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Toni Sihvonen (order #92780) 6
Marshmen
Marshmen are lightly-built folk with Pictish Statistics and
Traits. They live in small matriarchal family groups of 1-6
women and their communal husbands. Women rule the
village under the senior matriarch, while men fish, hunt,
raid, and defend the clan. Families live in round reed
huts 12 yards across. the door is hidden below the water
level and normally accessible only by swimming. While
the Marshmen know how to make fire, they mostly eat
raw fish, eels, and shoots, cooking stolen cattle or other
game on dry islands away from the village so as not to
draw attention to it. They have outlasted the Britons,
the Romans, and the Saxons by becoming even more
suspicious, secretive, and backward than the Picts.
Marsh Poison: Marshmen use poisoned arrows when
raiding or defending their families, but not when hunting.
The poison is brewed from dung, nightshade, reptile
venom, and other toxins by the family fiosaiche
(shaman), usually a sister of the family matriarch. Marsh
Poison can not be created or exported beyond the
marsh whose Life Force helped create it. Its quality
varies - roll 4d6 per dose to find potency. If a target
suffers at least one point of damage from an envenomed
arrow, pit its potency against the victim's CON.
Marsh Spirits
Like Pictish tribes, each Marshman clan gains heathen
magic by following an animal-spirit. Marsh spirits are
provided for gamemasters who use Beyond the Wall
and who may want to develop detailed Marshmen as
recurring characters (or extend their magic to the regular
Picts). However, Marshmen and marsh magic are utterly
mysterious to the Saxons, so the GM need not feel
bound by these descriptions.
Marshman
SIZ 12 Move 3
DEX 15 Damage 4D6
STR 11 Hit Points 25
CON 13 Armor none
APP 8
Attacks: Bow 12 Spear 8, Javelin 10, Dagger 7 Grapple 13
Significant Traits: Cruel 15. Cowardly 12, Suspicious 18
Significant Passions: Hate (Landsmen) 13
Significant Skills: Awareness 13, Hunting 16, Swimming 17
Marshwoman
SIZ 10 Move 3
DEX 15 Damage 3D6
STR 10 Hit Points 25
CON 15 Armor none
APP 7
Attacks: Dagger 9, Spear 5
Significant Traits: Cruel 17. Suspicious 19
Significant Passions: Hate (Landsmen) 17
Significant Skills: Awareness 14, Hunting 15, Swimming 17
Marsh Children
SIZ 6 Move 2
DEX 13 Damage 2D6
STR 7 Hit Points 16
CON 10 Armor none
APP 7
Attacks: Spear 3, Dagger 4, Grapple 10
Significant Traits: Cruel 17, Suspicious 19
Significant Passions: Hate (Landsmen) 14
Significant Skills: Awareness 12, Hunting 15, Swimming 15
Marshwoman Fiosaiche
SIZ 11 Move 3
DEX 16 Damage 3D6
STR 9 Hit Points 25
CON 15 Armor none
APP 6
Attacks: Dagger 6
Significant Traits: Cruel 17. Suspicious 20; all religious traits
at 16+
Significant Passions: Hate (Landsmen) 17
Significant Skills: Awareness 14, Faerie Lore 13, Geomantic
Lore 16, Hunting 15, Industry 12, Orate 13, Religion
(Heathen) 15, Swimming 17
Magic: Blessing 9. Control Faerie Creature 13, Healing 15,
Spiral Walking 12, Weather Control 12; The Fiosaiche has
the Religious Bonus for her Spirit, as well as its Fiosaiche
benefits.