Anabagua
Basic Information
Anatomy
Biological Traits
Genetics and Reproduction
Growth Rate & Stages
Ecology and Habitats
The anabaguas tend to live in communities, often within secret glades found within the jungle, away from other races. This is to keep both a sense of privacy so as to enjoy the unspoiled beauty of nature, and so that they could hide their rapidly dwindling numbers due to the elders dying off in an unnatural fashion. The anabaguas are said to be in touch with the land more than any other race, so when the land is sick, the anabaguas are said to suffer as well, though it has never happened to this scale, where nearly 25 percent of the anabagua population was wiped out in the past three years alone. Because of this, they have become even more reclusive than they were before, hoping no other race takes advantage of their relative weakness at the moment. This has not worked to their advantage as other races have only become more and more curious about the anabaguas’ situation.
The anabaguas people are expected to be responsible for the jungle on Boricubos as a whole, and with that responsibility comes a great deal of pressure. With the elders dying off without necessarily having passed on the practices of keeping the jungle safe from the greed of other races, it is up to the younger generations to find their own methods.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Each anabagua village is led by the eldest anabagua in said village, a tradition that has held despite The Blight killing off the anabagua elders. This is to keep some semblance of normalcy despite these hard times, and because it is hard to simply change a mindset that has lasted for thousands of years.
The Blight has ravished the Anabaguas, and because of this, the current population of anabaguas is made up of only the youngest and most inexperienced to make decisions. Though they act as if they are just as knowledgeable as their deceased elders, they are a race in panic, not sure if they can live up to the legacy their ancestors left behind.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Adventurers
Most anabaguas adventurers are rarely seen outside of the jungle, not enjoying going to the coastal cities which they see as the potential destruction of the archipelago. That said, there are a select few anabaguas adventurers who are not so choosy about where they adventure, and simply relish the opportunity to help the races they see as needing their protection. As a result, most of the Eldest become druids and rangers. A select few also become barbarians, and witches.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
In addition, anabaguas all have the ability to transfer life from one organism to another, using necrotic energies to sap attackers or predators’ life forces in order to channel that into positive energies that can be used to grow the natural environment in Boricubos, or heal themselves if need be. There are some anabaguas who refuse to use this power, seeing it as a violation of life, but the youngest anabaguas see this as just a gift to be used in order to preserve the few lives they have left, after their elders began dying off.
Feat
As an anabagua, you gain the Siphon Life ability.- Siphon Life [three-actions] (concentration, healing, necromancy, negative, primal)
- Frequency: once per day;
- Effect: You touch a creature and deal 1d6 points of negative damage, plus an additional 1d6 negative damage for every 2 of your levels beyond 1st. You then choose a creature within 30 feet to give temporary Hit Points equal to half the negative damage the target takes (after applying resistances and the like). They lose any remaining temporary Hit Points after 1 minute.
They also see well in the dark (low light vision)
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
The two main deities that the anabaguas worship are Yokaho, the god of the land and harvest, and Boina, the goddess of the sun and volcanos, though most anabaguas tend to disregard the second part of her domain in favor of the first.
The anabaguas regularly hold festivals in these two deities’ honor, believing them to be the most important for all life on Boricubos. After all, what would the people be without land? And what life would there be on said land if not for good harvest? And how could the harvest come to be if not for the sun?
History
In the Boricubosan creation story, it was the anabaguas themselves who were given seeds presented by the gods in order to plant the other races that now populate the archipelago, all save for the Hurákani and the Wolákani , who arose from the elements naturally many centuries later. Because they are the Eldest, many of Boricubos ’ other races often look to them as spiritual leaders, and see what advice the anabaguas give before acting. In the rare interactions mortals have with the gods, it is usually a divinity speaking with one of the anabaguas, which only cements the idea that the anabagua people are, in fact, special.
Common Myths and Legends
Before all the races on Boricubos came to be, there were the anabaguas, plant-like humanoids who are also known as the “Eldest” because of their unique position as the archipelago’s original inhabitants, created by the gods to watch over not only the archipelago of Boricubos, but also the people who would be sent to populate it in future years.
The anabagua people are the cultivators of the land here in Boricubos. It would be fair to state that we are the land incarnate and that all other races owe their existence to our continued wellbeing over the years. After all, who is it that replants the forests when the others take for food and lumber? After all, who is it that taught the people of the land to properly treat the soil in order to avoid the land from becoming barren? It was us, the true inheritors of the land who were here before all else, and who shall be here after all others have left this world. Nature will always prevail over the destructive forces of civilization and we are just the harbingers of that message.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
The Great Jungle
The Eldest have taken to weaponizing what they call The Great Jungle, making it deadlier for the people who live in the coastal regions of Boricubos to traverse and therefore destroy with their civilizations. So instead of meeting with other racial and community leaders and teaching them about how to properly care for the jungle, the anabaguas have been creating all sorts of traps within the jungle’s most highly travelled routes, such as deadfalls, falling log traps, and even spiked pits. They have even gone as far as digging up and replanting certain dangerous flora near safe ones in order to trick bypassers into deadly scenarios, and agitating local wildlife whenever intruders to the forest are near so that they attack said intruders. These are not necessarily meant as malicious attacks on others, but they are legitimately the only ways the younger generation of anabaguas knows how to protect the jungle.
Stats
- HP: 8
- Size: Small
- Speed: 25 Feet
- Ability Boosts: Constitution, Wisdom, Free
- Ability Flaw: Strength
- Languages: Common, Terran (Uncommon: Aquan, Draconic, Coquían, Iguacan, Taínem, or Sylvan)
- Traits: Anabagua, Plant
- Senses: Low Light Vision
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