The Jade Shores

The Jade Shores

The Old World is ending. Five hundred years ago the Old Gods left behind humanity. In their wake, the Fel, a corruption that turns in the land black and creatures into abominations has been consuming civilization. The powers they granted mortals to defend themselves, fade with their memory and their new goddess, The Guardian struggles to turn back the Fel on her own. Each dawn the Fel's corruption deepens, the land blackens and curls in its grasp, and the felbeasts it creates hunt the survivors.

The last walled city, Solace, stands alone against the coming doom. Behind it's towering walls are the last vestiges of civilization. The survivors from a hundred nations unified in the purpose of survival. The Church, reformed under their new goddess The Guardian speaks of hope and duty while collecting both coin and bodies to mount the defense. It's Inquisitors hunt for signs of the Fel, burning it before it's able to take root and spread within the walls of Solace. While it's Paladins train levies in use of pike and shot to repel the Felbeasts from their walls.

The streets are cramped by hundreds of thousands of refugees, permanent citizens of Solace whose homes have been consumed by the Fel. With the inner fields inadequate for the besieged populace, sickness and starvation has begun to take hold. The underbelly of the city has become as dangerous as the Fel, desperate people going to dark lengths to secure food. With the streets growing ever more dangerous the the Imperial Houses beseech the King for a culling.

It was then the King dispatched ships across the placid Ocean, searching for shores that hadn’t been corrupted by the Fel. At first they all returned reporting the same, the Fel had corrupted everything, turning the land into black ash, but one ship returned with a tree a shade of green as to be called Jade. Its captain excitedly told of a place whose shores were jade, the Fel nowhere to be found. And so salvation was to be had, but not by turning back the Fel, but by seeking out a new world.

Agents of the Free Tribes

Players who choose to be from the Free Tribes have a similar freedom in determining motivation for their character. Since the tribes are so varied in their goals and beliefs it's possible to come up with wildly different personal quests that would lead to a life of adventuring.

Boons

• The Barbarian, Bloodrager, and Skald class become available.
• Start with friendly relations with The Tribes
• Start with a Tusken contact that is available to use use for information and item procurement.
• Start with a Pistol or Musket

Banes

• The Magistrate start off as unfriendly
• Divine Spells have a spell failure chance.

Bonus Trait

Choose one of the below 2 bonus traits at creation.

• Stowaway: You gain a +1 trait bonus on Stealth checks and Survival checks to find food.
• Child of the Streets: You gain a +1 trait bonus on Sleight of Hand checks, and Sleight of Hand is always a class skill for you.

Agents of the Magistrate

The Magistrate's members are assigned tasks by their superiors. The player can choose to either be a member of the Magistrate that has been assigned to New Solace including it's rank of wizards and garrison of soldiers, or a member of the Magistrate from the Old World newly arrived on the shores on an important mission.

Boons

• The Magus and Wizard class are available
• Starts with a creed from the King granting authority and immunity.
• Start with Friendly relations with The Magistrate
• Begin the game with double the staring gold coins

Banes

• The Jade Shores start off as hostile
• Divine Spells have a spell failure chance.

Bonus Traits

Choose one of the below 2 bonus traits on creation

• Classically Schooled: You gain a +1 trait bonus on Spellcraft checks, and Spellcraft is always a class skill.
• Law Enforcer: You receive a +2 bonus on Sense Motive checks to gain a hunch from social situations, and begin play with a pair of masterwork manacles.

The Colonies

Races		Classes
Human	Half-Orc	Alchemist	Rogue
High Elf	Goblin	Bard	Sorcerer
Half-Elf	Hobgoblin	Cavalier	Summoner
Dwarf	Minotaur	Cleric	Swashbuckler
Tinker Gnome	Tiefling	Fighter	Warpriest
Halfling		Gunslinger	Witch
Orc		Paladin

Agents of the H.T.C.

Agents in the employ of the H.T.C. are seeking to locate exploitable resources and stake claim for the company. Setting up any advanced staging grounds and surveying the local for long standing settlement. The H.T.C. has deep pockets and their bribes are an accepted practice, which leads to their agents often acting outside of the law. While these activities aren't typical endorsed by the local Magistrate, they're not ceased either.

Agents of the Royal College

Agents of the Royal College have likely been tasked with a quest seeking to further the college's understanding of the new world. The great mystery of The Jade Shores is that they're free of the the Fel and it has the academics and powers at the Royal College abuzz with debate and research. There is also talk of an ancient power lingering untapped deep in the lands of the Jade Shores. Some wizard found it hidden in a book of the old ages when researching about the land.

Sun Elves

Sun Elves are firmly of the belief that they stand as the sole protectors and inheritors the Sun's dominion. Patient and deliberate in most of what they do, they demonstrated an orderly nature uncommon to most elves, preferring to master a skill before applying it rather than learning as they go.

Sun elves have bronze-colored skin and hair most often of copper, golden blond, and black. Sun elves typically have green eyes, though golden ones were also common.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Quetzal are fast in body and tongue, but relatively fragile and delicate. They gain +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma, –2 Constitution.
• Size: Quetzal are Medium creatures and thus receive no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Quetzal are humanoids with the Quetzal subtype.
• Base Speed: Quetzal have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Quetzal begin play speaking New World and Quetzal. Quetzal with high Intelligence scores can choose any languages they want (except for secret languages, such as Druidic and Old World). See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

• Gifted Linguist: Quetzal gain a +4 racial bonus on Linguistics checks, and learn 2 languages each time they gain a rank in Linguistics rather than 1 language.
• Glide: Quetzal can use their feathered arms and legs to glide. Quetzal with this racial trait can make a DC 15 Fly check to fall safely from any height without taking falling damage, as if using feather fall. When falling safely, a tengu may make an additional DC 15 Fly check to glide, moving 5 feet laterally for every 20 feet he falls.
• Natural Weapons: A Quetzal has a bite attack that deals 1d3 points of damage.
• Swordtrained: Quetzal are trained from birth in swordplay, and as a result are automatically proficient with sword-like weapons (including bastard swords, daggers, elven curve blades, falchions, greatswords, kukris, longswords, punching daggers, rapiers, scimitars, short swords, and two-bladed swords).
• Low-Light Vision: Quetzal can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Forest Gnomes are physically weak but surprisingly hardy, and their natural affinity to nature makes them seemingly wise beyond their years. They gain +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom, and –2 Strength.
• Size: Forest Gnomes are Small creatures and thus gain a +1 size bonus to their AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a –1 penalty to their Combat Maneuver Bonus and Combat Maneuver Defense, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.
• Type: Forest Gnomes are Humanoid creatures with the gnome subtype.
• Base Speed: Quetzal have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Forest Gnomes begin play speaking New World Common and Sylvan. Forest Gnomes with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Ocelots, Quetzal, Draconic, and Giant See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

• Bond to the Land: Forest Gnomes have strong ties to their jungles, as a holdover from their fey origins. These gnomes gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC when in Jungle terrain.
• Keen Senses: Gnomes receive a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks.
• Fey Magic: Gnomes with this racial trait increase the DC of spells of the compulsion subschool they cast by 1. Additionally, if the gnome has a Charisma score of 11 or higher, she also gains the following spell-like abilities: 1/day—charm person, dancing lights, entangle, and prestidigitation. The caster level for these effects is equal to the gnome’s level. The DC for these spells is equal to 10 + the spell’s level + the gnome’s Charisma modifier.
• Fey Fortitude: Gnomes with this racial trait are infused with a connection to life. They gain a +2 racial bonus on saves to resist death effects.
• Low-Light Vision: Forest Gnomes can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Kobolds are fast but weak. They gain +2 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence, –2 Strength, and –2 Constitution.
• Size: Kobolds are Small creatures and thus gain a +1 size bonus to their AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a –1 penalty to their Combat Maneuver Bonus and Combat Maneuver Defense, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.
• Type: Kobolds are humanoids with the reptilian subtype.
• Base Speed: Kobolds have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Kobolds begin play speaking only Draconic. Kobolds with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Common, Dwarven, Gnome, and Undercommon. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages. Defense Racial Traits

Racial Bonuses

• Hard Scales: Kobolds naturally scaly skin grants them a +1 natural armor bonus.
• Jungle Dwellers: Kobolds dwell in the jungles of The Jade shores learning how to endure the hunt. They gain a +2 racial bonus on Perception and Survival checks, and Stealth and Survival are always class skills for them.
• Beast Bond: Some kobolds have a talent for training animals and beasts to help them both on and off the battlefield. Kobolds with this racial trait gain a +2 racial bonus on Handle Animal and Ride checks. Handle Animal and Ride are always class skills for them.
• Darkvision: Kobolds can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Vanaras are agile and insightful, but are also rather mischievous. They gain +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom, and –2 Charisma.
• Size: Vanaras are Medium creatures and thus have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Vanaras are humanoids with the vanara subtype.
• Base Speed: Vanaras have a base speed of 30 feet and a climb speed of 20 feet.
• Languages: Vanaras begin play speaking Common and Vanaran. Vanaras with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Aklo, Celestial, Elven, Gnome, Goblin, and Sylvan. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages. Feat and Skill Racial Traits

Racial Bonuses

• Nimble: Vanaras have a +2 racial bonus on Acrobatics and Stealth checks.
• Low-Light Vision: A vanara can see twice as far as a human in dim light.
• Prehensile Tail: A vanara has a long, flexible tail that she can use to carry objects. She cannot wield weapons with her tail, but the tail allows her to retrieve a small, stowed object carried on her person as a swift action.
• Tree Hanger: A vanara gains Tree Hanger is a free bonus feat.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Lizardfolk are Strong and Hardy, but dim witted. They gain +2 Strength, +2 Constitution, and -2 Wisdom
• Size: Lizardfolk are Medium creatures and thus have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Lizardfolk are humanoids with the reptilian subtype.
• Base Speed: Lizardfolk have a base speed of 30 feet and a swim speed of 20 feet.
• Languages: Vanaras begin play speaking Old World Common and Draconic. Lizardfolk with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Quetzal and Sylvan. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

• Hardend Scales: Lizardfolk have tough scaly skin, granting them a +1 natural armor bonus.
• Felborn: Lizardfolk are born in the cursed lands and develop resistance to foul influences. They gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against necromancy spells and spell-like abilities and spells and spell-like abilities with the curse descriptor, as well as on saving throws to remove temporary negative levels.
• Swim: Lizardfolk have a swim speed of 30 feet and thus gain a +8 racial bonus on Swim checks
• Light against Darkness: Lizardfolk have fought against the corruption of the fel since time immemorial. Lizardfolk receive a +1 bonus on attack rolls against creatures with the fel subtype.
• Natural Attacks: Bite Lizardfolk gain a natural bite attack, dealing damage equivalent to that of a creature two size categories lower than normal for their size (1d2 for Small races, 1d3 for Medium, etc.). The bite is a primary attack, or a secondary attack if the creature is wielding manufactured weapons.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Ocelots are agile and powerful, but often lack common sense. They gain +2 Strength, +2 Dexterity, –2 Intelligence.
• Size: Ocelots are Medium creatures and thus have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Ocelots are humanoids with the Ocelots subtype.
• Base Speed: Ocelots have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Ocelots begin play speaking Common and Ocelots. Ocelots with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following languages: Draconic and Sylvan.

Racial Bonuses

• Cat’s Luck (Ex): Once per day when a Ocelots makes a Reflex saving throw, he can roll the saving throw twice and take the better result. He must decide to use this ability before the saving throw is attempted.
• Natural Hunter: Ocelots receive a +2 racial bonus on Perception, Stealth, and Survival checks. Movement Racial Traits
• Jungle Stalker: Ocelots live in deeply forested terrain and they have become naturally sure-footed to maintain their hunting prowess in these dangerous environments. Ocelot gain a +2 racial bonus on Acrobatics checks and can ignore the first square of difficult terrain caused by foliage each round.
• Low-Light Vision: Ocelots have low-light vision allowing them to see twice as far as humans in dim light.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Centaurs are hardy creatures able to divine the future from the stars, however their large bodies are less agile than the lithe races and their stubborn headedness means they’re slow to learn. +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom, -2 Dexterity, -2 Intelligence
• Size: Centaurs are Large creatures and thus gain a -1 size penalty to their AC, a -1 size penalty on attack rolls, a +4 Bonus to their Combat Maneuver Bonus and Combat Maneuver Defense, and a -1 size penalty on Stealth checks.
• Reach: 10 ft
• Type: Monstrous humanoid
• Base Speed: Centaurs have a base speed of 40 feet.
• Languages: Centaurs speak New World Common and Sylvan, Centaurs with a high intelligence can choose from Quetzal, Draconian, Druidic, and Ocelot.

Racial Bonuses

• Moonkissed: Centaurs gain a +1 racial bonus on saving throws.
• Sprinter: Centaurs gain a 10-foot racial bonus to their speed when using the charge, run, or withdraw actions.
• Woodcraft: Centaurs know the deep secrets of the wild like no others, especially secrets of the forests. Centaurs gain a +1 racial bonus on Knowledge (nature) and Survival checks. In forest or Jungle terrain, these bonuses improve to +2.
• Low-Light Vision: Ocelots have low-light vision allowing them to see twice as far as humans in dim light.
• Quadruped: Centaurs have four legs. This grants them a +8 bonus on their CMD to avoid being Bull rushed or Tripped, but also imposes a -8 penalty to climb skills checks when attempting to climb a vertical surface like a tree or cliff.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: High Elves are nimble, both in body and mind, but their form is frail. They gain +2 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence, –2 Constitution.
• Size: Elves are Medium creatures and thus receive no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Monstrous humanoid
• Base Speed: Elves have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: High Elves begin play speaking New World Common and Sylvan. Elves with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Celestial, Draconic, Gnoll, Gnome, Goblin, and Orc.. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

• Perfect: The eerie beauty of some elves cannot be denied. High Elves receive a +1 racial bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks against humanoids and a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against transmutation spells and spell-like effects.
• Keen Senses: High Elves receive a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks.
• Elven Magic: High Elves receive a +2 racial bonus on caster level checks made to overcome spell resistance. In addition, elves receive a +2 racial bonus on Spellcraft skill checks made to identify the properties of magic items.
• Weapon Familiarity: High Elves are proficient with longbows (including composite longbows), longswords, rapiers, and shortbows (including composite shortbows), and treat any weapon with the word “elven” in its name as a martial weapon.
• Low-Light Vision: High Elves have low-light vision allowing them to see twice as far as humans in dim light.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Minotaurs are powerfully built with an unnatural cunning but are stiff and their appearance disconcerting. +4 Strength, +2 Wisdom, –2 Dexterity, and –2 Charisma
• Size: Minotaurs are Large creatures and thus gain a -1 size penalty to their AC, a -1 size penalty on attack rolls, a +4 Bonus to their Combat Maneuver Bonus and Combat Maneuver Defense, and a -1 size penalty on Stealth checks.
• Type: Monstrous humanoid
• Base Speed: Minotaurs have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Minotaurs begin play speaking New World Common and Giant. Minotaurs with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Celestial, Draconic, Goblin, Orc, and Sylvan. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

• Hardy: Minotaurs gain a +4 bonus on Fortitude saves against disease and poison, including magical diseases.
• Stubborn:* Minotaurs gain a +2 racial bonus on will saving throws to resist spells and spell-like abilities of enchantments.
• Sociable: When Minotaurs attempt to change a creature’s attitude with a Diplomacy check and fail by 5 or more, they can try to influence the creature a second time even if 24 hours have not passed.
• Natural Sailor: Before seeking safety behind Solace’s walls, Minotaurs were a seafaring race. Profession: Sailor is always considered a class skill for a Minotaur.
• Weapon Familiarity: Minotaurs are always proficient with greataxes and falchions.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Human characters gain a +2 racial bonus to one ability score of their choice at creation to represent their varied nature.
• Size: Humans are Medium creatures and thus receive no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Humanoid
• Base Speed: Humans have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Humans begin play speaking New World Common. Humans with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Celestial, Draconic, Goblin, Orc, and Sylvan. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

• Bonus Feat: Humans select one extra feat at 1st level.
• Skilled: Humans: gain an additional skill rank at first level and one additional rank whenever they gain a level.
• Weapon Familiarity: Humans embraced firearms when they became readily available, Humans treat early fire-arms as simple weapons.

Dwarves

Dwarves highly value the ties between family members and friends, weaving tightly knit clans. Dwarves particularly respect elders, from whom they expected sound leadership and the wisdom of experience, as well as ancestral heroes or clan founders.

Dwarven society is divided into clans built along family ties and political allegiances. These clans are usually led by hereditary rulers, often monarchs of a sort and descended from the founder of the clan. Dwarves strongly value loyalty to these rulers and to the clan as a whole

Physical Description

Dwarves were a short race, as their name implied, standing from 4'3"–4'9" on average. What dwarves lacked in height they made up for in bulk; they were, on average, about as heavy as humans. A dwarf could weigh anywhere from about 160–220 lbs. Male dwarves were often bald and grew thick facial hair, which was sometimes used to display social status.

Standard Racial Traits

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• Ability Score Modifiers: Dwarves are both tough and wise, but also a bit gruff. They gain +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom, and –2 Charisma.
• Size: Dwarves are Medium creatures and thus receive no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Dwarves are humanoids with the dwarf subtype.
• Base Speed: (Slow and Steady) Dwarves have a base speed of 20 feet, but their speed is never modified by armor or encumbrance.
• Languages: Dwarves begin play speaking Old World Common and Dwarven. Dwarves with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Giant, Gnome, Goblin, Orc, Terran, and Undercommon. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

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• Hardy: Dwarves gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison, spells, and spell-like abilities.
• Iron Citizens: Dwarves gain a +2 bonus on Diplomacy and Sense Motive checks, and Diplomacy is a class skill for such dwarves.
• Greed: Dwarves gain a +2 racial bonus on Appraise checks made to determine the price of non-magical goods that contain precious metals or gemstones.
• Stonecunning: Dwarves gain a +2 bonus on Perception checks to notice unusual stonework, such as traps and hidden doors located in stone walls or floors. They receive a check to notice such features whenever they pass within 10 feet of them, whether or not they are actively looking.
• Weapon Familiarity: Dwarves embraced firearms when they became readily available, Dwarves treat early fire-arms as simple weapons.
• Barrow Warden: Dwarves have been defending the walls and their barrows against the Fel as long as living memory. Dwarves gain a +1 bonus on attack rolls and a +1 dodge bonus to their AC against creatures of the Fel subtype.
• Darkvision: Dwarves can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Tinker Gnomes are physically weak but surprisingly hardy, and they have an uncanny intelligence. They gain +2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence, and –2 Strength.
• Size: Tinker Gnomes are Small creatures and thus gain a +1 size bonus to their AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a –1 penalty to their Combat Maneuver Bonus and Combat Maneuver Defense, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.
• Type: Tinker Gnomes are Humanoid creatures with the gnome subtype.
• Base Speed: (Slow and Steady) Dwarves have a base speed of 20 feet, but their speed is never modified by armor or encumbrance.
• Languages: Tinker Gnomes begin play speaking Old Common and Sylvan. Tinker Gnomes with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Draconic, Dwarven,Giant, Goblin, and Orc. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these langua

Racial Bonuses

• Dusksight: When making ranged attacks, characters with this trait can reroll the miss chance granted by cover to any target in dim light, and take the better of the two rolls. The miss chance for total concealment applies normally.
• Intrepid Settler: Some gnomes add to the thrill of living by settling in precarious places. These intrepid gnomes gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against fear effects and on Acrobatics, Climb, and Swim checks.
• Master Tinker: Tinker Gnomes experiment with all manner of mechanical devices. Gnomes with this racial trait gain a +1 bonus on Disable Device and Knowledge (engineering) checks. They are treated as proficient with any weapon they have personally crafted.
• Weapon Familiarity: Tinker Gnomes treat any weapon with the word “gnome” in its name as a martial weapon. Additionally gnomes invented firearms and their familiarity with them causes them to misfire less often in their hands. Whenever a misfire occurs, if the attack would hit its intended target, the misfire is ignored.
• Low-Light Vision: Tinker Gnomes can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Half-elf characters gain a +2 bonus to one ability score of their choice at creation to represent their varied nature.
• Size: Half-elves are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Half-elves are humanoid creatures with both the human and the elf subtypes.
• Base Speed: Half-elves have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Languages: Half-elves begin play speaking Common and Sylvan. Half-elves with high Intelligence scores can choose any languages they want (except secret languages, such as Druidic). See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

• Elven Immunities: Half-elves are immune to magic sleep effects and gain a +2 racial saving throw bonus against enchantment spells and effects.
• Adaptability: Half-elves receive Skill Focus as a bonus feat at 1st level.
• Keen Senses: Half-elves receive a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks.
• Elf Blood: Half-elves count as both elves and humans for any effect related to race.
• Multitalented: Half-elves choose two favored classes at first level and gain +1 hit point or +1 skill point whenever they take a level in either one of those classes.
• Low-Light Vision: Tinker Gnomes can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Halflings are nimble and strong-willed, but their small stature makes them weaker than other races. They gain +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma, and –2 Strength.
• Size: Halflings are Small creatures and gain a +1 size bonus to their AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a –1 penalty to their CMB and CMD, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.
• Type: Halflings are humanoids with the Halfling subtype.
• Base Speed (Slow Speed): Halflings have a base speed of 20 feet.
• Languages: Halflings begin play speaking Common and Halfling. Halflings with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Dwarven, Elven, Gnome, and Goblin. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

• Fearless: Halflings are immune to fear and fear-like effects
• Halfling Luck: Halflings receive a +1 racial bonus on all saving throws.
• Secretive Survivor: Halflings are often from poor and desperate communities in Solace and must take what they need without getting caught in order to survive. They gain a +2 racial bonus on Bluff and Stealth checks.
• Weapon Familiarity: Halflings are proficient with slings and treat any weapon with the word “halfling” in its name as a martial weapon.
• Keen Senses: Halflings receive a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Goblins are fast, but weak and unpleasant to be around. They gain +4 Dexterity, –2 Strength, and –2 Charisma.
• Size: Goblins are Small creatures and gain a +1 size bonus to their AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a –1 penalty to their CMB and CMD, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.
• Type: Goblins are humanoids with the Goblin subtype.
• Base Speed: Goblins have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Goblins begin play speaking Old World Common and Goblin. Goblins with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Draconic, Dwarven, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, and Orc. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages

Racial Bonuses

• City Scavenger: Goblins survive in Solace by scavenging for refuse and hunting stray animals. Goblins gain a +2 racial bonus on Stealth and Survival checks, and can use Survival to forage for food while in a settlement.
• Eat Anything: Raised with little or no proper food, many goblins have learned to survive by eating whatever they happen across and can digest nearly anything without getting sick. Goblins with this trait gain a +4 on Survival checks to forage for food and a +4 racial bonus on saves versus effects that cause the nauseated or sickened conditions.
• Fast Movement: Goblins gain a +10 foot bonus to their base speed (this is already added to their Base Speed above.)
• Over-Sized Ears: Goblins have freakishly large ears capable of picking up even the smallest sounds. Goblins gain a +2 bonus on Perception checks.
• Darkvision: Goblins see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Hobgoblins are fast and hardy. They gain +2 Dexterity, and +2 Constitution.
• Size: Hobgoblins are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Hobgoblins are humanoids with the goblinoid subtype.
• Base Speed: Hobgoblins have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Hobgoblins begin play speaking Old World Common and Goblin. Goblins with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Draconic, Dwarven, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, and Orc. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages

Racial Bonuses

• Battle-Hardened: Incessant drills make defense second nature to some hobgoblins. Hobgoblins with this racial trait gain a +1 insight bonus to AC.
• Authoritative: Hobgoblins often develop a knack for controlling others. They gain a +2 racial bonus on Diplomacy and Intimidate checks. Both skills are always class skills for them.
• Sneaky: Hobgoblins are naturaly adept at slinky through shadows. They gain a +2 racial bonus to stealth.
• Darkvision: Goblins see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Orcs are brutal and savage. They gain +4 Strength, –2 Intelligence, and –2 Charisma.
• Size: Orcs are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Orcs are humanoids with the orc subtype
• Base Speed: Orcs have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Orcs begin play speaking Old World Common and Orc. Orcs with high Intelligence scores can chose from the following: Dwarven, Giant, Goblin, Undercommon. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

• Ferocity: Orcs possess the ferocity ability which allows them to remain conscious and continue fighting even if their hit point totals fall below 0. Orcs are still staggered at 0 hit points or lower and lose 1 hit point each round as normal.
• Squalid: Some orcs exist in surroundings so filthy and pestilent that even other orcs would have difficulty living in them. Orcs with this racial trait gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws made to resist nausea, the sickened condition, and disease.
• Weapon Familiarity: Orcs are always proficient with greataxes and falchions, and treat any weapon with the word “orc” in its name as a martial weapon.
• Darkvision: Orcs can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Tieflings are quick in body and mind, but are inherently strange and unnerving. They gain +2 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence, and –2 Charisma.
• Size: Tieflings are Medium creatures and thus receive no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Tieflings are outsiders with the native subtype.
• Base Speed: Tieflings have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Languages: Tieflings begin play speaking Common and either Abyssal or Infernal. Tieflings with high intelligence scores can choose from the following: Abyssal, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, Infernal, and Orc. See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.

Racial Bonuses

• Light from the Darkness: Occasionally, tieflings arise with the ability to ward away evil. As long as the tiefling has a good alignment, the tiefling may cast corruption resistance against evil once per day as a spell-like ability. If a tiefling uses this ability on herself, the duration increases to 1 hour per level.
• Beguiling Liar: Many tieflings find that the best way to get along in the world is to tell others what they want to hear. These tieflings’ practice of telling habitual falsehoods grants them a +4 racial bonus on Bluff checks to convince an opponent that what they are saying is true when they tell a lie.
• Prehensile Tail: Tieflings have flexible tails that can be used to carry items. While they cannot wield weapons with their tails, they can use them to retrieve small, stowed objects carried on their persons as a swift action.
• Soul Seer: Tieflings have a peculiar sight that allows them to see the state of a creature’s soul. They can use deathwatch at will as spell-like ability.
• Darkvision: Tieflings can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.

Inti Religion

Like the Sun Empire, the Inti believe in the 5 Primordial Spirits. However tribe's shaman typically serves 1 of the 5 Primordials. Where the Sun Elves seek a harmony in the Natural Order, the Inti seek to serve in carrying out their Primordial Spirit's will. It is this will that causes the Inti to form alliances or skirmish, with some tribes quickly bouncing between the two depending on the season and without lasting grudges. The other difference leading to war between the Inti and the Sun Empire, is that while the Sun Empire believe in the transference of spirits, that the spirit is an essence that exists outside the material world, is immortal, and inhabits physical bodies, the Inti believe in the transformation of spirits, that they are physical, have forms, but are able to change it to suit their will, and as they are physical they live and die as all things physical.

The Tribe's Shaman is the head of the Inti Religion. While all Inti are descendants of The Primordials, only the Shaman has enough of their blood to hold onto their power. It is thus the responsibility of the Shaman to bear the powers gifted to the Tribe by their Primordial and to distribute them as necessary for the tribe to complete the Primordial's will. The maturity, war, and mating ceremonies are examples of this, but there are other instances when a specific quest may be given by the Primordial that a Shaman will bequeath a portion of their powers to a tribe member in order to empower them to complete the task. The final time a Shaman gives the responsibility of holding the Primordial power to another, is when they're dying and they pass the power to their greenhorn to assume the mantle of Shaman.

View of the Colonies

The Shaman of the Inti foretold of the coming of The Colonists. A plague of locusts born on white wings, an omen for the end of days. This being one of the similar beliefs among all Inti Tribes. As such the tribes have been very wary around The Colonies with none of them interacting peacefully with them. The tribes making their home in the Blackhorn valley have actively skirmished with the Colonists, raiding several settlements and attacking any who ventured too close to the Blackhorn Mountains.

Almost universally, the arrival of the colonists saw a shift in focus for the Inti tribes, each of them turning away from various quests for their Primordial and instead honing in on a new goal. Luckily for the colonists, a coalition of the Inti hasn't formed in a unified goal. Instead it's only been the tribes closest to the lands the colonists have settled that have reacted defensively against the encroachment on their territory.

Kobolds and Lizardfolk who had once belonged to an Inti Tribe but have faced exile or the loss of their Tribe and have been forced to survive in the jungle on their own, may view The Colonies as a second chance. While it is harder for Kobolds and Lizardfolk to meld into colonial society, with no common language and the lack of a Shaman to provide purpose, it is easier than living along in the jungle and survive the spirits which defend it.

Heresy

One of the mandates the College of Inquisiton has is to seek out heretics and bring them to justice to purify the faith so that it may grow stronger. The Church has declared that any worship of the Old Gods is heresy. That as they have abandoned mortality, mortality must abandon them and instead put their faith in The Guardian. The Guardian teaches that the prayers of mortals empower her and that the more reverent mortality is, and more zealous in their worship, the stronger she will become. With this strength she will be able to grant answers to prayers and blessing more consistently. As such the Inquisition actively seeks to out heretics following the old ways to avoid this misplaced worship spreading and taking away from the needed reverence to The Guardian.

The Purge

During the dark ages, as the first 100 years after the Abandoning are known, The Church sought to reform the faith of Solace. In order to stop people from worshiping the gods that had abandoned mortality they decried that worshiping them was heresy and founded the Inquisition to root out heretics and burn them at the stake. This was largely effective but still some 500 years later some groups still worship the old gods.

While still a private institution, with a tuition which only the most wealthy of the Gentry could afford to send their children, the college established a lottery during the early years when the slumlings still had hope for moving out of their squalor and made demands of their betters. The lottery draws from a pool of prospective students each year, without the funds to afford their tuition, granting free residence for the rest of the lucky individual's life for as long as they choose to study at the Royal College. Originally the drawings drew thousands of applicants, with only a lucky ten being selected, these days the college selects one applicant and typically out of less than a hundred.

The Foundry is where the students of The Royal College who are not wizards, or at least not studying to be, congregate and focus on scientific studies. These days the focus of The Foundry has been the study of the Fel, specifically the effect Arcane magic has on it and an explanation on why is strengthens the Fel. Some postulate that if they can determine why Arcane magic makes it stronger they'll be able to reverse engineer it to make it weaker or even destroy it.

At the risk of the downfall of Solace, some mad fools have even had samples of the Fel brought in to The Foundry for study. They claim to have it isolated and that the risk of it spreading is minimal but if The Church ever found out, the entire Foundry would be torched to eliminate the corruption. The foundry operates without mentors but it does have many full time researchers who are happy to have apprentices to assist with their research or at the least yell at.

Not everyone at The Foundry is working on the Fel however. Some have branched off into Studying the Jade Shores. Perplexed by how it has seemingly managed to stay free of the corruption of the Fel despite not having any wards from The Church. They've been gathering funding for an expedition to explore the jungles of the Jade Shores to gather samples and research the phenomenon in person, but until then they've been paying to have samples brought back to them where they attempt to gleam some semblance of understanding of the regions innate resistance to the Fel through study.

The Floaters

While Solace is the last remaining citadel of civilization, there exists a free people that have survived outside the control of Solace. Former traders or refugees who adapted to life on the boat after being unable to find a safe harbor. While not a unified entity, the floaters are the name of the free ships that would dock at Solace in order to trade, occasionally take on a handful or less of slumlings scrambling for a chance to escape Solace.

On the open seas many of these floaters were considered highly dangerous, often attacking other vessels to seize goods or bodies to row their oars. Without stable ports for them to call to they were either dependent on cannibalizing each other or making risky ventures out into the Fel plagued lands. Some floaters speak of floating cities where refugees tied hundreds of ships together to create a settlement on the sea, but most refute the seriousness of these claims and The Church remains adamant that the Fel can spread at sea and that it's only time before a ship succumbs to the Fel and its passengers fall prey to the corruptions, becoming a floating contagion lurking on the waves for an unsuspecting ship.

The Floaters seem to have abandoned faith, but instead have their own code of morals steeped in honor that binds their society in oaths. It is also a warrior society, and while some are highly superstitious of magic, the floaters are known to have their own powerful, unregistered mages that can bring down an entire ship in flames.

With Solace renewing their sailing industry with their ships crossing the placid ocean to reach the Jade Shores, the floaters have noticed and not all meeting on the sea have been peaceful. It is unclear whether or not the floaters had found the Jade shores before Solace, but their have already been a few Floater ships that have moored at Solace to trade supplies and information.

The Magistrates fear that the Floaters threaten the colonies and part of their push for creating the shipworks at Solace is in order to create a Magisterial Fleet that can defend the shipways from piracy.

A New Age

The age of knights thundering across battlefields in plate has ended. The Fel's incorporeal nature allow them to strike through metal as easily as cloth is the primary reason, but the advancement of firearms which punch hole through plate as easily as cloth is another. While the nobility hold on to their titles and the vestiges of honorable warfare, the battlefield has changed and the equipment used with it.

It is the era of the Shot and Pike formations. Breastplates have become the armor of choice for most, but even more are deciding to lose the armor all together in favor of increased mobility. In the pages below you'll find the relevant stat blocks for era appropriate equipment as well as the special materials that can be found in the setting to add abilities to even the most mundane equipment.

Abyssal Iron

A black scorched-like metal which is cold to touch. Abyssal iron is iron from the realm of darkness where the shade seeped into the vein and corrupted it. Abyssal Iron gives off an evil aura that can be detected by magic and divine beings. Some say that a shadow lives within the metal, radiating evil.

Weapons: Only weapons with metal components can be crafted from Abyssal Iron. These weapons are evil aligned and deal necrotic damage in addition to their standard damage types. A creature dealt damage by an Abyssal Iron is unable to be magically healed for a number of minutes equal to the damage dealt by the attack.

Armor: Only armor with significant portions of metal is able to be crafted from Abyssal Iron. Armor crafted from Abyssal Iron grants its wearer 5 resistance to Necrotic Damage. Additionally shadows seem to cling to the wearer, granting a +2 bonus to stealth checks when in them.

Adamantine

Adamantine is extremely strong and favored by weapon and armor smiths alike for its ability to cut through solid barriers with ease and endure heavy blows.

Weapons: fashioned from adamantine have a natural ability to bypass hardness when sundering weapons or attacking objects, ignoring hardness less than 20.

Armor: made from adamantine grants its wearer damage reduction of 1/— if it’s light armor, 2/— if it’s medium armor, and 3/— if it’s heavy armor.

Adamantine is so costly that weapons and armor made from it are always of masterwork quality; the masterwork cost is included in the prices given. Thus, adamantine weapons and ammunition have a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls, and the armor check penalty of adamantine armor is lessened by 1 compared to ordinary armor of its type. Items without metal parts cannot be made from adamantine.

Jade

This verdant green mineral is prolific along the rivers of The Jade Jungles. Its durability as well as its ability to hold a hard edge was the initial reason it was used in the crafting of weapons but as its ability to disrupt the spirits was discovered it became a central part of life among the Sun Empire.Whereas Obsidian is aligned with the malevolent spirits, Jade is said to be aligned with the benevolent spirits.

Weapons: made from Jade are considered good aligned. They ignore the resistances of spirits. When on a leyline Jade weapons deal an additional 1 damage.

Armor: While it is rare to see armor made entirely from jade, it is often used to decorate partial pieces. Armor made with jade grants the wearer a +2 bonus to saves against mind compulsion effects of spirits.

Mithral

Mithral is a very rare silvery, glistening metal that is lighter than steel but just as hard. When worked like steel, it becomes a wonderful material from which to create armor, and is occasionally used for other items as well.

Weapons: Crafted from Mithral count as a category smaller than typically and weigh half as much. A two-handed weapon becomes light enough to be wielded in 1 hand. Thrown weapons double their range increment.

Armor: Most mithral armors are one category lighter than normal for purposes of movement and other limitations. Heavy armors are treated as medium, and medium armors are treated as light, but light armors are still treated as light. This decrease does not apply to proficiency in wearing the armor. A character wearing mithral full plate must be proficient in wearing heavy armor to avoid adding the armor’s check penalty to all his attack rolls and skill checks that involve moving. Spell failure chances for armors and shields made from mithral are decreased by 10%, maximum Dexterity bonuses are increased by 2, and armor check penalties are decreased by 3 (to a minimum of 0).

The Spirits

A tale of two worlds, the spirits are not native to the material plane. Time has lost the history of their coming here but most of them will tell you that they have always existed in the world. The spirits exist in two places at once, while they exist in some form on the material world they exist at the same time within the spirit realm.