Gryphon

Gryphon
Gryphons are a winged race mainly from the lofty stone eyries of the mountainous, boreal Gryphon Kingdoms. They have the body of a lion and the front claws, head and wings of eagles. Their wings are fully functional, making them the most populous flying race, and this flight is core to their culture and identity.

Personality
Gryphons are a proud race, holding concepts like courage and integrity in high regard. They value familial bonds, and despite an initial distrust of foreigners they can come to consider worthy companions as a family in their own right. They are forthright in expressing themselves and spend little effort hiding their emotions, sometimes making them seem brash to outsiders.

Physical Description
Gryphons posses the body of a lion and the front claws, head and wings of an eagle. Their coats are earthen, sometimes dark colours with usually matching feathers, though white feathers are not uncommon. Eye colours are as varied as ponies', though they have a tendency towards lighter hues.

Alignment
Gryphons, despite a strong pragmatic streak, lean towards Lawful Good as a whole. Codes of honour and laws of the land formed the foundation of their nation, and an impulse to work towards the greater good drives them onwards.

Names
Gryphons most commonly have a single name given by their parents, though they can adopt or be bestowed with further names as evidence of previous deeds, worn as marks of pride.

Male Names: Gregor, Johannes, Guto

Female Names: Giselle, Natalya Hammerbeak, Greta

Gryphon Racial Traits
+2 Strength, +2 Intelligence and -2 Wisdom: Gryphons are a hardworking race with a militant culture, quick to grasp and understand new ideas but prone to rash or hasty decisions.

Medium: As Medium creatures, Gryphons have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.

Ungulate: Gryphons are of the Ungulate creature type with the Hybrid subtype.

Normal speed: Gryphon base land speed is 30 feet.

Mountainhomes: Gryphons are automatically acclimated at high altitudes. In addition, they may comfortably exist at temperatures as low as -50 degrees per the Endure Elements spell - but gain no protection against hot climates.

Flight: Gryphons have wings that grant them a fly speed of 30 feet with average manoeuvrability. As a winged creature, gryphons treat Fly as a class skill.

Cloud Walking: Gryphons may treat natural (but not magic) clouds as a solid surface at will.

Weapon Familiarity: Gryphons are automatically proficient with Halberds, Longbows (Including Composite Longbows) and Shortbows (Including Composite Shortbows).

Proletarian: Gryphons choose two favoured classes at first level and gain +1 hit point or +1 skill point whenever they take a level in either one of those classes.

Languages: Gryphons begin play speaking Common and Gryphic. Gryphons with high intelligence scores can choose from the following: Celestial, Capran, Tauric, High Common, Auran,.

Alternate Racial Traits
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