Nombians

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Summary of Race

Nombians are rat-like people that are extremely good at tracking, living off the land, foraging and stealing. They are often mistrusted and always guarded against others. 

Usually they will take work as guards, scouts, or thieves for large armies and make their livings in this manner. They take orders well and have few fears and are extremely determined once they have a mission in mind. They often have an issue with getting off of the mission, even when it is nearly impossible. 

Ranks Most Common

Scout
Warrior
Tracker
Soldier

Racial Traits

Night Eyes: With the smallest amount of light they can see as if they were in the middle of moonlight. Even without using any other abilities, the Nombian does not need a torch to see in the darkest of caves, as long as there is some area of light showing somewhere. (Only in the Vantablack will they need additional light.) (+5 Awareness)

Rodent Sense: Gives user heightened senses to allow them to smell and hear things at a much greater distance and height than most mortal beings. Thus the user can distinguish smells that dogs would not be able to discern. They can hear movement up to a half mile from their current location as long as they concentrate to do so. (This will work for the smallest of noises, but also will cost time and stamina [10pts.] per use.) (+5 Aware, +5 Trap Sense, + 5 Catch Spy).

 

Racial Disadvantages

Stubborn
Superstitious
Follower
Unethical

Racial Advantages

Keen Hearing
Keen Smell
Limber
Focused

Physical Description

Male:

Heights: 4’5″           Weight: 112lbs.

Skin Color: Deep Gray, White, Pink

Eye Color : Black, Red, Yellow

Hair Color : White, Black, Brown, Silver

Physical Description

Female:

Heights: 4’1″           Weight: 85lbs.

Skin Color: Deep Gray, White, Pink

Eye Color : Black, Red, Yellow

Hair Color : White, Black, Brown, Silver

Social Structure

Nombians are a very close nit society, where if you mess with one of them, you have just picked a fight with all of them. They don’t care what you are or who you are, they will all fight when one gets into a fight. They often live in tribes of anywhere between 50 and 300 but they have two cities where they thrive. The cities of Norback and Nothian are both completely Nombian and have a vast amount of Nombians living within their walls. Both are over 300 thousand strong and both are very well protected from within and without of the city. 

Norback, ruled by the Nombian King Tetrinar the Great, is a great city of warriors that “rent out” their warriors to other cities as their major export. The Tetrinar family has ruled over this city for nearly a thousand years and are very careful who they lend their soldiers to.

Nothian, ruled over by a council of three, is a great city of warriors who lend their warriors to any cause as long as the cause makes them richer. This can be achieved because Nombian females will have a litter of of up to twenty children at a time, of which most will survive to adult hood and all will be obedient to their mother. The families of the warriors will get a great stipend and if the Nombian dies, they get a bonus on top of the stipend. Many mothers will have five to seven litters through their life times. Most Nombians live for twenty to thirty years.

Both of these cities are deep underground. One is in the bowls of Mt. Dryst and the other is unknown to the outside probe as to which mountain they preside under, but it is thought that they are somewhere on the Shenor Continent. 

Technology

Nombians use very little technology at all. They usually will only use technology that they are taught in the instance that they needed it directly. They don’t use it within their society hardly at all as they don’t need it with all the “man-power” that they already have.

Religion

Nombians don’t believe in Deities. Only powerful beings that they need to overcome at some point to accomplish their current mission.

Base Persona

Nombians have a base persona of Sociopath (16)

Interesting Racial Things

Nombians are almost all near sighted making them very good in close combat but usually terrible in projectile style fighting. (-25 Throw, -25 Catch).

Nombians that are not warriors are shunned from their society. A Nombian can be a warrior and another occupation, but they have to be some sort of warrior first.

Nombians hate and shun Barbarians and will not use the rank for any reason. This is a phobia as well as a societal taboo.