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Ligureans:; Of the Pictish Wilderness.
Topic Started: May 27 2012, 09:56 PM (327 Views)
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Ligurean

Description: The Ligurean are a tribe of light-skinned savages living in the Pictish Wilderness, but they are not Picts. They live in the north-west near the Cimmerian border and usually war with the surrounding Pictish tribes, though they occasionally manage short-term alliances with several of them. No one knows who or what they are, some scholars believe they are descended from Acheronians who managed to become lost in the wilderness, either intentionally or otherwise and became a primitive stone-age Culture. Others believe they are a group of ancient Atlantean, related to Cimmerians or perhaps they are remnants of a surviving group of Valusians. The truth is shrouded in the dim mist of time.

Culture: Regardless of origins, the Ligureans live as Picts do, indistinguishable but for their white skin. They live in scattered villages and are rough, strong and bold people. They live in caves and makeshift dwellings of wood, branches and animal skins, often single one or two roomed affairs, with a hearth. They often perch their rough homes in naturally fortified or inaccessible locations. The roughness of their homes and villages serve a purpose for these savages as they are easy to tear down and rebuild, a necessity for these masters of guerrilla warfare. Ligureans enjoy strong drink and manufacture their own mead, a potent fermented drink make from honey.

Names: These seem to be based on modern day Celtic names, though they may also have Hyborian Age Pictish names. For Example (Male) Diviatix.

Religion: The Lords of Creation, are savage natural Deities and Nuadens Argarlam of the Silverhand; also know as the Lord of the Abyss, is but one of them. The Druids worship their dark Gods and Goddesses in great groves in the northern-eastern reaches of Pictland. The largest and greatest of these groves is called Nuadwyddon.

Their Wizard-Priests are called Druids, Dressed in white robes, they travel with staves and carry golden sickles tucked into their belts as an emblem of their rank. Even the greatest and most bloodthirsty of the Pict Warchiefs dare not harm one of the Druids an some say the Picts fear the Ligurean Druids. These Druids seem to be impartial to the feuding, neither aiding nor hindering the violent feuds raging throughout the Pictish Wilderness. However, they are not impartial to the activities of black magic, particularly magic wrought by Priests of Set. This attitude may stem from memories of Acheron and their treatment of the Picts and the early Ligureans, or from actual oral traditions orally spoken through generations of Ligureans. Ligurean Druids are also familiar with Mitran symbols and wards, knowledge that likely comes from centuries of warring with the Bossonians.


Cultural Features:

All of the following a Cultural Features of the Ligureans.

* +2 Dexterity, -2 Intelligence. The Ligureans are nimble, but they are generally poorly educated.

* +2 racial bonus to all Craft (any mundane) checks. The Ligureans enjoy handiwork and excel in the areas of craft and construction. +2 racial bonus to knowledge (Nature). The teachings by their religious Druids emphasise a communion with nature.

* +1 circumstance bonus to attack and damage rolls made when attacking creatures of the Animal type. Note if using a range weapon, the Ligurean only get the damage bonus if they are within one range increment.

* Illiterate: Ligureans begin play without the ability to read or write, unless they choose to spend 2 skill points to gain it.

Background Skills: Craft (any one mundane), Survival, Knowledge (Nature), Knowledge (Local: Pictish Wilderness).

Favoured Class: Barbarian or Scholar.

Prohibited Class: Courtier, Martial Disciple, Noble, Noble Cavalry, Nomad, Pirate.

Automatic Languages: Pictish, Talking Drum.

Bonus Languages: Aquilonian, Cimmerian, Nordheimer.


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