Editing Elan (section)

==Pathfinder==
When Dreamscarred Press updated the 3.5 Psionics rules to ''[[Pathfinder]]'', it made a few chages to Elans to reflect the higher average race power (Meaning they realized humans were by far the best at everything and buffed everyone else) of the new system. Fluff remains mostly the same, though Elans are now explicitly immortal instead of merely long lived.
::+2 to any ability score. (Like a human)
::Humanoid with Aberrant subtype 
::Medium
::Base land speed 30 feet
::Aberrant Nature: Elans take a -1 penalty on charisma based skills against non-Elans.
::Naturally Psionic: Gain Wild Talent as a bonus feat, unless you have levels in a psionic class then you gain Psionic Talent instead (functionally the same as +2 PP either way)
::Trance: An elan completes a 4-hour long meditative trance instead of sleeping for 8 hours to perform its daily rest, like an [[elf]]. (Yes, that bit remained untouched even though PF elves don't trance)
::Resistance (Su): Elans can use psionic energy to increase their resistance to various forms of attack. As an immediate action, an elan can spend 1 power point to gain a +4 racial bonus on saving throws until the beginning of her next action.
::Resilience (Su): When an elan takes damage, she can spend power points to reduce its severity. As an immediate action, she can reduce the damage she is about to take by 2 hit points for every 1 power point she spends.
::Repletion (Su): An elan can sustain her body without need of food or water. If she spends 1 power point, an elan does not need to eat or drink for 24 hours.
::Psionic Aptitude: When an elan takes a level in a favored class, he can choose to gain an additional power point instead of a hit point or skill point.
::Automatic Language: Common. Bonus Languages: Any (other than secret languages, such as Druidic). Elans’ past lives expose them to wide ranges of language.

Aside from charismatic Elans being possible, the most significant change that wasn't system wide is their type. In 3.5 the main uses of Elans was abusing the Aberration type, so that was completely removed. Pathfinder removed most of the ways to abusing it anyways (Polymorph spells now work completely differently), so the main consequence is that Elans are now vulnerable to spells that only work on humanoid creatures (such as Charm Person or Enlarge Person).

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