Washington State
One small problem: There are three subraces. For the record, I'm a Native Pacific Northwesterner.
Native Pacific Northwesterners (Endangered)
+2 Wis (Strong willed, don't let others talk them out of their ideas)
+2 Con (Don't get sick much from all the rain)
-4 Cha (Don't shower much, complain about Californicators destroying the PacNW all the time. This is a recent change - if you are playing in pre-Californification Washington State, this becomes a +2)
+4 to Knowledge (Pre-Californification history)
+4 to Drive rolls in wet weather
-4 to Drive rolls in snow
+4 to Profession (Barrista)
+4 to Perform (Whine)
Favored enemy: Removed due to possible misinterpretation.
Favored class: Druid
The native Washingtonian is generally a [removed due to possible misinterpretation] who complains long and bitterly about the destruction of their native habitat by the process of Californification. When they aren't complaining about Californification, they are complaining about the pitiful state of their sports teams, which always seem to be on the cusp of a championship year, but always choke at the finals. They love the constantly soggy weather, and when they aren't complaining about sports teams or Californians, they're complaining about Californian sports teams that can't drive in wet weather.
They never actually do anything about any of these problems, however.
Californian expatriates
-2 Wis (Hey, they're Californians. They do crazy things that make no sense.)
+2 Int (They were smart enough to move out of California)
+2 Cha (California is full of beautiful, charismatic, manipulative people)
+4 to Drive (Like a maniac) except in the below conditions.
-4 to Drive rolls in wet weather
-8 to Drive rolls in snow
+4 to Profession (Real Estate Development)
+4 to Knowledge (Real Estate law)
Favored class: Rogue
[removed due to possible misinterpretation]
During the early '80s, Californian (and more specifically Los Angeles) had deteriorated into a barely livable smoggy mess. Meanwhile, Washington state (and more specifically the Puget Sound basin) had turned into a pleasant, gentle, nice place to raise a family.
So, a small fraction of California's population (the smart ones) decided to move to Washington. As the value "a small fraction of California's population" was much larger than Washington state's population at the time, the end result was what the natives refer to as the Californification of Washington state: in a short amount of time, real estate prices skyrocketed, the living quality plunged, commute times tripled, and people started being mean to each other.
Californian expatriates think they are the best drivers in the world - and they are, as long as a) it's dry, and b) you count "best" as meaning "get from point a to point b with minimal regard for the safety of your fellow drivers." About the only traffic law they do follow is to always head in the direction that the rest of traffic is heading.
They have also taken real estate to new levels, manipulating land prices so high that most of the Natives can't find homes within 2 hours of their work.
Eastern Washingtonians
+2 Str (Lots of physical labor)
+2 Con (Lots of physical labor)
-4 Int (Dumber than a brick)
-4 Wis ([removed due to possible misinterpretation])
-2 Cha (They aren't too pretty over there - even the girls tend to have a plug 'o chew in their cheeks)
+4 to Drive rolls in snow
Favored class: Barbarian
Rural, poor, and uneducated, the eastern half of the state is practically a whole separate state. In fact, many people from both sides of the state think that each half would be better off without the other. In reality, losing eastern Washington would be like removing leg irons from a championship sprinter for western Washington, while eastern Washington would sink like a stone if they lost the massive benefits they get from the [removed due to possible misinterpretation] these sad people have brutish, nasty and brief lives, mainly consisting of agricultural labor and tractor pulls.
If playing in a pre-Californification campaign, this category applies to anybody living outside of the Seattle metropolitan area.
For a slightly different take, see
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