Races: Day 3

Arts by Taka Yanagi(?) and Capcom 

Highlanders: A clan of monkey (wo)men who reside on the highest mountain peak on the continent. The people of this clan are incredibly gifted in terms of athletic ability, like quickness and jumping. Their personalities range from irrepressible jokers to the ever-serious rule keepers.  Theirs is a militaristic based society lead by the strongest clan member. Leaders can change frequently as any member may challenge the leader for the position in the form of a duel. The looser is generally banished though exceptions are known to occur.  Generally highlanders act as mercenaries in times of war, selling services to the highest bidder, and in the present time of peace they have taken to taking jobs as guards for caravans or for treasure rooms of the wealthy. Highlanders are not especially violent, however their homeland might sound, they just take pride in their physical abilities.  Quite a few suffer from wanderlust, and as such they can be found all over the continent either street preforming or doing odd jobs for a sense of accomplishment. Religion: many highlanders have traveled all over and thus may have taken to worshiping for any of the religions in the world. There is no native religion in the highfort region, though there are sculptures of both the dragon god and the goddess in odd corners of their castle.

Highlander (hadozee stormwrack pg41)

+2 dex -2 cha

Favor class: rouge

Medium size Humanoid (monkey) 30’movement >+4 racial bonus on balance and climb; does not loose dex to ac while climbing & only needs one hand free >Slow Fall; A highlander within arm’s reach of a wall can use it to slow its descent. When first using this ability, it takes damage as if the fall were 20 feet shorter than it actually is. This ability to slow fall (that is, to reduce the effective distance of the fall when next to a wall) improves by 10 feet every third character level, and also only works when carrying a light or medium load.

Adapted from Wizards of the Coast.

Races: Day 2

Image copyright Capcom

The Wing Clan:  Or Windians as they are sometimes referred to. Their homeland is the oldest city to have remained continuously inhabited over the millennia.  They look like human except for the wings that protrude from their backs. Wing color ranges from pure white to molted brown like a hawk.  Their history is also one of the most turbulent of any of the clans filled with alternating prosperity and harsh depressions of population and abilities. Before the latest earth shattering war windians had nearly completely lost their wings and ability to fly, but due to some clever insights and restrictions enforced by the surviving monarchy the clan’s wings have been restored.  Their society has become one of historians and intellectuals in the years since the faerie’s gift. Still ruled by a monarchy and with a small skilled standing army they are not an aggressive people, but they have been reclusive since the war, and even more so in recent years as the sea of trees has spread and surrounded their mountain city.  Trade and travel are still common though the range of windian merchants is rather small, only extending far enough south into the plainlands to trade with the closest farming villages and east to Gantz to trade for precious metals.  Religion: windians worship the Great Bird, a large wind spirit that they believe is the founder of their clan and the source of their powers.

Wing Clan (raptoran RW pg65)

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Favored Class: Cleric

Medium size Humanoid (bird) Lowlight vision 30’ movement >Gliding >Flight >+10 racial bonus on jump checks >Cast air spells at +1 caster level >Always know which way is north

Gliding– may move forward 20’ for each 5’ he/she descends. Effective “flying” speed is 40 with Average maneuverability. Also, falling damage is negated by gliding unless hampered by a tight space. May not be carrying more than a Light load.

Flight– at 5th level, the wing clan can Fly 40’ with Average maneuverability for (Constitution modifier) consecutive rounds without becoming Fatigued. Most combine flying and gliding to stay airborne without becoming Fatigued (though this still occurs after 10 minutes per day of Flight). At 10th level, the Raptoran does not become Fatigued.  May charge and ‘run’ while flying.

Raptoran and abilities copyright Wizards of the Coast, used under OGL and such. 
Windians Copyright Capcom.

Races: Day 1

From Breath of Fire source material. Copyright Capcom

Humans: your classic, standard race. In this world they are the most populous race, found everywhere but nearly always the minority in the homelands of the various clans. Most humans have no qualms with the other races and some have even been adopted by the clans that live and work with, but there are a few human towns that hold old grudges from ancient war times. Religion depends on where they grew up, many humans have turned to worshiping St. Eva, though a few still worship the goddess Myria or Ladon the Dragon god, holding to old traditions. Others have taken to worshiping the god of the clan that they live or work with.

Human

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Favored Class: any

Medium size 30’ Movement 1 extra feat at first level OR a heritage bonus 4 extra skill points at 1st level 1 extra skill point at each additional level

Due to human’s adaptability a heritage bonus is available at character creation if they opt to be from a certain region of the world (see world map).

Tunlan: +1 to bard caster level & +2 to preform checks

Windia: +2 on any knowledge checks (able to use untrained)

Gantz: +2 on any craft checks

Highfort: +2 on climb & balance checks

the north (frost shores): +2 on survival cold checks

Bleak: +2 on bluff & sense motive checks

Tuntar/Tantar: +2 on survival & tracking

Prima: +2 on Swim/ hold breath checks

Arad (the western dessert): +2 on survival heat checks

For DM's only:  And of course Since dragons and shaman are integral to this universe the choosing of human race is actually the choice of one of those, I'd call it a 1 dragon to 3 shaman ratio, but really the point isn't to rain havoc upon the world with a party of dragons from the get go. and It gives a nice surprise part way through the campaign. Though I suppose that you could just choose a different time/space point than the one I set up and have at it. Dragon and Shaman details to come later.

Age and Weight

Nitpicking. Given the typical length of a given campaign, these numbers don't usually have a significant effect however, I always thought that it helped me get into character. So, it was always rather annoying that the charts in the player's hand book we not very clear on these matters. Thus I fixed/reworded it to be smoother.

	Aging Effect					Random Starting Ages
Race	Adulthood	Middle	Old	Venerable	Maximum	Barbarian Rogue Sorcerer	Bard Fighter Paladin Ranger	Cleric Druid Monk Wizard
Human	15	35	53	70	2d20	1d4	1d6	2d6
Wing Clan	17	40	63	85	3d20	1d4	1d6	2d6
Highlander	13	35	53	70	2d20	1d3	1d4	1d6
Grassrunner	14	35	53	70	2d10	1d4	1d6	2d6
Woren	14	35	53	70	2d10	1d4	1d6	2d6
Dirt Eater	20	50	75	100	5d20	2d4	3d6	4d6
Shell clan	14	30	45	60	2d10	1d4	1d6	2d6
Iron Ogre	14	30	45	60	2d12	1d4	1d6	2d6
Manillo	15	35	53	70	2d20	1d4	1d6	2d6
Creeping Clan	10	30	50	60	2d10	2d6	1d6	3d6
Grassman	10	30	100	--	+90d20	1d4	1d6	2d6

Age: roll the appropriate die for your class, and then add to that number your base age for race and maturity level.                           Example: An adult Shell Clan Sorcerer;  (1d4) + 14 = 16 years old on average.

Middle Age: –1 Str, –1 Con, –1 Dex, +1 Int, +1 Wis, +1 Cha.

Old: –2 Str, –2 Con, –2 Dex, +1 Int, +1 Wis, +1 Cha.

Venerable: –3 Str, –3 Con, –3 Dex, +1 Int, +1 Wis, +1 Cha.

Aging effects are cumulative

	Male				Female
Race	Height	Height mod inches	Weight	Weight mod lbs	Height	Height mod	Weight	Weight mod
Human	4’ 10”	2d10	120	x (2d4)	4’ 5”	2d10	85	x (2d4)
Wing Clan	4’ 10”	2d10	100	x (2d4)	4’ 5”	2d10	80	x (2d4)
Highlander	5’ 0”	2d8	150	x (2d4)	4’ 10”	2d4	120	x (2d4)
Grassrunner	5’ 4”	2d12	150	x (2d6)	5’ 2”	2d12	120	X (2d6)
Woren	4’ 10”	2d10	120 lbs	x (2d4)	4’ 5”	2d10	85	x (2d4)
Dirt Eater	2’ 8”	2d4	40	x 1	2’ 6”	2d4	35	x 1
Shell clan	6’ 4”	2d12	230 lbs	x (2d8)	6’ 0”	2d12	190 lbs	x (2d8)
Iron Ogre	6’ 10”	2d12	250 lbs	x (3d8)	6’ 5”	2d12	210 lbs	x (3d8)
Manillo	4’ 10”	2d10	170 lbs	x (2d4)	4’ 5”	2d10	150	x (2d4)
Creeping Clan	4’ 9”	2d4	85	x (1d4)	4’ 11”	2d6	90	x (1d4)
Grassman	5’ 0”	2d6	100	x (2d4)	5’ 0”	2d6	90	x (2d4)

Height: roll indicated dice and add that many inches to your base height.

                                Example for Manillo; (2d10) + 58” = 68” = 5’ 8” on average

Weight: roll indicated dice, multiply that roll by your Con modifier and add the total in lbs to your base weight.               Example for Grassrunner : ((2d6)xCon) + 150 = average 156 lbs.