MANAKIN
"Being small has it's disadvantages. The shocking lack of underwear among the biggie sized folk for example..." The Manakin race appears to be 6" tall humans. Body morphology and facial features varies wildly (moreso than most humanoids), but among the Manakin it does so even among close family members. The Manakins are a variant species of Human who have evolved to fill a specific niche since being brought to the Jester's World. Manakin are rare enough that most other Humanoids don't know they exist, and when they do discover them they are often taken aback at their penchant for saying literally anything that is on their mind at the time. The Manakin are difficult to offend, and they believe other races are too (at least initially), and they don't immediately realize that other species may find them offensive.
MANAKIN SPECIES TRAITS · -10 Str (minimum 1), +4 Dex, +2 Con, +2 Int, +2 Wis, +4 Cha
· Size Class: Diminutive. +4 Size Bonus to Armor Class and Attack Rolls. +12 Size Bonus to Hide Checks. -12 Size Penalty to Bull Rush, Grapple, Overrun, and Trip Checks. Lifting and Carrying Limits are one eighth those of a Medium character.
· Humanoid with Human Subtype
· Base land speed 5 ft.
· Feats: Manakins receive any Luck Feat as a Bonus Feat (see Complete Scoundrel).
· Manakin get a +4 Species Bonus on Move Silently, Search, and Use Magic Device Checks.
· Automatic and Bonus languages: Manakin automatically speak Manakin, Bonus Languages are Common and Sylvan.
· Level Adjustment: +2
· Favored Class: Artificer
STARTING AGE Adulthood: 20
Barbarian, Rogue, Sorcerer: +2d4
Bard, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger: +3d6
Cleric, Druid, Monk, Wizard: +4d6
AGING EFFECTS Middle Age: 50
Old: 75
Venerable: 100
Maximum Age: +5d20 years
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Base Height: 4"
Height Modifier: +1d2"
Base Weight: 6 ounces
Weight Modifier: x2 ounces
MANAKIN CHARACTERS If you'd like to play a small Humanoid that can hide easily, or one that likes to fool about with magical items, the Manakins are a pretty good option. Playing them as anything but a caster of some sort will be tough though (especially if you insist on doing damage).
Adventuring Reasons: Manakin often go on adventures on whims, just to see if they can, or to see new things, or just because they're bored with their daily routine. Given that they also are prolific makers of magical items they also often need odd or rare pieces of materials for their work. And their ability to hide well ensures they don't often find themselves dead or arrested like their full sized coworkers.
Character Development: Manakins are magical tinkerers, always hoping to find or create new and exciting items, or find new variations on old ones. Their small size really doesn't lend towards them becoming much else other than casters of some sort. They're too small for weapons combat, and too small to carry loot for thieving purposes. Plus their proficiency with magical items helps make up for their deficiencies in strength, size, and speed.
Character Names: Male Names: Alain, Damian, Felix, Gregoire, Josue, Lucien, Marcel, Onesime, Rodolphe, Sylvain. Female: Coco, Delphyne, Fanchette, Felice, Fleurette, Josette, Liesell, Lilane, Mireille, Zepherine. Surnames: Baudeloque, Biennais, Chameroi, Charriere, de Lespinasse, Despaux, Dumoulin, Foucalt, Gautier, Moncelet.
ROLEPLAYING A MANAKIN Being somewhat exotic you will initially attract lots of attention, especially by bigger species. They tend to quickly grow tired of your unending questions, and you're seemingly being underfoot or into things all the time. They also have trouble with your honesty and forthrightness (i.e. asking questions like "Who is that Ogre that smells like rotting fruit? Is it his various skin diseases that cause that?" while said Ogre is within earshot).
Personality: Manakins tend to be curious, flighty, and given to doing things just to see what will happen. This whimsy makes it easy for them to get along with the Fey, but not so good when dealing with larger races (especially given their paranoia of being stepped on). Despite their whimsicalness, however, they tend to be loyal, so one need not worry over much about betrayal if he has befriended a Manakin (unless he has betrayed them first). Even the Fey, however, are taken aback at the usual Manakin lack of self awareness, or anything resembling a filter.
Behaviors: Manakins rarely do what their told (they're kinda stubborn and independent) unless they have great respect for the person giving the orders. They prefer to look for new and novel ways of dealing with problems rather than using conventional wisdom. They also feel the need to know about/get into everything, especially if they've been told not to.
Language: Most Manakin speak their own language.
MANAKIN SOCIETY Manakin law is fairly relaxed, as they tend to shun anyone who commits truly bad offenses (usually anytime one of them commits a crime the entire village makes sure they know they need to change their ways). Manakin devote a great deal of time to their children, as they believe their children are the future of their species and need the best of everything to get ahead in the world. Unlike some species, succeeding generations don't seem to take this for granted, and despite being free-wheeling and fairly chaotic the Manakin's seem to avoid the cultural generation gap others suffer.
Alignment : Like other humans, all Alignments are fairly common among the Manakins, but they have slight tendencies towards both Chaos and Neutrality as opposed to their ancestors. Many are quite whimsical and prone to following their dreams or sudden ideas.
Lands : Manakins prefer remote areas where larger Humanoids and predators don't bother them (although larger is generally a relative term when discussing the Manakins). Forests or grasslands or other areas with ample hiding places are given top priority.
Settlements : Manakins will settle anywhere as long as there are plenty of places to hide from predators, and they can get their privacy (which generally means they avoid urban areas).
Beliefs :The Manakins tend to shop about for Gawds, each one having their own preference. They prefer Neutrally inclined Gawds, as the Good and Evil ones always insist they run about mucking around in the business of others which runs counter to the Manakins nature.
Relations: Manakins are a tad xenophobic as other races have a history of stepping on them, and quite frankly they aren't very fond of that. Not very fond at all. But their curiosity usually offsets that. They get along well enough with most Fey, and some Druids, but most Humanoids will be alarming to them. Non Humanoid races will normally be considered monsters.
MANAKIN ADVENTURES · One of the villagers has fallen in love with a woman of the big folk, so he's asked your help in obtaining the ingredients for growth and shrinking potions. You think he's gone loopy, but who are you to stand in the way of true love? Or half thought out foolish schemes?
· A giant monster (a drunk bear) has been stumbling about near the village at night. He's nearly killed several people by accident without realizing they were there several times, and you have been tasked with finding him and finding out whats wrong with him and fixing it. Or barring that ensuring that he wont come back.
· A local Stone Giant couple are getting a divorce, and as you are too small to be really noticeable both sides have hired your people to spy on the other to find dirt for the legal proceedings. This has led to a bit of a problem. On the one hand there's a bit of conflict of interest. On the other hand they may squish you all if you say no...
Manakin "Our apologies ladies and gentlemen, we didn't realize you were hiding from the outside world for good reason."
"We don't want the big folk here accidentally stepping on out kids. We have troubles enough."Phobia Of Being Stepped On"So you build Golems to scare people off.""Ingenious."
"Well, mostly we use them to study you undetected.""You need to work on the 'undetected' part.""However did you see through our flawless disguise?""Er...your mannerisms and speech patterns were...unusual."
"In what way?""You sounded like you'd been eating a certain type of mushroom..."Friends of the Fey"But all the local sound that way.""That suddenly explains a great many things..."
"That's why we thought we we're going to have to dart you.""Perfectly understandable."Manakin Species FeatsSleep PoisonYou can make a poison that induces sleep.
Prerequisites: Manakin, Brew Potion, Craft (Poison) 8 ranks
Benefits: For 25 GP, you can make one dose of a poison. Contact, Willpower Save (Save DC is Int based, Initial Damage: Target falls asleep for 1 Minute, Secondary damage is unconsciousness for 1 Hour. Taking damage awakens the target. Brewing one dose of the poison takes 1 day.
Memory PoisonYou can craft a poison that erases memories.
Prerequisites: Sleep Poison
Benefits: For 1000 GP, you can make one dose of a poison. Contact, Willpower Save (Save DC is Int based, Initial Damage: Target loses all memories of the past 10 minutes, Secondary damage is memory loss of the last 24 hours. Brewing one dose of the poison takes 1 day.
Tiny DangerYou are adept at combat, despite your Size.
Prerequisites: Manakin, Anklebiter
Benefits: You have a 5 foot Reach, despite being Tiny or smaller.
GolemancerYou excel at working with Golems.
Prerequisites: Any Item Creation Feat
Benefits: If you encounter a Berserk golem, you can calm it with a DC 19 Diplomacy Check, whether or not you are the creator. If you gain the Craft Construct Feat, Golems you make only have a cumulative 1% chance per combat to go Berserk.
Manakin Species Substitution LevelsArtificer Level 4: Replace Craft Homunculus with Golem Familiar..
Golem Familiar: You gain the Obtain Familiar Feat (see Complete Arcane). The Familiar granted has it's type changed to Construct.
Sorcerer Level 1: You may ride your Familiar as a mount, so long as it is Tiny or Small. You do not nee to make Ride Checks with a DC of 10 or less due to your empathic link.
Ranger Levels 2, 6 and 11: You gain a new option with Combat Mastery: Poisoner. AT 2nd Level you gain "Poison Use (Ex): You are trained in the use of poison and never risk accidentally poisoning themselves when applying poison to a blade." , at 6th Level the Save DC of Contact Poisons you craft improves by +1, and at 11th Level any Contact Poisons you craft do +1 damage per damage die.
Level 4: You may ride your Animal Companion as a mount, so long as it is Tiny or Small. You do not nee to make Ride Checks with a DC of 10 or less due to your link.
GOLEMANCER 
"Crap, how did you know I was a Golem?" You create. modify. maintain and pilot the Manakin Golem fleet. This requires mountains of gold in supplies, which means you have to kowtow to some petty king or other for financing. But doing so lets you build your private robot army. So it ain't all bad. But you also have to pilot the Golems while pretending to be a 'normal humanoid', whatever the hell that's supposed to man. You're a Golem maker, not a friggin' first contact specialist. How are you supposed to know what acceptable humanoid behavior is?
BECOMING A GOLEMANCER Manakin Artificers with the appropriate skills will do.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Species: Manakin
Infusions: Must know 2 fourth level Infusions.
Feats: Craft Construct, Golemancer
Skills: Knowledge (Arcana) 4 ranks, Spellcraft 4 ranks
Class Skills The Golemancer's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Hide (Dex), Knowledge (Arcana, Int), Move Silently (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), and Use Magic Device (Cha).
Skills Points at Each Level : 4 + int
Hit Dice: d6
[b] BAB Fort Ref Will Abilities[/b]
1. +0 +0 +0 +2 Golem Friend, +1 Level of Infusing Class
2. +1 +0 +0 +3 Expanded Knowledge, , +1 Level of Infusing Class
3. +2 +1 +1 +3 Boost Golem, +1 Level of Infusing Class
4. +3 +1 +1 +4 Golem Friend, +1 Level of Infusing Class
5. +3 +1 +1 +4 Expanded Knowledge, , +1 Level of Infusing Class
6. +4 +2 +2 +5 Boost Golem, +1 Level of Infusing Class
7. +5 +2 +2 +5 Golem Friend, +1 Level of Infusing Class
8. +6 +2 +2 +6 Expanded Knowledge, +1 Level of Infusing Class
9. +6 +3 +3 +6 Boost Golem , +1 Level of Infusing Class
10.+7 +3 +3 +7 Clockwork Armor, +1 Level of Infusing Class Weapon Proficiencies: A Golemancer gains no new proficiencies.
Craft Reserve/Infusions: Your Golemancer and Artificer Levels stack for purposes of determining your Craft Reserve and your Infusions per Day.
Golem Friend (Su): At 1st Level you gain Telepathy with a range of 60 feet, but it only works on Constructs. This is primarily used to give Manakin Golem s orders (this is a Swift Action).
At 4th Level, spells you cast via your Boost Golem ability are cast at +1 Caster Level.
At 7th Level, the range of any Repair damage spells you cast increases by +30 feet.
Expanded Knowledge: At Levels 2, 5, and 8 you may choose any one spell from the Wizard list to add to your Infusions known. AT 2nd Level you can choose a spell of 4th Level or lower. AT 5th Level you can choose any spell of 5th Level or lower. At 8th Level you can choose any spell of 6th Level or lower.
Boost Golem (Su): At levels 3, 6, and 9 you gain a few spells you can cast on your automaton friends (in other words they can be cast on Constructs only). At Level 3 you gain 2 spells per day that you can cast (spellcasting is based off of Intelligence). You may choose 2 from the following: Greater Construct Energy Ward, Humanoid Essence, Iron Construct, Natural Weapon Augmentation, Repair Critical Damage, Weapon Augmentation. At Level 6 you gain 2 more spells, which you can choose from the following: Greater Heroism, Mass Fly, Mass Repair Light Damage. AT 9th Level you gain 2 more spells per day, which you must choose from the following: Greater Humanoid Essence, Greater Natural Weapon Augmentation, Greater Weapon Augmentation, Hardening, Mass Repair Moderate Damage, or Total Repair. Spells not in the PHB can be found in the Spell Compendium, Magic of Eberron, Magic of Eberron and Eberron Campaign Setting.
Clockwork Armor (Su): AT 10th Level you may begin investing in a suit of armor. You gain Proficiency with Heavy Armor, and set about enchanting a suit of Full Plate. This set of armor can receive a number of Infusions equal to the Artificer's Intelligence modifier.
PLAYING A GOLEMANCER You don't get people. But you love automatons (probably because they're of a less fussy mindset than humanoids). Which is probably why you make so many of them. And why so many people who know you call you 'that weirdo'.
Combat: You let the Golems do the fighting. They're built for it after all.
Advancement: Your profession is highly individualistic, and you vary wildly in powers and manner.
Resources: All Golemancers have the patronage of the Manakin nobility. You need lots of cash to finance your schemes..
GOLEMANCERS IN THE WORLD "Is that a 6 inch tall man riding a robot Capybara?" Golemancers don't encounter people much. They prefer the company of constructs. They feel they understand them more.
Daily Life: Most of your time is spent creating and maintaining Golems. Or piloting Golems so the village casters can study the Big Folk.
Notables: Felix Smelter (CN Male Manakin Artificer x/Golemancer x) is unique in that he has never piloted a Golem. He really doesn't like people. Bitter Coco (CE Female Manakin Artificer x/Golemancer x) has done nothing but pilot them, which has left her scarred. Coco has seen some stuff.
Organizations: Most Golemancers work for their local government.
NPC Reaction NPC's tend to react to you with shock. You are a bit unusual, after all..
GOLEMANCERS IN THE GAME GOlemancerss are a ... twitchy class to play. This can make for some 'interesting times' for the party, so be ready.
Adaptation: This is meant for my silly campaign, but it is adaptable to any Golem prone race.
Encounters: Golemancers are usually encountered piloting Manakin Golems..
Sample Encounter EL 12: The PC's are having a nice lunch, when the door to the inn bursts in, and there stands a jerky, clockwork golem in shabby clothes. "GREETINGS FELLOW MORTALS. I REQUIRE A SERVICING." Well, so much for lunch...
Felix SmelterCN Male Manakin Artificer 6/Golemancer 6
Init +4,
Senses: Listen +4, Spot +4
Languages Manakin, Common
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AC 22 (+4 Size, +4 Dex, +4 Armor), touch 18, flat-footed 18
hp 63 (12 HD)
Fort +6,
Ref +8 (+10 w/Familiar),
Will +11 additional +5 for Cloak
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Speed 5 ft. (1 square)
Melee Ranged +2 Quick-Loading Light Crossbow +14/+9 (1d3+2/19-20)
Base Atk +8,
Grp -9
Atk Options Infusions Per Day 1st: Lesser Armor Enhancement, Magic Weapon, Repair Light Damage.
2nd: Armor Enhancement, Reinforce Construct, Repair Moderate Damage.
3rd: Construct Energy Ward, Greater Armor Enhancement, Repair Serious Damage.
4th: Greater Invisibility, Iron Construct, Repair Critical Damage.
5th: Fabricate, Mass Repair Light Damage.
Supernatural Abilities Golem Familiar (Weasel), Retain Essence
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Abilities Str 1, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 20, Wis 12, Cha 17
SQ Artificer Knowledge +11, Artisan Bonus, Boost Golem, Craft Reserve 700, Disable Trap, Expanded Knowledge, Item Creation
Feats Combat casting, Craft Construct, Golemancer, Brew Potion (B), Craft Magic Arms and Armor (B), Craft Wands (B), Craft Wondrous Items (B), Extraordinary Artisan (B, see Eberron Campaign Setting), Miser's Fortune (B, see Complete Scoundrel), Scribe Scroll (B)
Skills Bluff +12, Concentration +17, Craft (Clockwork, any 2) +20, Diplomacy +5, Hide +19, Knowledge (Arcana) +14, Listen +4, Move Silently +15, Search +18, Spellcraft +14, Spot +4, Use Magic Device +16
Possessions +3 Padded Armor, +2 Quick-Loading Light Crossbow, +5 Cloak of Resistance, Sustaining Spoon, Robe of Blending, 300 GP
EPIC GOLEMANCER Hit Die: d6
Skills Points at Each Level : 4 + int
Infusions An Epic Golemancer's caster level is equal to his class level. The Golemancer's number of infusions per day does not increase after 20th level. An Epic Golemancer doesn't automatically gain infusion slots above 6th level, though he can select the Improved Spell Capacity feat to gain infusion slots above 6th level (which can be used to hold lower-level infusions or infusions whose level has been increased above 6th by the use of metamagic feats).
Craft Reserve An Epic Golemancer's craft reserve increases by 1,000 points per level beyond 20th (6,000 points at 21st level. 7,000 points at 22nd level, and so on).
Bonus Feats: The Epic Golemancer gains a Bonus Feat every 3 levels higher than 20th
