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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samloyal23" data-source="post: 5868057" data-attributes="member: 21432">An isolated village on the mainland, Shame was a penal colony started by the Burghausen guilds to get rid of people who refused to work or disrupted the work of others, and other cities later sent their own longterm prisoners there as well. Sometimes exile was unjustified but it was considered better than slave labour in the mines. The mainland is barely inhabitable, with rain a rare event and not a tree in sight for miles. The soil is virtually dead, little grows there that can be eaten. The descendents of convicts living there now get what they can from the sea and work hard to tend small garden plots. Most of what they own is salvaged from the ships that landed there ancestors here and flotsam and jetsam off the ocean. There's never enough wood to build any ship that could make it back to civilisation, so the people of Shame make do with what they have. Gangs and criminal "bosses" rule Shame and frequently war with each other. It is a rough, crude town of a few thousand souls, mostly Iron Dwarves, but members of many races are found here, so it is the most racially diverse place in the know world. Beyond it is a vast range of mountains, the Shoulders of Atlas, that few have scaled and live to tell the tale, so there is no place else for the Shameful to go...Shameful BruteYou are big and tough and use your strength to get ahead and survive living in Shame.Prerequisites: 1st-level only, must be from Shame, Str 13+Benefits: You get a +2 bonus on unarmed attack and damage rolls, including grappling, and +2 starting hp. Climb and jump are always class skills for you. You are illiterate. You receive 1/4 the normal starting money for your class. You can switch your preferred class to Barbarian or Rogue. Once you select a preferred class you cannot change it again.Hardy SurvivorYou grew up working hard and getting barely enough to eat, using your knowledge of the wilderness to eke out a living.Prerequisites: 1st-level only, must be from Shame, Con 13+.Benefits: You only require 1/2 the normal amount of food, water, and rest of someone of your size and race. You get a +2 bonus all Fortitude checks. Climb, knowledge (nature), swim, and wilderness lore are always class skills for you. You add 1/2 your level to 2 of these skills. You receive 1/4 the normal starting money for your class. You can change your preferred class to Ranger or Barbarian. Once you select a preferred class you cannot change it again.Rugged MountaineerYou are one of the few who has dared to live on the Shoulders of Atlas, hunting the wild beasts that dwell on the slopes of these steep, treacherous mountains.Prerequisites: 1st-level only, must be from Shame, Str 13+, Wis 13+.Benefits: Balance, climb, jump, knowledge (nature), use rope, and wilderness lore are always class skills for you. You add 1/2 your level to your rank in 2 of these skills. You are aclimated to altitudes up to 20,000 feet. You get a +2 bonus on Fortitude checks. You have 1/5 the normal starting money for your class. You can switch your preferred class to Barbarian, Druid, or Ranger. Once you choose a preferred class you cannot change it again.</blockquote>

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