or the Pathfinder Roleplaying Gameprovides tons of new character options for all seven "core" playercharacter races, from archetypes that allow elf characters to explore theirconnection to nature and magic, to feats and spells that let a dwarf charactercarry on the legacy of his multi-generational clan, or a gnome explore herconnection to the First World or delve deep into her weird obsessions.Additionally, the Advanced Race Guide offers meaty sections on a dozen"spotlight" races that make interesting and exciting playercharacter options, such as goblins, aasimar, tieflings, dhampyrs, drow, theelemental races from Bestiary 2, and several others, and, for the firsttime, allows players to create and play characters like merfolk, grippli, duergar, stryx, and every other appropriate monster currently in thePathfinder game. Lastly, the Advanced Race Guide includes anextensive section that allows players and GMs to build their own custom races, either to emulate more powerful creatures that already exist in the game or tocreate wholly original characters unique to their campaign.