Songbird race! (And other stuff.)

[Metastachydium]

Well, this place grew a lot since I let the little birds in this here post fly. For an improved ease of navigation, please find

an INDEX of This Assembled Lot (and More) here.

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Because I like birds.

Passer

Passers are avian creatures that resemble songbirds; an average passer has a height of roughly 2' 2". There's little difference between the size and weight of male and female specimens. A passer's wings double as arms, complete with a four-fingered hand.
Most passers belong to the subrace known as greybirds. Male greybirds have a grey face, belly and cap; the back of their head and their wings are brown. Females have gray bellies with lighter, dull brown caps and wings.

Passers speak Passer and Common.

Size/Type: Small Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 1d8 (4 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 15 feet (3 squares), fly 40 feet (average)
Armor Class: 12 (+1 size, +1 Dex), touch 12, flat-footed 11
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/-5
Attack: Sickle +2 melee (1d6-2)
Full Attack: Sickle +2 melee (1d6-2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./0 ft.
Special Attacks: Cry of sorrow
Special Qualities: Short arms
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +3, Will +3
Abilities: Str 6, Dex 12, Con 11, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha 11
Skills: Balance +4, Listen +4, Spot +4
Feats: Alertness, Weapon Finesse^B
Environment: Temperate forests
Organization: Solitary, pair, nest (3-5) or flock (10-40)
Challenge Rating: 1/2
Alignment: Usually neutral
Advancement: By character class
Level adjustment: +0

Passer Traits

A passer character exchanges its 1 HD of monstrous humanoid for its first class level

Passers possess the following racial traits.
-4 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom.
Small size. +1 bonus to Armor Class, +1 bonus on attack rolls, +4 bonus on Hide checks, -4 penalty on grapple checks, lifting and carrying limits ¾ those of Medium characters.
A passer's base land speed is 15 feet. A passer also has a fly speed of 40 feet (average maneuverability).
Passers (unlike most monstrous humanoids) do not have darkvision.
Short Arms: Passers' hands are part of their wings, and as such they are shorter than the arms of other races. Passers must enter the space of opponents to make melee attacks against them, unless they are wielding weapons with the reach property.
Armoured Flight: The fly speed of a passer wearing light armour is reduced by 10 feet and the passer's maneuverability becomes poor. A passer wearing medium or heavy armour cannot fly.
+2 racial bonus on Hide and Survival checks.
Cry of Sorrow (Ex): When feeling threatened, a passer can emit a series of short, sorrowful cries as a swift action. Opponents must succeed on a DC 10 Will save or all attacks made by them in the next round against the passer suffer a -1 penalty. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Automatic Languages: Common, Passer. Bonus Languages: Draconic, Elven, Orc, Sylvan.
Favored Class: Druid.

Subraces
The above information describes the greybird passer, the most common variety. There are two other major subraces of passer.

Greenbird Passer

Male greenbirds have a bright green plummage with a number of black streaks on their wings and a black cap. Female greenbirds have a green-grey belly with a pattern of green and green-grey feathers covering the rest of their body and a number of black streaks on their wings.

Greenbird Traits
These traits are in addition to the greybird traits, except where noted.
-4 Strength, +2 Wisdom, +2 Charisma. These adjustments replace the greybird's ability score adjustments.
+2 racial bonus on Diplomacy and Hide checks. This trait replaces the greybird's racial bonuses to skill checks.

Redbird Passer

Male redbirds have black wings, grey backs and a black cap. Their bellies are bright red. Female redbirds look nearly identical, but their bellies are light brown instead of red.

Redbird Traits
These traits are in addition to the greybird traits, except where noted.
-4 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma. These adjustments replace the greybird's ability score adjustments.
+4 racial bonus on Diplomacy checks. This trait replaces the greybird's racial bonuses to skill checks.
Favored Class: Sorcerer. This trait replaces the greybird's favored class.

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I'm not sure what their type should be. Currently, I'm thinking monstrous humanoid (since they have that roundish songbird body shape instead a more humanlike one). I'm also not sure whether they should have LA, and if yes, how much.

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Update: Added a stat block, went with monstrous humanoid and no LA for now.