Savage Blue Rose: Cultural Backgrounds
As explained in the first Savage Blue Rose post, these backgrounds basically contain five of the nine character creation points characters would get if using Savage Rifts® MARS-type packages. The first four are incorporated into extra racial benefits offered as optional bonuses on top of the standard Savage Worlds-style races.
Aldin
“A meritocratic monarchy with a long and storied history, Aldis treasures freedom, education, and diversity.”
+2 dice Knowledge (History) and Persuasion.
+2 to Common Knowledge rolls relating to art and culture.
Forest Folk
“To be a forest folk is to live in harmony with nature, but also be hardened by the reality of life with the wild always outside your front door.”
+2 dice Survival and Tracking.
+2 on running rolls.
Jarzoni
“Jarzon tends to deal with nature, arcane, and other potentially useful yet dangerous concepts by fighting to dominate or resist them.”
+2 dice Knowledge (History) and Knowledge (Religion).
+1 die Persuasion.
Kernish
“To be Kernish is to endure a land of death, treachery, darkness, and oppression by any means necessary.”
+1 die Intimidation, Persuasion, and Stealth.
+2 dice Notice.
Lar’tyan
“Hailing from the caste-dominated matriarchy of Lar’tya, Lar’tyans are used to everything having its own purpose and place.”
+2 dice Persuasion and Repair.
+2 to Common Knowledge rolls relating to crafting and heraldry.
Mariner
“To be a mariner means the freedom of the sea, but also to be somewhat rootless.”
+1 die Knowledge (Navigation), Persuasion, and Swimming.
+2 dice Boating.
Outcast
“Living outside other nations or cultures, they survive as hermits, refugees, or pariahs.”
+1 die Gambling.
+2 dice Stealth.
Brave.
Rezean
“From a land of riders, hunters, and nomads, Rezeans seek to live in harmony with the natural world as both individuals and clans of strength and independence.”
+1 die Survival.
+2 dice Riding.
Steady Hands.
Roamer
“Nomads and wanderers, they live as merchants and entertainers.”
+2 dice Persuasion and Repair.
+2 to Common Knowledge rolls relating to crafting and performing.
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