Category:Terran

Terran
Terran: the largest and most primal of all the elementals. Though their soul is not as directly connected to the primal element as the Ifreet, their culture, personality, and physiology represents their element, earth, the most. The Terran, though thought now to be extinct, used to once rule over one of the largest empires that the world has known. Historians to this day are still finding Terran artifacts far from their origin city, Tatochita, which is thought to be in the heart of the Lost Wilds.

Personality
The Terran were formidable, stubborn peoples. Though all that is left of their civilizations are records and artifacts, historians have gleaned some bit of insight as to what the Terrans where like. The word that is often used to describe them is immovable, though barbaric is used quite a lot. The Terrans were known to have extremely immovable ideals. Once a Terran got into their head that they are right, they would not budge. Often times this lead to arguments and bloodshed among Terrans.

Though stubborn, the Terrans were extremely hospitable to their own people. They would treat their Terran subjects with great respect and regard as long as the rules were followed. More often than not, punishments were met out in death. Even thievery was said to be punishable by death. To non-Terrans, the Terrans were viewed as a violent blight upon the world. This is due to the fact that terrans would sacrifice to the earth any non-terran subjects that were not enslaved as well as any victims of war in their quest to dominate all land.

Religion
       From what we know of the Terran religion we can deduce that the Terrans worshiped the god of the earth. They believed that the soul of all existence resided deep within the earth. This soul acted as their chief deity. They believed that in order to appease this soul, the blood of those not connected to the earth must be shed. Their religion stated that once enough blood had been poured out into the earth, that the great soul would awaken and deliver the Terran unto heaven.

Victims of the Terran war of domination were almost always sacrificed to this purpose. Victims would be splayed out upon an alter of stone, high upon the top of a temple. Their throats would then be slit so that their blood ran down a series of chanels to the base of the temple. The deceased body of the victim would then be hung until all blood was issued forth from it.

Other than this practice, the Terrans believed that the dry earth was sacred. That all things connected directly to it, such as tress and grass, were also sacred. They would often avoid cutting any growth unless absolutely necessary and would often found their cities in naturally occurring clearings or fields.

Physiology
Terrans are large, thick skinned humanoids. Their skin colors range from white-greys to dark greys and often have jagged, thin, crack-like patterns. Their eyes are completely whited out and lack a pupil. A Terran male is born without hair and never grows hair throughout their life. The Female Terrans, however, grow hair from the tops of their heads. The female's hair comes in two colors: black and platinum blonde with the latter being extremely rare and possibly a sign of royalty.

Terrans grow to be between 8 and 10 feet tall and often weight over 550 pounds. The female terrace are only slightly less heavy with an average of 500 pounds. A Terran's skin is made of a hard extraneous layer that breaks off and regrows often. This outer layer of skin is akin to flexible stone and gives the Terran excellent defensive capabilities.

Culture
Terran culture is heavily influenced by their religion. They believed that all of the dry earth were theirs by birh right and that no other race had a right to occupy, much less alter the earth. Due to this belief, a massive war was raged across Anatole, long before it was populated with humans. The Terran would take slaves and sacrifices alike and then move on to conquer the next territory.

Other than war, the Terran were rather skilled carpenters and architects. To this day many of their temples and ruins can be found scattered across Anatole as a reminder of a once great empire. These temples were usually lower to the ground with one large standing altar that acted as the principle spot for religious activities. Other than architecture, the Terrans actually brought a lot of small wonders to the world such as aqueducts, the spear-thrower, and stone roads.

Game Mechanics
The rumor of the Terran's legacy surviving through a band of individuals and wandering loners might have credit after all.

Large: Terrans are considered a large humanoids and thus gain all the bonuses and nagative associated with such.

Speed: Terrans have a land speed of 25ft

Strength of Mountains: Terrans are strong and stout, but are not know for their minds. A Terran begins play with a +4 in Strength and a +4 in Constitution, but a -2 in Intelligence and a -2 in Charisma.

Hardened Skin: Terrans gain a number of temporary hit points each day equal to their constitution modifier. Once these hit points are expended, the Terran can not regain them for 24 hours.

Earth Mastery: A Terran gains a +1 on all strength base checks while they are standing on solid earth and not prone.

Tremorsense: Terrans gain tremorsense, but only at a 10 foot range.

Banned Class: Terrans are brute, stout, forward thinking beings. They do not use guile, panache, or cunning to fight. Therefore the rogue class is banned for Terrans.

Favored Classes

Fighter: Add+1/3 to the damage of the hammer group of weapons

Barbarian: add +1/2 on strength checks made to bull rush, drag, or overrun the opponent.

Ranger: Add +1/4 to your animal companion's natural A/C