A race for patron players. This class is designed for OD&D 3LBB.

Stinking disease sponges, rat-men are extremely intelligent sewer-dwellers who call the Breathless Gutter their home. They are man-sized and assume the form of a rat human hybrid although they are able to take on the shape of a normal man. They are excellent swimmers and swim as fast as they are able to run while in their rat form. Rat-men are allied with all rats and may communicate with them. It is rumored that being bitten by one of these creatures will turn its victim into one of the same type.

patron race, rat-man

Hairy man-rat hybrids who live in dark sewers and are exceptional at swimming. Rat-men are limited to 4th level of advancement, but possess innate powers which allow them advantages over standard adventuring races. They are naturally resistant to harm due to their furry hides giving them a 7AC while in their rat form. They are incapable of using plate, chain mail, or shields. They may use any weapon. Rat men may only play as the thief class.

special powers

Human form: the rat-man may take on a human form whenever he chooses although doing so requires 1d4 rounds.

Silent: the rat-man is able to move super-naturally silent and rolls Move Silently checks as 3 levels higher.

Rat lord: the rat-man is able to command and control 1d10x10 rats within vocal range, telling them to move, attack, etc.

Diseased: target who has taken more than 50% of their total HP by damage from bites of a rat-man are afflicted with its disease.

Night Vision: see up to 30' in complete natural darkness or 60' in moonlight.

"Miles of uncharted tunnels snake through the bowels of Tzo'ar. The smell of typhoid and dysentery burn the nostrils. Tiny cries in the darkness signal to each other, beady vermin eyes reflecting in torchlight. The people of the slums say that the rats always tell what they hear to the rat spirits who take the form of men and lure unsuspecting victims into traps that feed their plague-bearing children." -- Excerpts from 'Secrets of the Sunken City', in the Scripta Rota.

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