Nord

For much of the year the northernmost reaches of the continent is a frigid, hostile land filled with savage beasts fighting for survival. Dire bears, arctic lions, winter wolves, snow rocs, wargs, ice trolls and more fight against each other and against the brutal elements for food and territory, and only the strongest live to see the coming of the spring melting. It is in these lands that the Nords, a proud and rugged subrace of humanity, make their homes. They are also the lands that hone their bodies and shape their views on life.

Nords, like all of humanity, are an adaptable race, able to master any skill they put their minds to. The harshness of their environment, however, gives them little time for advanced culture and learning, so very few nords enter the spellcasting professions. Those that do guide their tribal communities as shamans or seers. The brutality of their daily lives, on the other hand, has toughened the nords, giving them an endurance unmatched by any of their weaker human cousins. It comes as no surprise, then, to find vast numbers of warriors among their ranks, many of them uncivilized barbarians but not a few working as mercenaries for foreign armies and as gladiators for sport.

A nord's features and builds are the same as most humans, though they tend to be taller than their common brethren, and broader in shoulder. Nords vary little in their hair and eye colors, generally being blonde- or red-haired with blue or grey eyes, while some have medium-to-light brown locks. Their skin tones are light.

+ Nords have an increased rate of learning-by-doing. + Nords are resistant to cold, but are vulnerable to psionics. + Raceweapon: sword

Racial Stat Mod STR   QUI   DEX   INT   WIS   CON   CHA   APP +10      0      0       -5      0      +10      0     0