Mariners

The Mariners are humans with a heritage as sailors and merchantmen. They can regularly be found in the docks of any port city, offloading cargo or starting a drunken fight at the nearest tavern. These men are sailors at heart and though they may own a home in some distant port, they are only truly at home when they are on the water aboard a worthy vessel.
Some of these Men take to piracy, but most are upstanding folk earning a living with the added benefit of traveling Thoroth and seeing all that it has to offer.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Strong of build, mariners are among the sturdiest of the Common Men subcultures. They have to be, what with all that water trying to swallow them whole.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

No naming traditions out of the ordinary; however, Mariners do often take on a nickname by which the other members of their crew and family know them.

Common Dress Code

Mariners favor purple, red, and gold clothing made from silk or fine cotton. They wear tunics and only rarely don leggings. Men wear gold collars, while women are well-adorned with jewelry.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Mariners do not much trust High Men. Other than that, they do not have many grudges with other races; mostly to avoid any additional occupational hazards.

RPG Datasheet

Mariners / Mixed Mariners
AG 0; CO 0 / CO +2; ME 0; RE 0; SD +2; EM 0 / EM +2; IN 0; PR 0 / PR +2; QU 0; ST +2; Appearance 0
Channeling 0; Essence 0; Mentalism 0; Poison 0; Disease 0
Body Development 0.6.4.2.1 / 0.6.5.2.1; Arcane PP 0.6.5.4.3; Channeling PP 0.6.5.4.3; Essence PP 0.6.5.4.3; Mentalism PP 0.7.6.5.4;
Soul Departure 12 Rounds; Recovery Mult. 1x
Languages 10; Background Options 6 / 5;
Special Abilities - Mariners get a special +20 bonus to their Boat Piloting, Navigation, Rope Mastery, Rowing, Sailing, Star-Gazing, and Weather Watching skills.
Language: Starting Languages - High-speech (S8/W6), Common-speech (S8/W6), and Sea-speech (S8/W6). Allowed Adolescent Devlopment - High-speech (S10/W10), Common-speech (S10/W10), Sea-speech (S10/W10), Grey-elvish (S8/W8), Sylvan (S6/W6), and Plains-speech (S6/W6).
Everyman skills: Rope Mastery, Rowing, Sailing, Star-Gazing
Restricted skills: None
Mariners can take the Sailor training package and, depending on their cultural background, the Pirate training package at 3/4 the cost.

Genetic Descendants

• Half-Elves
• Half-Orcs

Lifespan

95 - 190 years

Average Height

Males average 6'3" and females 5'9".

Average Weight

Males average 215 lbs and females 145 lbs.

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

Men can be found across Thoroth of all various skin colorings possible to humans on our plane.