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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 7588008" data-attributes="member: 92305">Ideas from CONAN and the Shadows of the SinnThe MastigaPriesthood guardsmen for the god, Nergal.Typical Mastiga in Sa’leen favor the bill.  There are no bowmen.  A specialized number are trained with javelin and short sword.  No helms—their heads must be open to the stars.Red Sash:  This contingent of Mastiga is captained by a man in his late 20’s named Lamuran.  He’s a 3rd level Soldier.  Oddly, he has blonde hair that he keeps cut extremely short—to the scalp.  The only difference in his uniform kit is that, instead of a worn rope, Lamuran wears a flame-red sash at his waist that both designates him as an officer and symbolizes the flame on the black candles of Yadar.Lamuran wears leather armor under his grey-brown tabard.  He is trained with the arming sword.  And, he uses a targe.  No helmet.Typical Mastiga SoldierMale Meadow-Shemite Soldier 1Hit Dice: 1d10+1 (7 hp)Initiative: +1 (+1 Dex, +0 Ref)Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)DV (Dodge): 11 (+0 base, +1 Dex)DV (Parry): 13 (+0 base, +2 Str, +1 Parry)DR: 4 (Leather Jerkin)Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+3 (+1 base, +2 Str)Attack: Bill +4 (+1 base, +2 Str, +1 Weapon Focus) melee (2d8+3, 20/x3, AP 6)Full Attack: Bill +4 (+1 base, +2 Str, +1 Weapon Focus) melee (2d8+3, 20/x3, AP 6)Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: +1 racial bonus to attack rolls with any javelin, +1 circumstance bonus to damage rolls with javelins against targets within one range increment, +1 circumstancebonus to damage rolls when performing coup de grace attacks.Special Qualities: +2 racial bonus to Appraise, Spot and Bluff checks, +1 circumstancebonus to all Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Survival and Spot checks in any plainsenvironment, wield Shemite bows as martial weapons instead of exotic weapons, -1racial penalty to all saves, +2 racial bonus to all Diplomacy checks, Bonus Feat.Saves: Fort +2 (+2 base, +1 Con, -1 racial), Ref +0 (+0 base, +1 Dex, -1 racial), Will -1(+0 base, +0 Will, -1 racial)Abilities: Str 14, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10Skills: Intimidate +4 (4 ranks, +0 Cha), Search +4 (4 ranks, +0 Int).Background Skills: Diplomacy, Handle Animal, Ride.Feats: Toughness, Parry, Weapon Focus (bill) .Languages: Shemitish, Kothic.Possessions: Leather jerkin, bill, 0-8 sp (1d10-2).  Plain, grey and brown tabards worn over armor to symbolize man’s eternal passing and decay back into the earth.  The tabards are tied symbolically with a simple rough rope at the waist.  The rope symbolizes the wick of a black candle in Yadar.Hounds of AraluThe Mastiga employ the use of trained dogs on patrol.  Aralu is a dark, nebulous land in the afterlife where the dead reside, in the Shemite pantheon.  The city of Yada, ruled by Nergal, is home to the black candles.Hound of AraluSmall AnimalHit Dice: 1d8+2 (6 hp)Initiative: +5 (+3 Dex, +2 Ref)Speed: 40 ft. (8 squares)DV (Dodge): 14 (+10 base, +3 Dex, +1 size)DR: 2 (tough hide)Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-3 (+1 Str, -4 size)Attack: Bite +2 (+0 base, +1 Str, +1 size) melee (1d4+1, 20/x2, AP 0)Full Attack: Bite +2 (+0 base, +1 Str, +1 size) melee (1d4+1, 20/x2, AP 0)Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.Special Qualities: Low-light vision, scentSaves: Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +1Abilities: Str 13, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6Skills: Jump +7, Listen +5, Spot +5, Survival +1 (+5 when tracking by scent)Feats: Alertness, TrackClimate/Terrain: Temperate plainsOrganization: Solitary, pair (jackals only), or pack (5-12)Advancement: NonePossessions:  These short-haired dogs are usually painted with the religious symbols of Nergal over their bodies on their coats with a specially prepared, thick paint/dye.  The paint is applied in a ceremony.</blockquote>

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