Pellatarrum: Crunchy Bits for PC Races

I've been running a Pathfinder game set in a modified* Pellatarrum since the summer, and over the course of it I've realized that some mechanical changes need to be made to PC races to fit them into my setting.

* Modified because the players didn't completely grok the whole "Church of Light/ Cult of Dark" thing, so I just ruled that the old gods were killed but the heroes of the four Elder Races became the new gods as a result of creating Pellatarrum. I lose some flavor this way, but it means I don't have to re-write a lot of stuff and there's a lot to be said for ease of implementation.

Note: the following rules apply to standard examples of their race. Player characters or notable NPCs may deviate from these standards.


Dwarves

• Replace Defensive Training with Deep Warrior. 

While I am sorely tempted to give dwarves Damage Reduction 5/Piercing to reflect their elemental origins, I fear that this is just me being a dwarf fangirl. If I did do such a thing, it would replace both Defensive Training and Hatred.

Elves

• In addition to the regular Pathfinder modifications to ability scores, Pellatarran elves receive a +2 to Charisma and a -2 to Strength.

Elves are graceful and smart and beautiful. Elves are not strong, nor are they tough. There is a reason why their racial weapon proficiencies are based around weapons which use dexterity. If they need strong, tough warriors, that's what humans and half-elves are for.

Gnomes

• Replace Keen Senses with Blended View. 
• Replace Defensive Training and Hatred with whatever you like.

Gnomes were created by elves to be an ambassador race to the dwarves, so having both low-light and darkvision is reasonable. They also don't hate kobolds like traditional gnomes or go to war with giants; most Pellatarran gnomes live with or near human settlements, so pick something that replaces defensive training and hatred to make your gnome more interesting. 

Halflings

• Replace Halfling Weapon Familiarity with Hatred: Goblins.  Please note that this is just goblins and not goblinoids, meaning there is to bonus to attacking bugbears, hobgoblins or others. Since this reduces the usefulness of the trait, the bonus is increased to +2. 
• Replace Lucky with Lifebound. 
• Replace one of the skill bonuses (Acrobatics, Climb, or Perception) with Detect Life 1/day and Detect Undead 1/day. 

I actually wanted to do so much more with these guys, but I didn't want to turn them into a race of Mary Sues.

Half-Elves

• No changes at this time, although players should consider the traits Elf-Raised, Human-Raised, and Kindred-Raised to develop their characters.

Half-Orcs

• Replace Orc Ferocity and Orcish Weapon Familiarity with Human-Raised
• -- OR-- 
• Replace +2 to one ability score, Intimidating, Orc Blood and Orc Ferocity with Orc Atavism.

This is essentially "Choose which culture in which you grew up." Half-orcs raised by orcs ought to be very different from half-orcs raised by humans.

Humans

• No changes at this time.

Orcs

• Replace Light Sensitivity with Dayrunner.

Pellatarran orcs are creatures of fire, and as such suffer no ill effects from bright light.

Kobolds

• Pellatarran kobolds must pick a scale coloration. 
• In place of a feat they may become Dragonbreath Kobolds.

Kobold PCs are weaker than PCs of other races. Giving them +1 natural armor and a 1d8 breath weapon that takes 1d4 rounds to recharge in exchange for a feat goes a long way towards making them playable.

EDIT:  I had forgotten that all kobolds had +1 natural armor anyway. So 1 feat to allow them a 1d8 cone or line elemental attack every 2-5 rounds seems incredibly fair to me, given how they have -4 Str, -2 Con and +2 Dex. There needs to be some reason to play a race like this, and for me that reason is for people who are fascinated with dragons and want to play one.