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<blockquote data-quote="Priest_Sidran" data-source="post: 3110816" data-attributes="member: 30857"><p><u><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Ekeb</strong></span></u></p><p></p><p> In their homeland ekeb are known for their prophets and seers. As adventurers ekeb tend to be gatherers of information, spies, scholars, tellers of tales, and thieves. Culturally, ekeb do not believe in conflict preferring instead to change situations from behind the scenes all the while portraying themselves as a peaceful, and neutral party in the dealings of other races. Ekeb are covered in fur that ripples in response to emotional states they have tapered ears and both male and femal ekeba sport beards. They average at about 5 Ft. 4 In. Tall and a tend to live slightly longer than most humans. Their fur colors come in many colors from dark browns to snow white, or ebony. The rarest of which is the blonde ekeba, a sign of their nameless gods of prosperity to a household. The caste system of the ekeb is based off of fur color with the Blondes being the Vedani, and the whites the Veda. </p><p><strong>Personality:</strong> Under the peaceful exterior ekeba are manipulative, crafty, curious, and vindictive by nature and more than a little bit paranoid. They are an ethnocentric race that think of themselves as superior to other races, a fact which has caused them more than a little strife. They can be aggrivating at times but ekeba are also capable of great loyalty, and bravery when it is called for. </p><p><strong>Alignment: </strong> Ekeb tend towards neutrality, and have a strong respect for law which gives them a tendancy to lean on a more lawful alignment.</p><p><strong>Society and Culture:</strong> Ekeba culture is broken up into multiple layers of castes from the Veda or priestly class to the Wanashe or Workman class. Adventuring ekeba tend to have come from the later of these two classes, as a means of excaping a life of toiling in the fields of their Vedani or Masters. The lower castes are forbidden to carry weapons of any kind, so they have created many forms of martial arts, a few of which have made it west into the Maidens Hearth. </p><p> Their are many ethnic groups among the ekeb including the Tamu a offshoot of the ekeb, that live in the Eastern Enet marshes. The ekeb and their ethnic cousins tend to get along for the most part, though sporadically throughout their history the ekeb, and the Tamu have broken out in conflict over land, or over religious difference. ekeb prefer hot foods, and fast music played on the three stringed Asabbe a lyre like instrument, symbols, and tambourines. They like fast paced music, and have developed many dances that have circulated throughout the hearth, and have become popular mainly due to the skyren women who perform the complicated dances in bars and taverns throughout the maidens hearth, One such dance, the Kabuthi, has been outlawed in Grale for its indecency. </p><p><strong>Lands and Settlements: </strong> Ekeb have a country in the south called Kinath-Enet, and though they have closed their borders in the last few hundred years ekeb are still found adventuring in the Maidens Hearth. They live in the southern steppes east of Rhys, and along the fallen Coasts of the Crimson Tide. Only their chief port city of Torolis is open to traders from the Crimson Sea, and even then foreign traders are allowed only within the Foreign Quarter, and within the Cities seaside Bazaars, and along the wharf district. </p><p><strong>Focus: </strong> Water, Wind, Shadow </p><p><strong>Beliefs:</strong> Religiously the ekeb worship a pantheon of god and goddesses that are unique to their race, Framapasus the Lord of the Sky is their cheif deity. For more on the religion of the ekeb see chapter 7.</p><p><strong>Language:</strong> Ekeba speak and read both Ekeb, and Common, and are well versed in many of the other languages of the world. Ekeba, tend to collect languages as a hobby, and trade them among each other as gifts. Ekeb are one of the few races that know Draconic, and the other secret languages including Druidic. Only the Skyren, and their body speech elude the Ekeb's many attempts at translation. It is said the first to do so will restore the Ekeb to their former glory and undo the Caste system. A fact for which many Ekeb Vedani feel great respect, and have on many occasions denied access to Ekeb lands to skyren traders. </p><p><strong>Relations:</strong> Ekeb are a closed society which has closeted themselves off from other races for more than five hundred years. What little interaction they have with other races is done in a restricted environment. Individual ekeb, and those that adventure find that life outside of ekeb lands is more fulfilling and less restricted than that of those who conform to the caste system. </p><p><strong>Character Names:</strong> Ekeb prefer short, and simple descriptive names that tend to describe the quality or coloration of their fur. Draka, a popular name among the Ekeb means Soft, or downy, and is a common name among male and female Ekeb. </p><p><strong>Male Names: </strong> Barsk, Carsk, Corsk, Draka, Forsk, Geska, Harsk, Jarkan, Karka, Keskan, Koth, Laskan, Melan, Tav, Veskan, Zorska</p><p><strong>Female Names:</strong> Carsa, Corsa, Drasa, Forsa, Gessa, Harsa, Jarkara, Kara, Keshana, Kotha, Laskana, Melanna, Tavara, Veska, Zorsa</p><p><strong>Family Names:</strong> Var'Elon, Fer'Daen, Fel'Oene, Oene'Var, Lya'oen, Fer'yla, Fel'Lon</p><p><strong>Famous Ekeba: </strong> Tav Var'Elon, Harsa Lya'Daen, Mela Oene'Var, Forsk Fey'Lya</p><p></p><p><u><strong>Ekeb Racial Traits:</strong></u></p><p>•+2 Dexterity, -2 Constitution; ekeb are quick and dexterous, but are less robust than most other races.</p><p>•<strong>Medium:</strong> As Medium creatures, ekeb have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.</p><p>•Ekeb Base speed is 30 Feet </p><p>•<strong>Fast learner (Ex): </strong> Ekeb have an uncanny ability to learn new things at an exceptionally fast rate at first level and every level thereafter ekeb gain an additional +4 skill points that are able to be used for any one single skill that they have seen in use, this ability includes spoken languages, but does not include written languages (unless the language is read vocally while the ekeb is able to follow along)</p><p>•+2 racial bonus to listen, search, and spot checks</p><p>•+4 racial bonus to Knowledge (history), Gather information, survival checks</p><p>•<strong>Automatic languages:</strong> Ekeba, and Common; Bonus Languages Any.</p><p>•<strong>Favored Class:</strong> Rogue A Multiclass ekeba's rogue levels do not count in determining whether he takes an experience point penalty for multiclassing (See XP for Multiclass Characters, Page 60 of the Players Handbook version 3.5)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Priest_Sidran, post: 3110816, member: 30857"] [U][SIZE=4][B]Ekeb[/B][/SIZE][/U] In their homeland ekeb are known for their prophets and seers. As adventurers ekeb tend to be gatherers of information, spies, scholars, tellers of tales, and thieves. Culturally, ekeb do not believe in conflict preferring instead to change situations from behind the scenes all the while portraying themselves as a peaceful, and neutral party in the dealings of other races. Ekeb are covered in fur that ripples in response to emotional states they have tapered ears and both male and femal ekeba sport beards. They average at about 5 Ft. 4 In. Tall and a tend to live slightly longer than most humans. Their fur colors come in many colors from dark browns to snow white, or ebony. The rarest of which is the blonde ekeba, a sign of their nameless gods of prosperity to a household. The caste system of the ekeb is based off of fur color with the Blondes being the Vedani, and the whites the Veda. [B]Personality:[/B] Under the peaceful exterior ekeba are manipulative, crafty, curious, and vindictive by nature and more than a little bit paranoid. They are an ethnocentric race that think of themselves as superior to other races, a fact which has caused them more than a little strife. They can be aggrivating at times but ekeba are also capable of great loyalty, and bravery when it is called for. [B]Alignment: [/B] Ekeb tend towards neutrality, and have a strong respect for law which gives them a tendancy to lean on a more lawful alignment. [B]Society and Culture:[/B] Ekeba culture is broken up into multiple layers of castes from the Veda or priestly class to the Wanashe or Workman class. Adventuring ekeba tend to have come from the later of these two classes, as a means of excaping a life of toiling in the fields of their Vedani or Masters. The lower castes are forbidden to carry weapons of any kind, so they have created many forms of martial arts, a few of which have made it west into the Maidens Hearth. Their are many ethnic groups among the ekeb including the Tamu a offshoot of the ekeb, that live in the Eastern Enet marshes. The ekeb and their ethnic cousins tend to get along for the most part, though sporadically throughout their history the ekeb, and the Tamu have broken out in conflict over land, or over religious difference. ekeb prefer hot foods, and fast music played on the three stringed Asabbe a lyre like instrument, symbols, and tambourines. They like fast paced music, and have developed many dances that have circulated throughout the hearth, and have become popular mainly due to the skyren women who perform the complicated dances in bars and taverns throughout the maidens hearth, One such dance, the Kabuthi, has been outlawed in Grale for its indecency. [B]Lands and Settlements: [/B] Ekeb have a country in the south called Kinath-Enet, and though they have closed their borders in the last few hundred years ekeb are still found adventuring in the Maidens Hearth. They live in the southern steppes east of Rhys, and along the fallen Coasts of the Crimson Tide. Only their chief port city of Torolis is open to traders from the Crimson Sea, and even then foreign traders are allowed only within the Foreign Quarter, and within the Cities seaside Bazaars, and along the wharf district. [B]Focus: [/B] Water, Wind, Shadow [B]Beliefs:[/B] Religiously the ekeb worship a pantheon of god and goddesses that are unique to their race, Framapasus the Lord of the Sky is their cheif deity. For more on the religion of the ekeb see chapter 7. [B]Language:[/B] Ekeba speak and read both Ekeb, and Common, and are well versed in many of the other languages of the world. Ekeba, tend to collect languages as a hobby, and trade them among each other as gifts. Ekeb are one of the few races that know Draconic, and the other secret languages including Druidic. Only the Skyren, and their body speech elude the Ekeb's many attempts at translation. It is said the first to do so will restore the Ekeb to their former glory and undo the Caste system. A fact for which many Ekeb Vedani feel great respect, and have on many occasions denied access to Ekeb lands to skyren traders. [B]Relations:[/B] Ekeb are a closed society which has closeted themselves off from other races for more than five hundred years. What little interaction they have with other races is done in a restricted environment. Individual ekeb, and those that adventure find that life outside of ekeb lands is more fulfilling and less restricted than that of those who conform to the caste system. [B]Character Names:[/B] Ekeb prefer short, and simple descriptive names that tend to describe the quality or coloration of their fur. Draka, a popular name among the Ekeb means Soft, or downy, and is a common name among male and female Ekeb. [B]Male Names: [/B] Barsk, Carsk, Corsk, Draka, Forsk, Geska, Harsk, Jarkan, Karka, Keskan, Koth, Laskan, Melan, Tav, Veskan, Zorska [B]Female Names:[/B] Carsa, Corsa, Drasa, Forsa, Gessa, Harsa, Jarkara, Kara, Keshana, Kotha, Laskana, Melanna, Tavara, Veska, Zorsa [B]Family Names:[/B] Var'Elon, Fer'Daen, Fel'Oene, Oene'Var, Lya'oen, Fer'yla, Fel'Lon [B]Famous Ekeba: [/B] Tav Var'Elon, Harsa Lya'Daen, Mela Oene'Var, Forsk Fey'Lya [U][B]Ekeb Racial Traits:[/B][/U] •+2 Dexterity, -2 Constitution; ekeb are quick and dexterous, but are less robust than most other races. •[B]Medium:[/B] As Medium creatures, ekeb have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size. •Ekeb Base speed is 30 Feet •[B]Fast learner (Ex): [/B] Ekeb have an uncanny ability to learn new things at an exceptionally fast rate at first level and every level thereafter ekeb gain an additional +4 skill points that are able to be used for any one single skill that they have seen in use, this ability includes spoken languages, but does not include written languages (unless the language is read vocally while the ekeb is able to follow along) •+2 racial bonus to listen, search, and spot checks •+4 racial bonus to Knowledge (history), Gather information, survival checks •[B]Automatic languages:[/B] Ekeba, and Common; Bonus Languages Any. •[B]Favored Class:[/B] Rogue A Multiclass ekeba's rogue levels do not count in determining whether he takes an experience point penalty for multiclassing (See XP for Multiclass Characters, Page 60 of the Players Handbook version 3.5) [/QUOTE]
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