January Seventh, First Year
The cleric, a suspicious fellow, had been dispatched to kill the large water animal that kept visiting the town via the river passing through the middle of our huts. It was a fairly deep river, true, and it was rather wide, and the 'cow' wasn't doing any harm, but it always stared at people crossing the bridge. And, so, it had to go. The cleric readied his crossbow and took aim when there burst forth a cry from the trees above,
"SSTOP! DON'T SHOOT IT, IT'SS JUSST A BABY!"
A...man? Some sort of scaled creature had jumped down on a vine and held back the cleric's arm. The scaly speaker was slightly taller than the tallest elf in the camp, and roughly as thin.
"Don't hurt it, it'ss just confussed! The little river dolphin losst itss mother around here, and it jusst wantss a home! Pleasse, don't kill it!"
So began the introduction of the skaals to the new inhabitants of their land. Most of the skaals lived much farther inland, but this small band of fifteen had been expelled from the skaal realms for refusing to sacrifice their firstborn children to the skaal god Reshara. The skaal quickly left the trees and latched onto the new city. They weren't as strong as many other races, but they did know the forests and were naturally adept at handling the jungles.
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Skaal stats:
Physically: Like an elf crossed with a dragonborn, only slightly thinner. More like snake-people than komodo dragon-people.
Age: As dwarves
- +2 Dexterity, -2 Strength
- +2 Survival, +2 Sense Motive
- Scent
- May use Dexterity in place of Strength for Climb checks
- Instead of sleeping, Skaal go into a trance for 6 hours, during which they recover as though they had rested for 8 hours and are fully aware of their surroundings
- Immunity to magical sleep and sleep effects as an elf
- Favored Class: Barbarian
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