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====== Beastkin ====== | ====== Beastkin ====== | ||
- | | Stat adjustments | +2 strength, +2 dexterity, +2 wisdom, -2 intelligence, -2 charisma | | + | **Playable Subraces**: [[canine]], [[feline]], [[ursine]], [[simian]], [[avian]] |
- | | Innate spells | calm animal | | + | |
- | | Standard alignments | any | | + | |
- | | Size | Medium | | + | |
- | | Classes restricted | paladin, mage, magus, psion, psywarrior, warlock, inquisitor | | + | |
- | | Normal adventuring starting age | 14-23 | | + | |
- | | Average life span | 90 | | + | |
- | === Racial Traits: | + | ==== Description ==== |
- | | Alert | +2 to reflex saves | | + | |
- | | Tough Hide | +2 natural armor | | + | |
- | | Nocturnal | +2 to sight bonus to see in the dark | | + | |
- | | Pouncer | +2 athletics, +2 stealth | | + | |
- | === Description: | + | Isolationist and xenophobic of outsiders and even other beastkin of different tribes, these are a wild and dangerous people, as in tune with their totemic animal as they are with nature. To a beastkin, no matter the tribe, their status is dependent on their animal totem; adherence being more biological than any personal choice. They are not simply upright beasts, but neither are they civilized, instead inhabiting a primal border between those concepts. And all, without exception, are inherently beholden to the whims and behavioral habits |
- | Beastkin | + | |
- | covering | + | Because of their affinity with the fundamental forces of nature, the beastkin, regardless of tribe or ethos, are a grounded people. The esoteric abilities of a mage or warlock are beyond their scope, as are the calls of faith such as a paladin or inquisitor, who would expect them to place value beyond that of their tribe. |
- | the tribe of their origin. Most beastkin are native | + | |
- | but there are many enclaves scattered across | + | |
- | Beastkin are tribal creatures, living in loosely organized and | ||
- | self-sufficient communities. Animalistic in nature, their tribes are | ||
- | usually dedicated to a particular animal or bird totem deity, which | ||
- | influences their appearance. They seek to avoid combat and contact with | ||
- | others except to defend themselves, which they do with remarkable ferocity. | ||
- | They are most fond of spears, axes, and knives, and both these weapons and | ||
- | their garments are usually crafted of natural materials. They possess a | ||
- | healthy curiosity to learn and see new things. The history of their race | ||
- | before they met others has been lost to illiteracy and unreliable oral | ||
- | storytelling. |