Tarn Idoun

+2 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma, -2 Wisdom: The floating limbs of the tarn idoun give them great flexibility. These energies may be suppressed as described below. Although tarn idoun are naturally intelligent, their alien outlook and mysterious quirks make interaction with them difficult and tends to lead them into trouble.
Medium-size: As Medium-size creatures, tarn idoun have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
Speed (Su): Tarn idoun base speed is 30 feet. Although the limited crystal form of a tarn idoun would normally inhibit its movement, the arcane energies within it allow it to move as other creatures its size. These energies may be suppressed as described below.
Outsider Traits: Tarn idoun are descended from nonelemental creatures of extraplanar origin. They have darkvision with a range of 60 feet. A slain tarn idoun cannot be raised or resurrected, although a wish or miracle spell can restore it to life.
Extended Reach (Su): Tarn idoun have a reach of 10 feet. By employing the arcane energies within their crystalline shells, tarn idoun can extend their limbs to allow them to reach further than other creatures their size. These energies may be suppressed as described below.
Damage Reduction: Atarn idoun has damage reduction 2/-. A tarn idoun’s skin is resistant to injuries.
Dragon Pact: Tarn idoun receive a +4 racial bonus to Diplomacy checks involving dragons and half-dragons. This is a result of a pact that prominent tarn idoun made with the dragons just before the Dragon War.
Ioun Stone Creation (Su): A tarn idoun can create charged ioun stones (see DMG, Chapter 8, Wondrous Items) from burned out dull gray ioun stones, which it can grow on its back. All tarn idoun starting characters begin with one dull gray ioun stone. If the tarn idoun wishes to create additional dull gray ioun stones, it may do so at the rate of one per month, snapping off the stones when they are finished forming. This does not cost the tarn idoun anything. Once the tarn idoun has a dull gray ioun stone in hand, it can charge the stone, turning it into any other type of ioun stone through the following process: First, the tarn idoun decides what sort of ioun stone it wants to create and then it begins to charge the stone. To charge a dull gray ioun stone, the tarn idoun simply sets it in orbit around its head for a number of days equal to the stone’s market value divided by 1,000 gp. The tarn idoun’s character level must equal or exceed the stone’s market price divided by 1,000 gp and it must expend XP equal to 1/25 of the ioun stone’s market value. Thus, an 8th-level tarn idoun can create any ioun stone with a market price of 8,000 gp or less. A 12th-level tarn idoun is no longer restricted to the type of ioun stones it can create. Regardless of the number of character levels the tarn idoun has when it creates an ioun stone, the ioun stone’s caster level is always 12th. A tarn idoun does not need to meet any of the prerequisites for an ioun stone to create one in this manner.
Sonic Vulnerability: A tarn idoun takes double damage from sonic attacks unless a save is allowed for half damage. A successful save halves the damage and a failure doubles it.
Arcane Essence (Ex): Tarn idoun rely upon ancient arcane magic and innate energies to hold their crystalline form together. They possess a magical aura that can be sensed through detection spells, such as detect magic. The strength of a tarn idoun’s magical aura depends upon its total number of character levels. A tarn idoun’s total character levels are treated as the tarn idoun’s "item caster level" when detected through magic (see PHB, Chapter 11, Aura Strength). Thus, a 7th-level tarn idoun emits an aura of moderate strength. A tarn idoun’s magical aura registers as being of the Transmutation school. If a tarn idoun’s arcane essence is disrupted, then the tarn idoun loses its ability to competently interact with its surroundings. A tarn idoun that is subject to an anti-magic field suffers a -6 penalty to its Dexterity, its speed is reduced to 20 ft, and its reach diminishes to 5 feet. These penalties cease once the tarn idoun leaves the anti-magic field. Likewise, if a tarn idoun is the target of a successful dispel magic spell, it suffers the same penalties. For purposes of dispel checks, the tarn idoun’s caster level is equal to its character level. Atarn idoun subject to the spell disjunction must make a Will save or be permanently subject to the penalties outlined above. The permanent loss of these abilities cannot be restored through restorative magic, such as lesser restoration, but can be restored through the use of a wish or miracle spell.
Automatic Languages: Terran. Bonus Languages: Common, Draconic, Dwarven, and Ignan.
Favored Class: Mechanist and wizard. A multiclass tarn idoun’s mechanist class or wizard class does not count when determining whether or not there is an XP penalty for multiclassing (see PHB, Chapter 3, Experience for Multiclass Characters). Tarn idoun are equally adept with both technology and magic.
Level Equivalent: +1

Tarn Idoun Racial Feats

SUPPRESSION RESISTANCE [GENERAL]
You are resistant to anti-magics that could otherwise temporarily or permanently cripple you.
Prerequisite: Tarn idoun only.
Benefit: You receive a +4 bonus to all saves against having your magic essence suppressed or dispelled.
Special: You may take this feat multiple times, gaining an additional +4 bonus each time you take it.

NEW IOUN STONE TYPES

Color	Shape	Effect	Market Price
Deep green	Prism	Damage reduction 1/+1*	1,000 gp
Deep yellow	Spindle	Damage reduction 2/+2**	2,000 gp
Pulsing blue	Ellipsoid	Creature may cast detect magic at will.	3,000 gp
Sparkling green	Sphere	Damage reduction 3/+3***	4,000 gp
Cracked	Ellipsoid	+1 competence bonus to checks	5,000 gp
Incandescent green	Sphere	+1 competence bonus to Fort saves	6,000 gp
Incandescent red	Rhomboid	+1 competence bonus to Ref saves	6,000 gp
Incandescent white	Prism	+1 competence bonus to Will saves	6,000 gp
Pulsing black	Spindle	+1 competence bonus to attack rolls	7,000 gp
Sparkling blue	Spindle	Damage reduction 4/+4†	8,000 gp
Vibrant yellow	Prism	+1 competence bonus to damage rolls	9,000 gp
Pitch black	Ellipsoid	Prevents level drain††	10,000 gp
Pulsing red	Sphere	Prevents death†††	11,000 gp
Sparking green	Rhomboid	Damage reduction 5/+5‡	16,000 gp

* After absorbing 10 hp of damage, the stone burns out and turns dull gray. Does not stack with other damage reduction.
** After absorbing 20 hp of damage, the stone burns out and turns dull gray. Does not stack with other damage reduction.
*** After absorbing 30 hp of damage, the stone burns out and turns dull gray. Does not stack with other damage reduction.
† After absorbing 40 hp of damage, the stone burns out and turns dull gray. Does not stack with other damage reduction.
†† After preventing 3 levels of level drain, the stone burns out and turns gray.
††† When creature is reduced to -10 or fewer hps, the stone restores the creature to 0 hp and stabilizes it, then burns out and turns to dull gray.
‡ After absorbing 50 hp of damage, the stone burns out and turns dull gray. Does not stack with other damage reduction.