a spell. Or use an other rule ? If yes, what page from book of evil darkness, please ?<br />
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The normal efreet has 10 HD, not 9. So, the caster level required is 10th level, no ?<br />
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Why do you choose aristocrast as class ? For the skills ? The starting money to buy liquid pain ?<br />
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Thanks for your future anwser.<br />
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:Once again, I fail to see the point in all this. Someone's misusing the rules for sure. Why not just be Pun-pun? -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 19:20, 28 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Oh wait, this IS Pun-pun. Listen, feedback loops are not supposed to work. Maybe as a glitch in video games, but in D&D, no. -- [[User:Danzig Nyttafjell|Danzig]] 19:23, 28 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Necromancer editing and advancement ==<br />
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Mr. Green Dragon:<br />
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Thank you for taking a look at my "necromancer" 4e base class. I developed it in conjunction with a colleague with whom I am playing a long-form campaign. <br />
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I seek your advice in improving the necromancer with two primary goals: I wish to, over time, produce a class whose quality ranks it among the best 4e homebrew classes on the site; and I want to make sure that the necromancer conforms ''in extremis'' to the D&D Wiki formatting standards. <br />
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As it stands now, I do not possess the proper knowledge to achieve those goals. So, to solve a few formatting problems immediately, I wish to clarify:<br />
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*Which powers listed on the necromancer main page need to be moved to another page? If any, which other page?<br />
*Which necromancer powers listed elsewhere need to be moved to another page? Which other page?<br />
*Which creatures are listed on the necromancer main page that need to be moved to another page? If any, which other page?<br />
*Given that worship of a specific deity confers a class feature power or bonus upon the necromancer character, why does the list of deities and their related class feature benefit need to be moved up to the "Overview: Religion" section?<br />
*Given that you can see clearly which information is currently in tables which use HTML instead of the wikimedia editing format ("Phantom level/damage", "Phantom potential actions", "deity/benefit"; I assume that the "level/maximum Phantoms" table is satisfactory already), how can I change those tables into wikimedia format within those power and creature templates? The reason I used an unorthodox "HTML splice" technique to insert those tables is because I could not use the wikimedia format to add the tables within the templates (as it was apparently beyond my coding abilities).<br />
*How can I cause the "Contents" list to show separate sections within the Necromancer Class Features section? I believe that that section has become long enough to merit separate sections within the Contents. <br />
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I think that with your help and the assistance of the other users we should be able to clear up these formatting issues relatively quickly. <br />
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--[[User:Ofidian|Ofidian]] 21:20, 28 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Furthermore, I have discovered an issue with the "Add or edit" radio button under "Add New 4e Power". When you replace "MyPower" in the text box with the name of your new power (for example, "Frigid Cyclone") and click the radio button, you are not directed to a text form to write the wikitext of the power. Instead, you are directed to a page that says "Add Form:4e Power: Frigid Cyclone (4e Power)" (again, "Frigid Cyclone" is the example power to be created) with a preexisting power box already below it, called "Blast of the Ancestors" (a "'vorgal' racial power"). If a user truly wants to create a new power, they must first click the "Show preview" radio button, which redirects to the appropriate text field. <br />
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What is the method by which we can alter the form so that it works properly? The origin of the "Blast of the Ancestors" power is the [[Vorgal (4e Race)]] page, where a link to the "Blast of the Ancestors" racial power is found under '''Racial Traits'''. (If you click on ''that'' link, which oddly says "1", you come to a page called "Form:Form:4e Power" which ''again'' shows the "Blast of the Ancestors" power box.) I don't know what happened, and until I get your input I don't want to touch it because I don't know the proper method for fixing the system (blank the form? Delete the form and recreate?). I ''suspect'' that the creator of the "vorgal" race somehow accidentally altered the very power creation form itself, instead of creating a new power. <br />
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I'm going to use the workaround for now. <br />
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--[[User:Ofidian|Ofidian]] 02:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== New Class ==<br />
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Hey Green Dragon. I'm creating a new class for my D&d campaign and thought you might want to add it to your site and perhaps help me refine it as well. I call it the Summoner Class. Apparently, you already deleted an entry for it because it wasn't done too well. I can assure you, I put a lot of work into it so far, and will continue to do so till perfected. <br />
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Anyway, this normally wouldn't concern you except that I'm not too good at HTML code and was hoping that you could help make the page for me? I can email you the Word File that I've been working on so far. I have everything I think I need for the first page and I have all the way to level 7 powers (for now).<br />
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== Creative Commons ==<br />
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I was trying to add some content in the D&D Wiki Media and the only CC license there was the Attribution-Share Alike. The content I'm trying to add is under Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative license. Can that be added to the licenses? Thanks in advance. --[[User:ElfsMaster|ElfsMaster]] 16:05, 4 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Of course. In the license template just add it. For example <nowiki>{{license|Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative}}</nowiki>. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 22:19, 4 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Ok, did it. However, when I added the image I forgot to put some characters and the link ended kinda weird. Now, when I try to edit it, the following messenge shows up:<br />
::out of captcha images; this shouldn't happen<br />
::I guess that that shouldn't happen (great insightful conclusion, I know...)--[[User:ElfsMaster|ElfsMaster]] 00:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== archanist class ==<br />
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I was looking at your article on the archanist pretige class. I am curious as to why a class who's description refers to magic being deschooled and organized into one group, requires the player to give up nearly half of the available spells he can cast. This seems like a contradiction in the very nature of the prestige class.<br />
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you can contact me at kingdork5ooo@hotmail.com<br />
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== Ganteka RfA ==<br />
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I understand where you were coming from when you deleted my post, and I'd like to take a second to explain to you how I saw what happened: I posted a reminder to keep things courteous, as in the heat of the discussion everyone was beginning to get snippy (as you well know, from the number of warnings you gave out). You edited your post to make it seem less offensive, then deleted mine. My first reaction, I'm sorry to say, was "That jerk, he's deleting my comments and covering his own ass" (forgive my language, I'm being honest here, and this is, as far as I know, private. We're grown up, we have seen these words before). So you can see why I was upset, you made no mention that you were going to delete my post because the discussion was over. However, I have now understood what happened, and that's fine. I'm over it. I don't care that you edited your post so it seems better to you. I don't even care that you closed any and all discussion of the matter early. Whatever, I can live with that too. I don't care that you feel what you wrote was a "suggestion" or a "suggestion-like command", and not a breach of etiquette rules. Just, in the future, when you feel it necessary to delete one of my posts, I'd like to hear about it. That's why talk pages exist. Even if you didn't want to drop me a note on my talk page, you could have written in the summary of the page something to the effect of "Discussion has ended, edit has been deleted". I think as a fellow editor of this wiki, you owe me (and everyone else) that same courtesy. However, like I said, I'm moving on. I'm fine if we don't discuss this matter any further. Ganteka turned in his letter of resignation; I don't fully understand why we even went through this charade. Some semblance of cloture, I suppose. Thanks for your time, [[User:Badger|Badger]] 05:51, 10 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:The RfA is not over (when the RfA is it will be) just that discussion part was just so off-topic that it was over (it did not relate to Ganteka's2 RfA at all). Why was your comment after I stated "''This discussion is over from my post out.''" deleted? That is your answer. It was just too off-topic. Is that a breach of civility - recommending him to see a psychiatrist (which you asked to be addressed)? One, the correct place to discuss that is on [[Talk:Warning Policy]]. Two, I don't think so, I was just worried that that user was not thinking clearly (not meaning of less intellect - defiantly intelligent since he or she was able to respond completely). To me it is an honest worry since this user seemed to be contradicting him or herself and not noticing it. Although I could see of some which think that psychiatrists are not helpful to all in all regards (or I do not understand) who find it uncivil. I don't know, Your thoughts? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 19:23, 10 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::If you were genuinely concerned with someone's mental state, it'd be best to confront them privately about it, not on a random webpage. That's more tactless than uncivil I suppose, though. And if you truly believe that everyone is equal in all ways, there shouldn't be any admins at all. I understand that you want to have people assigned to take care of certain things (making sure pages are formatted, redirecting things, fixing errors and the like), but this is creating distinctions between people on the wiki. Furthermore, things like "Maybe you like begging? Who knows. Irrelevant." and "This site is not "risky" for me, I don't need to step around on tiptoes. I don't care. I own the damn thing." do come off as hostile, even if that isn't your intent. Continuing, "having a blatant bias" sounds like something everyone on this wiki is guilty of. Do you suppose we can get a psychiatrist on a group rate? Continuing on, you are also guilty of that last bit. Take, for example, this quote "I suggest you take a look at Requests for Adminship/Aarnott2. These people only contributed to about 7% of the activity of D&D Wiki. That's not "prime" and "perfection" that's 7%. Please, once again, do research before presenting things." You wrote that on Ganteka's RfA. If you took the time to look back you might come across one of my posts. You were simply denying my math. I know what you want to say. You wanted to say that those 9 people accounted for 7% of the total wiki edits. That is correct. However, that was not the point of the argument. The point was that 10% of the wiki's registered users account for 90% of the wiki's edits. So take those 9 names, add in you and Hooper, and about 390 other top editors and you'll see that their total contributions will total about 90% of the edits. I am not going to make that any clearer, I don't think. That is a prime example of you ignoring facts and "having a blatant bias". And as for your systematic warning policy that "govern[s] all", it doesn't. No one would dare warn you. You are above that law, it would seem. You know darn well that if Surgo had posted a comment telling someone to see a psychiatrist that you would have warned him. "Discussions are not deleted on D&D Wiki." That's another gem of a quote of yours from the Ganteka RfA page of yours. Or how about " Have I ever sworn on D&D Wiki? Yes, like 2938 times. No, not once. Yes, in a revision history and in a few edit summaries (User Talk: Eiji#Farmer revisions, and see edit contributions for edit summaries - "damn" was used, although not derogatory). Which are you going to trust?" I suppose you mean you swore on the farmer page. You also swore about the wiki 3 lines down. Does that count as proof? Taking a second to check out the farmer page (A really fun class, if I say so myself) you began the page with "Actually you can't move your things on D&D Wiki their - it's illegal. It's the CC and the GNU FDL v1.2. --Green Dragon 23:17, 11 November 2009 (MST)" and ended the page with "AND FOR THE LAST TIME ANYONE CAN REPUBLISH ANYTHING AS LONG AS IT IS UNDER THE GNU FDL v1.2 I HAVE SAID THAT ABOUT A MILLION TIMES AND SOURCED THE GNU FDL v1.2 IN THOSE PARTS AS WELL SO STOP REPEATING THAT WHICH I NEVER EVEN HINTED AT! --Green Dragon 14:26, 14 November 2009 (MST)". Just another example of contradictory statements that we all hate so much.One final note, check out the votes for RfA of people you stripped of admin rights. None passed. Not a single one. What's the point of having an election if we all already know the outcome? Feel free to say they could have been approved and kept their admin rights, but we both know that was never a possibility. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 01:19, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Badger, when I read this I was forced to ask: where are you getting your stats that those 7% of users account for 90% of the contributions on the wiki? Or am I misunderstanding what you are saying. I know GD has 50k+ edits, I've got slightly over 10k, and a couple of those that left had 8k or more. But for the most part they only had a couple hundred (if that) edits. I'd really like to understand where you're getting your figures from. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 01:30, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. Those 11 users account for less than 10% of the users(something like .2%, in truth). A collection of the true 10% would be like 400 users. I've not actually found the top 400 contributors to the wiki. However, considering 11 have something along the lines of 30% of the edits, I assumed we could find another 390 that would get an approximation of 90% of the total edits. Not to sound rude, but I've got better things to do than to track down the top 400 contributors of the wiki (I'm sure most of us do). It's certainly possible that I'm wrong, but given the data I did collect, I'm pretty confident that the 90/10 theory applies to this wiki about as well as it applies to most every other wiki. However, feel free to ignore that tangent if you feel it is incorrect. Honestly, I've not done enough research to really defend that point. Like I said, I think it works but you're more than welcome to prove me wrong. I'll accept any data you're willing to provide.--[[User:Badger|Badger]] 02:06, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Proof is needed; a theory does not suffice. Another theory is that the entire world is only that which ''you'' can look around and see, touch, and in other ways influence. The rest does not exist. I don't exist. This wiki does not exist. Nothing exists except when ''you'' will it to. Is that then the case? Maybe, right?<br />
:::::Therefore 90% is not the case - proof is needed. Those edits accounted for under 7% (less now) of the activity. That's under 7%.<br />
:::::Your right about the tactlessness, sorry about that. Could we get a physicist at a group rate? Who knows, right.<br />
:::::"''No one would dare warn you. You are above that law, it would seem. You know darn well that if Surgo had posted a comment telling someone to see a psychiatrist that you would have warned him.''" you could be right, I do not know. It's very hard sometimes to analyze oneself the exact same - one's own biases and ideas make it much more complicated, I find. In any case I did not mean it in any way to make him feel belittled, I said it out of (although tactless) concern.<br />
:::::"''Have I ever sworn on D&D Wiki?''" right, but damn is not a "gross profanity" word and it's not used referring to someone. I think (I could be wrong - let me know if I am please) that damn, in the English language, has a number of uses and word types and therefore it is permitted in some uses and instances.<br />
:::::About [[User Talk:Eiji#Farmer]] those are ''different'' licenses. That is not contradictory in the least.<br />
:::::''Users are equal'' does not mean that ''users should be treated the same''. Admins are granted those abilities by users by way of a nomination but that does not mean they should be treated the same.<br />
:::::And the systematic [[Warning Policy|warning policy]] ''should'' govern all. Am I above it? No... Do I want to be? Irrelevant. All conspicuous areas should be posted to [[Talk:Warning Policy]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:31, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::"Users are equal does not mean that users should be treated the same" What does that mean? They are equal, but should be treated differently? How are they equal then? If you're treating something differently, it's not equal! --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 03:38, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::"''Users are equal'' does not mean that ''users should be treated the same''" means a few things. One is that if one commits an act against a policy, policies being systematic in nature (e.g. the [[Warning Policy]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_policy], etc etc, one just has to look at bit) they are not necessarily treated the same. For example one cannot vote on nominations. One cannot edit the wiki, etc.<br />
:::::::Or, since admins are elected by users they are not "''treated the same''" although they are still users they can now also delete things, do things users cannot, etc, and as such held in different a different light. Do you understand what I mean kinda? I can explain more if you want. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:48, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::I think I'm done with this discussion. It's clearly going nowhere, and it doesn't even seem you're taking it seriously. You're making less and less sense, and I fear it's only a matter of time before one of us tries to ban the other (and I already know how that would turn out). So I'm going to leave you with this tip: Fix the description of the Warning Policy page. "When one does not edit with civility and etiquette one becomes a warning for each time" --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 04:41, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::I do not understand. What do you mean exactly? The wording seems fine to me and all this is implied. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 05:13, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::::As far as the wording, GD...It should be "when one does not edit with civility and etiquette one '''gets''' a warning for each time," they don't become a warning. --[[User:Harry Mason|Harry Mason]] 12:24, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::: He also swore [[User talk:Surgo#Wikia]], which, I'm assured, is much worse than the word 'damn', according to certain civil servants. Just thought I'd chime in for you guys. --[[User:TK-Squared|TK-Squared]] 15:21, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== GNU FDL ==<br />
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After watching the discussions over the past few months I have done extensive research into the GNU FDL. Any page without an updated author box is in void of the licence and no-longer licensed under the GNU FDL according to section 4B:<br />
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4. MODIFICATIONS<br />
You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document under<br />
the conditions of sections 2 and 3 above, provided that you release<br />
the Modified Version under precisely this License, with the Modified<br />
Version filling the role of the Document, thus licensing distribution<br />
and modification of the Modified Version to whoever possesses a copy<br />
of it. In addition, you must do these things in the Modified Version:<br />
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B. List on the '''Title''' Page, as authors, one or more persons or entities<br />
responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified<br />
Version, together with at least five of the principal authors of the<br />
Document (all of its principal authors, if it has fewer than five),<br />
unless they release you from this requirement.<br />
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Before you say it is able to be in the history page:<br />
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For works in formats which do not have any title page as such, "Title Page" means<br />
the text near the most prominent appearance of the work's title,<br />
preceding the beginning of the body of the text.<br />
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And termination note:<br />
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9. TERMINATION<br />
You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document except<br />
as expressly provided for under this License. Any other attempt to<br />
copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is void, and will<br />
automatically terminate your rights under this License. However,<br />
parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this<br />
License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such<br />
parties remain in full compliance.<br />
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In conclusion: Any authors will have to post their own authorship at the top of the page labeling the top 5 contributers (with each of their permission, as you are re-applying a licence) and also their name as publisher of the page. This means that any pages that do not currently meet these requirements (or any of the other requirements) can be removed by the author, as the licence requires permission from the copyright holder (the initial creator). If this licence is "re-applied" without the copyright holder's permission it is in breach of copyright laws and legal action may be taken. <br />
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I hope you understand fully and notify users correctly. --[[User:Sabre070|Sabre070]] 13:09, 14 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:The bad thing about the license is it has never been upheld in a court of law, so really, no matter how much people may disagree, '''it really doesn't matter'''. Find a lawyer and sue, or shut up about it. If you win, then you'll be making a precedence that other sites can follow. <br />
:Finally, go over to wikipedia - the largest website in existence using the license. Do you see any author spots on the pages? '''NO'''. Now, does that mean all of wikipedia and the lawyers they hired to look into the subject are wrong and you few are oh-so-smarter? '''No again'''. It means that it has been deemed that in a wiki format, as long as each edit is cataloged in the history, then attribution has been made. If you guys think we're doing it wrong, then you must also by the same logic think that Wikipedia is doing it wrong. Please, go tell them, I'd love to see the responses you get for a such a brazen statement. <br />
:The following is a great quote to keep in mind: ''"...are (1) the five principal author listing (all the authors must be listed in 1.1; this is clearly not problem with Wikipedia as the history pages list all the authors of a particular GFDL work) and..."''. Additionally, ''"...The GFDL requires that the names of authors are preserved, and we keep a full record of exactly who wrote what in the history of each article...."''. It have even been said ''"...Editors are collaborators, not authors, and therefore have no rights (except for the right granted to them to reuse their contributions elsewhere). The rights are held by the individual projects, as publishers, and the foundation can act on their behalf....". Now, I'm not a lawyer, but I believe that last one would also need to be upheld in court before we could say it is 100% true. <br />
:The best quote to keep in mind is a simple one: ''"..The "authors" are explicitly mentioned in the history log of every article. :I think you need to show evidence of why the history log is invalid as a record of authorship...."''. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 14:34, 14 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Wikipedia ''did'' use the GNU FDL. They changed recently. If, theoretically, you are right what do you say about "''List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or entities responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified Version''"? Therefore, why are my edits not displayed alongside (for example)? This conundrum in your logic (which makes it not work) has been discussed at length on [[Talk:Detect Disease (3.5e Spell)#Author Template]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:04, 14 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Under the license the fact that you edited must be shown, as you are an author. Also, you cannot compare wikipedia to this wiki, wikipedia is sourcing facts while this wiki are users creations. Also in that case wikipedia is the entity itself that holds the copyright for the information on the site, not the individual editors. Plus, the fact that they removed the GFDL is a sign that they came to a problem and had to remove it. Also, under the GNU FDL you cannot prevent someone from reverting your edits and history is not on the title page, it is a separate page. Also Hooper, if the licence "doesn't matter" and has never been upheld in a court of law does that mean we shouldn't follow it? We shouldn't give users their rights? --[[User:Sabre070|Sabre070]] 00:42, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::No, I think Wikipedia just wanted to use a newer license. I could be wrong though. And you are incorrect. Wikipedia licenses everything therefore the same things do (well, did) apply.<br />
::::"''Also, under the GNU FDL you cannot prevent someone from reverting your edits and history is not on the title page, it is a separate page.''" No. Anyone can revert anyones edits. That's silly to say. It's all part of the modified version. And, as I was saying, I think the "Title Page" is actually the line with the tabs on it (fulfills all the requirements) or maybe all the surrounding MW information. Why? The publisher, D&D Wiki, does need to be specific somewhere as well (maybe that is the logo - since it does not direct to an image). For example "''For works in formats which do not have any title page as such, "Title Page" means the text near the most prominent appearance of the work's title, preceding the beginning of the body of the text.''"<br />
::::Let me know if this answers your copyright questions.<br />
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D. Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document.<br />
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E. Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications adjacent to the other copyright notices.<br />
|orig=[[GNU Free Documentation License 1.2]]<br />
}}<br />
::::--[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 01:14, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Yes, we can compare this wiki to wikipedia and we are. If you are saying we are doing it wrong, then you are also claiming that wikipedia was doing it wrong during their time using this license. I suggest you seek legal counsel if you truly feel that way. We have the GNU FDL for many reasons, and I will not devolve into a straw man argument. If you do not agree, then do not hit submit - ever. Simple as that. In the meantime, either call your bluff of legal action or drop the issue. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 01:24, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::"If you do not agree, then do not hit submit - ever." So how am I supposed to take away the "hitting submit" that I have already done, how is anyone that thought there was going to be the author template meant to? "Anyone can revert anyones edits." So why can users not have the author template if they chose? And why would you refuse to change [[Detect Disease (3.5e Spell)]] back to the way Daniel Draco requested? Also, "Actually I think Template:Author is forbidden under this license." That's silly to say. It would be part of the document, having no effect on the licence itself. --[[User:Sabre070|Sabre070]] 01:49, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::Because that template is being removed... --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 02:01, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::Sabre, why don't we agree to disagree on how the license is properly applied in a wiki format. You go get a lawyer to prove your point, and that would sway my thoughts. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 02:45, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::Ignoring fulfilling the licence (lets assume that history does cover it) is there any reason why people can't say "I made this"? Most articles on this wiki aren't a collaborative effort. Also, I don't need to get a lawyer, I don't care about your liabilities though I thought I would warn you seeing I was doing the research anyway (this wiki seemed as good as any for a practical example). --[[User:Sabre070|Sabre070]] 02:53, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::::When you first brought the subject back up it just came across as if you were threatening to seek legal action. That is why I said that. I know sometimes with type it is hard to come across appropriately, so I am sorry if I misunderstood. The simple fact is, if wikipedia did it - we can do it. And yes it is a valid example. Wikipedia's contributors are writing in their own words using a system or information already available. Our contributors are creating content using a system and rules already available. If wikipedia says that history is fine, then history is fine. The mere fact that the largest supporter of GNU FDL in a wiki format does that would be a huge point in any legal defense of the action ''(I don't remember the legal term they have for that, but basically it is when something is unsure at first but then through practice becomes reality)''.<br />
::::::::::All that being said, I never cared for the author template. It's best feature to me was actually the "status" field where you can let a user know if something is still being figured out. I made a quick Article Status template and have used it instead for a bit. That is really all the information the average surfer needs. If someone wants to know who is the author, they can simply go to the history or any messages on the talk page about the article. It doesn't hurt anyone, and helps the average surfer have the content right up front. I really don't understand all the fuss. If someone ever added something to this wiki thinking that it would either be published and they could revert to sole ownership or that it would never change and be altered ''(which requires ignoring the warning every edit)'' then that was foolish.<br />
::::::::::Additionally, I know that you said you have researched it. So have I, and I believe TK back before he was banned. What I discovered since was simple. Since it hasn't been brought to legal court, you can basically research it and take with it what you want. If you want it to come across a certain way, you read it that way. In short: it's vague. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 03:05, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::::I prefer that someone may take ownership, as the primary creator then people may go onto the history page to see who has contributed. On an open contribution site there should still be a way for the user to keep their own work as it is, even if it is under the GNU FDL. It can still be copied and edited on another website (with the history) though on this website would be their final creation. --[[User:Sabre070|Sabre070]] 03:13, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:You may indeed prefer that, but that goes against the very nature of a '''collaborative''' site. Short of vandalism or spam, and that means that you wish to retroactively not have to accept the warning that has been in place for every edit since the site began, which reads: ''If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here''. This isn't a personal database for any of us to "dump" or "store" our ideas. It is a collaborative and dynamic site. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 03:18, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I understand that, though each creation needs a form of leadership. Collaboration is only good if you have a goal, in creativity each persons goals may be different and you will get members editing the pages to their liking. A author box provides the creator (presumably the primary contributor) to lead the project, taking in others ideas (as it has previously done through giving ideas on talk pages. --[[User:Sabre070|Sabre070]] 03:27, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::See, now I like what you're saying. Let me say that in our case, an Author template could theoretically never be correct. Yes, it may just be by happenchance that a user puts up an article and other than formatting or spelling no one else changes it. But for some of the big articles, we may have 50 users and IP and at least one chuck norris vandal over years of it being online and at that point the author template would either be huge and obstructive or it wouldn't be able to give everyone due - invalidating it. I made a quick Article Status template that I personally like because it allows someone to say where they are in their own process on an article and gives other users an idea to work with. Because we are different in our content in that degree than say, my above example of wikipedia, I do believe that we could utilize some sort of Article Status/Goal template. This would allow people to assist each other and improve articles, without getting into the author debate. But maybe that is another talk for another day. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 03:31, 15 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Am I misunderstanding what is happening here? Hooper and Green Dragon seem to be arguing against having an Author template on a page. I don't see any problem with Author Templates. I think DnD Wiki is collaborative on the whole, meaning while each page has a unique author (or team of authors), the entire site's content is free for all and collaboratively edited. If I write a class (and I have), I want it to be my own. While I'm not going to pretend to understand the legal mumbo-jumbo, I would expect to be the next to last word on all edits (final word being an admin can choose to delete it if it is offensive or something and doesn't comply with policy, but that's it). If I've written a class I want my name on it; partly for credit, partly as a way for people to contact me, and partly because it makes me proud. We're going to take my name off my page because some random IP thinks I should get Power Attack as a bonus feat at level 2, and suddenly he becomes the author? No, that's just foolish.--[[User:Badger|Badger]] 07:50, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Not Exactly Badger. This discussion mostly is about the legal mumbo jumbo. The GNU FDL is vague in regards to it's implementations of author and title in a wiki format. Reading it one way, the Author Template would never ever be enough to give all the proper credit. Reading it the other way ''(the way wikipedia does)'', the Author Template is invalid and should be removed but history can never be deleted. <br />
:::::As far as "final word", we all have to keep in mind that there has always been a warning (which I quoted above) that once we submit content, it can be edited mercilessly. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 13:55, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Am I violating copyright? ==<br />
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Hello, GreenDragon, and thank you for your time. I am currently working on a page (Drevanius campaign setting) and I am wondering if including statistics of creatures (nothing else) from another DND source is violating copyright. The section is Creatures of Drevanius.<br />
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:What is the source? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 21:01, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Hello ==<br />
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You seem like a Very Knowledgable person, im currently working on designing an Epic level 3.5 Campaign, ive been designing NPCs Main chars and what not, and one of the main chars ive built diesnt have a name, as ironic as it is, it is a 15th Age Cat. Advanced Paragon White Great Wyrm of Legends, Leader of the Dragon council, and by far the strongest dragon among them, he is very unique and i just dont know what to call him, if you have the chance i would really appriciate it if you could shoot come good names at me, im just drawing a blank<br />
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Thanks - [[User:Envoyof aGod|Envoyof_aGod]] 19:22, 1 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Something interesting...==<br />
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I noticed that your RfA was mysteriously and unexplainably deleted, Greeny. I was just curious what that meant for your re-nomination of adminship. --[[User:Bunnie|Bunnie]] 03:48, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Read the subscript on [[RfA]] and this post will be removed. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:09, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::You mean the part where you belatedly added that you and Blue were exceptions to the RfA policy? Why yes, I did happen to read that. And the part where you said (and then removed) that if you were voted against, you'd demote yourself. Why taunt people with stuff you'll never do? --[[User:Bunnie|Bunnie]] 04:31, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::I changed my mind, and the policy as such, relating to adminship about [[User:Blue Dragon|Blue Dragon]]'s and my admin status. It wasn't a "taunt". --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:35, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::'Changing your mind' about something while a process is already being implemented (especially in regards to yourself when you're about to 'lose' because of the policy) is just low. Why the change of heart anyways? If you think you might 'change your mind' anyways, why bother having policies in the first place? Just 'change your mind' about anything you don't like, even if other people like it. Sure, sounds fair, reasonable and perfectly acceptable. Right. --[[User:Bunnie|Bunnie]] 04:42, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Not really fair huh. Oh well. D&D Wiki ''is'' also a physical thing (takes bytes, bandwidth, etc). Those physical aspects make it so the people relating to hosting and upkeep are not going to lose adminship (or bureaucratship; transparent in the case of [[User:Blue Dragon|Blue Dragon]]). --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:49, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::Incidentally since it was mentioned, , whatever happened to Blue Dragon? He vanished from everywhere a few months before the big smash-up, and I've not seen hide nor hair of him since. Would be great to get in contact with him again (contacting him on the Wiki has been all but impossible, so, I suppose I'd need some alternate method.). -- [[User:Eiji|Eiji]] 04:53, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::He's been around. He came around me during the winter holidays. He actually was the one who updated MW and the extensions, although he is not done. You want to contact him? I'll tell him to add back the "hosted by" part and when he does you can click it and contact him. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 05:05, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::Well hosting has been changed. But he checks his user talk page. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:31, 2 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Admin Resignation ==<br />
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This is a notice to say that I will not be coming back to this wiki again. The issues you obviously have with control has caused me to lose faith in you and lose interest in the wiki. You have changed so much since I became admin, in more than one way. I would also like to point out that even though you own the physical server doesn't mean you have to be an admin here, you are only the host. Your attitude towards policies (and your need for power) were proven in you deleting your nomination for admin, when it was first posted you had began to fill it out and comply with the existing policy, then when the votes turned against you the policy was changed and the page deleted. You should go back and think about your actions, think about them from another point of view and see why those members left. --[[User:Sabre070|Sabre070]] 10:31, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I will RfA you in a bit (with resignation as the reason or somesuch). I, as [[User:Blue Dragon|Blue Dragon]] (with bureaucratship), are not going to host something for people who got banned, and get annoyed as result, and then came back with just the intent to remove the person who banned them, based off their wrong actions, from adminship. Do you really not see how that is petty? One: This is not a democracy, although it has democratic influences. I don't care about all the democratic ways which things can be. It's not fair. Fairness, to me, is more important. On a different note they would no longer even edit, they may have just found it humorous to remove adminship from one who banned them for wrong actions. Look at it like this: Some people go to prison for committing crimes, they serve their time, they get out. After they are out they go to the town hall and try to impeach the mayor. Although in democracy that ''does'' work, I don't care. This is not going to be like that. Do you understand where I am coming from? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 21:33, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::When you say "Fairness, to me, is more important" do you mean "In my opinion, fairness is more important" or "It's more important for everyone to be fair to me, Green Dragon"? <br />
::''EDIT'': He means the first one.<br />
::Let me try and work through your analogy now: <br />
::*Some people go to prison for committing crimes<br />
::**Sabre070 <s>violated policy and was banned</s> was banned permanently <s>because of an inappropriate username</s> <s>without reason</s> with the implied reason that [[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] was banned, without reason (see his edits during the time), and was worried something was going on.<br />
::**<s>Later others disregard policies and get banned as a result (spamming the FA, unwarranted deletion, etc etc).</s> While true, it's irrelevant. We're talking about Sabre070 right now. If he did that we can include that in his "crimes". Otherwise, let's try to focus on the important issues.<br />
::*They serve their time, they get out.<br />
::**Then Sabre070's ban <s>expired</s> was undone 2 days later and he was allowed back into our open hearts once again, born anew, like a mighty Phoenix<br />
::*After they are out they go to the town hall and try to impeach the mayor.<br />
::**Sabre070 doesn't like how you lead, and tried to change that, by removing you from office (with an RfA).<br />
::*Although in democracy that ''does'' work, I don't care.<br />
::** I don't care about what you think is fair, my word is <s>unimpeachable law</s> open to discussion, as long as we use logic. I, as Green Dragon, will delete that RfA, make new laws prohibiting future RfAs, and <s>pretend nothing happened</s> those are the results of the happenece. The deleted RfA's date and the revision history of [[RfA]] can be seen as evidence. This is my wiki, I own the damned thing.<br />
::--[[User:Badger|Badger]] 22:14, 16 February 2010 (UTC), with Green Dragon contributing.<br />
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:::I don't think [[User:Sabre070|Sabre070]] was banned though (save the small time right after I was banned). See also [http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User%3ASabre070].<br />
:::Only the first way works, and not fully at that. I mean that fairness, as the idea relating to ownership and hosting with regards to inherent userrights is an important concept for me and how this site it run.<br />
:::"''my word is unimpeachable law''" - no. Things are discussed. Logic is used. I do not always get my way. It's just the idea relating to ownership and hosting with regards to inherent userrights. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 22:21, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Allow me to amend my previous comment to reflect this new information. Until you reveal the true reason he was banned I'm leaving it as "without reason" because we both know there is nothing wrong with the username he'd been editing as since March of 2008.--[[User:Badger|Badger]] 22:41, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::I amended it as well, if you do not mind. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 22:55, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::Oh, '''''"...I, as [[User:Blue Dragon|Blue Dragon]] (with bureaucratship), are not going to host something for people who got banned, and get annoyed as result, and then came back with just the intent to remove the person who banned them, based off their wrong actions, from adminship...."'''''. Best cliffnotes ever. <br />
::::::Related note: Should it be required that a person RfAing and the person being RfA's be '''X''' amount active on the wiki? I.e. so many edits, meeting a certain edit-per-month count, etc. etc.? I've always thought so. I also don't believe that votes from new or IPs should be counted in RfAs (Wikipedia doesn't count them - arguing that they may very well be single-purpose accounts). &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 22:59, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::I don't mind at all, facts are important! I think we are approaching the best approximation of the actual events. Can you fact check as to whether or not Sabre070 was involved in the goings on? I don't recall if he was, but he was unblocked 2 days later, so I assume he wasn't involved. <br />
:::::::Hooper, to address your question I always thought IPs were allowed to comment and such, but you had to be a registered user to actually vote (newly made voters subject inspection for meat puppetry).--[[User:Badger|Badger]] 23:14, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::That is a great question [[User:Hooper|Hooper]]. It needs to be discussed on [[Talk:Requests for Adminship]] though; this is not the place.<br />
::::::::Was [[User:Sabre070|Sabre070]] involved? Who knows. If you look at [[Requests for Adminship/Aarnott2]] you can see a list of this so-called "RC Committee" - but not everyone on their was banned. E.g. [[User:Sam Kay|Sam Kay]]. People were banned for doing actions against policy and/or violating their positions of authority. Bans are not given out for any other reason. The policy comes from Wikipedia. This committee was never implemented since it was illogical compared to alternatives, which are now in place. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 23:19, 16 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::The so called "RC Committee"? If you had've looked I am not mentioned on that page once. Also, the reason for my blocking was that Aarnott had blocked Green Dragon for 3 days for "Intimidating behaviour/harassment: You are acting out of line right now. Perhaps you should clear your head and come back to this later... Otherwise, this site will lose a lot of its users." and he explains other reasons on his RfA. If I am looking at the block list correctly, you are saying that you are free to intimidate and harass anyone, though others aren't? Also, I like how you always say "we use logic here" (Green Dragon Logic) and also say that it is a wiki and not a dictatorship, yet also say that it is your wiki and you cannot get banned, un-nominated, or treated like any other user. <br />
:::::::::Also, I was not involved, the only edits I have done can be seen here: [http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?limit=50&tagfilter=&title=Special:Contributions&contribs=user&target=Sabre070&namespace=&year=2009&month=8 Contributions]. --[[User:Sabre070|Sabre070]] 01:53, 17 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::::I don't know where you guys all grew up or worked, but the person footing the bills makes the rules. You are free to disagree, but in the end it comes down to the owner makes the calls. It is obvious from months of the transientwiki crowd and it's fallout's attempts that you will get nowhere, so just save yourself the trouble and leave. The owner has the final say, whether we agree with it or not. To think otherwise is insane. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 03:25, 17 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::::Ya, you can trust [[User:Aarnott|Aarnott]] fully, or you can look at my edit contributions during those days. Normal. A policy, which was not agreed upon, was implemented. As such it was removed. Next?<br />
:::::::::::The rest of what you said is not true. Well, I guess that means all of it. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 05:09, 17 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Hi Green Dragon ==<br />
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It appears that a recent edit of the 3.5e Open Game Content page appears to be taken whole or in part from my site (http://grandwiki.wikidot.com/publication-list).<br />
The reason I suspect this is because <br />
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Steve Russell Presents…<br />
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appears on your page. Steve Russell owns Rite Publishing and personally sent me that material to upload on the Grand OGL Wiki. So I think one of your users may have <br />
copy/paste that material.<br />
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If the DnDWiki intends to replicate the Open Game Content from my site on this site can you make sure that the section 15 for that material appears in your sites open game license.<br />
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If you wish to contact me about this matter feel free to email me at gedakm@gmail.com. I can put you in contact with Steve Russell if you like as well.<br />
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- Mark Gedak<br />
DM Sketchpad/Grand OGL Wiki<br />
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:On closer inspection of the similarities of our page, [[3.5e_Open_Game_Content]], and theirs, linked above - it seems like we have most of the bigger names where they go a bit more in depth, and that the random Steve Russell Presents is the only shared link that shows a common history of edit. However, I am really confused as to the request to alter our Section 15 of the OGL. In that same sense, we could argue that the entire website Grand OGL Wiki should change theirs as we existed before them. I just don't understand the real problem here. An OGC game is listed on an OGC page, and that is absolutely fine imho. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 01:53, 21 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::See also [[Talk:Open Game License v1.0a#Attribution in Copyright Notice]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:58, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== My Campaign Settings ==<br />
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I know that I havent made a great edit in quite a long while, but, I feel that my campaigns should be left up for people to edit. My addition, the Fallout setting has come under an attack of sorts and I feel that more can be done with it, just because one user starts something doesnt mean others can help pitch in, I have helped edit a few pages, even added some weapons. So please, if possible, help me keep my Fallout setting from getting deleted, I put a lot of time into adding the building blocks for it. The Mighty Boosh.<br />
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PS - I forgot how to add my name at the bottom, the one with the time posted and all, sincere apologies.<br />
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:Wow it's not an attack, I just added at delete tag to start a discussion. There's no content and the two or three pages that are there are not very good. If you're going to fix it then that's fine, but there's no real way for anyone else to add it since only you know what's in your head. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 20:05, 21 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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The only thing that I need to have done is basic stats for weapons, vehicles, creatures, etc. I will, slowly but surely, put up descriptions of weapons, creatures and vehicles. And I will also do my best to come up with detailed backgrounds of environments and adventures, all I need is some help coming up with stats then the Fallout setting should get rolling along. [[User:The Mighty Boosh|The Mighty Boosh]] 04:26, 22 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== SEARCHING ==<br />
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When I am trying to search by keywords, sometimes the search engine is not coming back with any results.<br />
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For example I am searching for HAWK for 3.5. There are no search results.<br />
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== Error while searching. ==<br />
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Hello all,<br />
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Congrats on the great job on the D&D wiki.<br />
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I was searching with keyword: ''Samurai'' and ''samurai'' and the result I got was:<br />
''Query failed: connection to localhost:3312 failed (errno=111, msg=Connection refused). ''<br />
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I know there were pages resulting from this same search since I have been browsing them the past week.<br />
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Hope it helps.<br />
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Dervell.<br />
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:I had problems with this yesterday as well. But then it mysteriously started working again so I figured you were working on the problem while I was online. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 19:59, 21 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Move Errors ==<br />
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Hey Green. It appears that since the server issue some of us are experiencing problems when we try to move pages. It doesn't happen every single time, but seems to be at least 3/4ths. The page will stay in a loading status for quite some time and then it'll pop up a database error. Just FYI. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 14:23, 22 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:So you don't have to, this is a quote of the error I'm getting: ''"A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:<br />
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(SQL query hidden)<br />
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from within function "Title::deleteTitleProtection". MySQL returned error "2006: MySQL server has gone away (internal-db.s89449.gridserver.com)".''" &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 17:57, 22 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I know. [[User:Blue Dragon|Blue Dragon]] said he has time to look at it tomorrow so that should be the case. Same with the sword, delete. Do you know of more things? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 01:03, 23 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Not so far. Jazz above mentions some search problem but I haven't been able to duplicate that. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 03:20, 23 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::It's hit or miss. I tried it just now and got the error again. Along with the error message, the "search in namespaces" list is misformatted. But then other times it will just work, so it seems to be an intermittent problem. The only other thing I noticed was yesterday every now and then after editing a page it would give me an error that made it look like my edit wasn't saved, but when I went back to check, it was saved. Again, it's nothing repeatable, it just happens off and on. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 05:08, 23 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::I seemed to have found a pattern to the searching error: If you type in an exact page name (SRD:Fighter) into the search box then hit "go" (or hit enter), it works fine. If you type in a page name that doesn't exist ("test") you get the error. Also, if you type in a name that does exist but hit "search" instead of "go", you also get the error, so I'm guessing that something went wrong with the search function itself, and not the search box. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 16:39, 23 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Hopefully this weekend all the problems should be dealt with. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:42, 2 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Featured Article ==<br />
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GD, I would like to recommend an article of mine for a featured article. [[Black Lion (4e Optimized Character Build)]]. I created an entire 4e Class, all of its Class Powers, an entire 4e Paragon Path, and built this Optimized Build just for it. Not only does it include all the prerequisites of a good article, it includes User-generated Tables by Tier, Class Summaries every 10 levels, explanations of unique items and their strategies for use, and an expanded information section which expounds upon the Classes Role in general. I even included a designers guidelines for enemy and character progression by level and a Compare/Contrast section with this builds biggest competing build. Everything you need all in one spot. Tell me what you think? --[[User:Jay Freedman|Jay Freedman]] 09:26, 24 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I am curious as to what you say to the following. When ones makes their own content and then makes a Optimized Character Build from that content it normally is not an "optimization" but rather a "specific 'hole-in-the-game' optimization" specifically created by themselves to optimize an already exploited idea. E.g. natural weapons and natural fighting in this case.<br />
:Of course this may not be the case, I have not throughly looked. I'm just asking for your opinion. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:36, 2 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I noticed you used the words "Hole" and "Exploited". Words that rhyme with "Loop-hole", "Broken", and "Cheating". If that is what you mean, then no. This is not that kind of optimization.<br />
::This is a what some people refer to as a "Build". A specific construction of levels, items, and powers that accomplishes a pre-defined purpose. That purpose being: "Maximizing Damage-per-Round during Combat". This also fulfills the Striker Role within 4th Edition as well. See.., the Black Lion Class is currently a working Striker Class within 4e, and this optimization is a fulfillment of it's ultimate potential. However, the Black Lion Class was not created with this specific optimization in mind. The class came ''before'' the optimization and not the other way around.<br />
::I hope that helps. --[[User:Jay Freedman|Jay Freedman]] 07:14, 2 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Feel free to nominate for FA status, of course. Anyone can nominate any article for FA status. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:54, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Another post-server fail error ==<br />
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Looks like over on the Media Repository, any time I try to see anyones (even my own) contributions there it pulls up an error. Minor, but just fyi. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 05:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Seems to be working for me now in any case. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:53, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Media Fail ==<br />
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Everytime I try to log in to upload a pic, I get this.<br />
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<pre>A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: <br />
(SQL query hidden)<br />
from within function "User::idFromName". MySQL returned error "1142: SELECT command denied to user 'db89449'@'205.186.184.15' for table 'wdd_user' (internal-db.s89449.gridserver.com)".</pre><br />
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--[[User:Jay Freedman|Jay Freedman]] 18:04, 26 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Uploading is working now. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:37, 1 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Formatting Help ==<br />
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i would like to know how to reformat my submitted setting. i am pretty new to this whole thing...<br />
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P.S.~ sorry about completely over-riding your touch-ups, i meant to only make minor corrections, but you see i was in th emiddle of adding a lot of information on the playable races at the time, and i was getting very frustrated at the fact that every time i had an editing conlict, i had to pretty much write everything again. leastways the equivalent amount of work on it, what with taking out the dashes and spaces, and putting in the HTML... {{Unsigned|ChieftainTwilight|15:06, 28 February 2010 (MST)}}<br />
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:First if you press the back button it will retrieve the information you had been typing. Just Copy+Paste into the new version (with some minor editing if needed) and continue posting. Edit conflicts are not really a problem as such except for minor formatting or minor changes which deal with the other user's changes. What do I think of [[Mysteries of Andor (3.5e Campaign Setting)|Mysteries of Andor]]? I find that nothing is really fluffed out. I recommend that you make the deities and then link to them from that page. Although you say many names, what I mean is, what are they? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:41, 2 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Mediawiki is unavailable? ==<br />
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I'm sure you've already been alerted, but just in case, the Mediawiki pictures are not showing up, and Mediawiki comes up saying there is an "Exception caught in Exception Handler". It's not working at all. [[User:Jwguy|Jwguy]] 05:41, 1 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Captcha ==<br />
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Would it be possible to have only IP and non-autoconfirmed users have to fill out the captcha when inserting external links? There are a butt-ton of d20 Modern stubs, but since the "edit this page" is treated as an external link, I have to fill out a captcha for every stub template. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 02:24, 6 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== More post-crash problems ==<br />
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I'm sure you're aware, but I'm just letting you know of some other problems I'm finding since the server crash. First of all, the site is sllllloooooooowww. Sometimes it will be zippy, sometimes you will wait 10 seconds and get a "something went wrong" message, but other times, like right now, it will take literally minutes (sometimes up to 5) to open up a page. Which is just an eternity when you are trying to add a class.<br />
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Secondly, no pictures from mediawiki are being loaded correctly. They all just give the name of the image with a link, instead of actually showing the image.<br />
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Keep up the good work! [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 02:53, 9 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I know. I have been told that the current MW install has many problems with it and lead to slowing down the site sometimes. Media will be dealt with. Another thing too, to make this even better (time wise), is that I just heard that MW has serious security flaws and needs to be upgraded. Maybe upgrading will fix many of the problems which are slowing it down sometimes too. And then if it keeps being slow sometimes then I will think of something else. Hopefully wednesday things will get better (this weekend did not happpen). Sometime though, I can promise. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:06, 9 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Ah, that sucks. At least you've got a culprit and a likely fix, though. The worst thing about misbehaving technology is when you don't know what's going wrong. Maybe having a slow wiki will give me time to catch up on some of the things I'm ignoring while I'm spending too much time here ''':)''' [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 05:04, 9 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::That's not what I said, but sure. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 05:17, 9 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== problems ==<br />
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the site takes forever to load. and i cant search.<br />
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== Spam ==<br />
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I think I might know why the spam problem has exploded lately: the Captcha doesn't seem to be working. When you add external links there's no captcha prompt at all. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 20:38, 15 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:That's because, as was said above, ReCaptcha's were showing up for stub, etc templates for users and external links for users. With MW one cannot just say "IP's have them" anymore, it is now for edit types or somesuch for all but users but those in the admin group. In any case they have been removed as such. Maybe if it continues to be a problem. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 23:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Gotcha. It's too bad they don't have more useful options. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 05:24, 16 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Number of Admins ==<br />
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I can't help but notice the large drop in admins, as of late, for whatever reasons be it. And though I hardly have any standing, nor say in the matter, I suggest some sort of action should be taken to renew the community on this wiki, before its community dies down too much to have any hope of revival. And still, I have little idea as to how to do so, I've seen many great communities fall and shrivel. So I'm convinced that unless someone gets out there and attracts some people into the community, not just general traffic into the site, the community will break down, maintenence and upkeep will fall, and I fear this great wiki could fall into a bad state.<br />
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Well, just my thoughts, I thought you should know. I could be terribly wrong and there's a constant amount of community and I'm totally paranoid and pessimistic. But this is how I see it, seeing the constant destruction of admins with no new ones does worry me. --[[User:SgtLion|SgtLion]] 21:19, 15 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:What are admins? Do they help? Although I have done no research into the subject I almost feel that ones editing decreases once attaining adminship. Do we need more admins? Yes. Of the top of my head I can maybe think of two or more people who need to be RfA'ed. Know someone? Ask them and then, depending on the result, RfA them please. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 23:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Makes sense. I don't know anyone, but your point is very much valid. --[[User:SgtLion|SgtLion]] 06:13, 16 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Errata ==<br />
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Hey Peter Gabert,<br />
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I just had a discussion on the WotC board about all the absence of errata for a lot of the previous editions books. For most of these unofficial errata were collected by players.<br />
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My thoughts were that a wiki would be a good place to maintain such unofficial errata, given the transient nature of the WotC boards (most of the older errata threads have been purged). Your DnD wiki seems the most natural place to start such an endeavour.<br />
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Is this something you would be willing to accommodate, as I'm not sure it fits entirely with your current content?<br />
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I don't think I've ever contributed to your wiki, but I'm a regular at several other wiki's and would try to gather as many unofficial errata as possible if you'd give a green light to such an undertaking.<br />
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I will try to check back at this page for an answer every now and then, other options like e-mail, I can post if you want to.<br />
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Cheers.<br />
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Adriaan Renting.<br />
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:Yes, it would work. Is errata for OGC OGC? I would imagine so. In any case, a good place to start, (especially if it is unofficial errata) is to just make the page and link to it from the publication. Start by taking a look at [[Publication List]] and finding the book (or adding it if it is not added) and then placing a link on the page. For example [[Exemplars of Evil/Unofficial Errata]]. Does that make sense? Do you think that would work? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 21:29, 19 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Title ==<br />
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Heh, sorry about that. For some reason I'm very set in the habit of not creating titles for the first post on a talk page. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 23:04, 21 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:It's the correct way to do it. No worries, of course, though. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 01:09, 23 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== MediaWiki Problems ==<br />
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Hey, I didn't see any 'Contact us' options, and I noticed that you were the owner, so I decided to stop by and ask a quick question ''':)'''. Recently this site has been experiencing more and more problems (i.e. not being able to load properly or going down for short periods of time). I just thought I would point this out and wonder if anything could be done?<br />
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Oh, and I just want to add, I love this site! Be proud! Thanks! --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 05:33, 31 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:First we need to clean up this site. For example, at this moment, [[3.5e Sorcerer/Wizard Spells]] spells is not able to load. Why is this? The code is not properly done (SMW and so), I think. In any case it returns a database error and eats up a lot of the server. Once all the code problems have been ironed out then we can see if this is still a problem.<br />
:This should happen slowly. Soon D&D Wiki's MW will be upgraded (the current version has a few security problems) and that should make a difference. Then other areas need to be worked on. I hope this helps answer your question, and I look forward to seeing some of your content. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 19:39, 31 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Well D&D Wiki has been upgraded to MW 1.15.2. Pages like [[3.5e Sorcerer/Wizard Spells]] work now. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:38, 31 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Things are improving. Only a few problems, for example forms and images, are problems now. They should be fixed soon though. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:32, 1 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== MoI (of sorts) ==<br />
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Hi GD, I've got a couple of things to tell you about:<br />
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#First of all, I've finished adding PL categories to all the d20 Modern homebrew equipment, so Phase 1 is complete!<br />
#<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User:Jazzman831/workspace&oldid=461878 Here]</span> is my current progress on Phase 2. Let me know what you think before I continue creating the rest of the pages.<br />
#Three items ([[Flashbang (D20 Modern Equipment)|Flashbang]], [[Phosphorus Grenade (D20 Modern Equipment)|Phosphorus Grenade]] and [[Smoke Bomb (D20 Modern Equipment)|Smoke Bomb]]) are created for D&D 4e, not d20 Modern, so I don't know what to do with them. See my opinion on the matter [[Talk:Flashbang (D20 Modern Equipment)|here]].<br />
#MoI: [[Talk:Grenades (D20 Modern Equipment)]]<br />
#MoI: [[Talk:Halo (D20 Modern Campaign Setting)#Rating_2]]<br />
#What do you think of [[User:Jazzman831/preloads#Ranged Weapon Preload|this]] preload/template as a way to standardize ranged weapons? It's the format used in Weapons Locker, and the most useful format I've seen.<br />
#MoI: [[Category talk:Rifle]] (Note also that [[:Category:Longarm]] actually exists; possibly my next project should be standardizing the categorization of the Modern side of things? Where should such discussion take place?)<br />
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Sorry about the long list, but I think that should get us caught up to date. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 17:30, 1 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I copy-pasted your prototype page for [[D20 Modern Equipment]] onto that page. I changed a few things. Do you think the changes make sense? I modernized the subpages. Once all the subpages are created (so called Phase 2) then [[D20 Modern Equipment]] can be cleaned up. I will deal with the rest of your comment above soon... --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 22:17, 1 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::The changes make sense, though in a perfect world the last two categories (not categorized by age or type) should always be empty, correct? Perhaps this is a good way to make sure that everything gets labeled. For the "all" category (I thought about something similar myself), do you want to create a separate page with every PL X item, or just link to the PL X category, which is effectively the same thing? While we're on the subject of the "all" category, I notice some of the totals (PL 2 and 5) don't add up right. I'll try to figure out what's happened; probably something isn't categorized correctly.<br />
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::The only things I really don't like are adding "equipment" to all the pages, because it gets wordy, and removing the PL number from each line of the table. The former isn't really a huge deal, since users probably won't ever type that anyway, but the second is bigger. All of the books (as well as the MSRD) refer to PL primarily by number, not by name, so I think it's better to have the number actually there instead of counting up or down.<br />
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::I hope to get to adding the subpages sometime soon. It'll be a function of how much my carpal tunnel is flaring up and how bored I get... [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 00:37, 2 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Alright, subpages are finished, though as I said before, I'm not sure what to do with some of the pages.<br />
:::Have any comments on the rest of my points yet?<br />
:::Also, I think a database has crashed. Every time I try to move a page or use the search I get the following error: <code>145: Table './ddwikidb/wdd_searchindex' is marked as crashed and should be repaired (localhost)</code> [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 19:08, 6 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::That database problem is no longer a problem.<br />
::::[[D20 Modern Equipment]] looks good. I only wonder about maybe making the all page split by way of the improving, reviewing, or removing templates. I guess we should discuss that there though.<br />
::::I still have not made up my mind about what should happen to the edition-specific items which were moved to another edition. The others things I responded to, and see below.<br />
::::With regard to the preloads please feel free to add them, something is better is nothing. They can always be improved throughout time of course. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:28, 1 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Cool. I've actually been creating preloads as I see they've been missing. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 01:58, 2 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::With [[D&D 4.0 Future (4e Sourcebook)|4e Future]] and [[User:Vrail|Vrail's]] comment that <br />
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::::::I have decided that no time period should be mandated. I think I moved all those back, if there are any others please let me know. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:44, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Protect Page ==<br />
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I'd like to request a Protection from IP's be placed on my [[White Guard (3.5e Class)]] article. Thanks GD. --[[User:Jay Freedman|Jay Freedman]] 04:26, 3 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:You actually don't have to request this, just find a page that has it and look at the source code. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 05:26, 3 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Oh, good idea. Hehe. --[[User:Jay Freedman|Jay Freedman]] 06:02, 3 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::There isn't a source code for protection, it's an additional tab that only certain users (on this wiki, I imagine only admins) have access to. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 17:06, 3 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::I protected it from IP edits. And yes, only admins have access to the tab. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 17:58, 3 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::: Ummm..... GD, I don't know whats going on, I may be mistaken as to what you were asking, however I just tried getting it from the source code of another page for IP protection and it worked... [[Orion (3.5e Campaign Setting)]]--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 22:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::: I'm pretty sure that's just a template to let IPs know they are unable to edit the page. They still can edit it, unless an admin has actually protected a page. Think of that source code (the template you copied) as a sign saying "road flooded", but you need an admin to actually add the flood water. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 22:17, 3 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::: Ahhh. Ok, thanks for the clarification. However this can still be useful. If a sign reads 'road flooded 10 km ahead', most cars wouldn't test it. :) --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 22:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Uploading an Adult Picture ==<br />
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I was hoping to place a certain picture on one of the pages that I'm going to design for my camapign setting. However, this picture has nudity in it. It's not pornographic, a female witch is simply naked. I was wondering if I would be allowed to post this? Or should I send it to you first for clearing? --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 05:29, 3 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:It should be okay. Just make sure to add [[Template:Adult Theme]] to the top of the page. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 17:27, 28 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Kobold buffs? ==<br />
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Hey, I was just looking at the negitive level adjustment page, and looked at the discussion page. <br />
And someone said that they didnt think that kobolds were -2 la, cause of the "buffs" they been getting.<br />
You said that the "last few books that wizards published" made them more of a -1 la.<br />
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I was wondering what are these buffs/books?<br />
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::he probably means Races of Dragon and possible Dragon Magic. RoD actually made kobolds kinda cool--[[User:Name Violation|Name Violation]] 02:56, 13 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Thats what I was thinking after I asked the question, but just wanted to make sure I wasnt missing anything.<br />
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::::If I remember correctly it was Races of Dragon, but you could always check the date of the comment and the publication dates. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 17:15, 28 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::: [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/we/20060420a Races of Dragon Excerpt]. It gives Kobolds Slight Build (opposite of Half-Giant's Powerful Build), natural weapons and weapon proficiencies. --[[User:TK-Squared|TK-Squared]] 12:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Couple questions ==<br />
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Just a couple things I'd like to ask you about. You mentioned that my class wasn't original and that it's been created before, yet if you search on this web site it's the only one that comes up. Umm? Just wondering about that, cuz I wouldn't know it's unoriginal if nothing else like it is on here. Another question, you mentioned that the Sith aren't all dark users. I took the definition of what a Sith was directly off of the star wars database, so take them up on it if you're really confused about what a Sith is. {{unsigned|Tmblake09}}<br />
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:Urm, Green Dragon didn't say any of those things. [[User:Vrail|Vrail]] said it was unoriginal (and unless you are George Lucas, ''any'' Sith class is by definition unoriginal), and he was also the one who suggested there were good and evil Sith. Generally if you have a problem with a specific article, it's best to take it up on that talk page and not a user talk page -- otherwise, people who look at your class later won't see this discussion.<br />
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:You are correct, by the way, that there aren't any other Sith classes on the wiki (btw GD, [http://media.dandwiki.com/wiki/Sith this] is another Sith class, but it's posted on MW? I didn't even know that was possible), but there are many, many other Star-Wars related entries. [[Jedi Knight (3.5e Class)]], [[Jedi Healer (DnD Class)]], [[Jedi Guardian (D20 Modern Base Class)]], [[Jedi Dualist (Not Duelist) (DnD Prestige Class)]], [[Jedi Consular (D20 Modern Base Class)]] and [[Jedi Sentinel (D20 Modern Base Class)]] all come up with a quick search. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 16:25, 23 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Candidates for Deletion ==<br />
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I finished my first-brush pass at candidates for deletion category. All-in-all I deleted or removed the deletion tag from over 200 articles! I skipped the campaign settings for now because they have so many sub pages, but that will be my next project.<br />
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One thing I noticed when clearing out all those pages was that a lot of them had talk pages by new users asking why we wanted to delete their page. In many cases, I'm guessing that it turned users away from the wiki, because they are trying to learn all these new things then all of the sudden somebody threatens to take it all away. I don't think the use of the deletion template is fully explained anywhere, so I created [[Template:Delete/why|this]] to help new users understand that we aren't delete-hungry monsters. If you approve, I can add a link to it within the deletion template.<br />
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Another thing I saw is pages that had enough information to be completed, they just weren't completed yet. They aren't usable as is, but I don't think it's right to delete them since there's enough there that someone else could finish it with a little gruntwork. I've started a discussion (so far it's just me) about a possible solution [[Category_talk:Candidates_for_Deletion#Idea_for_half-completed_pages|here]]. (While you're there, I had some ideas on the discussion just above it as well.) [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 05:08, 26 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Censorship ==<br />
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You've edited a comment I've left on a page. on PokeDM's [[User_talk:PokeDM|Talk]] page. You cropped it down, citing solicitation. I'm forced to say "Not Cool". I went out of my way to not solicit any other websites. I didn't drop a name. I didn't provide a link. Furthermore, I read through the behavioral policy just now and didn't see anything banning solicitation. I was trying to be helpful to a new user, letting him know that other people have tried similar endeavors, and there is help for him if he needs it. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 06:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I have never said we do not edit comments. Comments are edited when needed. What you are doing is spam ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_spam Article Spam]), links to D&D resources can be found on [[DnD Links]]; no where else. Partial censorship is something D&D Wiki has &mdash; to keep spam and non-relevant things at bay. All the recent spam from IP's (see the barnstars some have received) is not allowed &mdash; I think you would understand. It could become a serious problem. <br />
:For example (not notice if you saw it) there was some spam advertising a certain boots company. If I recall correctly they supplied no links. Do you see the problem? It's very simple to understand. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:03, 28 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I think he was just confused and dismayed at why you modified his post and never explained why. Poor communication on both sides resulted in a misunderstanding, but I don't think either side was intentionally being aggressive or anything like that. Anyways, no need to start a feud over a misunderstanding. ''':)'''. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 04:17, 28 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Right, but you should also mention that no reason needs to be given in text format (maybe in the edit summary). I see what you mean when you mention this, and for the most part the IP (when violating this) knows though his or her ban. Since this user is not getting banned as a result of his or her solicitation (implicit or explicit), you should notice that just the censorship was hinting at this. Since he or she did not, and actually took this kind gesture the wrong way, now he or she knows is all we can say. As a general rule one should always read the edit summaries, and I hope we can say that if something gets censored with such a reason in the edit summary that is the reason. Seems very simple to understand, but I guess not. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:28, 28 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::To be fair Vrail, I was much more aggressive (intentionally) at the end of my comment up there. You just aren't seeing it because it was censored... Anyway, yeah, I was angry because my comment was edited. I don't see how a useful, on-topic, offer of help from an external resource (which was not linked or named) from a registered, contributing user on a fellow user's Talk page should be compared to spam about cheap boots on SRD talk pages. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 04:39, 28 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Why was it solicitation? Because it did not say something like "I would like to tell you that other resources exist dealing with Pokémon in D&D. A simple Google search should give you some results." --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 16:31, 28 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::I suppose I assumed anyone attempting to make Pokemon monsters for DnD has probably already done a simple Google search. I was trying to provide more specific help with material. Can I leave something akin to "Hey, I noticed you're working on Pokemon for DnD. Leave me a message on my [[User_Talk:Badger|Talk Page]] if you want some help with creation, I know other resources exist that you may find helpful."? --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 20:44, 28 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::Email would be the correct option. If someone wanted a possibility for such things then there is the possibility they would not mind recieving an email about such things. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 21:01, 28 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::: The best part of this oppression is that you keep using the verb 'to solicit'. Let us take the most humourous meaning of the word and put it into context; Badger was attempting to bribe PokeDM for sex with name-dropping of! How... dastardly. It's not solicitation, it's advertising. Unless, of course, you think that people finding other sites that have D&D information on is an 'evil action', which wouldn't be too much of a step, to be honest. I mean, Badger doesn't want anything from his actions, except to help, and isn't really persuading the person in anyway nor was he persistent in his name-dropping. Also amusing is how Green Dragon is trying to say that what Badger did is on the same level as spambots. Because what he said had no relevance to the matter at hand for a person called PokeDM! Who'd think he'd want to find pokemon for D&D that other people had made to draw inspiration from. Also, I'll probably be banned for this. After all, I'm some kind of crazy anarchist. SOLICITATION, YES PLZ. --[[User:TK-Squared|TK-Squared]] 11:58, 29 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::No TK, it wasn't the irresistible urge to ''play out fantasies'' with PokeDM that got me caught "soliciting", it's the fact that I mentioned a website exists where PokeDM could find some help. It's not even advertising, in my opinion. It's be like a guy walking around saying "Hey, I see you spilled some mustard on your shirt. Know what could get that out? Soap..." Not the most helpful comment ever, but if you didn't know Soap existed you could certainly get the impression I know a thing or two, and ask me for help on how to find this "Soap". <br />
::::::::: Also, when I said ''play out fantasies'' I meant play a role-playing game with fantasy elements, not have kinky Tome Charizard sex. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 16:57, 29 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::::"''Let's take the most humourous meaning of the word and put it into context''" &mdash; ya, but I don't mean that usage. That is not how English works. You take the correct usage, the one that works.<br />
::::::::::Etymology: Middle English, to disturb, promote, from Anglo-French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare to disturb.<br />
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::::::::::# to make petition to : entreat b : to approach with a request or plea <solicited Congress for funding><br />
::::::::::# to urge (as one's cause) strongly<br />
::::::::::# to entice or lure especially into evil b : to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute<br />
::::::::::# to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas <solicited donations><br />
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::::::::::# to make solicitation : importune<br />
::::::::::# of a prostitute : to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money<br />
::::::::::(Merriam Webster)<br />
::::::::::And, yes, it is spam. If he is truly interested in helping PokeDM achieve personal goals then using email to help him find resources is the correct method; please read the discussion before responding. Posting a lasting comment here with soliciting present is not acceptable.<br />
::::::::::And yes, but you should only say "Soap" and if you want to give your preference of a Soap brand then you should only tell him or her, announcing it to everyone is soliciting. And soliciting is not allowed. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 21:52, 29 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::::{{quote|you should only say "Soap" and if you want to give your preference of a Soap brand then you should only tell him or her, announcing it to everyone is soliciting. And soliciting is not allowed"}} <br />
:::::::::::That is precisely what I did. I told him I knew of soap (a wiki) and if he wanted I could tell him the brand (the wiki's actual name). If you want to go back and read my original comment you'll notice I left it intentionally vague. Unless you think the word "wiki" narrows down the exact website I intended to link. Also, I don't think any of those definitions you posted up there truly apply to what I did. It was one comment on a talk page; hardly urgent, evil, forced, or pleading. It was actually ignored for 2 weeks before you went and edited it. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 22:08, 29 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::::::You should of, however, just said it exists. Then the user can find it him/her self. This is correct. If it is such a singularity then an email with specifics would be in order.<br />
::::::::::::By saying things like "wiki" and so you are soliciting, implicitly, and that is not allowed on D&D Wiki. Saying things exist, however, is okay. Why? Then "other things" are not given an even playing field and you are attempting to influence the readers views. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 19:38, 2 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::::::How was he supposed to know he could e-mail me to ask for specifics if I didn't mention that he could? Furthermore, given all the recent spamming on this website (which you, yourself, acknowledged a few posts up), I don't want to leave my email address on this site; and I certainly wouldn't ask someone else to do something I was afraid to do. Finally, let's get the straight, right here, right now: the word "wiki", at least in the context of "I know a wiki exists", is solicitation. Quite frankly, if they did know what I mean, then they probably already know everything I do. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 20:01, 2 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Since you mentioned my name I thought I'd pipe up. Ironically, I only know what you are talking about because I've seen it censored from people's pages. Had I not seen "removing solicitation" in the RC longs, I probably wouldn't have gone to those user's pages and seen the link in the first place.<br />
:But I digress. You can email a user without posting your email address to spammers. If you have set up your email address in your [[Special:Preferences|preferences]], and have checked the "enable e-mail from other users" box, you can send or be sent an email through the wiki using the Email this User link on a user's page or talk page. This doesn't leave you open to spammers, because they don't actually have a way to access your email address unless you give it to them. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 20:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Exactly. And use <code><tt>Special:EmailUser/<!-username-></tt></code>. As I said above, "''If someone wanted a possibility for [email] then there is the possibility they would not mind recieving an email about such things.''" --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:26, 2 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::I have been on this wiki for some time now, and I had no idea that function existed. Thanks for the heads up. And Green Dragon, I still have no idea what "''If someone wanted a possibility for [email] then there is the possibility they would not mind recieving an email about such things.''" means... --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 20:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::I spent a lot of time on a wiki that was a little obsessed with back-channel talk, so I learned pretty quickly about the email user function. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 21:29, 2 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Meaning that I hope people make sure their preferences are their preferences. I hope that those who add an email also make sure to select or deselect "Enable e-mail from other users". --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:59, 2 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Not all users read those boxes carefully, and the box is unchecked by default. It's the kind of thing that most people don't know is there until someone tells them about it. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 21:29, 2 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::Is that included in Green Dragon's Welcome Message? If not, I move we add it. I know I glanced at the preferences page the day I first signed up, and not again until just now. I know that's on me for not being more careful, and through, but I imagine many people don't know that exists. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 22:49, 2 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::I changed it a bit ([http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User%3AGreen_Dragon%2FWelcome_Message&diff=465597&oldid=428051 diff]). Your thoughts? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 23:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::I'm curious as to what prompted the change from "love" to "enjoy", but I do think it is much better. Might it also be beneficial to have a straight-up welcome page for new users? The message is personal and nice, and for that short and sweet is best. But a more in-depth welcome page might also be helpful, perhaps with a list of admins, or very active users, and their areas of expertise. For instance, asking you for campaign writing advice would be useful, but given my time here I think Hooper is who I would direct questions to. Again, you may be able to help with d20 Modern, but there is no doubt in my mind that Jazzman would perhaps be more helpful. Nothing against you or your abilities, but everyone has a strong suit, we should embrace that. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 03:28, 3 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::One enjoys websites not loves them? Dunno. Sounds better? Dunno.<br />
:::::::::And no. That's not going to happen. Everyone interprets things for themselves and having a D&D Wiki-mandated page telling users how certain things are which is interpreted on a personal scale is not good policy.<br />
:::::::::And if people do not know the generals of wiki's then they need to learn &mdash; but D&D Wiki is not Wikipedia in the sense of a trillion help pages to learn MediaWiki and so. One can go there. We assume if one cares they can first look for it theselves. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:54, 3 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Hello ==<br />
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Good evening Admin. <br />
i have a question.<br />
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What would you say for a LA+0 Race to have +3 STR, +6 DEX, +3 CON, -6 WIS, -4 INT, -2 CHA() Size= Large. Would you say that would be fair? im considering on making a race thats not too over powered but just right. I would love to make a Na'Vi race. From the movie Avatar. i love that movie and i think it would just be awesome to bring it into D&D Wiki. {{unsigned|Powershart}}<br />
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:I'm not Green Dragon, but I saw this and thought I'd respond anyway. LA +0 seems low for a large creature, especially one that gets a total of +12 to physical stats. Plus you have exactly offset the physical bonuses with mental penalties, and if we use the orc as a precedent, physical stats are more valuable than mental. (By the way, odd numbered stat increases are generally frowned upon, because they don't add a static bonus/penalty.) I'm not sure that Na'Vi would have low Int or Cha, and they ''definitely'' don't have low Wis. They are very spiritual, insightful creatures; if anything, they should get a Wis bonus. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 14:54, 27 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::First racial changes should always be even. Second, large size normally means LA 1-2. With the bonus' to dex it could get very overpowered, for example with ranged fighting. I would recommend upping the LA and tonning down the ability score changes and then it could be LA 1. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 16:49, 28 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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think you for welcomeing me even now it's alittle late for my response but it is one.<br />
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== How do I Delete? ==<br />
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I realize that the Special Operative Gunslinger is way off balance, and I want to delete it... How would I go about doing this? {{Unsigned|Rogue The Demonchild|06:02, 4 May 2010 (UTC)}}<br />
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:See also [[:Category:Candidates for Deletion]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:33, 4 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Search and DPL Problems ==<br />
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When trying to browse the D&D 3.5 pages, many things do not load in the list, cutting off about a third of the way down to about half the way down. The search function is also broken. These problems have been occurring for a few months, and I am a little upset that I can't access all of the data available on this website. Sorry if you've heard these complaints many times before, but I figured I should report it, since it hasn't been dealt with for a while. {{Unsigned|216.134.174.192|20:37, 5 May 2010 (UTC)}}<br />
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:Both of these problems have been dealt with, and thanks for mentioning the problems. Please see below and [[Talk:All 3.5e Races#DPL Problem]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 02:49, 1 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Trouble with the wiki ==<br />
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Hey, I'm just stopping by to say, and I know this has been said before, but their seem to be some problems with loading pages on the wiki. It seems as though every second time I try to load a new page it says 'error wiki down' or something of the sort. Not to mention it taking a very long time to load pages some times. In addition to this, it is impossible to search and to move pages as it keeps on saying error. I was under the impression that the slowness of the wiki and the constant downs were supposed to be fixed a while ago from your response to my earlier post about this on the discussion page, however it seems to still be causing trouble.<br />
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I don't mean this in a threatening or rude way, so please don't take it the wrong way, but if this keeps up the wiki may start loosing some of its community, which would be a terrible thing as I love the wiki and the people here. So I'm hoping that this can be figured out some how and the wiki can start working at optimal capacity again. Perhaps it is having problems with loading because of spikes that the servers can't handle at certain times of the day? Anyways, hope its worked out, thanks. :)--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 21:08, 5 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Search was repaired.<br />
:Moving pages now works.<br />
:With regard to the speed I am going to switch hosting soon again (to something a little different) and from there we can see once again.<br />
:Sound okay? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 19:55, 7 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::AWESOME! [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 21:24, 7 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Thats great, thanks for jumping on this so quickly, I look forward to a faster wiki! ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 21:30, 7 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Hosting has been switched and the problems are being ironed out. We'll have to see how it is now and then see. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:12, 30 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Idea about "authors" ==<br />
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I was thinking last night. A ''lot'' of pages still have "authors" listed in the infobox, and I've noticed you've spent a ton of time editing this out. Would it make sense just to take out the authors parameter from the infobox templates? That way it would stop showing up everywhere at once.<br />
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I would be glad to do it, as it's a good way to learn how templates work, I just wanted to make sure you approved before I changed almost every page on this wiki! [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 16:05, 6 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Why are the authors being removed? I think it's a great idea to have them so that the creators can easily be contacted about the page, or other pages they have done. It also allows authors to take pride in the work they spent so much time creating. I would hate to have the author section removed on my pages and pages I view, just something to consider. :)--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 20:36, 6 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::the long-short of it is if you wanna see authors, look in history. --[[User:Name Violation|Name Violation]] 20:43, 6 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::As Name Violation said, the authors are always in the history. The bigger issue is that "authorship" gives users a misleading impression about the GNU license. What ends up happening is people see the "authors" box and then don't edit pages because they are afraid they are going to be treading on someone else's work, and those pages sit around without being completed. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 23:32, 6 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::However what happens with pages made weeks ago? or months ago, or more? Or what if people like what they have posted and want only minor edits, I realize that it's ok for them to be edited, but some people only want certain degrees of editing done to their pages. Also it says in the box that constructive edits are welcome, unless specified otherwise. If people care enough to respect the author then they should also care enough to read that part. Plus, it won't change a thing if the author isn't listed, its still not made by them and they know there is another author, therefore they will most likely give the same degree of caution.<br />
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::::So if having authors has advantages and some people want them to be listed, and the disadvantages will be in effect either way, it seems there is still no logical reason in my mind to remove them. Anyways, thats just my two cents, ignore me if you want to. :)--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 00:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Personally, I'm with Vrail on this one. I don't pretend to understand the legal ramifications behind authorship/ownership and GNU-FDL, or whatever else. I know if I see a minor problem with a page (typo, minor formatting, circumlocution, etc) I fix it. If I'm making a mechanical change I post it on the talk page first, and wait for someone else to pipe in (even someone else other than the author) and if they think my edit is for the better I'll make it. I know I have a few things on this wiki, and I'd like to be told before someone is making mechanical changes to my work, not just see it in the revision history. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 01:24, 7 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::There's a couple different issues here:<br />
::::::#People who don't want their articles edited. "If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here." Sorry, that's just the way it is.<br />
::::::#People who want to take credit for their work. As was stated before, the author's name is on the history. If you want to take credit for you work, put a link on your talk page. There's really no need to take credit on the page itself.<br />
::::::#People who make edits to pages without taking into consideration the original author. This is going to happen (and in fact, does happen) whether or not there's a little box at the top saying "this page belongs to X". It's good wiki etiquette to ask before making major changes; Wikipedia has pages that are so long gone from the original authors that literally thousands of different editors have made changes, yet still it's expected that any significant changes are explained on the talk page. I think this is a better way to do things, really. Having an "author" relies on the fact that creators stick around to help other people with their pages, and I think it's pretty clear that in the long run that very rarely happens.<br />
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::::::I should clarify that I'm not trying to change policy here, I'm just going along with what [http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Duck_McGraw_%283.5e_NPC%29&diff=prev&oldid=459965 GD has already been doing]. Also, I like the idea of authors in theory, but I think on this specific website, it's making things worse, not better. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 02:50, 7 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::True, but I'm not argueing that articles shouldn't be eddited by everybody. This, while as has been stated, can be done with poor etiquette I agree it is part of posting things on the wiki. It even says so as you have quoted. However a number of people do not check history or discussion pages, and it's nice to have people know it was you who developed the page. I also think that more people stick around to help others with the page than you think, I'm constantly going through all my pages, either checking them for comments or revising them.<br />
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:::::::In the end I do agree with some of your points, but wish to stick with my original position. I think authors are a good idea, and why would they have been added in the first place if they were all bad?--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 05:29, 8 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::''[A] number of people do not check history or discussion pages...''<br />
:::::::::We shouldn't be catering to the people who are doing it wrong, we should be teaching them how to do it right. Besides, if someone's not going to look at the history or discussion page, they probably aren't looking at the author template.<br />
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::::::::''[It's] nice to have people know it was you who developed the page.''<br />
:::::::::Meh. If you need the satisfaction, your name will forever be in the history, and you are free to link to the articles on your userspace. I don't see this as a compelling reason to keep the author template.<br />
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::::::::''I also think that more people stick around to help others with the page than you think...'''<br />
:::::::::I bet more ''don't'' than ''you'' think :) You can't use yourself as an example, because you are one of the 10% of editors who actually comes back more than once. Trust me, in cleaning up the d20 Modern side of things as well as several hundred deletion candidates, I can tell you that there are tons of people who never stay for more than 1 week, tops. But the site's only 4 years old; what happens a year for now, or two, or ten? If we assume that the site exists forever, then eventually every editor will leave and never come back.<br />
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::::::::''[Why] would they have been added in the first place if they were all bad?''<br />
:::::::::I don't know why they were added, but people rarely do things ''knowing'' they aren't going to work out well. You do them, then ''later'' figure out they didn't work well.<br />
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::::::::Remember, not having the word "author" on the top doesn't stop you from ''acting'' like one. If you create a page and someone comes along and changes a mechanic without explanation, you have every right to change it back, whether or not it's your name on the top of the page. But that's a product of wiki etiquette, not a product of who was the first person to edit the page.<br />
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::::::::So in the end, what's changed by removing the author template? Sure, you lose (some) recognition, and that's hard for some people to swallow. I have created very little original content on this wiki, and the few things I have created have gone unnoticed by the community, and yes, it made me a little sad. But I know that anyone who comes along a week or a month or a decade from now can look at the pages and say "hey, I really like this, I wonder who wrote it?" and only be a couple clicks from finding out it was me.<br />
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::::::::What else do you lose? I can't think of anything. But what do you gain? Things might actually get done, instead of waiting for a long-gone author's permission to correct spelling and grammar errors. People won't have a false sense of ownership over pages (I don't pretend to know all the things that have gone on in this wiki before I got here, but from what I ''do'' understand, this single fact could have solved a lot of it). New users won't be so intimidated and will contribute more and stay longer. We can progress to a community of discussion and move away from one of unilateral action.<br />
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::::::::I'm not trying to be biased in my assessment, but I really don't see the costs/benefits favoring keeping the templates. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 06:03, 8 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::lol, nice counters to my points. :P However I am one of those authors who finds it hard to swollow loosing some recognition. Also, many new users, if the author isn't presented on the main page then they won't know were to find it if they like the page. Instead of not having authors, we could just make it clear that you have full creative principle with others articles and can edit constructively, as the box usually states. As well, for things such as classes and races, yes, some people do get to overprotective of their articles. However, if somebody came along and started making major changes to my campaign setting, which I have invested many hours into, then I would be a bit displeased. Although I do have to agree with your point that it would be less intimidating for new users. However for this to happen, we would have to make it clear that all posts are comunity developed instead of just not including authors.<br />
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:::::::::You are slowly convincing me, but remember, I ''do'' have a biased assesment of things, seeing as I have always loved being able to see authors, and having people be able to see myself as an author. So therefore I may not be the best candidate to discuss this with. :P--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 06:18, 8 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::::"''I also think that more people stick around to help others with the page than you think, I'm constantly going through all my pages, either checking them for comments or revising them.''"<br />
::::::::::Of course keep in mind "''If necessary please use the "Watch this page" checkbox before creating the page. Keep in mind "my preferences" &rarr; "E-mail me when a page I'm watching is changed". Your username or IP address will be recorded in the new pages history for authorship purposes.''" ([[Add Instructions]]).<br />
::::::::::"''[Why] would they have been added in the first place if they were all bad?''"<br />
::::::::::[[User:Blue Dragon|Blue Dragon]] made it since he felt people should have a sense of authorship. Over time this has been shown to be counter-productive.<br />
::::::::::As [[User:Jazzman831|Jazzman831]] said "''People won't have a false sense of ownership over pages ... We can progress to a community of discussion and move away from one of unilateral action.''"<br />
::::::::::And I would like to give an example. Quite a while ago I made the [[Flying Archer (3.5e Prestige Class)]] and then decided that authorship should be disregarded as the editing method. As such I put it up for adoption (as this was the 'correct' way to approach this at this time ([http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Flying_Archer_%283.5e_Prestige_Class%29&diff=289660&oldid=233570 diff]) ). Over time my article was changed quite a bit and a picture was added ([http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Flying_Archer_%283.5e_Prestige_Class%29&diff=444354&oldid=289660 diff]). As a person I still feel a sense of "ownership" of this article. My plan? A while ago I looked at the [[Flying Archer (3.5e Prestige Class)|Flying Archer]] and thought maybe I should just revert it. However I saw some merit and ideas. So, now when I have some extra time, I am planning on piping in on the discussion and helping to make it 'good' as I see it. So, what is authorship? If I had kept my name on it all the new merit and ideas would never be able to be seen, and I think it would have actually ultimately hindered the future of the [[Flying Archer (3.5e Prestige Class)|Flying Archer]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 17:06, 8 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::::It's called having two articles with different names and different authors. You should try it some time. -- [[User:Jota|Jota]] 18:27, 8 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::::::You can look at it like that, and please do, however I find that the ''idea'' behind a certain creation type should be the best that it can be. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:33, 8 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::::::Would you be willing to put the idea to a vote? Clearly among the 5 contributing users commenting on this thread we have a 3-2 split, overall in favor of keeping the author tag(Vrail, Jota(?), and myself for, Green Dragon and Jazzman opposed). I think the fact that "wiki" is in the name of the website should be a hint enough that you can edit freely any article you want. Also, I believe your welcome message encourages editing of all articles. Finally, we don't know what would have happened if you had left your authorship on that page. It's just as likely that someone would have seen it, and left their comments on the talk page and you (as the author) could have started a dialog about what should go and what should stay. If you didn't want to be in charge of leading that dialog, by all means throw on the adoption template and walk away, but many of us are in favor of being the main contributor to our work. I personally don't think we all should forfeit our rights to credit and ownership because you did it once and it turned out ok. To me that is likely the exception, not the rule. Look at how many unfinished articles are up for adoption but remain the same, and how many with authors are being changed and collaborated on. One other note, looking at the talk page, it looks like most of the changes occurred after adoption (when a new user name was on it) and most of the contributions were by names I recognize to be "editing buddies" of the adopter. By "editing buddies", I mean wiki-friends who all contribute on each others talk pages all the time. I saw no new editors, merely conversation between comrades suggesting things to the adoptive editor. Quite frankly, it may only have been adopted because you, Green Dragon, are the one who put it up for adoption. I know I'd be curious to see something you wrote. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 20:57, 8 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:This is not a voting issue. Voting is used when options are equivalent or have to be classified as equivalent (e.g. taste).<br />
:What are the options? (a) To use history for authorship purposes (see also [[Add Instructions]]) or (b) use [[Template:Author]] and history for authorship purposes.<br />
:Why are (a) and (b) not equivalent? Since they do not serve the same purpose. [[Template:Author]] is a template with a creation date, username & options for contact, and an 'overall' editing summary. Although these ''are'' equivalent to the history tab in ''presence'', they are not comprehensive. This non-comprehensive aspect makes them not equivalent. <br />
:Although they are not equivalent (the history tab and [[Template:Author]]) why not just add it onto the page to add another aspect to the page, fulfilling the criteria of (b)? This is where this discussion has its core. My answer is because the non-comprehensive aspect can be deceiving. It can appear to many as a ''comprehensive'' history tab, making it deceiving to users which may not understand tabs (e.g. [[User talk:Green Dragon#Ganteka]]) and through the process disregarding some users. <br />
:I ask anyone to give their input to the question of "''Although they are not equivalent (the history tab and [[Template:Author]]) why not just add it onto the page to add another aspect to the page?''" --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 17:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I think the Ganteka section you pointed out is a prime example of why author templates would help. If Axl could have seen "'''Author:''' 238.346.23.6785" up in the main info box he would not have assumed that Ganteka wrote it. As to perceived comprehensiveness, I think we both know that's silly. No one expects a page on a wiki to have a single contributor, that's not how wikis work. If anyone sees an author tag and thinks "Well, I can't edit this page because it belongs to that guy" the problem is with teaching how wikis work. I understand that somewhere we should have a comprehensive list of who contributed what to where, but I don't think that means we have to get rid of an author template. History is important, and I don't think we should ever get rid of it (I don't even think we can, that's kinda the point), but I don't see any problem with having a single line that says "'''Author:''' Badger". --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 19:05, 14 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Moving Pages ==<br />
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I noticed that recently you were moving a number of DnD pages to 4e or 3.5e or their corresponding eddition. Is this being done to all pages? If so, I could help. ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 05:17, 8 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Ya, it is. If you would like to [[DnD Rules]] could use some page-moving help. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 05:21, 8 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::So are all the pages on those lists just being moved to 3.5e rather than DnD? Or am I missing something? It just seems like a simple task to have not been completed yet. ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 05:39, 8 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::It's been a few days now, just wanted to say I'm still waiting for an answer. I really want to help out, but I don't want to start moving pages and find out I'm doing something wrong. ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 03:21, 11 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::That is what needs to be done there. A lot of simple tasks have yet to be completed, a great example is [[Special:ListRedirects]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:54, 11 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Awesome, just wanted to clarify. I'll start moving some pages, although many may have to wait a bit, it's pretty late at night were I live right now. ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 04:36, 11 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::'''I DID IT!'''. That took a lot more work than I thought it would, but it's finished now, and I can rest happy, knowing the wiki was helped. ''':D''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 06:50, 11 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::I just finished converting all of the 3.5e campaign setting tags from DnD to 3.5e. I was wondering if there were any more big pages to convert? --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 19:32, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::I can't think of anything that involves moving pages, but if you are looking for something with lots of work, check out [[Special:DoubleRedirects]]. If that interests you, basically what you need to do is change the first redirect to point to the third redirect, skipping the second redirect entirely. But then you have to go to the second redirect, hit the "what links here", and change all those links to point to the third page. Finally, add a deletion tag to the second redirect, and I'll come along behind you and delete the unneeded redirects.<br />
::::::::Of course, it's a lot of work, but it's pretty mindless work. Luckily since we mostly use DPLs instead of direct linking, when you moved all those pages 90% of the links to those pages will have moved with them, and you won't have to change much. Unfortunatly, as of this moment there are 984 double redirects!! If this interests you but I didn't explain it well just leave a message on my talk page and I'll be more clear. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 20:01, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::Awesome, so I've moved all the big pages of DnD to their correct editions. What a great feeling it is to have finished, that was a lot of work. ''':)''' Anyways, I'll get to work on the double redirects. ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 18:29, 13 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::::Of course, if you want to do something less mindless, you could update the classes pages and look over their content. Let me know if you are interested. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:05, 17 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::::Lol, that does sound pretty interesting, but I have a lot going right now, perhaps when I finish up my campaign setting, or fix a few more double redirects I'll do it, but right now I just don't think I have the time.<br />
:::::::::::But if the job is still open in a couple of weeks or a month or two I'd love to do it. ''':)'''--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 03:36, 17 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::::::Well it's open until the task has been completed. I started on [[DnD Base Classes]], and will finish the task sometime in its current state. Just let me know when you have time and still want to, unless you understand what I am talking about then of course at your leisure. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:23, 17 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== what would be involved in hosting an OD&D derivative? ==<br />
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There are several old school D&D clones, most of which are ostensibly derived form D&D3.0, like labyrinth lord, OSRIC, Swords & Wizardry.<br />
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Would it be a possibility, assuming one of them consented to be hosted here, to have a section added to be populated with that content? <br />
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Their PDFs can be sometimes a little frustrating to navigate. <br />
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-- Greg.gilbraithATgmail.com<br />
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:Of course. If you need to know how to start your own section please let me know. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 02:50, 17 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Quests and Encounters ==<br />
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When you try to create a new Quest on the [[3.5e Quests]] page, all it says is AAA. Their is also no page to make encounters. Is their any way for this to be fixed with relative ease? I was just looking into adding an adventure/quest and couldn't create it that way.--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 04:16, 15 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Please see [[Talk:DnD Flaws#Flaw Form]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:50, 15 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::What's the advantage of using a form vs. a preload? [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 21:36, 15 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Preloads are better. This was discussed somewhere (I think on a form's removed page (please see [[Talk:DnD Flaws#Flaw Form]])). The reason was that preloads make it so wiki syntax is learned sometime whereas forms do not do that. And both are about the same difficulty to understand. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 02:49, 17 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Deletion ==<br />
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I don't know how to delete things on this wiki; I'm assuming it's a mod's job, but I've honestly got no idea. I'm trying to delete [[Epic Access (3.5e Feat)]] and [[Greater Epic Access (3.5e Feat)]], as I've turned both of them into [[Epic Access (3.5e Variant Rule)]]. If deleting things is a mod's job only, would you delete them for me? If I can actually do it, I'd be more than happy to learn how so I don't bother you or Hooper over this again. Thanks! --[[User:For Valor|For Valor]] 23:36, 16 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Please see [[:Category:Candidates for Deletion]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 02:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam ==<br />
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Today alone I have already removed four spam posts, and thats just one person on one day. It seems recently the pace of spam has increased. Am I imagining things or did some spam blocking protocol get messed up or something? Anyways, just wondering if there is anything that can be done to help keep spam down. ''':)'''--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 20:47, 17 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Oops, just noticed this was already talked about, feel free to delete this comment if you wish. ''':)'''--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 20:53, 17 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Honestly, I don't think blocking the spammers really does anything. I've never seen one IP address spam more than one page, so they've got some kind of program that randomizes the IP after every spam post. However, the reason you probably saw more today is because traffic was much lower, so the same amount of spam makes up a higher percentage. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 01:07, 18 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Actually, I take back that last part. The spammers are out in force today for some reason. Good work, as always, Vrail.<br />
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::The only pattern I ''have'' noticed is that they seem to hit the same pages over and over (can't quite figure out why they choose those pages though). When I see a page has been hit more than once I protect it for a couple months from anonymous edits. Don't really know if that helps or not, I'm hoping that the bot hits a protected page, tries to edit, and isn't smart enough to figure out that it's locked so nothing happens. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 03:09, 18 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== 3.5e Page Names ==<br />
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I have noticed that a number of the larger pages in 3.5e are still called DnD (i.e [[DnD Character Options]], [[DnD Classes]], [[DnD Campaign Settings]], etc.). Since all of the pages in these categories have been moved to 3.5e rather than DnD, shouldn't these larger pages be moved too? Anyways, I was just wondering, just say the word and I can do it. ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 06:03, 25 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Of course, and please feel free. Also, since they are related to one another, the templates with "DnD" present (e.g. [[Template:DnD Prestige Classes Breadcrumb]]) should also be moved. They are also considered subparts of the 'larger pages' as well. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 15:45, 25 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::When you were changing the links on the 3.5e homebrew page so they skipped the redirect you missed [[DnD Maps|maps]]. Just pointing it out since I can't do it myself. ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 23:20, 25 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Oops, nevermind, just checked and the maps pages are the same for 3.5e and 4e. Sorry, I guess I should check before I talk next time. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 23:24, 25 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::It would make sense to add an addition, but I do not think an edition really defines a map. Maybe if they have creatures detailed (e.g. [[dndmedia:File:Blacksmith's Cellar.jpg|File:Blacksmith's Cellar.jpg]]. Dunno, your thoughts? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 02:41, 1 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Images Lost ==<br />
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So it appears we have yet again lost all the uploaded images on the wiki. Everywhere that there should be an image is the link, but no image (on my computer at least). What's the deal? I know this happened once before, I want to say when mediawiki was updated. Is that what happened this time? --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 18:40, 25 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I don't know what happened, however I would just like to say that this has happened for my computer to, so it's not just you! ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 20:36, 25 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I looked into it a bit more, and figured out that the pictures are still there in the media wiki. However the links are going to the normal D&D wiki categories rather than linking to the files in the media repository. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 21:59, 25 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Images are working once again. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 17:48, 10 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Races Not Showing Up ==<br />
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Um, hey Green Dragon. I made 3 races, one used to show up (they're all for D&D 4e) called Hyrulian, and now none of them show up. there was Dark Hylian, Hyrulian (I changed the name once you click on it), and Zora. The Zora is not the same as the 3.5e. I never created that one. Anyway, if you could tell me, that would be nice. Thanks, and thanks for creating D&D Wiki! --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 00:22, 1 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I fixed those. When you add things make sure the categories are correct. Categories make pages show up on other pages and the removal of categories or the incorrect changing of categories will stop that from happening. If you want a category for your user, although not recommended since links on ones userpage is the same thing, please add that in addition. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 02:36, 1 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Hey ''Green Dragon'', 2 of my races have shown up: ''Dark Hylian'' and ''Hylian''. So you don't have to worry about those two. But, Could you put my '''Zora''' (4e race) one up? Thanks,<br />
::Hmm, Maybe I should watch the introduction someday. All right! Thanks! --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 03:53, 1 June 2010 (UTC) <br />
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:::It is. The template at the top of the [[Zora (4e Race)]] page makes it show up in the lower section. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:58, 1 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::I found out where the Zora race went. I finished the adventurers. Do you have to manually move the Zora so that it won't be edited? Thanks, --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 03:59, 1 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::If you dealt with the issue on the stub template then feel free to remove the template. When you do it will be moved up to the upper section. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:02, 1 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== D&D wiki, whats the status? ==<br />
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Hello fellow D&D gamer,<br />
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I was surfing D&Dwiki, and looking for some maps, and when I finally found them, I sadly realized that the jpeg files were no longer their. Then when I went back to the home page, I also saw that the picture of the Rock worm was gone (which has been their for ages). So what's going on? How's D&D wiki doing? <br />
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A fan of D&D WIKI!<br />
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Cheers,<br />
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Amrit van der Lely (Netherlands)<br />
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== question ==<br />
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What does d% mean or is that just the drop ratio and if you do give me an answer do you mind telling me how to use the drop system?? {{unsigned|Billojava|2010-06-02 07:54}}<br />
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:[[SRD:Basics#d%|What d% means]]. No idea what you mean by the "drop system". —[[User:Sledged|Sledged]] ([[User talk:Sledged|talk]]) 14:04, 2 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I actually found a really cool d%. It was a big clear and hollow d10, with a smaller solid red d10 inside. When you roll it both roll simultaneously creating a %. It's really awesome.--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 16:46, 2 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::I've got a few of those die-inside-a-die for each type, and they're really neat. We also wear '''d%er''' patches, much like bikers wear '''1%er''' patches. Its hilarious. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 16:48, 2 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Fell Knight 4e Powers ==<br />
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Hey,<br />
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If anyone could put down how to create Class 4e powers, that would be great, cause I need to provide a power list for my Fell Knight.<br />
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[[User:Axl|Axl]]<br />
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:[[Add New 4e Power]]. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 19:16, 2 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Locking Pages ==<br />
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Hey Green Dragon, Do I really have to let people edit my races that I created? 'Cause, I really don't want anyone editing them. Thanks, --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 22:32, 2 June 2010 (UTC)Axl<br />
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:Yes. Its a collaborative site. If you are not 100 percent okay with others working with you, then don't upload the content. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 23:37, 2 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::You can request to get your content locked, but then you cannot edit it either. Let me know what you decide please. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 23:40, 2 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::How do you lock your content? I'm thinking that's what I'm going to do. Can I unlock it without troubling you? --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 00:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Actually, I'll just let people edit things, and if I don't like it, I'll click the revert button. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 01:52, 3 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::If you want your content locked post something on the talk page saying it. Or supply some links to an admin. A few editing deviations exist, of course. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:31, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Power Ideas ==<br />
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Hey, if anyone has any ideas for my classes powers, just put them down [[Fell Knight Powers (4e Power List)|here]].<br />
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Thanks,<br />
--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 19:22, 3 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Tavern re-opening ==<br />
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So it's been a while since the tavern was closed down. I know there was some trouble with it in the past, and doubt as to it's use/need.However, I see dozens of messages on talk pages that are posted minutes apart, and I for one have been hit by plenty of edit conflicts. I know before hosting the channel was an issue, but as I understand that was resolved. Is that still the case? I wonder if there was any other interest in re-opening the tavern. A vote/discussion on the topic would be worth looking into, I think. As for hosting, if the server support isn't there, I'm sure we can find some free IRC hosting. Just something I've been thinking about, it might help to drive some life back into the site, and increase the community user-base. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 23:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:GD believed that the tavern was actually a bad thing for the wiki to have, and therefore it was never re added even after the server was fixed. However, reading over the discussion about it (I would post it but I can't remember what it was called), it seemed like more people wanted to keep it then discard it, and it was never really voted on. <br />
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:I know this was dealt with already, but now that it's brought up I'd like to put in my own 2 cents that, I loved the tavern. It was a great resource and could be used for not only common discussion but it can help with people wanting reviews on their pages, or help/advice. It also seemed to help create a more welcoming community and allowed at some point for a D&D game to be played, which was a good idea and seemed fun. For all of these good things about it, it seemed only one negative point could be brought up, the amount of spam on it. However with the ratio of good to bad being 5 to 1, I do think this discussion could be reopened. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 02:18, 4 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I think you are referring to [[Discussion:The_Tavern:_use,_expansion,_and_availability.|this]] discussion. It seemed toward the end of that conversation that Green Dragon was opening up to the idea again, maybe I'm misinterpreting, however. I think we should seriously look into opening it up. From that discussion it appeared that many of the problems were surrounding users no longer involved with this project. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 20:42, 4 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Hrm, was the tavern just like a chat room? I've had a lot of bad experiences with off-wiki communication on other wikis... all it does is make people paranoid and exclude people. Even now, with the Tavern dead for 6 months, there are talk pages on this wiki which say "go to the tavern, we are discussing it right now". Well, that only really works if you happen to be there at that moment of time. But if I want to read that discussion to figure out how they reached some decision, I can't. Wikis are designed to have everything visible always, not some stuff visible once.<br />
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:::I can see the value of, say, hammering out class ideas in real time, or chatting about your most recent D&D game, but I don't think any off-site communication should be relied upon for more than that. If someone makes a change to a page based on a tavern discussion, someone else a year down the line needs to be able to understand why that change was made. And no policy discussions should ever be held on the tavern, period.<br />
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:::So to clarify, I'm not strictly against it ''per se'', but we need to be very careful of how it's used. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 23:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::I figured the tavern was almost exclusively for "hammering out class ideas in real time, or chatting about your most recent D&D game", and other things, like quick rule questions that don't need to be a discussion forum, like "does DR from multiple places stack?". It was never my intention to have it be anything more than "Hey, can someone check out MyClass?". --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 23:32, 4 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::In the past it's been used for more than that... naturally I can't remember where I saw it, but there was at least one policy discussion that was discussed on the tavern, and then people who weren't on were very confused. But like I said, as long as we are clear about it's use, it can be a great feature. And really, I don't see why we'd need to host it ourselves... given the bandwidth problems, I'd go so far as to say we don't ''want'' to host it here. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 23:54, 4 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::That's why I've looked into the free hosting provided by freenode.net. As for policy discussions, I think as long as we remember the tavern is part of a bigger whole, that shouldn't be a problem. I've started a mockup in my [[User:Badger/sandbox1|sandbox]] of what the tavern portal should look like, if you want to suggest changes to text, or see what I'm trying to do, or something.--[[User:Badger|Badger]] 00:01, 5 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::I think it would be nice to host it ourselves, just for consistency and easier management and placement. We also have the bandwidth to host it ourselves, unless I misunderstood a previous post on the tavern discussion page. So really it shouldn't be a problem as to us hosting it ourselves.<br />
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:::::::It would be nice to have GD's opinion on this, seeing as it is his decision in the end anyways. Soooo, care to stop by and chat dragon ol' buddy? ''';)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 01:40, 5 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::I think we ''thought'' we had enough bandwidth, but seeing as we are having bouts of server off-time daily, I think we probably don't have the bandwidth we thought we did... But yeah, obviously we're in a holding pattern until GD weighs in. Then I think we move this conversation to a discussion forum and open it up the the entire wiki, and see if the community actually wants it. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 02:09, 5 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::Bump. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 00:42, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== D20 Future Section? ==<br />
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Does anyone think that there should be a D20 Future section, or do we just put the future stuff in the D20m Homebrew? Thanks, --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 20:48, 4 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:d20 Future's already there, it's just not separated out into it's own section; it's integrated in with all the rest of the d20M stuff. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 20:55, 4 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Legal Disclaimer ==<br />
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Can anyone tell me if I need to put a legal Disclaimer on all my 4e races? My races are: Dark Spike Hylian, Dark Hylian, Forest Hylian, Hylian, Gregar, and Zora. Thanks, --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 23:14, 4 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:They're based off Zelda races/classes, right? You bet you do. It's easy, just add the template to the bottom of the page, above the breadcrumbs. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 23:27, 4 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I do? How come? Is it just because I used the name "Hylian"? Do I have to put in the disclaimer on my Megaman stuff too? Well, I'll get around to that. Thanks though. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 04:06, 8 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Um, do you mind giving me the template for that? I'm actually kinda new here on D&D Wiki. Thanks, --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 04:12, 8 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Sure thing, just add <nowiki>{{Copyright Disclaimer}}</nowiki> to the bottom of the page, just above the breadcrumbs. This should be applied to any material that is inspired by any copyrighted material, so Megaman, Zelda, or anything else you add.--[[User:Badger|Badger]] 04:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Thanks, --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 20:35, 8 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::Hey! It worked! Thanks! --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 21:19, 8 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam and ReCaptcha ==<br />
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I was talking to Badger and he thinks that dealing with Captcha would be less annoying than dealing with spammers. Many people watch your talk page so we'll see who else agrees.<br />
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The problem we had before was that it was all or nothing. Were we using ReCaptcha or some other service? It looks like ReCaptcha [http://recaptcha.net/plugins/mediawiki/ has been updated] so that only IPs are affected. If that's the case, it should solve both of our problems at once. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 22:23, 5 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I know you are busy fixing other things, but the spam is terrible right now. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 03:41, 13 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Bump. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 00:42, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Templates ==<br />
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Can anyone provide the (improvement, Reveiwing, and some other) template? Cause I need it for stuff. Thanks, --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 21:17, 8 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Check out [[Help:Improving, Reviewing, and Removing Templates|this link]] for any of the reviewing templates you need. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 21:22, 8 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Whoops. I just found out how to do it. Sorry for putting you through the trouble. But thanks. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 21:27, 8 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Oh Hey! There's more in that link! Thanks! --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 21:29, 8 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Content Question ==<br />
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I've recently created a Dungeons and Dragons drinking game (cleverly named DnDnD, Dungeons and Dragons and Drinking). A '''real life''' drinking game meant to be played alongside DnD; ''not'' a mechanic for including drinking games in DnD. Before I moved it into variant rules, I thought I would run it past you and see if you think it's appropriate for the wiki. It's currently in [[User:Badger/sandbox2|my sandbox]]. I already added the adult content template, as well as made it clear that we here at Dandwiki support drinking responsibly, and do not condone under-aged drinking. What do you think? Is this in line with the kind of content we want on the wiki? Should I move it into variant rules, or leave it in my sandbox? Thanks, [[User:Badger|Badger]] 01:23, 9 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Seems fine to me. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:24, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Ganteka ==<br />
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Is [[User:Ganteka|Ganteka]] still on D&D Wiki, or is he finished with it and left his account running? --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 03:54, 9 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I do believe Ganteka is gone for good. He's moved elsewhere, if I'm not mistaken. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 04:18, 9 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Was he the one that created the [[Wolfkin (4e Race)| Wolfkin Race]]? --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 19:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::It appears to have been originally made by an unregistered contributor (an IP), but was worked on by [[User:Kernac|Kernac]]. I don't believe Ganteka made any edits to it at all, other than undoing what appears to have been some vandalism. You could always ask any questions on the relevant talk page, rather than Green Dragon's personal talk page. It'd be more likely to be answered by someone with more information. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 20:13, 9 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Do [[Add Instructions]] and [[Special:Contributions/Ganteka]] answer your questions? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 18:36, 10 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::When was the [[Wolfkin (4e Race)]] created? Because I only looked at the first page of Ganteka's contributions. <br />
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::::::--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 21:37, 10 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::Use the "History" tab. The first edit was Oct 21, 2008, and Ganteka's only contribution was Feb 26, 2009, when he undid vandalism. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 21:48, 10 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Incomplete Quest ==<br />
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:''Discussion moved to [[Talk:A New World (3.5e Quest)#Stub]]. <small>--[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 18:27, 10 June 2010 (UTC)</small><br />
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== Lock down? ==<br />
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While I was doing D&D Wiki yesterday, I tried submitting something, and it just kicked me out, and I couldn't get back in. Is the reason for this is because now there are pictures for like Green Dragon's talk page, and contributions and so on? If anyone could tell me what happened, that would be nice.<br />
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--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 18:01, 10 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Hmmm, I do not know what happened if you were simply barred from the site, that seems a little bit odd. However if you were just getting the message 'the wiki is down' or something of the like, that has been happening a number of times recently. However the time you are mentioning it is most likely that the wiki went down for temporary maintenance to restore the pictures. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 05:18, 12 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Yeah, That's probably it. Thanks.<br />
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--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 20:07, 12 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== I'd like to hear from you about reopening the tavern ==<br />
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As I asked you earlier on you talk page, I was wondering about re-opening the tavern. It's been over a week without hearing from you, so I made a discussion to ask the community their thoughts. I'm polling the community to see if we would like to have one again. Here is where you come in. If you have some time (it shouldn't take more than a few minutes), stop by [[Discussion:Re-opening_the_tavern%3F_What_does_the_community_think%3F|the discussion]] and post your thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you on this one. Thanks, [[User:Badger|Badger]] 21:52, 10 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Bump. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 00:42, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::So it's been over a month and a half since this discussion was started (on your talk page, I might add), but you've not yet chimed in. Since you're online now, I thought I might be able to get your attention by reminding you I'd like your opinion. We started a discussion thread (linked [[Discussion:Re-opening_the_tavern%3F_What_does_the_community_think%3F|here]]) and the community seems to embrace the idea; the current vote is about 5 to 1, in favor (I say about, because I don't know that one of the votes "for" is still around). In case you don't want to read all the discussion let me give you the cliff's notes: Free hosting that is run offsite, so as to not tax bandwidth. People want it. We're working on rules too. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 22:09, 18 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== integrated pictures? ==<br />
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Green Dragon?<br />
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Do you know how to integrate pictures into a Race instead of forming a link to it? If you could show me that, that would be nice.<br />
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--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 22:06, 10 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I'm not sure I know what your talking about. However if you just mean having a picture show rather than a link being formed simply link to the file with these brackets {{}} instead of the normal square ones [[]]. You may have been having trouble because the links to pictures have not been working recently. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 05:14, 12 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Yeah. That's true. Some links weren't working, so I took them out. These were links for two of my races. But, I still don't understand how I get the files to integrate on the page that I'm working on once I save the page. I just don't know how it would work.<br />
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--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 20:11, 12 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Barnstars ==<br />
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Hey, I'm just wondering what the barnstars are all about. I searched through the site a little bit, and didn't find any talk pages on them. I also did a google search and it came up with it being a decorative item put on barns. I'm just wondering a few things: Why are they given as awards, who can give one, and can I give one to myself (I'm not saying I will, just wondering ''':)''')? Anyways, thanks! --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 05:11, 12 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Does [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Barnstars Wikipedia:Barnstars] answer your questions? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 18:52, 12 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Lol, it does thanks a lot! I really should have thought of checking wikipedia. ''':P''' That's a lot of different barnstars... think I can get em all? ''':P''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 19:31, 12 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== hi ==<br />
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hi there...it wud seem the tavern is gone...i miss talking to the guys here...<br />
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:There is actually an ongoing discussion on bringing the tavern back [[Discussion:Re-opening_the_tavern%3F_What_does_the_community_think%3F|here]]. If you would like to see it again you may contribute your thoughts and ideas there. However please try to back up your thoughts with logic, that way your contributions can have more merit to them. ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 15:38, 12 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Knowledge Devotion from "Complete Champion"==<br />
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I currently have a question about a 3.5 edition feat and its rules..<br />
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Knowledge Devotion from "Complete Champion"<br />
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Here is what the feat says in short form:<br />
"You then receive an insight bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls against that creature type for the remainder of the combat. The amount of the bonus depends on your Knowledge check result, as given on the following table..."<br />
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Do these bonuses apply to all weaponlike spells such as Acid Arrow and Ray of Enfeeblement? I'm assuming they do because they require an attack roll and damage roll (if they hit).<br />
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I'm not sure how to check pages on the site anymore, but if you would be kind enough to email me a response at obokuri-eeumi@hotmail.com it would be greatly appreciated. thanks :)<br />
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:Yes they do apply; if you are still checking this page. If not I'll let the e-mail come from GD seeing as you asked him. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 21:45, 13 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Summon soulblade ==<br />
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I have created the class "Soulknife," and wish to begin creating the powers for my class. However, the power I wish to create is called "Summon Soulblade," a title which, when I entered it into the creation bar, sent me to the "Blades of the Ancestors" power's page. I have tried changing the inputted name to "Call Soulblade," and even "Soul Summoning" (two other possible names for the power). I do not know what to do about this, and are concerned as to why this glitch would occur. Thank you for your time, and I appreciate your patience.<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
Nathanmccarthy789<br />
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== D&D 4e Future ==<br />
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Hey Green Dragon, do you think that in the 4e Homebrew section, we could either create a seperate 4e Future homebrew section, or that we could just add in future stuff to the 4e homebrew? Just let me know what you think. The rules will be the same as in 4e, but it will be in the future, instead of the past. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 00:00, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:What is 4e Future? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 01:50, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::It's just something that I wanted created. It's like Dungeons and Dragons 4.0, but instead of being in the past, it will be situated in the future. It will be basically the same (same rules, different equipment, technologically advanced classes) as D&D 4e. So, yeah. Just let me know what you think of it. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 02:16, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Your thing? You make the call. If you think it is radically different from 4e then please make a new section (maybe starting from [[4e Rules]], e.g. how [[D20.00 decimal Rules (3.5e Variant Rule)]] was intended) or just a page. If you just make a page it will, of course, have to be discussed and could have any result. If you choose to just merge the content into 4e just make sure it works with 4e, and then I don't think it should matter at all. Of course a rule category could help keep it together (or a sourcebook, of course). --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 02:32, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Yeah, it'll use the 4e rules, it just uses different equipment and different classes. Shall I put up a vote?<br />
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--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 03:01, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::4e is a rule set, not a time period. 4e Future, unless the core rules are radically different, is just normal 4e. Many 4e adventures are set in the future. In my personal opinion adding a future section is pointless and illogical. Not to start a debate or anything... ''':P''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 16:50, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::Then can I just start inserting futuristic powers, races, classes, and feats?<br />
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::::::--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 19:53, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::Yep, that would work fine! Oh, and sorry if I sounded a little rude with my pointless and illogical thing, I was looking for another way to word it except I had to run. ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 19:10, 17 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::It's fine. Do you think that inside each section, that we should have a link? You know, like: D&D 4.0Future races inside the races folder?<br />
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:::::::--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 17:43, 18 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::Hmmm, thats a good idea. That could be really useful for people playing through 4e campaigns set in the future, so that they don't have to sift through hundreds of past based articles. That sounds like it could even be applied to 3.5e and d20M (however opposite, since most d20M articles are based in the future.). --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 18:03, 18 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::So, does Green Dragon put in the subcategory, or do I have to do that?<br />
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::::::::::--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 20:19, 18 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::::You can. Again, if you make a rule or sourcebook about it then it's even more organized of course. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 19:49, 19 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::::::Hmm, I'll try to do the best I can.<br />
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== Losing Articles ==<br />
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No, don't worry, I haven't lost any. However I am wondering, is there any possibility of the wiki losing its articles/pages? I'm asking to know if I should be backing up the stuff I post here on my computer or something just in case. Thanks. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 03:39, 20 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:It ''has'' happened before, please see also [[Talk:3.5e Flaws#Flaw Form]], but they are going to be recovered. It's not really a problem, no. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:19, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Base Class Infobox ==<br />
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I've noticed on some pages you've removed the Base Class Infobox Template along with the Base Class template. Was this accidental? [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 20:43, 20 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Yes, they are not used with the 4e classes anymore (just [[Template:x0]]). Although I don't know what you mean by "Base Class template". --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:51, 20 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I meant category. So there's no rating of 4e classes then? And I've been gone a lot the last couple of weeks, where was this announced/talked about? [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 20:57, 20 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::I actually started removing that template a while ago. Actually, I think you are right. You should start this discussion on [[Talk:4e Classes]]. The only reason this has happened is since I find that the template system works better than rating. It has not been discussed. I removed the template since the primary editor/subsequent editors who display their username are not longer displayed in that way. We now assume that one understands MW (as you know). Although why not use both (the template system and a rating system) huh? It's a different topic. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 21:07, 20 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Hiding text==<br />
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Hey! I'm having some trouble finding the correct way to format something. I'd like to find a way to create hidden text on my page, but the formatting articles on wikipedia haven't helped. Is there a way to format hidden text similar to the way you can show or hide a contents box?<br />
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:To create hidden text you can place the text in between these <nowiki><!-- --></nowiki> i.e. <!-- Hello --> (yes there is text there, check the source code). Alternatively you can use <nowiki><includeonly></nowiki> and close with <nowiki></includeonly></nowiki>.<br />
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:If you want to create an option to show or hide a block of text on the page then you may use this code:<br />
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:What that would appear as:<br />
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:Hope that helps, I'm pretty good with wiki code if you need help in the future. ''':)''' --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 00:06, 21 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Thanks! Collapsible text was indeed what I was looking for, and I figured there was a solution that I just couldn't find. Also, I'm very new to the wiki scene and navigation is still pretty alien to me, so thanks for the heads up on my Talk page! --[[user:ThatGuyEli|ThatGuyEli]] 16:13, 23 June 2010<br />
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== Blocking IP ==<br />
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For the first time since I became an admin, I've blocked a couple IP's. Hope I did it within acceptable parameters. I am pretty sure they were both outside link spammers. --[[User:Calidore Chase|Calidore Chase]] 17:49, 21 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:They look fine, except I would have blocked them longer. But whatever. If it happens again we can do it for a more extended period of time. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 19:23, 21 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Moving pages ==<br />
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I am currently moving all of the DnD pages to their corresponding editions according to [http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllPages&from=DnD&to=DnD+zz&namespace=0 this] list (all pages starting with DnD). However some pages that start with DnD are edition neutral. Should I move these to 3.5e/4e, or just leave them as DnD? --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 00:25, 24 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:What pages are edition independent? I could be wrong, but I would guess that most pages are (or should be) slightly different, depending on the edition. If there are truly edition independent pages I would say leave them as "DnD". Just my 2 cents. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 01:07, 24 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I have actually run into a number of pages that apply to both editions. A few examples would be [[DnD Discussion]], [[DnD Maps]], and [[DnD Guidelines]]. The breadcrumb and categories links to both editions. The page that brought this up was [[DnD Guideline Preload]]. I was getting ready to move it to 3.5e, and I checked the [[DnD Guidelines]] page just to make sure it was for 3.5e and so that I could change the link on that page to 3.5e not DnD. Oh look! It links to both 3.5e and 4e. Anyways, just showing you what I mean. ''':)'''--[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 03:04, 24 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::I don't know much about DnD 4e, so everything I am about to say may be wrong. With that in mind, here are my thoughts. Discussions are generally about rules, which vary widely between 3.5e and 4e, so we should probably make edition specific ones, so we can provide more exact help. If someone say "how does barbarian rage work?" we have to find out what edition they mean (I assume barbarians still rage in 4e), and then provide help. If it was posted in 4e Discussions we'd not have that problem. Maps I suppose can go wherever, but if they are maps for an adventure/campaign, we could certainly stick them under the edition for which the campaign/quest was written. As for guidelines, it should probably me moved to something like "Wiki Guidelines", as it has nothing to do with actual DnD. Again, these are just my thoughts. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 19:04, 26 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Ya, you're right. Feel free to make a 4e one, add an edition identifier in some way, and move the 4e ones over. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:16, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Can't Log In ==<br />
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I was trying to save a response to [[User:Jazzman831|Jazzman]]'s comment on the talk for the [[Mundus (3.5e Class)|mundus]], however when I hit save it said there was a loss of session data and I should try again. I tried twice more and it gave me the same message. It also told me if this error persisted I could log out then back in again, so I logged out. However when I tried to log back in again it gave me this message:<br />
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''"Login error<br><br />
''There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please hit "back" and reload the page you came from, then try again."<br />
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I hit the back button, reloaded the page, and tried again twice. Still nothing. I am unable to log back in to my account. --[[Special:Contributions/206.45.30.209|206.45.30.209]] 18:08, 25 June 2010 (UTC)([[User:Vrail|Vrail]])<br />
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:Ok, I just tried to log in a third time and it worked. That was weird, do you know what happened there? --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 19:12, 25 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Actually D&D Wiki maxed out the server's hard disk space, so maybe that had something to do with it. If not I don't know. But I cleared up some space. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 19:22, 25 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Out of curiosity, what kind of space are we talking here? Would it be worth it have a fundraiser to buy an additional hard drive (or hard drives, depending on how/if you back stuff up)? Storage comes cheap nowadays. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 19:18, 26 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Hosting was switched once again (see also [[User talk:Green Dragon#Trouble with the wiki]]) and space should not be a problem. Since the server failure, actually, D&D Wiki was moved to a hosting setup with mt (mediatemple) so doing a fundraiser for such things is not possible. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 15:18, 1 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Anti Vandalism Barnstar ==<br />
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I feel that Vrail deserves an Anti Vandalism Barnstar because of he is always removing spam and unwanted or offensive post from the site. I figured that i would nominate him to you. Thank you for reading and i hope that you consider him.--[[User:Grim914|Grim914]] 17:27, 26 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Oh, I agree. Please feel free to give [[User:Vrail|Vrial]] one. Barnstars are given by anyone to anyone. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 18:14, 26 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Deletion? ==<br />
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Green Dragon? Why hasn't my [[Displacer Disciple Powers (4e Power List)| Displacer Disciple]] power lists been deleted? I have two of them, both up for deletion, I think. The other one is [[Displacer Disciple powers (4e Power List)]]. I created them. Could you also delete the [[Fell Knight Necross (4e Power List)]]? Thanks. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 19:17, 26 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:No one has gone through [[:Category:Candidates for Deletion]]? I can say I have not recently. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 19:31, 26 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I was going to but I have been really busy the last month-ish. And the couple days I had some free time the wiki has been slow/inaccessible. But it's not like the world's going to end if your pages don't get deleted; they'll be gotten to eventually. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 19:34, 26 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Ah, okay. Sorry for bothering you. ''':)''' --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 21:47, 26 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::It will get dealt with though, no worries. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:14, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== DPL Problem ==<br />
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Hey Green Dragon, When you go into the D&D 4e races, there's just coding there. Is this because D&D Wiki was moved? --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 02:09, 1 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Ya, it is. The dpl's (dpl, dpl2c, dpl2cu, etc) are not working. They will soon though, don't worry. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 15:11, 1 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Ok! Thanks for letting me know. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 19:40, 1 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Ya, no problem. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 22:35, 1 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== The Site Crashed ==<br />
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How long are it going to be like this?<br />
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:[[Help:Talk Pages| Just a heads up here, don't forget to sign your posts.]] Thanks,<br />
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--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 18:15, 3 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Trouble uploading pictures ==<br />
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Lately I've had a lot of trouble uploading pictures for my campaign setting. In particular, I've run into an error when creating the thumbnail for the images I upload, which would be excellent to have displayed on my pages.<br />
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To the right is an example of the problem I'm having.[[File:North_Hikipale.jpg|thumb|Northern Hikipale]] I've tried uploading the image again, but to no avail. Should I try to change the file type of the image on my computer and upload a third time, or is there a solution I don't know about?<br />
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While I've got your attention, is it appropriate of me to be directing all of my questions to you? I get the impression that you are bombarded with questions regularly, and while I would direct them to someone with a little less on their plate, I don't really know how to go about finding that person. [[User:ThatGuyEli|ThatGuyEli]] 17:46, 5 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Wiki troubles ==<br />
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I see you are fixing redirects/fixing links. What's our progress on dpls, images, tables and whatnot? [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 00:14, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Oh, also, what does it take to build a bot? I don't know much about programming, but it seems like it shouldn't take much to program a bot to fix the DnD links. Do you know some resource about bot-building? [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 00:16, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::My wiki skills are minimal, but my research skills are astounding. Will [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API.php#APIs_for_bots this link] help? It looks like we might be able to build an anti-spam bot, and a redirector bot with relative ease. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 00:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::With regard to the problems of the moving of D&D Wiki, they will be fixed soon. To the best of my knowledge right now the DPL's, DPL2CU's, DPL2C's, Odd-Even, SMW with regard to displaying links, and a few table things (vardefine &mdash; [[Template:Spell]]?). And the reinstalling of imagemagik again (as said above). Do you know of anything else? And API (http://www.dandwiki.com/w/api.php) is a great tool. A few other options exist too of course. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 00:31, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::When you say "soon", are we thinking soon means "24 hours", "within a week", or "about a month"? Just looking for an estimate on when we can see the wiki up at full capacity again. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 00:40, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::(Edit conflict) The Semantic stuff isn't working either, I think. Do you have a timetable? [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 00:44, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::When you say "''Semantic stuff isn't working either''" do you just mean the links, or am I missing anything? And I do not have a timetable. Soon, is what I'll say I guess. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 01:36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::Well, it seems to be working now, so I may have spoken too soon. Very recently I saw links that looked like <nowiki>[[3e Prerequisite::Such and so]]</nowiki>, but I just browsed some pages and they seem to be formatted correctly now. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 02:08, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::::I know what you're talking about, I saw them earlier too. I looked for them again, before posting the above, and couldn't find them either. Dunno. Maybe they got fixed as well as the modern dpl's (I think they were not working earlier either). --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 02:35, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::::I would also like to add that mathematical formulas aren't working either.<br />
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:::::::::<math>F = (\frac{3.439*10^-8 ft^3}{slug*seconds^2})(\frac{4.10*10^23 slugs*.031 slugs}{20,931,758.5 ft^2}) = 1 \frac{foot*slug}{second^2} = 1 lb </math><br />
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:::::::::As shown there for an example. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 21:34, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== DPLs again? ==<br />
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Hi, one question. The homebrew power lists aren't showing up at the [[4e Powers]]. Is this caused by the DPLs? Thanks. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 00:01, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Yes, it was. I modernized the dpl's so it is no longer a problem. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 00:15, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Thanks for fixing it! --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 01:45, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::Ya, no problem. If you bring more pages to my attention which use the old DPL's and not the dpl's I would be more than happy to change them. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:13, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Yeah, actually, I have one on my talk page (and another one hidden in my [[D&D 4.0 Future (4e Sourcebook)|sourcebook]]), and just more stuff in my sourcebook. I'll see if there's anymore.<br />
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::::--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 04:27, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::There's actually some (maybe only 2, I don't know) in the 4e Homebrew. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 04:31, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Add new equipment? ==<br />
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Can any of you fix this? When I try [[Add New DnD Equipment|Add new Equipment]], It brings me into this 3.5e equipment stuff. Is that the way it's supposed to be? --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 21:19, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:The link you provided is for adding [[Add_New_3.5e_Equipment|3.5e Equipment]]. It's designed to add 3.5e Equipment. None of us do much with 4e, and there hasn't been much need to make an official 4e equipment preload yet, I guess. I'm sure someone can set up a pre-load for 4e if you ask. I'd try, but I think an admin has to handle that. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 21:51, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Please feel free. Just no one has made one yet, but one should be present. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:12, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::So the page is locked, so I can't edit it to add the "add new" forms that I made, but you can find easy ways to add 4e Armor, Weapons, Magic Items, and Vehicles on [[User:Badger/sandbox6|this page]]. The ones on the far right don't do anything, so don't use those yet. I put them there so when I find more 4e Preloads they will be easy to add. I've not tested any of them, so they may need some tweaking. let me know on my talk page, or here (I'm keeping an eye on both). --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 21:08, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Thanks for helping me out with this. So, I'll test it out and let you know what happens.<br />
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::::--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 15:48, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Tables aren't working ==<br />
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Um, Green Dragon? Some tables aren't working. Do they have a different DPL than the others? All right, thanks. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 21:53, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Kind of. They use [[Template:d20]] which uses vardefine, which is not working. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:10, 8 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Copying from your Userpage ==<br />
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Would you mind if I used the [[User:Green Dragon/Top Template|top template]] on your userpage (with a few minor adjustments) for my own userpage? Thanks. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 04:17, 9 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Of course, please feel free. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 17:58, 9 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Strange bug ==<br />
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I was just going through and moving some DnD pages to 3.5e (which, btw, after my latest stint I'm almost halfway done, a lot of pages!) when I found a bug. When I tried to access the page [[DnD Archetype Feats]] (Unsure if it was already moved) I couldn't load it, then my internet eventually took me to a page that said there was a DNS error. After that I couldn't load any pages on the wiki. I had to close my internet then reopen it to get the wiki working again. Is this happening for anybody else? What's going on? --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 02:24, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:something like that happened to me too. I ended restarting Internet Explorer (which wasn't too bad) in order for it to work.<br />
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:--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 04:23, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Moving DnD pages to 3.5e ==<br />
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Just wanted to let you know that my previous comment was slightly wrong about being halfway done. I was a lot closer than halfway, and just finished moving every single page starting with DnD (according to [http://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllPages&from=DnD&to=DnD+zz&namespace=0 this] list) to its corresponding edition. I'll have to check the to-do list, but if this was on it I can check it off. :D<br />
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There are a couple of pages that I did not move. These are protected pages (not many, just a couple preloads), eddition neutral pages (again, only a couple of these exist), and the one page mentioned above that I couldn't get to. Also, I may have forgotten to switch the instructions for one or two preloads on the page they link to. I think I got most of them, but if you find any, please change them. :) --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 03:34, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Categories ==<br />
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Hey Green Dragon,<br />
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I noticed in the [[:Category:Candidates for Deletion|Candidates for Deletion]] category, that the 4e Future category is going to be deleted and all that stuff moved. Is that really necessary?<br />
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--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 04:17, 15 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Yup. 4e Future is a sourcebook, not a published SRD, so it needs to be formatted like the other sourcebooks. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 22:33, 16 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Okay.<br />
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::--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 00:19, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Sourcebooks ==<br />
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Hey Green Dragon, I found that the sourcebooks are still not showing up. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 00:21, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:[[3.5e_Sourcebooks]]. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 00:30, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::4e sourcebooks are using the old DPLs that need to be updated to work. Someone more diligent than I can update them. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 00:53, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::I went through this morning and fixed the DPLs. Everything shows up properly now. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 19:51, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Thanks.<br />
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::::--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 22:45, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== A race I posted ==<br />
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I have a question, several months ago I created an article for a homebrew race called the "Heartbound" and it is still not on the list for homebrew races. Is there something I have to do for it to be added to the list? {{unsigned|Firerush}}<br />
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:Fixed. You needed to add [[:Category:Race]]. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 15:33, 17 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== VariablesExtension ==<br />
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I took the liberty of making [[Template:Spell]] not use VariablesExtension (#vardefine) because the spells were messed up. Of course then I realized that other things are broken too. And I don't have permission to edit those (and I am not sure how well they can be made to work without the extension). —[[User:Edwin|edwin]] 16:08, 18 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:I noticed your edits on [[Template:Spell]]. It seems to work the same, so thanks a lot for helping fix that. I would gladly unlock pages if you know how to make them work, however I agree in that some may need #vardefine. For example [[Template:d20]] is not working (which I would gladly unlock if you know how to fix it), or [[Template:Weapon Stats2]] which is not locked. In any case, however, many pages by themselves use #vardefine in the tables, so switching it would be a lot of work. It will be fixed sometime. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 17:01, 18 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I would think it's a better plan to fix what's broken, instead of finding ways around it. If vardefine is going to be eventually fixed, then there's no need to waste time changing the templates around. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 23:54, 18 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Category DnD ==<br />
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Should this page be merged with to Category 3.5e, and then all pages linking to it be changed to say 3.5e rather than DnD? I'm just wondering because all of the DnD pages (that I can find according to the lists I was given) have been moved to say 3.5e, and as far as I can tell the DnD category applies to 3.5e material only. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 16:07, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:No. It actually is going to be expanded once all pages with [[:Category:DnD]] have [[:Category:3.5e]] (which are for 3.5e) with all [[:Category:4e]] pages, as 4e is an edition of D&D. Although, yes, all the 3.5e dpl's need to be changed to use category=3.5e. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 16:33, 19 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Powers ==<br />
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Um, Green Dragon? My Fell Knight's [[Fell Knight Powers (4e Power List)|Powers]] don't show up. Is that a problem with the DPLs, or are they gone forever?<br />
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--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 02:32, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:There's a pretty easy way to find out. Just look for one of the powers, or adjust the dpls to search for something you know exists. As it is, though, the dpls are broken. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 02:48, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Your DPL tables are the old ones that don't work. Switch them to the new versions and it should show up. [[User:Badger/sandbox4|This link]] shows you the kind of DPL you need for everything to show up correctly. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 03:54, 20 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Items ==<br />
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Hey Green Dragon? Is there supposed to be no magical Items in the Arm Slot, Armor, and Weapon items?<br />
--[[User:Axl|Axl]] 03:23, 21 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Pages not loading ==<br />
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Often times when I try to load a page on the wiki, it will just load a blank page and say it is done. I then have to reload the page 1-2 times before it shows up. Also, usually when I attempt to save a change it just loads a blank page and doesn't save the change. I then have to hit 'back' on my browser bar and try again 5-6 times before it saves. Is anybody else having a similar problem? Can it be fixed? This is happening on firefox btw, it also happens to me on internet explorer, but it is less often and requires only 1 page reload. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 18:30, 23 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:The issue is the current hosting setup. I just bought a server and it will be running D&D Wiki by the middle of next month. At that time all the problems should be dealt with. See also [[Talk:4e Creatures#Not Working]]. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:53, 24 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Sourcebook Categories ==<br />
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Hey Green Dragon? <br />
My [[D&D 4.0 Future (4e Sourcebook)|sourcebook]] weapons (and probably races and every other stuff that I created) is loose in the [[4e Homebrew]]. I figure it's because that they're categorized as 4e. What do I do? --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 04:00, 24 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Axl, your creations aren't so much "loose in the 4e Homebrew". In fact, that's exactly where they should be. Maybe you didn't catch what Jazzman wrote [[Talk:Add_New_4e_Future_Implement|here]], or what I wrote [[User_talk:Axl#Problems_with_your_Sourcebook|here]]. Everything that you wrote for your sourcebook needs to be categorized under 4e, and should show up as 4e equipment/armor/weapons/whatever. Everything you've written is considered "4e" not "4e Future". "4e Future" does not exist. Anything labeled "4e Future" needs to be changed to "4e" and anything you added the "formatting issue" template to needs to have that template removed. For example, if you have a piece of armor labeled "4e Future Armor" it needs to be moved to "4e Armor", and anything that says "4e Future Equipment" needs to be moved to "4e Equipment". I hope this is clear. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 06:21, 25 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::That's kind of the reason why I made the sourcebook instead of just creating classes, races, etc that are based in the future put into the 4e classes. There's a conversation with [[User:Vrail|Vrail]] somewhere on this talk page. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 16:45, 26 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::The section's called D&D 4e Future. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 16:47, 26 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::What you should have is a category called "4e Future", and tag all of your content with that. What will happen is if you're looking though a list of all the 4e homebrew, you will see 4e and 4e future, but if you click on the 4e future category you will only see 4e future things. You need to write up all of your content exactly as if it was plain old 4e, including leaving it in the regular namespace like (4e_Armor), and then when you're done you need to add <nowiki>[[Category:4e_Future]]</nowiki> to the bottom of the page. Then on all of your DPLs where you want to list your 4e Future creations you need to add the line <nowiki> |category:4e_Future </nowiki> and all of your creations will pop right up, without anything else from 4e. <br />
:::What your sourcebook should do is tell users how to use any and all content tagged with Category:4e_Future. If you aren't making any new rules, you don't even need a sourcebook. The idea behind the sourcebook is to write out how to play a slightly altered system. A sourcebook is nothing more than a collection of variant rules, but if the rules are identical, then you don't need to write it. I hope this is making sense. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 18:16, 26 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::I was told to use the category: 4e. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 00:16, 28 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::I thought it was there. I'll check on my talk page. --[[User:Axl|Axl]] 00:18, 28 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::You can use more than one category. You should include both "Category:4e" and "Category:4e_Future". Technically, 4e_future should be a sub-category, but we don't seem to use much in the way of sub-categories on this site, so I wouldn't worry about that. --[[User:Badger|Badger]] 00:27, 28 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== is there a way to delete a page? ==<br />
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I created a page and by talk to me before revisions i meant dont just go right in and revise, hence why im simply going to make the class it was on my own laptop and take it off of this site? is there a way to do that?<br />
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:Your English is a bit wacked above, but I'm assuming what you're trying to say is that you created an article, and another user contributed to it. If the article is good quality with contributions from you and the other(s) than it will not be deleted. There is a very clear warning every time someone edits letting them know about this collaborative nature of a wiki. If it is in horrible condition, left incomplete, and unplayable, than anyone can tag it with the delete template, where an admin will eventually get around to it. &nbsp;<small><span style="border: 1px solid black; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:Hooper|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:Black; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> Hooper </span>''']][[User talk:Hooper|<span style="background-color:Black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;talk&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white">&nbsp;&nbsp;contribs&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]][[Special:Emailuser/Hooper|<span style="background-color:black; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px">&nbsp;&nbsp;email&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 14:29, 25 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::That may have been me editing your article. I generally post on the discussion page and discuss things before making a change. However, I noticed a class with grammar issues similar to those in your above comment. I spent a while fixing the grammar, sorry if this disturbed you. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 22:58, 25 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Admin Badge ==<br />
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I was looking around a bit on the wiki and noticed references to an admin badge. I had never seen it so I looked around for it, and realized it had been deleted. Then I looked around for something discussing ''why'' it was deleted, apparently that discussion was on the template's talk page and was deleted to. This was a little bit frustrating. So I was wondering, why was it removed? Also, could the reasoning for its deletion be re added somewhere for reference? It seems a little bit strange that the page discussing its deletion was deleted as well. Thanks! --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 03:19, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Talk pages of deleted pages are always deleted as well. Why was it deleted? [[Special:ListAdmins]] was used on [[Meta Pages]] to let people know of a list of admins, and as such the use of that template was nonexistent. As an aesthetic taste thing anyone could make one I guess, just not in a template form (an admin can restore and move of course). --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:30, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Good to know, thanks for the quick and well informed response. ''':)''' Do you think it would be worth it to post the reasoning for removing the admin badge somewhere (such as on the [[Special:ListAdmins]] page or the like), or do to little people even care/know about it? --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 04:37, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::That's a special page and cannot be modified. If you give me a link to the page I can re-delete it explaining the deletion more. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:41, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::Alright, I was unsure if as the sites owner you could edit special pages or not. Anyways, here's the link <s>Template:AdminBadge</s>. --[[User:Vrail|Vrail]] 04:49, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::Backend I am sure, but is that really necessary? How does that sound? Does that get the point across and make it less confusing? I am assuming that if one cares they will check the deleted page. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 04:55, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Image Thumbnails ==<br />
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Hullo again. I was just curious about D&D Wiki Media. It seems that thumbnails are no longer showing up when new images are uploaded. Instead, the following error message appears.<br />
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''Error creating thumbnail: libgomp: Thread creation failed: Resource temporarily unavailable''<br />
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Is this an internal problem? --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 07:04, 30 July 2010 (UTC)</div>Akherontishttps://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pooka_(4e_Race)&diff=483733Pooka (4e Race)2010-07-29T07:56:37Z<p>Akherontis: Further revision, and the addition of another famous Fey face</p>
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
}}<br />
[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the many-branched antlers of an elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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Pookas typically dress sparsely. Modesty is not among their virtues. Rather than covering their bodies in itchy cloth, stuffy leather or heavy metal, they prefer to drape themselves in a plethora of ropes, bangles and belts, upon which they fasten various ornamental trinkets. It is common to see a Pooka dressed in leafy canopy, or seashell-encrusted netting, or even stolen jewellery. Thankfully, most Pookas at least have the humility to girdle themselves with kilts, breeches or loincloths. Such apparel also needs to accommodate for their tails. Footwear, on the other hand, is shunned by the typical Pooka, who prefers to cherish the feeling of soil, grass and autumn leaves between their toes. They are also fond of piercings, tattoos and other body modifications, which serve to further embellish their uniqueness.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-lee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome - or at least tolerated - but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace10.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|Cernarawn]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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Cernarawn, the Horned Hunter, is the Archfey of the Pooka race. He is fearsome to behold. Taller than the tallest oak, broad of shoulder and crowned with the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. His golden eyes glower from within the eye sockets of a stag skull, though none can attest to whether this is his true face or merely a grim mask set upon his features. Where he treads, his great hoofed footfalls rattle the very bones of the Feywild. <br />
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Cernarawn does not hold court with his fellow Pookas, though he may come to their aid if they should invoke him. He will also answer the pleas of Satyrs, Firbolgs, Wilden and Gnomes. He attends the Court of Stars whensoever it is convened, but he does so only out of respect for Oran and Tiandra. Since before the fall of Cendriane he has kept his own counsel, stalking the forests of the Feywild, solitary as the rest of his people.<br />
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Cernarawn's dominion is the neverending cycle of the seasons, the unbroken circle of life, death and rebirth. In the spring, he brings life to the wilderness, tending the glades and groves of his domain. In the summer, he walks astride the animals, protecting them from the many dangers of the Feywild. In the autumn, he hunts the beasts that he once protected, striking from the darkness with his oaken spear. In the winter, he sleeps the sleep of death, dreaming of things that once were and of things that are yet to be.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, Robin is either a free spirit who sees the bright side in everything - or a deranged, dangerous lunatic - depending on who you ask. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. <br />
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Goodfellow is every bit the trickster his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Should he wish it, even the Fomorian tyrants of the Feydark would bend to his whimsical will, or else face the shame of being his latest patsy. The very stars themselves are not suspended too high for Robin to reach, should the fancy strike him. Even his motivations are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is the Archfey to whom he owes his unfaltering allegiance, he has done the bidding of Cernarawn, Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. <br />
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Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. Sometimes it is possible to outwit him, or even to earn his favour. But only a fool would expect this to be true the next time he is encountered. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. <br />
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While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. He carries himself with such an audacious dignity that many a noble Eladrin has silently cursed his name. <br />
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Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's dry tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel. <br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Brag Bellow (4e Feat)|Brag Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Balefire Breath (4e Feat)|Balefire Breath]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]], [[Urchin Spines (4e Feat)|Urchin Spines]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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===Urchin Spines [Pooka]===<br />
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Your hide is protected by a thick coat of sharp, flexible spines.<br />
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'''Prerequisite:''' You must be a [[Pooka (4e Race)|Pooka]].<br />
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'''Benefit:''' You have +1 a racial bonus to your AC. Enemies dealing a successful unarmed attack or attack with a small weapon against you will take 1d3 points of damage from your spines. Enemies who successfully charge attack or bull-rush you will take 1d4 damage. Likewise, anyone attempting to grab you will take 1d4 damage per round.<br />
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'''Special:''' Taking this feat alters your appearance to give you a coat of thick, sharp spines running down your hide in a manner that resembles a hedgehog. These spines are prehensile and can be flexed, meaning they will not damage any clothing you wear. The spines are not easily removed from your hide like porcupine quills, but remain strongly fixed.<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
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|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-ee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome (or at least tolerated), but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's saccharine tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, he attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. Goodfellow is every bit the trickster devil his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Even the very stars themselves are not suspended too high for him to reach, should the fancy strike him. His motives are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is his true master, he has done the bidding of Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Brag Bellow (4e Feat)|Brag Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Balefire Breath (4e Feat)|Balefire Breath]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]], [[Urchin Spines (4e Feat)|Urchin Spines]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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{{quote|''Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!''}}<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +4 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +2 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Horns of the Beast<br />
|description3=Your head is crested with a set of horns, pronghorns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage. You cannot wear helmets or other forms of restrictive headgear without special modification to their design.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish<br />
|description4=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait5=Sooth or Sleight<br />
|description5= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait6=Subrace<br />
|description6=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces. For more information about the differences between these breeds, see the Pooka Subraces section below.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy.<br />
|trait7=Wild Nature<br />
|description7=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color. While a Pooka character naturally possesses the beast form ability, in order to take full advantage of powers using the Beast Form keyword, they will need to take levels in the Druid class.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. They tend to have muzzle-like noses, high foreheads and small chins. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace and their habitats. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons. One or two will have hooves instead of feet, but this is rare. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace and will often lead to ostracism from other Pookas. Still, some flamboyant Pookas are known to engrave or decorate their horns.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in a thick coat of hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. Around their faces, hands and feet, the hair is usually shorter and downier. Their scalps, wrists, ankles, knees, elbows and groins tend to feature thicker, longer tufts of hair. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means. This limitation allows them to be easily identified by the wise.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species. Pooka children are marginally less hairy than their mature counterparts, almost resembling feral gnomes with a soft down covering their bodies. Their horns begin as little more than bony nubs on the crown of their heads. They grow up fairly quickly, reaching full maturity at the age of fifteen.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character. Despite the inherent differences, most Pookas do not acknowledge their subrace as being a distinction amongst their race. Indeed, most Pookas are wont to behave as though they are the only member of their species.<br />
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Pookas do not necessarily breed within their own subrace, nor are their offspring guaranteed to be of the same breed. Were a Gwyllion and a Glaistig to bear a child, that child may turn out to be a Gruagach. Moreover, there is some confusion as to whether breeding with another species - Fey or otherwise - would produce a child of Pooka heritage. One thing is for certain; there are no Pooka halfbreeds. The resulting offspring would either be a full Pooka or a [[Feykin_(4e_Race)|feykin]].<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' (''Gwith''-ee-ons) These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' (''Glay''-stigs) These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer and elk. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked pronghorns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers. They will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are far more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Druid, but the spiritual path of the Shaman is also attractive to a Glaistig.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' (''Glash''-tins) These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Druids or Wardens, depending on their propensity for the shapeshifting arts.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' (''Groo''-ah-gacks) These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. While they favour the path of Druidism, they typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts as well.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome (or at least tolerated), but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Billy, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eochaid, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhiannon, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, rats, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Bucklaggart is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Bucklaggart was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Bucklaggart decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Bucklaggart's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Bucklaggart has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace. Pleasant as her name suggests, Annie is in tune with the spirits of the wild. She lives amongst a tribe of gnomes, quickly earning their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the gnome village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach began as little more than common chattel. Learning the arts of the Bard, he performed and politicked his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned a permanent place there through a neverending chain of deceptions and manipulations. Among the Summer Fey, he is now the highest ranking noble of Pooka heritage. While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's saccharine tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such sincere counsel.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Green Fey. Merry Wanderer of the Night. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. A Gwyllion with a mastery of Druidic shapeshifting and a penchant for meddling in the affairs of others, he attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. Goodfellow is every bit the trickster devil his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Even the very stars themselves are not suspended too high for him to reach, should the fancy strike him. His motives are as mercenary as his whims. Though Oran is his true master, he has done the bidding of Tiandra, Hyrsam and even the Prince of Frost, depending on his erstwhile moods. Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Brag Bellow (4e Feat)|Brag Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Urchin Spines (4e Feat)|Urchin Spines]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Balefire Breath (4e Feat)|Balefire Breath]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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|desc=You have +1 a racial bonus to your AC. Enemies who attack you will be damaged by your spines.<br />
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===Urchin Spines [Pooka]===<br />
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Your hide is protected by a thick coat of sharp, flexible spines.<br />
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'''Tier:''' Heroic<br />
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'''Prerequisite:''' You must be a [[Pooka (4e Race)|Pooka]].<br />
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'''Benefit:''' You have +1 a racial bonus to your AC. Enemies dealing a successful unarmed attack or attack with a small weapon against you will take 1d3 points of damage from your spines. Enemies who successfully charge attack or bull-rush you will take 1d4 damage. Likewise, anyone attempting to grab you will take 1d4 damage per round.<br />
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'''Special:''' Taking this feat alters your appearance to give you a coat of thick, sharp spines running down your hide in a manner that resembles a hedgehog. These spines are prehensile and can be flexed, meaning they will not damage any clothing you wear. The spines are not easily removed from your hide like porcupine quills, but remain strongly fixed.<br />
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +5 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +3 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Merry Wanderer of the Night<br />
|description3=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish Sprite<br />
|description4= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait5=Subrace<br />
|description5=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
|trait6=Wild Nature<br />
|description6=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
}}<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape, unlike their gnomish cousins. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons, but one or two will have hooves instead of feet. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns or antlers as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat of hair can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character.<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer or antelope. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked horns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers, and they will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Shaman or a Sorcerer.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Wardens, or occasionally Rangers.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. They typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts, or some become Rogues.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome (or at least tolerated), but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, antelope, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Senach, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhianwynn, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Buckfellow is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Buckfellow was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Buckfellow decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Buckfellow's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Buckfellow has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace, in tune with the spirits of the wild. Living among a village of gnomes, she quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach schemed his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned his place there. While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's saccharine tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such counsel.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Twilight Gloam. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. He is every bit the trickster devil his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Even the very stars themselves are not suspended too high for him to reach, should the fancy strike him. Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be at the time.<br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Brag Bellow (4e Feat)|Brag Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Urchin Spines (4e Feat)|Urchin Spines]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Balefire Breath (4e Feat)|Balefire Breath]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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[[Category:Fey Type]]</div>Akherontishttps://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pooka_(4e_Race)&diff=461609Pooka (4e Race)2010-03-29T22:47:07Z<p>Akherontis: </p>
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +5 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +3 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Merry Wanderer of the Night<br />
|description3=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish Sprite<br />
|description4= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait5=Subrace<br />
|description5=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
|trait6=Wild Nature<br />
|description6=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
}}<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
}}<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape, unlike their gnomish cousins. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons, but one or two will have hooves instead of feet. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns or antlers as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat of hair can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character.<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer or antelope. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked horns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers, and they will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Shaman or a Sorcerer.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Wardens, or occasionally Rangers.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. They typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts, or some become Rogues.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome (or at least tolerated), but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden or Bucca Widn, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu or Bucca Boos, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, antelope, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Senach, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhianwynn, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Buckfellow is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Buckfellow was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Buckfellow decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Buckfellow's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Buckfellow has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace, in tune with the spirits of the wild. Living among a village of gnomes, she quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach schemed his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned his place there. While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's saccharine tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such counsel.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Twilight Gloam. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. He is every bit the trickster devil his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Even the very stars themselves are not suspended too high for him to reach, should the fancy strike him. Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be.<br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Brag Bellow (4e Feat)|Brag Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Urchin Spines (4e Feat)|Urchin Spines]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Balefire Breath (4e Feat)|Balefire Breath]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening (4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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[[Category:Fey Type]]</div>Akherontishttps://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pooka_(4e_Race)&diff=461608Pooka (4e Race)2010-03-29T22:43:40Z<p>Akherontis: </p>
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +5 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +3 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Merry Wanderer of the Night<br />
|description3=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish Sprite<br />
|description4= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait5=Subrace<br />
|description5=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
|trait6=Wild Nature<br />
|description6=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape, unlike their gnomish cousins. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons, but one or two will have hooves instead of feet. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns or antlers as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat of hair can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character.<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer or antelope. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked horns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers, and they will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Shaman or a Sorcerer.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Wardens, or occasionally Rangers.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. They typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts, or some become Rogues.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome (or at least tolerated), but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden or Bucca Widn, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu or Bucca Boos, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, antelope, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Senach, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhianwynn, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Buckfellow is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Buckfellow was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Buckfellow decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Buckfellow's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Buckfellow has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace, in tune with the spirits of the wild. Living among a village of gnomes, she quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach schemed his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned his place there. While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's saccharine tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such counsel.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Twilight Gloam. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. He is every bit the trickster devil his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Even the very stars themselves are not suspended too high for him to reach, should the fancy strike him. Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be.<br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Brag Bellow (4e Feat)|Brag Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Urchin Spines (4e Feat)|Urchin Spines]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Balefire Breath (4e Feat)|Balefire Breath]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
*'''Epic Tier:''' [[Wyrd Wizening(4e Feat)|Wyrd Wizening]]<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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[[Category:Fey Type]]</div>Akherontishttps://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pooka_(4e_Race)&diff=453868Pooka (4e Race)2010-01-27T06:19:45Z<p>Akherontis: </p>
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +5 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +3 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Merry Wanderer of the Night<br />
|description3=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish Sprite<br />
|description4= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait5=Subrace<br />
|description5=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
|trait6=Wild Nature<br />
|description6=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are relatives of the gnome and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyr]] races; although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape, unlike their gnomish cousins. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons, but one or two will have hooves instead of feet. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns or antlers as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat of hair can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character.<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer or antelope. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked horns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers, and they will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the gnomes. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Shaman or a Sorcerer.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Wardens, or occasionally Rangers.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. They typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts, or some become Rogues.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to gnomes and satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome (or at least tolerated), but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous in the Feywild as gnomes or eladrin , and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden or Bucca Widn, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu or Bucca Boos, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, antelope, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Senach, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhianwynn, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Buckfellow is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Buckfellow was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Buckfellow decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Buckfellow's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Buckfellow has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace, in tune with the spirits of the wild. Living among a village of gnomes, she quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach schemed his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned his place there. While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's saccharine tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such counsel.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Twilight Gloam. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. He is every bit the trickster devil his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Even the very stars themselves are not suspended too high for him to reach, should the fancy strike him. Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be.<br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Brag Bellow (4e Feat)|Brag Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Urchin Spines (4e Feat)|Urchin Spines]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Balefire Breath (4e Feat)|Balefire Breath]], [[Dweomer Dwindle (4e Feat)|Dweomer Dwindle]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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[[Category:Fey Type]]</div>Akherontishttps://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pooka_(4e_Race)&diff=453866Pooka (4e Race)2010-01-27T05:52:40Z<p>Akherontis: </p>
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +5 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +3 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Merry Wanderer of the Night<br />
|description3=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish Sprite<br />
|description4= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait5=Subrace<br />
|description5=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
|trait6=Wild Nature<br />
|description6=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are closely related to gnomes and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyrs]], although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape, unlike their gnomish cousins. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons, but one or two will have hooves instead of feet. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns or antlers as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat of hair can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character.<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer or antelope. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked horns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers, and they will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the Gnomes and Satyrs. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Shaman or a Sorcerer.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Wardens, or occasionally Rangers.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. They typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts, or some become Rogues.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to Gnomes and Satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome (or at least tolerated), but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like Gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average Satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous as Gnomes or Satyrs in the Feywild, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden or Bucca Widn, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu or Bucca Boos, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, antelope, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Senach, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhianwynn, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Buckfellow is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Buckfellow was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Buckfellow decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Buckfellow's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Buckfellow has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace, in tune with the spirits of the wild. Living among a village of gnomes, she quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach schemed his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned his place there. While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's saccharine tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such counsel.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Twilight Gloam. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. He is every bit the trickster devil his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Even the very stars themselves are not suspended too high for him to reach, should the fancy strike him. Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be.<br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Brag Bellow (4e Feat)|Brag Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Urchin Spines (4e Feat)|Urchin Spines]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Balefire Breath (4e Feat)|Balefire Breath]], [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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<div>== Vulnerability to Fire ==<br />
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Maybe something along the lines of "''Vulnerability to Fire''" could be added? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 23:26, 6 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Thanks for looking over the article! Adding fire vulnerability is a cute idea. I would add it, but I suspect it runs counter to 4th ed. D&D design philosophy for player races. None of the official PC races have vulnerabilities. I believe in 4th ed. they've decided to define races strictly in terms of bonuses and advantages. Of course, there's no particular reason a homebrew race need adhere to this restriction, but I'm trying to be as faithful as possible to the style of the official 4e races. I'm just going to assume that Dryads are very wet, green trees, and unlikely to catch fire. --[[User:Lysos|Lysos]] 16:33, 9 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::I just see trees as more susceptible to fire then others. Just imagine a wizard firing a fireball at a higher level Dryad and a Human. Although both are going to get injured the human, being flesh, is not going to light up in flames, and the Dryad being a tree is going to. Although this seems almost impossible to factor into 4e D&D because of, as you said above, the issue with races being defined only by bonuses and advantages, I feel it would add a more realistic aspect to this race. Maybe something, I just don't know. Do you see what I mean? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 03:16, 10 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::You do have a point there. It's a conflict of mechanics with flavour. Hum hum. It's tempting to add "Vulnerable half level fire" --[[User:Lysos|Lysos]] 03:36, 10 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::I also find it kind of bothersome that 4e seems to neglect weaknesses and vulnerabilities. I wonder if there's a way that frailties can be implemented in a way that might accompany advantages. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 03:57, 10 January 2010 (UTC)</div>Akherontishttps://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Talk:Pooka_(4e_Race)&diff=450650Talk:Pooka (4e Race)2010-01-09T07:18:19Z<p>Akherontis: </p>
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<div>== Balance Issues ==<br />
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Do you think there are any balance issues relating to the availability of both Gnome Feats and Satyr Feats for Pooka characters? I thought this was thematically appropriate, given that Pookas and Satyrs are essentially both goat-people from Celtic and Greek mythology, respectively. I figured creating a set of custom feats for the Pooka would be wasteful when the Satyr feats cover the same areas (goring with horns, pipe music charms) quite neatly.<br />
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Also, do the Wild Shape and Wild Soul racial powers seem appropriate? I could think of no better way to illustrate the folkloric animal shapeshifting abilities of Pookas than to give them the Druidic Wild Shape power. If there are any alternative suggestions, they would be welcome. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 09:47, 5 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Although I have not looked too much into Pooka (Púca) folklore I think maybe having a static list of things which the Pooka can shapeshift into would thematically fit them a bit more. For example "''... may appear as a horse, rabbit, goat, goblin, or dog. No matter what shape the púca takes, its fur is almost always dark. It most commonly takes the form of a sleek black horse with a flowing mane and luminescent golden eyes.'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca]." Also on the other power: maybe adding a ritual or two which goes around the idea of doing something magical related to hurt someone's agriculture production so only they can use it could fit them into the folklore more and help them survive as a species better. Your thoughts? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 21:29, 6 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::A list of preferred transformations would be a good idea. I've studied Celtic folklore extensively so I have a rather comprehensive list of all the animal forms one would expect to see a Pooka, Bucca or Kelpie to appear in the guise of. I'll find somewhere to include that. <br />
::Referring to the rituals; Gnomes possess the Ghost Sound Wizard Cantrip as a Racial Power, but I decided to give Pookas the option of choosing Prestidigitation instead of Ghost Sound. Prestidigitation involves powers that ruin produce, which I think fits nicely enough into the Pooka folklore regarding their habit of spoiling crops and curdling milk. Other applications of Prestidigitation can also be related to various infamous tendencies of (folkloric) hobgoblins, such as creating phantom noises in the night and leading folks astray with will o' wisp lights. I don't know if there would be a need to include agricultural damage as a specific and defined magical ability, since there wouldn't be much use for it, really. I was also trying not to give them too many available powers so as not to make them seem overpowered. <br />
::As for surviving as a species, Pookas are likely to treat food the same way most Fey do; by consuming (breathing in) the nutritious non-material essence of a bounty (the 'Toradh' or 'Foyson' in Celtic). I would have included that on the page, except I'm not quite sure how Fey physiology works in 4th edition, and I'm too afraid I might contradict Wizards of the Coast if they ever release a Book dealing with the Fey. None of the books I've looked at (Manual of the Planes, Monster Manual, Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide) include any detailed information on Fey physiology thus far. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 01:03, 7 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::My question to the list of transformations you added was should they be absolute and binding or just an example (as you added them)?<br />
:::And if the rituals cover many or all or the folkloric things they do then that should cover that part of them.<br />
:::And I have never heard of Fey not having to eat in D&D. I mean Satyrs are Fey and they have to eat at the least. I don't know if you have that on this page however that comes off as strange.<br />
:::About the feat selection you mentioned above: I think having options of both does not necessarily overpower them however I feel with all the things added (natural attack, two powers, etc) they could off as a bit overpowered. Maybe if you just had one ability score adjustment it would help tone them down and make it so things like having both feats would not be overpowered. Dunno. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 00:59, 8 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::I would imagine Pookas were at least as versatile as Druids in their shapeshifting arts, considering that most Gaelic Druids learned their transformative powers through consulting with the Faerie Folk. The specific animals don't really figure much into gameplay at any rate, since Wild Shape doesn't alter statistics, unless a Pooka takes Druid levels in order to access powers like Skittering Sneak (Tiny size) or Black Harbinger (Flight). So really, Wild Soul is the more useful power. It's also worth noting that I removed the Gnome racial power Fade Away precisely because three racial powers are one too many.<br />
::::I'm not quite sure how the Fey work in D&D with regards to sustenance. Their method of stealing natural energy to replenish themselves comes mostly from Celtic and Gallic folklore, although it was included in an old third party supplement awhile back (The Complete Guide to Fey, I think). Regardless, I haven't included this aspect in the Race description. It's likely that in 4e, Pookas ought to eat just like Satyrs and Gnomes do.<br />
::::I think removing an ability score adjustment would be too much of a handicap, however maybe I should make their natural attacks weaker, since it would tone them down and also give them incentive to take the Gore feat for an improved horn/antler attack. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 03:49, 8 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::A few things which I noticed. One is the Fey World really entirely different from the Mortal World in 4e? Or is that just written wrong? How does one go between the two if so? If not those parts need to be fixed.<br />
:::::The part "''Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to ... ... pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.''" makes their relationship to other species very confusing. They can become domesticated however they always have a heart for tricks? Or do you mean a deceiving domestication? Also why are all the "specific" Pooka types (subterranean, water-related, etc) not specific types or more detailed with the subraces?<br />
:::::With the "famous" Pookas I would recommend you add them to the adventurers section (same idea &mdash; just a little "larger"). Also some of the adventures just don't seem... tricky enough. Maybe their adventure paths could be re-thought out or at least made a lot trickier. Your thoughts? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 05:25, 8 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::According to the Manual of the Planes and most 4e info, the Feywild is a plane in close proximity to the mortal world, and touching upon it in several places, where travel between the two can occur. This article isn't really the place to discuss intra-dimensional travel, however.<br />
::::::Pookas are just like humans. They vary widely in habit. As mentioned in the fluff at the top, beyond being mischievous and avid shapeshifters, no two Pookas are alike. Originally I was planning on writing Kelpies as a separate species, a counterpoint to Pookas. However, after consideration, I realized that apart from their habits and customs, Pookas and Kelpies are statistically identical creatures, as are Buccas. So I decided to conglomerate them into one species, and the puzzle pieces have actually fit together quite well upon reflection. Gruagachs are rabbit Pookas, so associating them with burrowing Buccas was an easy decision. Likewise, Glaistigs are well suited to Kelpie habits. The subraces represent the distinct physical breeds of Pookas, while designations like 'Kelpie' or 'Bucca' simply refer to their preferred habitats and modus operandi. I've gone through several variations on all these concepts, but the current ones are those which I felt best conveyed the flavor of the race.<br />
::::::The adventurers are written to easily accommodate a player character background, while mischief is more of an implied trait which a decent roleplayer should pick up on and utilize, depending on their tastes. Enough has been written already about Pooka pranks, so I'm sure they needn't be covered for each individual character. As for converting the Amadan and Robin Goodfellow into adventurers, I would strongly advise against it. Those two are not made to be playable (Shakespeare would protest!), but could feature as NPCs. I included them more to give a sense of history and celebrity to the Pooka race, as well as integrating them more into Feywild society. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 05:42, 8 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::I do not really know Celtic and Gaelic folklore however I do hope that you do not add too many great Celtic and Gaelic folkloric creatures into this one. As you said you know quite a bit about Celtic and Gaelic folklore however something like Klepies, although can become/are horses I do not know if they also hold the mischievous aspect of these which make them unique. Do you know?<br />
:::::::I now know that about the Fey world, thanks for clearing that up.<br />
:::::::And I see what you mean with the adventurers section. I do not know what the standard is for WotC; meaning are standard adventurers comparable to a characters background or are they just famous adventurers of the race? Do you know?<br />
:::::::I also see what you mean by this race laying out the species and then having specific words describing specific Pookas based of environment and mode of operation. My only issue with this is maybe you should make it more clear that if a player is, for example, a Gruagachs Pooka living in subterranean environments he would refer to himself to others who know a Gruagachs Bucca Pooka; or do you mean something else? Also I wish some of the wording in that area was cleared up. For example "''Domesticated Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'.''" comes off to me as very contradictory in itself since domesticated refers to being tamed by humans. Your thoughts? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 06:42, 9 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Oh, don't worry, I'm pretty much finished with this race, so there won't be any more additions to the admittedly rather crowded classifications of Pookas. Kelpies possess largely the same traits as Pookas in folklore, although they tend to be more destructive and have an association with water(they are goblins rather than hobgoblins, in the traditional sense). They also appear in more forms than just horses; examples abound in literature of the water-bird Boobrie, the humanoid Dark Man o' the Loch, the otter/dog hybrid Dobhar-chu. So yes, all in all, I feel comfortable with my decision to combine Pookas and Kelpies into one race.<br />
::::::::From what I've seen of other racial write-ups, the adventurer section seems to exist in order to give people an example of how to go about making an adventurer for that specific race. I included examples of what I thought would make good Pooka adventurer archetypes with a variety of class options.<br />
::::::::Ah, I forgot to answer your question about the 'Domesticated' issue. This does not mean that a Fey has been tamed by humans, but it's a term in folklore referring to faeries who live in human territories instead of the wilderness. An example would be the brownies and boggarts that inhabit households, or the Bean Sidhe/Banshees, who are always associated with a certain human family. But now that you mention it, I suppose that term would seem strange to people unfamiliar with faeries. I think I'll revise that statement. Thank you. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 07:02, 9 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Oh, also, a Pooka of the Gruagach subrace who lived underground would call himself a Bucca, although his race would be Pooka and he'd profess to any of the other names as well. Pookas tend to accumulate names. The best example would be Robin Goodfellow himself. He's also referred to as Puck (a derivative, like Pooka, of the Old English Puk; goat), and Will o' the Wisp, Jack o' the Lantern, and various others. His name Robin is often shortened to 'Hob', so he is the original Hob-goblin, as well. And the Christians associated him with the Devil, so Satan was also referred to as 'Old Hob' or 'Old Nick', which is where the horned and goat-flanked imagery of the Devil came from (In addition to confusion with the Greek satyr god Pan). --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 07:18, 9 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Possible Improvements ==<br />
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This race looks just fantastic! The only improvements I could think of right now, regarding amount of information present or ease of use, is you could make the adventurers into NPCs and include a link on the adventurers description area or add some links throughout (see other articles with links). --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:16, 6 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Thank you, sir. I will add some appropriate links forthwith. I'm not quite sure what you mean about the adventurers, but I'll look into it. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 01:03, 7 January 2010 (UTC)</div>Akherontishttps://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pooka_(4e_Race)&diff=450649Pooka (4e Race)2010-01-09T07:10:28Z<p>Akherontis: </p>
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<div>== Pookas ==<br />
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'''''Wild and chaotic animal tricksters, the premiere shapeshifters of the Feywild.'''''<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Kishlee the Pooka (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
{{4e Racial Traits<br />
|height=3'5" - 6'5"<br />
|weight=50 - 100 lbs.<br />
|abilities=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|size=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|speed=6<br />
|vision=Low-Light<br />
|languages=Common, Elven<br />
|skills=Differs according to subrace.<br />
|trait1=Fey Origin<br />
|description1=You are native to the Feywild, so you are considered a fey creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.<br />
|trait2=Glamourkin<br />
|description2=You are closely related to the gnome and satyr races. You get a +5 racial bonus to saving throws against illusions, and a +3 racial bonus to the Nature skill. You can take gnome and satyr racial feats at any level.<br />
|trait3=Merry Wanderer of the Night<br />
|description3=If you have any cover of concealment when you make an initiative check, you can make a Stealth check.<br />
|trait4=Shrewd and Knavish Sprite<br />
|description4= At character creation, you choose one of the following wizard cantrips; Ghost Sound, Light, Mage Hand or Prestidigitation. Once per encounter, you can use the chosen cantrip as a minor action.<br />
|trait5=Subrace<br />
|description5=At character creation, you must choose one of the following subraces.<br />
* Gwyllion - +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Arcana, +2 Athletics. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glaistig - +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma. Medium size. +2 Perception, +2 Stealth. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Glashtyn - +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Medium size. +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate. You get Sure Climber as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
* Gruagach - +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. Small size. +2 Acrobatics, +2 Diplomacy. You get Long Jumper as a bonus feat. Your head is crested with a set of horns or antlers. Your charge attacks deal +1d4 damage.<br />
|trait6=Wild Nature<br />
|description6=You have the natural ability to commune with the beasts of the wild, both primal and fey, and to take on the semblance of woodland creatures. You possess the Wild Soul and Wild Shape at-will powers.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace7.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Caelach the Kelpie (Owned by Akherontis)]]<br />
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|name=Wild Soul<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Primal<br />
|flavor=You commune with the critters and beasties of the wilderness.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Ranged 10<br />
|effect=You can use any of the following rituals as if they were at-will powers, with no component requirements and without a ritual book: Animal Friendship, Animal Messenger, Commune with Nature, or Speak with Nature.<br />
|special=These rituals work as described, except in the case of the latter two. Pookas may only communicate with nature through wildlife, not through plantlife.<br />
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{{4e Power<br />
|name=Wild Shape<br />
|owner=Race<br />
|class=Pooka<br />
|type=Utility<br />
|usage=At-Will<br />
|keyword1=Polymorph<br />
|keyword2=Primal<br />
|flavor=You assume an aspect of the Primal Beast or return to your humanoid form.<br />
|actiontype=Minor Action<br />
|range=Personal<br />
|effect=You can change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square.<br />
While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers.<br />
You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is your size, resembles a natural beast or a fey beast, and normally doesn't change your game statistics. Your equipment becomes part of your beast form, but you can drop anything you are holding, except implements you can use. You continue to gain the benefits of the equipment you wear. You can use the properties and powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.<br />
|special=You can use this power once per round. In addition, you retain the ability of speech while in your beast form, but your eyes always remain a telltale golden color.<br />
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{{quote|''We appear here and there, now and then, to this one and that one at our own caprice.''}}<br />
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Pookas are the fabled animal tricksters of the Feywild. They are closely related to gnomes and [[Satyr_(4e_Race)|satyrs]], although wilder, weirder, more solitary and less peace-loving in general. These spry and sprightly creatures are renowned for their shapeshifting abilities. They are also notorious for their delight in confusing and misleading everyone they meet. Beyond those common traits, however, each Pooka is as unpredictable as the Feywild itself. Some are merely miscreants or ruffians, harmless in their tricks and occasionally even helpful. Others are vicious or downright monstrous. Pookas are also known as Phoukas, Pwcas and Pucks. Water-dwelling Pookas are typically referred to as Kelpies, Nuggies or Aughiskies, while cave-dwelling Pookas are called Buccas or Knockers.<br />
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Play a Pooka if you want...<br />
* To be feral, animalistic, mischievous and sneaky.<br />
* To have a primal connection with animals, the wilderness, and the Feywild.<br />
* To have an unpredictable demeanor and a love for sewing chaos and confusion.<br />
* To be a member of a race that favors the Bard, Druid, Shaman and Warden classes.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gwyllion subrace]]<br />
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=== Physical Qualities ===<br />
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Pookas vary greatly in size and shape, unlike their gnomish cousins. Some are scrawny and short, others are tall and stout. Most of them have a lean build, with slightly ganglier limbs than the average humanoid, large and slanted eyes, floppy elfin ears and a mouth filled with predatory fangs (and tooth decay). Their facial structure is delicate and angular like those of other Fey creatures, but far more animalistic. Their exact features depend largely on their Subrace. Usually, their limbs terminate in monkey-like paws with grasping talons, but one or two will have hooves instead of feet. Pookas each sport tails, ranging from short and tufted to long and prehensile. Overall, their appearance tends to be scruffy and weathered.<br />
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Pookas are always horned or antlered in some manner, and these vestigial features differ considerably between each individual. They come in all shapes and sizes, spiralling like the horns of a goat, or curling like those of a ram. Some Pookas sport tiny, imp-like horns, whereas others have the massive antlers of a prehistoric elk. Their coloration also varies from bone white to glossy black. In any case, each Pooka regards their horns or antlers as a matter of pride and distinction. A Pooka's crown of beasts is a status symbol marking their dominion over the creatures of the wilderness. To lose one or both appendages is a mark of utter disgrace.<br />
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Pookas are covered from head to toe in hair, usually black, but sometimes exhibiting earthen tones like russet, ginger, tawny brown, or very rarely white. This coat of hair can be straight or curly, short or long, lank or shaggy; but usually it is a disheveled combination of lengths, matted down with dirt and gristle. A Pooka's eyes, on the other hand, are always the same - a sulphurous golden hue, with glassy, flat pupils like those of a goat or a horse. Curiously, they retain these distinctive amber eyes in all of their transformations, and cannot disguise them even through illusory means.<br />
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Pooka lifespans are akin to those of gnomes, although they usually do not endure past 300 years of age due to their feral lifestyles. Signs of old age are less visible under their hirsute features, but their hair does tend to develop a mangy look as they approach a venerable age. They also tend to get noticeably smellier as they get older, since a Pooka rarely bathes (if at all). There is very little sexual dimorphism among Pooka genders. Female Pookas do exhibit slightly more feminine curves, but they tend to be the same height as the average male. At any rate, Pookas more often than not mate with members of other species.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glaistig subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Subraces ===<br />
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Pookas are very individualistic by nature, but they can be divided into certain subracial groupings, reflecting their behavior and their resemblance to particular animals. The differences between each subrace of Pooka is largely superficial, although disparities in size and aptitude are relevant to a Pooka character.<br />
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'''Gwyllions:''' These surefooted but stubborn Pookas vaguely resemble goats or sheep in facial structure, and possess medium sized, curling goat horns. They tend to be short, but not quite small enough to compare with gnomes and halflings. Their tails are long and tufted at the end, and their eyes are often wide and slanted. As far as personality goes, Gwyllions have much in common with satyrs, being of a more hedonistic, pleasure-seeking bent. They are also known for their love of double-talk and wordplay. If they choose to go adventuring, they are most likely to become Druids, or possibly Seekers.<br />
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'''Glaistigs:''' These swift, slender Pookas have the traits of deer or antelope. Many of them feature large, branching antlers or forked horns. They are somewhat shorter and slimmer than Gwyllions. They typically have little tufted tails, large eyes and narrow muzzles. Glaistigs are very solitary and wary of strangers, and they will often seek to baffle or frighten those who disturb their privacy. They are more comfortable around other friendly Fey races, however, like the Gnomes and Satyrs. Those with an adventure in mind are naturally predisposed towards the ways of a Shaman or a Sorcerer.<br />
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'''Glashtyns:''' These large and gallivanting Pookas bear the equine features of horses or ponies. Their horns tend to be the shortest of the subraces, but they themselves tend to be the tallest. They range from Human to Elvish in height, and usually have thick manes of hair and long tails. Glashtyns have a reputation for being the nastiest breed of Pooka, with a penchant for terrifying those they encounter. They also show a fondness for living in wet places like lakes, creeks, fenlands and marshes. They are most likely to be Wardens, or occasionally Rangers.<br />
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'''Gruagachs:''' These curious yet cautious Pookas are reminiscent of rabbits and hares. Their antlers are somewhat small and they have long, drooping ears. Gruagachs are usually of small stature. Their hair is fuzzier and more fur-like, and they bear distinctive cotton-tails. All these qualities make Gruagachs the most conventionally 'cute' breed of Pooka, and certainly the most mischievous and playful. It is common for a Gruagach to display kleptomaniac tendencies, particularly for trinkets and knick-knacks. They typically show a propensity for the Bardic arts, or some become Rogues.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Glashtyn subrace]]<br />
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=== Playing a Pooka ===<br />
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Deep in the wildest and weirdest woodlands of the Feywild, the Pookas dwell amongst the trees. Tricksters, scoundrels and wanderers, they roam from forest to forest, frolicking with animals and trafficking with Fey. They are closely related to Gnomes and Satyrs, in whose lands they are welcome (or at least tolerated), but the Eladrin consider them a nuisance or worse. Pookas are clever and secretive like Gnomes, but much less discrete and much more afflicted by wanderlust, leading to an almost invariably nomadic lifestyle. They possess the same selfish motivations as the average Satyr, and they are fiercely protective of the wilderness and its critters. They also have a keen fondness for rhymes, riddles, ballads and tales (especially tall tales).<br />
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Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to their strong personalities and diverse habits, they tend to rub each other the wrong way. For this reason, Pookas aren't as numerous as Gnomes or Satyrs in the Feywild, and they are rarer still in the mortal world. They despise societies which do not coexist with nature, so they are more likely to be encountered in forests, moors and other uninhabited regions of the world. Many of them favour harsh climates, particularly mountain crags and highlands. Still, they may take a liking to farmsteads and other rustic settlements. Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'. A Pooka might develop a fondness for a kindly human farmer, but they are likely to enrich that man by stealing from his neighbours, unintentionally causing trouble for the poor soul. Law is an alien concept to a Pooka, unless it is a Law of Nature.<br />
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Some Pookas - particularly Gruagachs - choose to live in subterranean locales. A rare few even brave the Feydark itself. These Pookas are referred to as Buccas. In the mortal world, they are also called Knockers, so-named for their habit of knocking on cave walls. Some of them do this to lead mortal miners towards deposits of precious ore, but others knock to warn them about potential cave-ins. The trouble is, most miners aren't quite sure which is the case, and perhaps the Buccas like it that way. Well-meaning Buccas are called Bucca Gwidden or Bucca Widn, and usually have white hair. Conversely, malicious Buccas are called Bucca Dhu or Bucca Boos, with a hide as black as their hearts.<br />
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There are also Pookas who prefer wet, watery climates. These are known as Kelpies, or Water Horses (since quite a few Glashtyns are counted among their number). They can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, fens, marshes, peats or any area where murky water is abundant. Friendly Water Horses are called Nuggies and take the form of shaggy gray ponies, but these are quite rare. Far more common are Aughiskies; the wicked, man-eating variety. These murderous Pookas usually appear as magnificent black stallions. They lure their unlucky victims onto their backs, before dragging them down to a watery grave and devouring their flesh. A few merely bypass the trickery and pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.<br />
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Most Pookas have little reason to go adventuring, and yet many become adventurers all the same. This is precisely because Pookas don't like to have good reason for doing anything. They go wherever their paws take them, and follow only their own sense of rampant curiosity. Every Pooka values trickery as the best of all heroic qualities. When others might take the direct route to achieving their goals, Pookas are always looking for the sneakiest or craftiest route. Or at least, the route likeliest to cause the most trouble. Their ways are the ways of the cunning fool. Despite these sneaky tendencies, few Pookas are truly cowardly. They simply enjoy boggling, baffling and befuddling those who are unfortunate enough to cross their paths.<br />
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'''Pooka Characteristics:''' Capricious, cunning, curious, deceitful, deviant, evasive, feral, fickle, flippant, gregarious, impish, lecherous, loutish, melodramatic, mischievous, musical, passionate, protective, raucous, savage, swift, teasing, territorial, unpredictable, wily.<br />
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'''Common Animal Forms:''' Horses, ponies, goats, sheep, deer, antelope, elk, rabbits, hares, boars, bears, bulls, dogs, wolves, foxes, cats, mice, hedgehogs, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, badgers, beavers, otters, eagles, owls, ravens, magpies, nightingales, cuckoos, woodpeckers, kestrels, wrens, sparrows, swallows, robins.<br />
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'''Male Names:''' Aengus, Aeronn, Baldric, Bruinn, Casnar, Cellach, Culhwch, Devon, Dougal, Eric, Finn, Godric, Gwydion, Harvey, Hob, Iain, Jack, Knick, Lionel, Lucan, Mooch, Obrey, Osric, Peddler, Rhys, Robin, Ronan, Seamas, Seanan, Senach, Taran, Will.<br />
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'''Female Names:''' <br />
Aerona, Aggie, Aileen, Bree, Brianna, Bryna, Cerridwen, Cliona, Dierdre, Drysi, Eirwen, Eliwlod, Fiona, Flidais, Glenys, Gwendolyn, Iorwen, Jackie, Keana, Luned, Lyonesse, Maggie, Nessa, Olwen, Oonagh, Rhianwynn, Scena, Seanach, Wynne.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Pooka of the Gruagach subrace]]<br />
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=== Pooka Adventurers ===<br />
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Balin Buckfellow is a Pooka Warden hailing from hearty Gwyllion stock. Cheerful and filled to the brim with mischief, Buckfellow was quite at home in the forests of the Feywild, living with a herd of rare Fey beasts and shepherding them away from harm. Foolishly, Buckfellow decided to play a good-humored trick on a powerful wizard from the mortal world. The wizard took offense at the Pooka's antics, and in revenge he captured the herd of Fey beasts under Buckfellow's protection, taking them with him to the mortal world in order to exploit them for his magical studies and experiments. The Pooka followed the wizard out of the Feywild and joined a band of adventurers in order to better understand the mortal world. Seeking to atone for his failure, Buckfellow has devoted himself to tracking down the wizard and recovering his charges.<br />
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Gentle Annie is a Pooka Shaman belonging to the Glaistig subrace, in tune with the spirits of the wild. Living among a village of gnomes, she quickly earned their respect through her services as a healer and an enchantress. Unfortunately, the village was attacked by a raiding party of spriggans not long after Gentle Annie had settled in. Several gnomes were captured and dragged into the foul depths of the Feydark to be enslaved by fomorian tyrants. Horrified, Gentle Annie resolved to lead a rescue expedition. She put out the call for any able-bodied aventurers who were brave enough to venture into the Feydark and save the unlucky slaves before they were lost forever to the darkness below.<br />
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Derrick of the Black Mane is a Pooka Druid of the ill-tempered Glashtyn breed. The large, beastly Pooka has a black heart and a foul manner. He takes great joy in confounding or terrorizing others. Like most Pookas, he is an inveterate prankster, but his sense of humor is unerringly grim. He has a love of riddles and games, particularly those with brutal consequences for the witless or incompetent. Conversely, he does not handle it well when the joke is on him. Derrick has joined a party of adventurers, but his interests do not coincide with those of his companions. He seeks only to belittle, mock and outwit them along the way. His true goal is to abandon his so-called 'friends' at their hour of greatest need, in what he sees as the ultimate prank.<br />
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Griflet is a Pooka Bard of the gregarious Gruagach persuasion. The fuzzy, footloose little Pooka has been charming and enchanting folk with his music for longer than he can remember. His talent for music is surpassed only by his talent for getting into and out of trouble, a quality that has earned him many friends and many enemies. The Feywild has been Griflet's backyard for so long that even its wondrous sights are beginning to lose their novelty in the Pooka's eyes. Driven by a desire to see the marvels of the mortal world, the funloving Pooka has lent his aid to a motley group of adventurers. Only time will tell whether or not Griflet's camaraderie is worth the trouble he will undoubedly get them into.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace8.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|The Amadan]]<br />
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=== Famous Pookas ===<br />
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The Amadan, with equal measures of mirth and cruelty, serves the Summer Queen Tiandra as Royal Jester, though he himself is no fool. Mercurial, conniving and cavalier, this wiry little Gruagach schemed his way into the High Court of Senaliesse, and has earned his place there. While he is a sinister figure of considerable power, the Amadan still prefers to do things the Pooka way - that is to say - the most devious way imaginable. His diminutive and pleasant appearance belies a wicked mind as keen as a knife, and twice as deadly. Garbed in a raiment of frivolous colors and tinkering bells, the Amadan jests without restraint, knowing that he alone is untouchable among the gentry of the Summer Fey. His weapons are scathing satire and biting parody, his shield is diplomatic immunity, and they each serve him well. Other courtiers have risen and fallen with Her Majesty's whims, but the Amadan understands the Queen's saccharine tastes. Half-tamed though he is, he remains her favoured pet, and one of her most trusted advisors. For indeed, the Amadan, as Jester, can speak the plain truth to Tiandra without fear of castigation, and every Queen has need of such counsel.<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace9.jpg|thumb||upright=.8|Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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Robin Goodfellow. Hob of the Hearth. Puck of the Twilight Gloam. What can anybody say about him? Wilder than any other, shrewd and knavish as they come, faithful only to the Green Lord Oran and the Feywild itself. He attends no court or troop, no market or revel. And yet all the Fey know his name, for it is synonymous with Pooka, Puck and prankster proud. He is every bit the trickster devil his goatish horns, twinkling eyes and lopsided grin suggest. Few can tell where he will turn up next, or what new mischief he will wreak. Even the very stars themselves are not suspended too high for him to reach, should the fancy strike him. Robin Goodfellow, perhaps more than any other, embodies what it is to be Fey-wild. In all his doings, he is a creature of two faces. Whether wise or foolish, helpful or hazardous, charming or terrifying; he is ultimately true to himself alone...whatever that may be.<br />
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=== Pooka Racial Feats ===<br />
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The following feats are exclusive to the Pooka race. Note that Gnome and Satyr racial feats are also available to Pooka characters, as long as they meet the necessary requirements.<br />
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*'''Heroic Tier:''' [[Brag Bellow (4e Feat)|Brag Bellow]], [[Bucca Knock (4e Feat)|Bucca Knock]], [[Kelpie Skin (4e Feat)|Kelpie Skin]], [[Urchin Spines (4e Feat)|Urchin Spines]]<br />
*'''Paragon Tier:''' [[Foolish Fire (4e Feat)|Foolish Fire]], [[Nightmare Ride (4e Feat)|Nightmare Ride]]<br />
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[[Image:PookaRace6.jpg|thumb|upright=4.2|center|"He oft would beg and crave an almes, But take nought that they'd give: In severall shapes he'd gull the world; Thus madly did he live. Sometimes a cripple he would seeme, Sometimes a souldier brave: Sometimes a fox, sometimes a hare; Brave pastimes would he have. Sometimes an owle he'd seeme to be, Sometimes a skipping frog; Sometimes a kirne, in Irish shape, To leape ore mire or bog: Sometimes he'd counterfeit a voyce, And travellers call astray, Sometimes a walking fire he'd be, And lead them from their way." - The Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow]]<br />
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[[Category:Fey Type]]</div>Akherontishttps://www.dandwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Talk:Pooka_(4e_Race)&diff=450648Talk:Pooka (4e Race)2010-01-09T07:02:36Z<p>Akherontis: </p>
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<div>== Balance Issues ==<br />
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Do you think there are any balance issues relating to the availability of both Gnome Feats and Satyr Feats for Pooka characters? I thought this was thematically appropriate, given that Pookas and Satyrs are essentially both goat-people from Celtic and Greek mythology, respectively. I figured creating a set of custom feats for the Pooka would be wasteful when the Satyr feats cover the same areas (goring with horns, pipe music charms) quite neatly.<br />
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Also, do the Wild Shape and Wild Soul racial powers seem appropriate? I could think of no better way to illustrate the folkloric animal shapeshifting abilities of Pookas than to give them the Druidic Wild Shape power. If there are any alternative suggestions, they would be welcome. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 09:47, 5 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Although I have not looked too much into Pooka (Púca) folklore I think maybe having a static list of things which the Pooka can shapeshift into would thematically fit them a bit more. For example "''... may appear as a horse, rabbit, goat, goblin, or dog. No matter what shape the púca takes, its fur is almost always dark. It most commonly takes the form of a sleek black horse with a flowing mane and luminescent golden eyes.'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca]." Also on the other power: maybe adding a ritual or two which goes around the idea of doing something magical related to hurt someone's agriculture production so only they can use it could fit them into the folklore more and help them survive as a species better. Your thoughts? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 21:29, 6 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::A list of preferred transformations would be a good idea. I've studied Celtic folklore extensively so I have a rather comprehensive list of all the animal forms one would expect to see a Pooka, Bucca or Kelpie to appear in the guise of. I'll find somewhere to include that. <br />
::Referring to the rituals; Gnomes possess the Ghost Sound Wizard Cantrip as a Racial Power, but I decided to give Pookas the option of choosing Prestidigitation instead of Ghost Sound. Prestidigitation involves powers that ruin produce, which I think fits nicely enough into the Pooka folklore regarding their habit of spoiling crops and curdling milk. Other applications of Prestidigitation can also be related to various infamous tendencies of (folkloric) hobgoblins, such as creating phantom noises in the night and leading folks astray with will o' wisp lights. I don't know if there would be a need to include agricultural damage as a specific and defined magical ability, since there wouldn't be much use for it, really. I was also trying not to give them too many available powers so as not to make them seem overpowered. <br />
::As for surviving as a species, Pookas are likely to treat food the same way most Fey do; by consuming (breathing in) the nutritious non-material essence of a bounty (the 'Toradh' or 'Foyson' in Celtic). I would have included that on the page, except I'm not quite sure how Fey physiology works in 4th edition, and I'm too afraid I might contradict Wizards of the Coast if they ever release a Book dealing with the Fey. None of the books I've looked at (Manual of the Planes, Monster Manual, Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide) include any detailed information on Fey physiology thus far. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 01:03, 7 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::My question to the list of transformations you added was should they be absolute and binding or just an example (as you added them)?<br />
:::And if the rituals cover many or all or the folkloric things they do then that should cover that part of them.<br />
:::And I have never heard of Fey not having to eat in D&D. I mean Satyrs are Fey and they have to eat at the least. I don't know if you have that on this page however that comes off as strange.<br />
:::About the feat selection you mentioned above: I think having options of both does not necessarily overpower them however I feel with all the things added (natural attack, two powers, etc) they could off as a bit overpowered. Maybe if you just had one ability score adjustment it would help tone them down and make it so things like having both feats would not be overpowered. Dunno. --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 00:59, 8 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::I would imagine Pookas were at least as versatile as Druids in their shapeshifting arts, considering that most Gaelic Druids learned their transformative powers through consulting with the Faerie Folk. The specific animals don't really figure much into gameplay at any rate, since Wild Shape doesn't alter statistics, unless a Pooka takes Druid levels in order to access powers like Skittering Sneak (Tiny size) or Black Harbinger (Flight). So really, Wild Soul is the more useful power. It's also worth noting that I removed the Gnome racial power Fade Away precisely because three racial powers are one too many.<br />
::::I'm not quite sure how the Fey work in D&D with regards to sustenance. Their method of stealing natural energy to replenish themselves comes mostly from Celtic and Gallic folklore, although it was included in an old third party supplement awhile back (The Complete Guide to Fey, I think). Regardless, I haven't included this aspect in the Race description. It's likely that in 4e, Pookas ought to eat just like Satyrs and Gnomes do.<br />
::::I think removing an ability score adjustment would be too much of a handicap, however maybe I should make their natural attacks weaker, since it would tone them down and also give them incentive to take the Gore feat for an improved horn/antler attack. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 03:49, 8 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::A few things which I noticed. One is the Fey World really entirely different from the Mortal World in 4e? Or is that just written wrong? How does one go between the two if so? If not those parts need to be fixed.<br />
:::::The part "''Pookas don't often live in familial or communal groups. Due to ... ... pounce on travellers venturing near their sunken territories.''" makes their relationship to other species very confusing. They can become domesticated however they always have a heart for tricks? Or do you mean a deceiving domestication? Also why are all the "specific" Pooka types (subterranean, water-related, etc) not specific types or more detailed with the subraces?<br />
:::::With the "famous" Pookas I would recommend you add them to the adventurers section (same idea &mdash; just a little "larger"). Also some of the adventures just don't seem... tricky enough. Maybe their adventure paths could be re-thought out or at least made a lot trickier. Your thoughts? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 05:25, 8 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::According to the Manual of the Planes and most 4e info, the Feywild is a plane in close proximity to the mortal world, and touching upon it in several places, where travel between the two can occur. This article isn't really the place to discuss intra-dimensional travel, however.<br />
::::::Pookas are just like humans. They vary widely in habit. As mentioned in the fluff at the top, beyond being mischievous and avid shapeshifters, no two Pookas are alike. Originally I was planning on writing Kelpies as a separate species, a counterpoint to Pookas. However, after consideration, I realized that apart from their habits and customs, Pookas and Kelpies are statistically identical creatures, as are Buccas. So I decided to conglomerate them into one species, and the puzzle pieces have actually fit together quite well upon reflection. Gruagachs are rabbit Pookas, so associating them with burrowing Buccas was an easy decision. Likewise, Glaistigs are well suited to Kelpie habits. The subraces represent the distinct physical breeds of Pookas, while designations like 'Kelpie' or 'Bucca' simply refer to their preferred habitats and modus operandi. I've gone through several variations on all these concepts, but the current ones are those which I felt best conveyed the flavor of the race.<br />
::::::The adventurers are written to easily accommodate a player character background, while mischief is more of an implied trait which a decent roleplayer should pick up on and utilize, depending on their tastes. Enough has been written already about Pooka pranks, so I'm sure they needn't be covered for each individual character. As for converting the Amadan and Robin Goodfellow into adventurers, I would strongly advise against it. Those two are not made to be playable (Shakespeare would protest!), but could feature as NPCs. I included them more to give a sense of history and celebrity to the Pooka race, as well as integrating them more into Feywild society. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 05:42, 8 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::::I do not really know Celtic and Gaelic folklore however I do hope that you do not add too many great Celtic and Gaelic folkloric creatures into this one. As you said you know quite a bit about Celtic and Gaelic folklore however something like Klepies, although can become/are horses I do not know if they also hold the mischievous aspect of these which make them unique. Do you know?<br />
:::::::I now know that about the Fey world, thanks for clearing that up.<br />
:::::::And I see what you mean with the adventurers section. I do not know what the standard is for WotC; meaning are standard adventurers comparable to a characters background or are they just famous adventurers of the race? Do you know?<br />
:::::::I also see what you mean by this race laying out the species and then having specific words describing specific Pookas based of environment and mode of operation. My only issue with this is maybe you should make it more clear that if a player is, for example, a Gruagachs Pooka living in subterranean environments he would refer to himself to others who know a Gruagachs Bucca Pooka; or do you mean something else? Also I wish some of the wording in that area was cleared up. For example "''Domesticated Pookas who help around the household or work in the fields aren't unheard of, although it would be a mistake to label them 'tamed'.''" comes off to me as very contradictory in itself since domesticated refers to being tamed by humans. Your thoughts? --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 06:42, 9 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Oh, don't worry, I'm pretty much finished with this race, so there won't be any more additions to the admittedly rather crowded classifications of Pookas. Kelpies possess largely the same traits as Pookas in folklore, although they tend to be more destructive and have an association with water(they are goblins rather than hobgoblins, in the traditional sense). They also appear in more forms than just horses; examples abound in literature of the water-bird Boobrie, the humanoid Dark Man o' the Loch, the otter/dog hybrid Dobhar-chu. So yes, all in all, I feel comfortable with my decision to combine Pookas and Kelpies into one race.<br />
::::::::From what I've seen of other racial write-ups, the adventurer section seems to exist in order to give people an example of how to go about making an adventurer for that specific race. I included examples of what I thought would make good Pooka adventurer archetypes with a variety of class options.<br />
::::::::Ah, I forgot to answer your question about the 'Domesticated' issue. This does not mean that a Fey has been tamed by humans, but it's a term in folklore referring to faeries who live in human territories instead of the wilderness. An example would be the brownies and boggarts that inhabit households, or the Bean Sidhe/Banshees, who are always associated with a certain human family. But now that you mention it, I suppose that term would seem strange to people unfamiliar with faeries. I think I'll revise that statement. Thank you. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 07:02, 9 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Foolish Fire and Nightmare Ride Mechanics ==<br />
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I'm having some difficulty coming up with the mechanics for the two Pooka Paragon feats, Foolish Fire and Nightmare Ride. My intention is for both of them to grant a Daily Racial Power. <br />
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Foolish Fire is supposed to trap victims in the confusing illusion of a bleak, featureless extension of the area they were travelling through, with a single light flickering in the distance. The light will always seem fixed on the horizon whether the victims follow it or retreat from it, and wandering aimlessly will get them nowhere, until the illusion wears off or is dispelled/disbelieved.<br />
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Nightmare Ride, on the other hand, requires the Pooka to make a successful grab before the illusion takes hold. The victim is spirited away in a terrifying gallop across a nightmarish landscape on the Pooka's back. The victim cannot dismount and is terrified until the illusion is dispelled/disbelieved or otherwise ended.<br />
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I would really appreciate some technical help or advice on how to accomplish these, if you please. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 03:53, 6 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Possible Improvements ==<br />
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This race looks just fantastic! The only improvements I could think of right now, regarding amount of information present or ease of use, is you could make the adventurers into NPCs and include a link on the adventurers description area or add some links throughout (see other articles with links). --[[User:Green Dragon|Green Dragon]] 20:16, 6 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Thank you, sir. I will add some appropriate links forthwith. I'm not quite sure what you mean about the adventurers, but I'll look into it. --[[User:Akherontis|Akherontis]] 01:03, 7 January 2010 (UTC)</div>Akherontis