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<blockquote data-quote="Grimgrin" data-source="post: 5133761" data-attributes="member: 78830"><p><span style="font-size: 26px">Harbingers</span></p><p> </p><p>Harbingers are children born of an unknown genesis to fulfill an alien design. Barren women go to extremes to produce a child. In some societies, if the wife can not produce a male heir for her husband she may find herself destitute or murdered. Some women can not bear the thought of more stillborn infants and flirt abomination to gain an viable pregnancy. Harbingers are not born to live ordinary lives but to allow Powers beyond the understanding of men direct access to our world. Harbingers are generally great leaders and can be either benevolent or cruel, and always have a massive impact on the course of history. The most infamous of all harbingers was Prince James the false heir of Henry IIV. To please her king, Anne Bolin gave birth to an harbinger prince. At the discovery of this crime, she and the infant prince were burned at the stake as adulterers. It goes without saying that harbingers are universally reviled by Puritans and the Inquisition, and can only expect persecution if their true nature is discovered. The universal mark of an harbinger in GOTHICANA is a prehensile tail extending from the base of the spine that can easily be hid beneath their clothing. If the harbinger gains the favor of his or her divine sire, the harbinger may acquire a small facial spikes, crystal feathers, odd colored skin, or additional unearthly features.</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #4169e1"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #4169e1">PLAYING A HARBINGER</span></span></span></span></strong></p><p>Harbingers are the pawns of the Powers in a great game beyond human understanding. When you reach adulthood, you will be periodically confronted by individuals that claim to represent your unearthly sire. These envoys will present you with advice or information at the cost of a favor in return. The request may seem innocent or innocuous, but it always furthers the nefarious goal of the Harbinger Powers. Though emissaries an harbinger power seeks to manipulate world events. The actions you take when presented with temptation will determine whether you are a minion or adversary of the harbinger powers.</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Play an harbinger if you want…</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">To pursue or reject an unknown destiny you were born to fulfill</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">To possess a heritage you must keep secret to function in lawful society</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">To be agile, hardy, and opportunistic</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">To be a member of a race that favors the bard, rogue, and warlock classes</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: white">HARBINGER RACIAL TRAITS</span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: white">Average Male Height: </span></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: white">5‘ 6“+2d6”</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Average Weight: </strong>140 + 1d4 lbs. per inch over 5’ 6”</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Average Female Height<em>: </em></strong>5´ +2d6”</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Average Female Weight: </strong><em>130 +1d4 lbs. per inch over 5’.</em></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Normal Lifespan: </strong><em>50 + 1d20 years</em></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>=========================================</strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: white"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Ability Scores: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">+2 Intelligence and +2 Charisma or Wisdom</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Size: </strong>Medium</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Speed: </strong>6 squares</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Astral Origin: </strong>Your sire is native to the Astral Realm, so you are considered an astral creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Languages: </strong><em>Choose two regional languages</em></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Skill Bonuses: </strong>+2 Bluff, +2 Diplomacy</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Scrapper: </strong>You gain a +1 racial bonus to attack rolls when bloodied.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Prehensile Tail</strong>: You can use your tail to grab or make a one-handed basic attack.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"><strong>Astral Avatar: </strong>You can use astral avataras an encounter power.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Lightfoot'"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Lightfoot'"> </span></span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Lightfoot'"></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ffffff">Astral Avatar</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: deepskyblue">Harbinger Racial Power</span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="color: deepskyblue">You manifest a psychokinetic clone to assist your endeavors.</span></em></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="color: deepskyblue">Daily </span></strong></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: deepskyblue">✦</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: deepskyblue"> Psychic, Summoning</span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="color: deepskyblue">Minor Action – Ranged Close Burst 5</span></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: deepskyblue">Effect: </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: deepskyblue">You manifest your astral avatar in an unoccupied square within range. Your astral avatar will immediately perform one of the following special actions. The astral avatar disappears at the end of your turn.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="color: deepskyblue">Flank Foe</span></strong><span style="color: deepskyblue">: Your astral avatar will manifest in flanking position for you on one targeted creature.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="color: deepskyblue">Personal Aid</span></strong><span style="color: deepskyblue">: Your astral avatar will perform “aid another” to assist you on one attack or attribute/skill check. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="color: deepskyblue">Bulwark</span></strong><span style="color: deepskyblue">: Your astral avatar will act as a barrier and provide “cover”.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Lightfoot'"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Lightfoot'"> </span></span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Lightfoot'"></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #4169e1"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #4169e1">PHYSICAL QUALITIES</span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: white">Harbingers have no trouble passing for humans except for the tail. They are vibrant and healthy, and have an easy time making friends and fitting into society. As they age, harbingers that pursue a divine or psychic class often acquire additional conspicuous inhuman features such as crystalline growths, bony spikes, sparkling skin, glowing organs, vibrantly colored hair or skin, and so forth.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grimgrin, post: 5133761, member: 78830"] [SIZE=7]Harbingers[/SIZE] Harbingers are children born of an unknown genesis to fulfill an alien design. Barren women go to extremes to produce a child. In some societies, if the wife can not produce a male heir for her husband she may find herself destitute or murdered. Some women can not bear the thought of more stillborn infants and flirt abomination to gain an viable pregnancy. Harbingers are not born to live ordinary lives but to allow Powers beyond the understanding of men direct access to our world. Harbingers are generally great leaders and can be either benevolent or cruel, and always have a massive impact on the course of history. The most infamous of all harbingers was Prince James the false heir of Henry IIV. To please her king, Anne Bolin gave birth to an harbinger prince. At the discovery of this crime, she and the infant prince were burned at the stake as adulterers. It goes without saying that harbingers are universally reviled by Puritans and the Inquisition, and can only expect persecution if their true nature is discovered. The universal mark of an harbinger in GOTHICANA is a prehensile tail extending from the base of the spine that can easily be hid beneath their clothing. If the harbinger gains the favor of his or her divine sire, the harbinger may acquire a small facial spikes, crystal feathers, odd colored skin, or additional unearthly features. [B][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#4169e1][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#4169e1][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#4169e1][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#4169e1]PLAYING A HARBINGER[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] Harbingers are the pawns of the Powers in a great game beyond human understanding. When you reach adulthood, you will be periodically confronted by individuals that claim to represent your unearthly sire. These envoys will present you with advice or information at the cost of a favor in return. The request may seem innocent or innocuous, but it always furthers the nefarious goal of the Harbinger Powers. Though emissaries an harbinger power seeks to manipulate world events. The actions you take when presented with temptation will determine whether you are a minion or adversary of the harbinger powers. [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Play an harbinger if you want…[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]To pursue or reject an unknown destiny you were born to fulfill[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]To possess a heritage you must keep secret to function in lawful society[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]To be agile, hardy, and opportunistic[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]To be a member of a race that favors the bard, rogue, and warlock classes[/FONT][/SIZE] [/SIZE][/FONT][B][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=white]HARBINGER RACIAL TRAITS[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=white]Average Male Height: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=white]5‘ 6“+2d6”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Average Weight: [/B]140 + 1d4 lbs. per inch over 5’ 6”[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Average Female Height[I]: [/I][/B]5´ +2d6”[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Average Female Weight: [/B][I]130 +1d4 lbs. per inch over 5’.[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Normal Lifespan: [/B][I]50 + 1d20 years[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]=========================================[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=white][B][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]Ability Scores: [/FONT][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]+2 Intelligence and +2 Charisma or Wisdom[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Size: [/B]Medium[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Speed: [/B]6 squares[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Astral Origin: [/B]Your sire is native to the Astral Realm, so you are considered an astral creature for the purpose of effects that relate to creature origin.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Languages: [/B][I]Choose two regional languages[/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Skill Bonuses: [/B]+2 Bluff, +2 Diplomacy[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Scrapper: [/B]You gain a +1 racial bonus to attack rolls when bloodied.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Prehensile Tail[/B]: You can use your tail to grab or make a one-handed basic attack.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white][B]Astral Avatar: [/B]You can use astral avataras an encounter power.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][FONT=Lightfoot][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Lightfoot] [/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [/FONT][/SIZE][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=5][COLOR=#ffffff][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=5][COLOR=#ffffff][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=5][COLOR=#ffffff]Astral Avatar[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=deepskyblue]Harbinger Racial Power[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][I][COLOR=deepskyblue]You manifest a psychokinetic clone to assist your endeavors.[/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][B][COLOR=deepskyblue]Daily [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][B][FONT=MS Gothic][SIZE=2][FONT=MS Gothic][SIZE=2][COLOR=deepskyblue]✦[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=deepskyblue] Psychic, Summoning[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][B][COLOR=deepskyblue]Minor Action – Ranged Close Burst 5[/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=deepskyblue]Effect: [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=deepskyblue]You manifest your astral avatar in an unoccupied square within range. Your astral avatar will immediately perform one of the following special actions. The astral avatar disappears at the end of your turn.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][B][COLOR=deepskyblue]Flank Foe[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=deepskyblue]: Your astral avatar will manifest in flanking position for you on one targeted creature.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][B][COLOR=deepskyblue]Personal Aid[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=deepskyblue]: Your astral avatar will perform “aid another” to assist you on one attack or attribute/skill check. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][B][COLOR=deepskyblue]Bulwark[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=deepskyblue]: Your astral avatar will act as a barrier and provide “cover”.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Lightfoot][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Lightfoot] [/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [/FONT][/SIZE][B][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#4169e1][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#4169e1]PHYSICAL QUALITIES[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white]Harbingers have no trouble passing for humans except for the tail. They are vibrant and healthy, and have an easy time making friends and fitting into society. As they age, harbingers that pursue a divine or psychic class often acquire additional conspicuous inhuman features such as crystalline growths, bony spikes, sparkling skin, glowing organs, vibrantly colored hair or skin, and so forth.[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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