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New Character Races for Owl Hoot Trail
The west is a wide and mysterious place, home to all sorts of
folks. The halfins,hill folk, orcs, and shee youre used toarent the
only people out there.The following races may be available for
characters if the GM is willing.
CentaursNever tell a centaur that hes half-horse. Im my own
beast, hell say.To equate me to any other race isto diminish
centaur, man, and horse.Centaurs are counted among the greatest
thinkers in the world, studentsof philosophy and the sciences. They
have founded great academies andforged schools of thought that have
stood for centuries.It is true that centaurs possess features of
both men and horses. Thepowerful equine lower body gives them great
strength, speed, and grace.The human torso lets them use tools
crafted for the other common racesand to converse with them as
well. They are at home in the great cities as
well as the endless prairies.Many centaurs are marshals, scouts,
gadgeteers, preachers, and shamans.Few have the temperament to be
ruffians or scoundrels.They get +1 GRIT and +1 Learning. Centaurs
present a bigger target in afight, so they have a -1 modifier to
Defense. However, they are Hardy 1,like orcs. Centaurs always use
the movement rules for traveling by horse.
DigosShort for wendigos, digos are human-like folk that are
covered in fine tuftsof fur. They also usually have jagged teeth
and sharp claws. Digos are
from way up north, calling the mountains and the arctic their
home. Somepeople think they are related to lycanthropes, but the
digos ain't talking.Digos are often gunslingers, marshals,
ruffians, scoundrels, scouts andshamans.Digos get +1 GRIT and +1
Wilderness. Digos are an angry folk,suffering a -2 to Amity. In
exchange, they can get angry once a day,causing +2 damage for the
rest of a scene. They also have natural clawsthat deal 1d6
damage.
DrakesBack East, dragons are long extinct, hunted for sport for
ages. On thefrontier, there are still the terrifying sand dragons,
but most folks knowits a matter of time before some general sends
his army to wipe them outtoo. So it came as quite the shock when a
team of miners dug into a cavedin chamber and discovered thousands
of eggs that soon hatched into a raceof humanoid dragons.Drakes are
a powerful but primitive race. Only a few have been raised inthe
great cities; the rest have formed native clans and roam the
west,searching for clues to their history. Drakes are slowly
forming their own
customs, borrowing liberally from the other races.A drake will
usually be a gunslinger, ruffian, scout, mentalist, preacher,
orshaman.They get +1 GRIT and +1 Wilderness. A drake can attack
with a breathweapon, which can be a blast of flame, a spray of
acid, or arcs ofelectricity. This attack uses the drakes melee
bonus, deals 1d6 damage,and can target 1-3 creatures in the drakes
zone. A drakes breath weaponcan burn out just like a 3rd rank
gadgeteer power. The cost to recharge isthe price of a hearty meal
and a few stiff drinks.
FaeThe fae are thought to be distant ancestors to the shee,
coming from thebirthplace of all shee. Fae look like their pointy
ear cousins, and yet theydont. They are more regal, tall and aloof.
Some are full of the beauty ofthe wild, others are darkened by
shadow, and still others gaze longingly atthe stars.Fae are often
gunslingers, marshals, scouts, shamans and mentalists.Fae get +1
WITS and +1 Amity. Fae can teleport to short distances theycan see
once per scene.
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FlingsFling is short for tiefling, which iswhat people call
these folks BackEast. A fling is the child of a human and a devil,
but contrary to whatmost preachers will tell you, flings arent born
evil. Raised right andgiven half a chance, a fling can be decent,
loyal, even righteous.
Unfortunately, folks see the horns or hooves or red eyes and get
all ornerytoward them. Most flings youll meet grew up on the
frontier, away fromthe judgment of other folks.A fling will tend
toward gunslinger, ruffian, scoundrel, scout, mentalistor
shaman.They get +1 DRAW and +1 Wile. They suffer a -2 to Amity.
Inexchange, flings are Deadly 1. That means any injury they inflict
is +1 onthe 2d6 roll. In addition, flings only roll every 30
minutes when exposedto extreme heat and cold, instead of every 10
minutes.
GearsGears are big, hulkin, clankinautomatons cooked up by some
crazygadgeteers, either recently or long ago. Made of brass etched
with reallypurty designs, gears are stoic, smart and powerful. Most
gears are runningfrom someone controlling them, always looking
behind their shoulders.They arent afraid to rough up a feller if it
means survival.Gears tend to be gunslingers, ruffians, scoundrels,
scouts and, of course,gadgeteers.Gears get +1 Grit and +1
Toughness. They are slow, only moving asfast as any other race. In
exchange, gears dont need to eat, drink or
breathe. Gears also have a natural affinity with machinery. They
get a +3bonus to identify and fix almost any type of mechanical
object.
GnomesGnomes are small like halfins but have a touch of magic
about them thatputs folks in mind of the shee. Many are flamboyant,
dressing in brightcolors and performing as acrobats or stage
magicians. Other gnomes arequiet tricksters, making valuable
objects disappear without letting theirowners in on the fun.
Gnomes tend to be scoundrels, gadgeteers, mentalists, and
shamans.Gnome scouts tend to attract burrowing critters like
badgers or prairiedogs as companions. The few gnome gunslingers are
feared in the duel, asthey tend to have conspicuous good luck.
Gnome marshals are so rare thatany gnome sporting a badge should be
ready to prove its real.They get +1 WITS and +1 Wile. Gnomes can
cast the common mentalist
tricks, even if they arent mentalists. Gnome mentalists can
instead choosean extra 1st rank trick as a signature power. (Even
though theyre as smallas halfins, gnomes dont get the Defense
bonus. Go figure.)
HalosFolks Back East may say Aasimar, but on the frontier,
everybody justcalls em Halos. Halos are what you get when a human
makes a baby withan angel. Preachers dont like to answer when folks
start asking questionsabout it. Halos mostly look like humans, but
each has a unique feature that
speaks to their heavenly ancestry: electric blue eyes, feathery
white hair,or just a healthy glow.Halos are often gunslingers,
marshals, scouts, mentalists, and preachers.They get +1 GRIT and +1
Amity. Halos also get +1 to Mental Defense,as their spiritual
connection protects them from powers.
MorphsMorphs, sometimes called changelings, are spooky
creatures. They looklike humans, except their facial features are
muted and barely there. Theydont even have pupils, which can rustle
some peoplesspurs. A lot of
myths show up where a morph will kill a person and impersonate
themforever, but morphs dont usually do that.Morphs are often
gunslingers, scouts, scoundrels, mentalists andgadgeteers.Morphs
get +1 GRIT and +1 Wile. Morphs can make themselves looklike any
other humanoid varmint for up to 4 hours. The problem is theyhave
to touch the poor sucker to assume their form.
