Earth Kin

Lore

Earth kin are not ones typically up for adventuring and seeing the world. While some earth kin do travel, these are typically merchants and artisans, whose lot in life includes moving around Kara-Tur. Earth kin leaving their homes entirely to see new lands are much more rare. While on the road, an earth kin is the most likely to want to make it feel like home. They may perform morning rituals, or say traditional words before each meal, or look for homely amenities in new towns.

Traits

Your earth kin character has a number of qualities in common with all other earth kin.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2.

Age

An earth kin reaches adulthood at the age of 18 and typically lives for less than a century.

Alignment

Earth kin lean towards being lawful.

Size

Earth kin are typically taller than other human races. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Protection of Earth

You can reroll a saving throw once with this trait, and regain the ability to do so when you complete a short or long rest. You must keep the new roll.

Stance of the Mountain

You have advantage on checks and saving throws against being knocked prone.

Observant

You gain pro iciency in the Perception skill.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Terran.

Subraces

Two groups of earth kin have emerged, although both would still see kinship in the other. The city dwellers have formed communities and live near mountains and along plains, forming their villages (or sometimes even great cities) through earthlacing, creating simple abodes and banding together. Desert dwellers live a more monastic lifestyle, never settling in one place for very long, using earthlacing to survive in harsh desert environments.

City Dweller

City dwellers form tight-knit communities which can seem unwelcoming to outsiders. These city kin are the essence of earth, strong and proud, unabashed and unyielding. But to those who are welcomed into their ranks, city kin can be the kindest, most gregarious people a creature can meet. Most city kin can be found in Qiang Shi or in Gongheguo City.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Tough People

Without armor or a shield, your character's AC equals 12 + your Dexterity modi ier.

Resilience

You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance to poison damage.

Desert Dweller

Most desert kin live in the Quoya Desert, able to withstand the blazing heat and whirling sand that make up the environment. While most would not choose to live in such a location, desert kin live nomadic, wandering lifesyles, roaming the desert wastes and making use of what little resources reside there.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Harsh Sun

You do not become exhausted by the effects of natural hot environments.

Hardy

Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.