Overview
The crow-like tengus are known as a race of scavengers and irrepressible thieves. Tengus are natural survivalists. For many, only theft and guile have afforded them the temporary luxuries other races take for granted. Tengus live in close-knit communities in which they keep to themselves. In urban centers, they tend to group in communal slums, while those living in rural areas establish isolated settlements. Overall, they remain secretive about their culture, which is a combination of old traditions laced with newer bits of culture scavenged from the races common in the neighboring regions. Cultural scavenging also extends to language, and regional dialects of Tengu are peppered with terms and colloquialisms from other languages. Unsurprisingly, tengus have a knack for language and pick up new ones quickly.
Loa’s Name - Cyrille, location unknown. (Fighter)
Stats and Meta Info
Ability Score Racial Traits: Tengus are fast and observant, but relatively fragile and delicate. They gain +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom, –2 Constitution.
Type: Tengus are humanoids with the tengu subtype.
Size: Tengus are Medium creatures and receive no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
Speed: Tengus have a base speed of 30 feet.
Languages: Tengus begin play speaking Common and Tengu. Tengus with high Intelligence scores can choose any languages they want (except for secret languages, such as Druidic). See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.
Sneaky: Tengus gain a +2 racial bonus on Perception and Stealth checks.
Gifted Linguist: Tengus gain a +4 racial bonus on Linguistics checks, and learn 2 languages each time they gain a rank in Linguistics rather than 1 language.
Swordtrained: Tengus are trained from birth in swordplay, and as a result are automatically proficient with sword-like weapons (including bastard swords, daggers, elven curve blades, falchions, greatswords, kukris, longswords, punching daggers, rapiers, scimitars, short swords, and two-bladed swords).
Natural Weapons: A tengu has a bite attack that deals 1d3 points of damage.
Senses: Tengus have low-light vision allowing them to see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.
