Advantages: Doesn't Breathe [20], Doesn't Eat or Drink [10], High Pain Threshold [10], Immunity to Sickness† [15], Unaging [15].
Disadvantages: Callous [-5], Dependency (Mana, Very Common, Constant) [-25], Fragile (Unnatural) [-50], Invertebrate‡ [-20], Social Stigma (Uneducated) -1 [-5], Status -3 [-15].
Package Total: [-50] points.
Conversion Notes
† This was downgraded from "Immunity to Metabolic Hazards" since both Air Elementals and Earth Elementals only have a limited "Resistance to Poison".
‡ This represents the ability of all Elementals to pass through the smallest of holes due to the uniform nature of their substance. This also divides lifting, carrying and pulling capacities by four (p.B140); to adjust for this, Earth Elementals add 10 levels of Lifting ST (this quadruples pushing ST), while other Elemental types reduce basic ST by four levels, making the Extra-Heavy carrying limit 18 lbs. or approximately equal to a average person's "No Encumbrance" limit.
Different levels of mana availability on different worlds will change the point value of the Dependency on it and thus that of this meta trait and the race templates that use it. This leaves the standard point values of these templates if the character starts on those worlds as follows:
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