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Aboriginal:; Hidden from Civilization, they Roam!
Topic Started: May 24 2012, 01:41 PM (232 Views)
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Aboriginal by Raven

Description: Mankind has had many branches of evolution, but not all have blossomed so readily as the Hyborians and their ilk. There are many previous examples of men both extinct and extant. Of these are the earlier races known collectively as the aboriginal tribes. The Aboriginals came from many different terrains and had widely differing characteristics in skin colour, hair and eyes. They were on average slightly smaller and leaner than the more modern races of man. The retained a hunter gather lifestyle, preferring to remain in harmony with the land and as a rule never develop agriculture or the more advanced forms of civilization that come with it. Later races of men pushed the Aboriginals from their lands and into the more desolate corners of the earth. Although most people assume the Aboriginals are extinct if they know of them at all a few tribes still exist in small pockets of isolated communities that maintain little to no contact with the rest of the human race. The Bone Woman however is the last remaining member of her tribe who has kept herself alive by dark magic for centuries.

Note: It should be noted that there are several aboriginal tribes alive today, the most notable being the few tribes still alive in the deserts of Australia.

Culture: Aboriginals retain a Stone Age hunter gather society for the most part. Every able man of the tribe capable of holding a spear is a hunter and ever woman capable of pulling a plant out of the soil is a gatherer. Each day those members of the tribe that do not raise children or guard their home leave to collect as much food as they can. Marriages are usually arranged though occasional love match can occur. Unlike the Picts Aboriginals are not war-like for the most part, preferring to avoid contact with others than fight pitched battles. Hunters are expected to defend the tribe, but offensive raids and attacks on rival tribes are almost unheard of. An aboriginal society usually has an informal informal ruling council including several chiefs and in most cases a shaman.

Names: There are no recorded instances of aboriginal names in the Hyborian world. The Bone Woman’s nickname was given to her by those who have heard of her unique bone melding spell.

Religion: Aboriginals are animists, worshipping the spirits within nature itself and the ancestor spirits of their tribe. A shaman acts as the emissary to these spirits on behalf of the tribe, speaking with the spirits and appeasing them on behalf of the tribe so that might not grow angry and withdraw their favour. This almost never involves human sacrifice or the darker aspects of sorcery. The Bone Woman is an rather prominent exception to this tendency. Ceremonies usually involve fasting, dancing and singing and usually community events. Few Aboriginals have any contact with Outsiders, considering them unclean. A shaman found to be consorting with these beings will be killed if possible, fled from if not. It is unlikely the Bone Woman enjoyed a good relationship with her former tribe.


Cultural Features: All of the following are racial features of the Aboriginals.

* -2 Intelligence; +2 Constitution. Aboriginals lack a literate culture and are poor at book learning. The harsh environments they dwell in tend to harden their bodies early in life.

* Illiterate: Aboriginals lack a written language. They start the game without the ability to read and write but may pay 2 skill points and gain the resources to learn that skill in order to get it at later date.

* Native Terrain. Aboriginals are masters of living in harmony their native environment, capable of vanishing into the underbrush or living off the land indefinitely. Upon character creation, a native terrain must be chosen for the character from the following list to represent the terrain their tribe lives on: Forest, Hills, Mountains, Plains or Swamp. In this environment this aboriginal has a +2 racial bonus to all Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Search, Spot and Survival skill checks.

Background Skills: Hide, Move Silently, Spot, Survival.

Favoured Class: Barbarian.

Prohibited Classes: Courtier, Noble, Noble Cavalry, Pirate.

Automatic Language: Tribal Dialect- each tribe possesses their own unique tongue. There is no ‘common’ aboriginal tongue.

Bonus Languages: Other local barbarian tribal dialects, the languages of the neighbouring civilized, countries about them.


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