Crystal Pony

Crystal Pony
Crystal Ponies hail from the recently-returned Crystal Empire in the North. Despite a thousand years frozen in stasis they have collectively hit the ground at a gallop, rapidly reasserting themselves as a major influence on the world.

Personality
Crystal Ponies' personalities and mannerisms are usually deemed charmingly archaic by others, and they have an irrepressible curiosity about the outside world that often manifests as confident, outgoing personalities.

Physical Description
In their normal 'form', crystal ponies look like translucent Earth Ponies, sporting faceted coats shimmering with myriad sparkling lights. If they spend extended periods away from the Crystal heart however, they can sometimes revert to a more modest appearance - their coats becoming more matte, their faceted irises being the only obvious indication of their race.

Alignment
Though by their own standards they are staunchly Good-aligned, said standards are more than a thousand years out of date. They are still mostly Good-aligned, but take the race as a whole and there is a noticeable trend towards Neutrality.

Names
Crystal Pony names often evoke crystalline or geological themes. Their names demonstrate the same prophetic tendencies as other ponies, often ending up related to their special talent or profession.

Male Names: Bright Smile, Crystal Varado, Periwinkle Pace

Female Names: Glamour Gleam, Jade, Mercury

Adventurers
Becoming an adventurer is a natural step for Crystal Ponies, spurred on by ambition and eager to find out what has changed in the world during their thousand-year absence - or teach others about what the world was like a millennia ago.

Crystal Pony Racial Traits
+2 Constitution, +2 Charisma and -2 Dexterity: Crystal ponies are as graceful and resilient as the gemstones they embody, but can also be as rigid.

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

Ungulate: Crystal Ponies are of the Ungulate creature type with the crystal subtype.

Normal speed: Crystal Pony base land speed is 30 feet.

Crystal Hide: A crystal pony's hide resists sharp weapons and gains DR 5/bludgeoning.

Crystalline Physiology: Crystal Ponies gain a +2 bonus to saving throws to resist poison and disease.

Reflective Sheen: A crystal pony's shimmering coat grants them a +2 racial bonus to AC against rays. Once per day, they can deflect a single ray attack targeted at them as if they were using the Deflect Arrows feat.

Timeless Class: Crystal Ponies gain a +2 bonus to Diplomacy and Appraise skill checks.

Lost from Time: The millenium spent under King Sombra's Astral Stasis curse coupled with their seclusion has left the Crystal Empire behind the times. Crystal Ponies suffer a -1 racial penalty to all Knowledge skill checks. This penalty becomes a +2 bonus when dealing with ancient history.

Weapon Familiarity: Crystal Ponies are proficient with lances and treat any exotic weapon forged with crystal as a martial weapon.

Low-light Vision: Crystal ponies can see twice as far as Earth ponies in conditions of dim light.

Crystal Lens: Crystalline lenses grant a crystal pony unparalleled clarity of vision, granting them a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks.

Languages: Crystal Ponies begin play speaking Common and High Common. Crystal Ponies with high intelligence scores can choose from the following: Celestial, Draconic, Infernal, Tauric, Terran and Sylvan

Alternate Racial Traits
Astral-touched: Banishment to the Astral Plane for so long left some Crystal ponies changed to their core. These ponies find their spirit now intertwined with their body and are treated as native outsiders instead of ungulates. They also gain darkvision 60 feet. This trait replaces Low-light Vision, Reflective sheen and High class racial traits.

Arctic Explorer: Some Crystal ponies frequently roamed beyond the warmth of the Crystal Kingdom. They gain Cold Resistance 5 and are inured to cold climates. This trait replaces Reflective Sheen.