The reigar are a near-legendary androgynous race, only rarely encountered by the average space faring adventurer. Their men are very beautiful and their women are extremely handsome. They are of tall human proportions, willowy of build, with reddish-blond hair. Their natural beauty is augmented by the halo or glory surrounding each reigar. This glory is a cloud of twinkling, glittering motes that change color in random patterns. Some rumors say that this glory is lighter in color when the reigar is pleased, and darker when one is displeased. This has yet to be fully documented. This glory contributes to the reigar's tough Armor Class and high magic resistance. They are famed for their artistic prowess and fabulous command of craftsmanship.

    Combat: Reigar prefer not to enter into combat personally, as their time is better spent in artistic pursuits (naturally). If attacked, they first send in their helots (see Helot entry for details). If that fails, they call in the lakshu (also, see separate entry). Only if the lakshu fail to defeat the opponents does a reigar deign to go toe-to-toe, as it were, with the attackers. And when it does, several hells break loose.
    In combat the reigar use an item called a shakti. This is a small (palm-sized) statuette that resembles a Figurine of Wondrous Power (an item rumored to have been first created by a reigar). Each shakti is designed by and for its user, rendering each one effectively a unique item.

    Creation (Ex): Reigar are supreme at creation, especially magical items. When creating items, reigar always use materials of the highest potency and quality and methods that put masters to shame. If the power component variant for magic item creation (Dungeon Master's Guide, pg.96) is used, reigar have to pay half (or less) the required XP cost, taking in to account such power components. If the variant is not used, the reigar still only has to pay half the required XP cost. However due to the incredible quality and alien materials used making their items (not to mention the reigar's attention to perfection), the gold piece cost is always at least ten times the base cost required.
    It is possible that a reigar could be commissioned to create an item for an adventurer or a party, but the cost would be astronomical (no pun intended). There is very little a normal adventurer could have that would interest a reigar (except transport; see the "Esthetic" entry), but flattery goes a long way toward successful negotiation.

    Glory (Su): Surrounding the reigar is a nimbus of ever changing, colorful, sparkling motes of light. This aura is responsible for the deflection bonus of a reigar's Armor Class and her Spell Resistance score. A reigar gains a deflection bonus to her AC equal to her Charisma modifier, and her SR is equal to 12 + Charisma modifier.

    Shakti (Sp): Reigar use fully functional shakti magic items of their own making. Each shakti is as different and unique as its owner. The shakti can be commanded to become a set of full plate armor and corresponding weapon (+10 armor bonus [not including any enchantment bonus the reigar has imbued into her item]/+8 max. Dex bonus/30 ft. base move/0% chance for arcane spell failure (for reigar only)/-0 armor check/always considered as “light” armor/10 pounds weight; weapon as per individual reigar's choice but always with an additional magical effect occurring with each successful strike.) See Shakti magical item description for more information on specific types and suggested powers. The shakti, and any other magical item in her arsenal, can be expected to be used with chilling efficiency as need arises.

    Spells: All reigar are marvelous sorcerers of at least 16th level (summary above is for such an example) with all abilities except as detailed here. Their spells are saved at DC 18 (20 with spells from her chosen school) + spell's level. Reigar are not limited to any particular school, but illusions are not likely to be in their repertoire - reigar consider it gauche to create something that isn't real. Any spell can be considered to have artistic merit; it all depends on the time and place. For example, offensive spells like Cloudkill afford the artistic caster a greater enjoyment of his opponents' deaths - rather than frying instantly, as with a Fireball; the poor wretches choke, writhe, gasp, and beg. To a reigar, this is art at its best. A reigar will always have Polymorph Any Object as (one of) her 8th level spells, as this is her main tool in the creation process.
    Reigar do not attract a familiar as a regular sorcerer would. Instead, the reigar creates her familiar – her esthetic ship (see separate entry for details on its abilities and powers shared with its creator).

    Skills: A reigar receives a +6 racial bonus to all Craft checks as well as a +4 racial bonus on Appraise and Knowledge (Art) checks.

In the Spheres
    While reigar are visually stunning to begin with, they are experts at heightening their already striking appearance. Hairstyles are an expression of individuality and, of course, artistic creativity. Men and women both may wear short or long tresses, highly decorated or intricately styled or both. They ornament themselves with fine jewelry of their own making and exquisite raiment of their own design. Facial makeup and tattoos for both sexes are not uncommon. This is not a function of class status or of wealth. It is merely a fact of reigan life - one should always strive to outdo everyone else in all aspects of life, and do it with style, beauty, and élan. Their passion for artistic creativity extends to all aspects of their lives.
    Reigar are consummate users of magical spells, especially those that enhance the creative process. Items such as Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments and the Lyre of Building are particular favorites.
    Reigar are self-sufficient, obtaining their needs from their esthetics. These esthetics provide not only shelter and defenses, but also nourishment and entertainment. Their crews of helots and lakshu are also sustained by the esthetics. Each esthetic will have no more than one reigar on board, but there is a crew of helots and lakshu to take care of the mundane tasks.
    Reigar mate extremely infrequently, since each individual reigar is extremely egotistical. Reigar mate, as would be expected, beautifully and perfectly. A male and female intermingle their 'glory's together and spontaneously create an infant reigar. How and where the child learns how to practice magic and her art is unknown, but reigar are never found collectively for any pursuit other than the brief, if spectacular, mating ritual. Reigar are though to be immortal, but in reality they live for several centuries and then pass away. Each reigar plans for as suitably extravagant (and possibly explosive) a passing as possibly imaginable – an appropriate ending to a life spent in such panache.

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