Prerequisite: Desert environment type.
Benefit: As a desert dweller, you are more hardy than those who live in more gentle climates. Your Fortitude save DC to avoid nonlethal damage from heat is reduced to 10 (see Heat Dangers). In addition, you can go without water for a number of hours equal to 24 + twice your Constitution score (see Starvation and Thirst Dangers).
Source: Savage Species, page 32. Changed “General” descriptor to “Background”. Changed “terrain type” in Prerequisite to “environment type”.