Romanoran
Heirs of a mighty empire
The Romanorans possess a long history of glory and conquest, and the Romanorum Empire has waxed and waned over the millennia of its span. Even today, many Romanorans seek to rebuild their empire to its former glory, through peace or warfare. In light of their aspirations, the Romanorans are a people who cherish their history and tradition, and are devoted to making their goals into reality.
While many Romanorans see themselves through the lens of military glory, many more are focused to developing their homeland to what made it originally great - civilization and stability. As such, many are ardent about a need for continual improvement and adaptation without undermining their traditional values of strength, tradition, and unity. While many consider it honorable to be a Romanoran legionnaire, any profession could be considered to be honorable so long as it contributes to the vision of a greater empire.
Since the time of the Second Primordial War, the Romanorans have preached inclusion via a common and utilitarian culture, including elves, dwarves, gnomes, and halflings among their numbers in earlier history. Since the Last of the Primordial Wars, the demographic has shifted, the Empire now largely represented by men, with large minorities of elves and orcs.
Adventurers: In general, a Romanoran looking for honor or accolades is generally more likely to join the Romanoran Legion. Yet, not all Romanorans share the same outlook, and some prefer to work in smaller groups with more flexibility and greater notoriety, such as adventuring guilds, parties, or even acting as Torch agents. Such enterprises are greatly improved by their stalwart and organized Romanoran allies.
For more information on the Romanorans, see their main article: Romanorum
Ability Score Modifiers: The Romanorans are known throughout history for their constitution and perseverance, as well as their might and tactics, but are rarely known for delicacy or grace. They gain +2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence or +2 Strength, and a -2 to Dexterity.
Base Speed: (Slow and Steady) Romanorans have a base speed of 20 feet, but Romanorans of medium size speed is never modified by armor or encumbrance.
Languages: Romanorans begin play speaking Romanoran Common. Romanorans with high Intelligence scores can choose any languages they want (except secret languages, such as Sylvan and Shadowspeak). See the Language in the Dragon's Domain page for more information about these languages.
Imperial Blood: Many Romanorans can trace their lineage to the Romanoran elves of old. They are immune to magic sleep effects and gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws made against enchantment spells and effects.
Imperial Spirit: Romanorans see themselves as the successors of a great empire, and this empowers them to seek greater heights. They gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against fear and despair effects. Also, once per day, after a natural roll of 1 on a d20 roll, Romanorans may reroll and use the second result.
Skilled: Romanorans gain an additional skill rank at first level and one additional rank whenever they gain a level.
Elven Eyes: Romanorans can see twice as far as an ancestry with normal vision in conditions of dim light.
Elf Blood: Romanorans count as both elves and humans for any effect related to ancestry.
An orcish legionnaire investigates the site of a bandit attack.
In order to keep potential new ancestries balanced, I used a "race point" calculator in an effort to create equitable ancestries. For comparison, a non-variant human is 9 RP.
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Standard Ancestry Traits
Ability Score Modifiers: The Romanorans are known throughout history for their constitution and perseverance, as well as their might and tactics, but are rarely known for delicacy or grace. They gain +2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence or +2 Strength, and a -2 to Dexterity.
Base Speed: (Slow and Steady) Romanorans have a base speed of 20 feet, but Romanorans of medium size speed is never modified by armor or encumbrance.
Languages: Romanorans begin play speaking Romanoran Common. Romanorans with high Intelligence scores can choose any languages they want (except secret languages, such as Sylvan and Shadowspeak). See the Language in the Dragon's Domain page for more information about these languages.
Defense Ancestry Traits
Imperial Blood: Many Romanorans can trace their lineage to the Romanoran elves of old. They are immune to magic sleep effects and gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws made against enchantment spells and effects.
Imperial Spirit: Romanorans see themselves as the successors of a great empire, and this empowers them to seek greater heights. They gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against fear and despair effects. Also, once per day, after a natural roll of 1 on a d20 roll, Romanorans may reroll and use the second result.
Feat and Skill Ancestry Traits
Skilled: Romanorans gain an additional skill rank at first level and one additional rank whenever they gain a level.
Senses Ancestry Traits
Elven Eyes: Romanorans can see twice as far as an ancestry with normal vision in conditions of dim light.
Other Ancestry Traits
Elf Blood: Romanorans count as both elves and humans for any effect related to ancestry.
RP Calculation
In order to keep potential new ancestries balanced, I used a "race point" calculator in an effort to create equitable ancestries. For comparison, a non-variant human is 9 RP.
- Standard Ancestry Traits: 0 RP
- Defense Ancestry Traits: 4 RP
- Feat and Skill Ancestry Traits: 4 RP
- Senses Ancestry Traits: 1 RP
- Total: 9 RP
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