Potestas

Character Races

There are several sentient races on Selentia that characters can belong to. Each has its advantages and disadvantages, some of which are Cosmetic Details and others of which affect various game mechanics. Some races have a minimum Stature of greater than 1: players in a campaign where the characters are beginning at Stature 1 cannot belong to these races. When combining a race with an archetype, treat characters with the minimum Stature for their race as Stature 1 for the purpose of assigning points according to the archetype.

• Centaurs have the upper half of a Human and the body and legs of a Horse. Most live out on the steppes among the Khanates of the East, but Centaurs are common enough throughout the settled temperate lands of Selentia. They live short lives of around fifty years. Minimum Stature 2 (10 points committed): +2 Size, -6 STR in human half (human minimum -7, average +0, maximum +7, horse minimum -1, average +6, maximum +13), +1 HTH (average +3, maximum +10), +3 FIT (average +3, maximum +10), +1 Damage Resistance in horse half, +1 Damage in horse half (Damage Threshold 5), +1 Enhanced Speed.
• Dwarves are short (average height 1.4m) and resemble Humans, but live underground in the great mountains. Many are skilled smiths and metalworkers, and some men (women and children never leave the safety of the mountains) live on the surface in Human and Kattar communities. Dwarves can live for two to three centuries, and can survive for long periods of time with little food and drink. Minimum Stature 2 (10 points committed): -1 Size, +3 STR (minimum -10, average +0, maximum +7), +3 FIT (average +3, maximum +10), +3 HTH (average +2, maximum +9), Dwarfsight, Fasting 1, Longevity.
• Elves are of average height (1.8m) and resemble beautiful Humans with pointed ears and cat-like eyes. They are dangerous and magical creatures, flighty and fickle, among the old pagan powers that dominated the world before the revelation of the True Faith. Magic is a part of their nature: Sorcery may have begun with the Elves (or the Dragons, or the God-Kings of Kaikuhuru). Elves live for several centuries, and do not forget who they are in the afterlife before they return to the world. Minimum Stature 3 (15 points committed): +3 REF (average +3, maximum +10), Mysticism, Elfsight, ESP 1, Immortality, Longevity, Magic Talent.
• Goblins are of average height (1.8m), but often have a pronounced stoop from living underground in the mountains of Krarth. They resemble gray or pallid Humans, but some have the pointed ears and cat-like eyes of Elves. Their lives are brutal and violent, dominated by the constant warfare their kings engage in on the kingdoms of the Humans, Dwarves and Elves around them. Goblins can live for over two centuries, but very few have the opportunity. Minimum Stature 1 (5 points committed): +1 STR (average +1, maximum +8), +1 FIT (average +1, maximum +8), +1 HTH (average +1, maximum +8), Elfsight, Longevity.
• Humans are of average height (1.8m). They dominate the temperate parts of Selentia, but have spread to cover the world from the arctic conditions of Mercania to Batubatan and Mungoda in the tropics. Humans rarely live for more than a century. Minimum Stature 1 (0 points committed).
• Kattar are of average height (1.8m) and resemble feline Humans, with short golden-brown fur over their bodies and the face and ears of a cat. They come from the tropical lands of Batubatan and the peninsula of Minj, but Kattar merchants and traders can be found much further to the north in the temperate Human lands. Like Humans, Kattar rarely live for more than a century. Minimum Stature 1 (0 points committed).
• Mercanians are tall (average height 3m) and resemble blond or red-haired Humans, but live in the far north where it is usually cold and snows for much of the year. They dislike warm weather, and rarely travel south to the tropics. The blood of the Giants runs in their veins, and they are easily roused to violent and excessive emotions. Mercanians live for one and a half to two centuries. Minimum Stature 2 (10 points committed): +2 Size (STR minimum -1, average +6, maximum +13, HTH average +2, maximum +9), +2 FIT (average +2, maximum +9), Berserk 1, +6 Damage Resistance against cold and ice, -6 Damage Resistance against fire and heat, Longevity.
• Mungodans are of average height (1.8m), and resemble reptilian Humans with dark-patterned scales over their bodies and the hairless head of a lizard. They dominate the equatorial jungles of tropical Mungoda, and are rarely found elsewhere. Like Humans, Mungodans rarely live for more than a century. Minimum Stature 1 (0 points committed).

• Go back to Character Creation
• Go back to the Potestas Table of Contents
• Go back to the Potestas Front Page
• Go back to the Main Page