Mythic Vistas: SpirosBlaak - Property Is Theft!

tend towards fair colors, and Faedians only wear lile clothing. They
have no sense of modesty concerning nudity.
Relations
Faedians are total isolationists: They want as lile to do with the
outside world as possible. Some few have developed minor trade
relations with several of the Archduchy’s smaller communities,
and they have occasionally bred with outsiders, but the truest
relationship that the Faedians have with anything not of the people
is the bond shared with the beasts of their homelands.
Alignment
Faedians have very lile in the way of anything resembling
“civilized” morals. They exist according to their own archaic laws,
most of which find roots in superstitious taboos and traditions.
Abstract concepts like good, evil, law, and chaos are oen beyond
their comprehension; only those Faedians who live among outsiders
for a long time understand such things.
Faedian Lands
Bands of Faedian wildmen travel the Coast of Songs and Fristian
Grasslands as the seasons demand. They also frequent the Wild
Vode and the southern tip of the Pharran Vode.
Religion
A superstitious and primeval people, the Faedians do not realize
they pray to the same gods as the rest of SpirosBlaak. Instead,
they worship the gods as aspects of existence rather than as divine
individuals. Sometimes this worship extends beyond the various
aspects to a mere reverence of Nature in the form of the Wild,
a real and powerful divine that finds its expression in raw and
unblemished nature (for more information on the Wild, see the
sidebar and Touched by the Gods by Atlas Games).
Divine Heritage
The Faedians may have divine heritage from the following gods:
Biddethomia, Deledos, Eaovata, Gasperos, Panathon, Phaetos,
Shivanos, Spiros, and Sycleese.
Language
Faedians have their own ancient tongue, Faedic. Faedic has no
wrien alphabet, although the Faedians have certain pictographic
symbols they use to communicate things (Faedic symbols).
Names
Faedian identifiers are limited to a name granted at birth and a long
litany of one’s heritage, such as “Garbud, son of Netwin who slew
the purple wyrm, who was son of Zestus who lived by the river,”
and so on.
Male Names
Baklical, Dadoa, Kimlik, Pie, and Zestus are common male names.
Female Names
Baeow, Caen, Kimmlie, Meeshae, Raezas, and Uewana are common
female names.
Adventurers
Faedians rarely leave their people. Those who do are oen outcasts
or emissaries. Rare is the Faedian who leaves for the sake of wealth,
fame, or adventure; such concepts are alien to their culture. These
humans have a long-standing hatred of kav and are experts at
tracking and killing them, making them valuable mercenaries if they
have a mind for it.
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Faedian (Wildmen) Racial Traits
• +2 Constitution, –2 Intelligence. A hardy, vigorous people,
Faedians lack any form of education beyond their oral traditions.
• Medium: As Medium creatures, the Faedian have no special
bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Faedian base land speed is 30 feet.
• +2 racial bonus to Move Silently, Handle Animal, Hide, and
Survival checks. These are always class skills for the Faedian.
(This replaces the bonus feat
humans ordinarily receive.)
• Wildmen receive wild
empathy, as per the druid
ability, automatically. If they
gain this ability as a class
feature, such as by taking
levels in the druid or ranger
class, they gain a +4 racial
bonus to these checks.
• 4 extra skill points at 1st level
and 1 extra skill point at each
additional level
The Wild
The Wild is not an anthropomorphic
deity; rather, it is a primal force expressed
throughout nature. Its worshippers believe
that the Wild flows through them, and
that they are charged to act as its hands to
maintain the balance between nature and
civilization. The symbol of the Wild is a circle
of thorns, and priests use a collar or bracelet
of thorns as their divine focus.
Alignment: Neutral.
Domains: Animal, Earth, and Plant.
• Technology Taboo: Wildmen see technology as something
“dark and wrong,” and, therefore, something to be avoided.
They take a –4 morale penalty to all aack rolls and skill
checks involving technology, such as black powder weapons
and advanced items involving steam engines, clockwork
mechanics, and the like.
• Oral Tradition: Writing is almost entirely alien to the Wildmen,
so they learn everything by rote, a tradition as ancient as it is
revered. A Faedian must spend 2 skill points to gain the ability
to read and write the languages he speaks.
• Automatic Language: Faedic. Bonus Languages: Common,
Draconic, Goblin, Lycanthus, Old Rilgoth, Orc, Sylva, and
Terran. Note: This does not include the wrien language.