SOTDL: Birthright

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Birthright covers the things you were born into such as nationality and social standing and will cover your initial skill bumps and your Wealth knack.

Nationality

Nationality indicates the people you were born into and the region you hail from.

Note: While each nationality conforms to a general appearance for that nation at large, a PC might have any appearance, having mixed ethnicity or just unique genes or whstever. We won't really be focusing on the social implications of race in this game. That's just something that too many folk are forced to struggle with in day to day life, and I am unwilling to drag it into a game.

Setting details on the people of the Salt Coast, including appearance, government, religion, and trade, may be found HERE

Corsair

Corsair tend to be compact and stocky folk with weathered to light brown skin and dark hair. Their eyes are almost always brown or green.

Corsair are the most populous people group of the salt coast with arguably the most vast expanse of natural resources. They are the only people to build cities. While PCs may hail from anywhere on the map, Corsair primarily dwell along the eastern sea coast or in the plains and riverlands between the coast and the western mountains.

Include where they are from in your character bio.

Corsair step up two (2) of the following skills by one (1): Influence, Perform, or Pilot (inland characters may substitute Rice/Drive for Pilot).

Social Standing

Choose your character's social rank.

• High House (nobility): You were raised in a merchant household of wealth and privilege. In addition to the common tongue, you speak and read High Corsair and high Druidan and you are conversant in Islander patois. Step up one (1) of the following skills by one (1): Shoot/Throw or Fight. Your Wealth knack (Influence) is Wealth knack applies even if your Influence score is Untrained. Wealth is the only knack that may exceed the skill it is associated with (Influence).
• Artisan/Craftsman: You work for a living at some skilled labor or art. In addition to the common tongue, you speak and read High Corsair and understand the Islander patois. Step up one (1) of the following skills by one (1): Craft or Perform. Your Wealth knack (Influence) is Wealth knack applies even if your Influence score is Untrained. Wealth is the only knack that may exceed the skill it is associated with (Influence). Additionally, add one (1) free knack to any skill rated or higher or step up an existing knack (excluding Wealth) by one (1).
• Laborer: You just work hard. In addition to speaking and reading common, you are conversant in High Corsair an can make yourself understood in Islander patois. Step up one (1) of the following skills by one (1): Labor or Survive. Your Wealth knack (Influence) is Wealth knack applies even if your Influence score is Untrained. Wealth is the only knack that may exceed the skill it is associated with (Influence). Additionally, add two (2) free knacks to any skill rated or higher or step up existing knacks (excluding Wealth) by one (1).
• Vagrant: You can speak the common tongue and you know some words in other languages, but you cannot read or write. You are destitute or living off the land. Step up one (1) of the following skills by one (1): Survive or Trick. Your Wealth knack (Influence) is Wealth knack applies even if your Influence score is Untrained. Wealth is the only knack that may exceed the skill it is associated with (Influence). Additionally, add one (3) free knacks to any skill rated or higher or step up existing knacks (excluding Wealth) by one (1).

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