The People of Anarea

Humans: Black Men

Race: Humans

Species:

Black Men (Valdrean)

Mabula ('Bula)

Sub-Species:

Some tribes are pygmies, due to a staple diet of a berry-bearing plant containing a stunting agent.


Location

Place of Origin: in the Valley of the Mabula

Present Territory: all over the Jungle, especially in the Mabula Basin and by rivers. Capital at Mabul-Adib ("Built-on-Mabula"). Some settlements in the forests on the fringes of the Jungle and in the mangroves.


Language

with Language Points ("LP") for Know / Fluent / Read

Mabula ('Bula): 4/6/9 (3/5/7 + 1/1/1 for a dialect - all forms are dialects)

Alignment

any


Char Mods

Physical Senses Mental
St: females -3 Sg: 0 In: 0
Dx(Ph): 0 Hr: 0 Dx(M): 0
Hd: d4 (1/2) + 2d10 Tc: +1 Mr: 0
Co: +1 Sm: +1 Wp: -1
Sz: -1/females -2 Pygmies -4/-5 Ts: +1 Ft: 0
Bd: 0   Nt +2
Bt: females +3 Pygmies -1/+2    
  Karmic  
  At: 0  

Species Modifiers

Fighter

+1 with Assegai and Blowpipes

Thief

HIDE +1
MtoM 0
OBS +1
DIS -2
DEV 0
CLIMB +1

Special Abilities

none

Level Equalisation

To adjust total Level to balance against Valdrean Men of the West: -6.1%


Reproduction

% Females: 50%

Fertility: 5%

Lifespan: 60 years, 30 years for Pygmies (average if die of old age)


Description

Negroid, average height 5ft, usual range is 4 to 6 ft, except for Pygmies. Skin is black in the Mabula basin, fading to chocolate in the high forests.


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