Bearfolk

lifespan 90 years

World population  1%



History

The Bearfolk have always been a strictly non-religious race, believing that worship lead to a downgrade of oneself. If one could place a God above him, he would not place himself at the top, and that would lead to low self esteem and shame. Because of this they were the only race during the Age of Gods that did not have a God to pray to, or to assist them. They also believed that the Gods were an evil that needed to be eradicated, as it made all other races weak and shameful. They tried to push their agenda onto the other races, but were ignored, as the others found security and protection in their Gods. But when the Gods grew too powerful, and their movement over the lands alone would cause great destruction, the other races began to see the error in their ways. The Bearfolk managed to convince the humans to stop their worship and ally them to oppress any who would still worship. Because of this a large part of the Godless are Bearfolk, and the Bearfolk survived the end of the Age of War better than other non-human races.



Nowadays the Bearfolk are still strictly non-religious. They have a profound hatred for Toka’Man, with its worship of their Shaman King. But they also look down upon the current status of other rules, such as kings, as they too tend to place themselves higher than others. As long as a ruler is not worshipped, the Bearfolk make no problem of it, but they pity those who think their king as higher than themselves. They have no problems with authority. They regard it as a necessary evil. Yet they will treat everyone, commoner or king, with the same level of respect.







Traits.

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<p class="MsoNormal">+2 Constitution, +2 Strength, –2 Dexterity: Ursyn are tough and strong, but not too nimble.

<p class="MsoNormal">Medium: Ursyn are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.

<p class="MsoNormal">Normal Speed: Ursyn have a base speed of 30 feet, but can choose to walk or run on all four legs to gain a 10ft bonus to their base speed, but it makes them unable to hold things or use their hands.

<p class="MsoNormal">Low-Light Vision: Ursyn can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light. See Vision and Light.

<p class="MsoNormal">Powerful Build: The physical stature of Ursyn lets them function in many ways as if they were one size category larger. Whenever an Ursyn is subject to a size modifier or special size modifier for a Combat Maneuver Bonus or Combat Maneuver Defense (such as during grapple checks, bull rush attempts, and trip attempts), the Ursyn is treated as one size larger if doing so is advantageous to him. A Ursyn is also considered to be one size larger when determining whether a creature's special attacks based on size (such as grab or swallow whole) can affect him. A Ursyn can use weapons designed for a creature one size larger without penalty. However, his space and reach remain those of a creature of his actual size. The benefts of this racial trait stack with the effects of powers, abilities, and spells that change the subject's size category.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Tough skin: Ursyn gain a +2 natural armor bonus.

<p class="MsoNormal">Ursyn gain Improved Overrun as a bonus feat.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Languages: Ursyn begin play speaking Common and Ursyn. Ursyn with high Intelligence scores can choose other languages as well.