Red Sha’al
The Sha’ál Alas are the priests and wizards of the Sha’al race.
Physiology
Physically the smallest of the Sha’al subraces, the Red Sha’al appear lean and rarely resort to quadrupedal locomotion.
Psychology
Culture
Most Red Sha’al are treated well within the Sha’al society. They are not required to work and are provided food and shelter by either the state or local residents.
Red Sha’al that practice sorceries (not priests) are usually affiliated with arcane orders within their community. These orders often are branches of the local Shrine to either Harmony, Lore, or War. The spells taught and researched by these wizards are reflections of that Shrine’s teachings. Wizards of an order affiliated with a Shrine of Harmony would not learn destruction spells, but might learn enchantments. An adept of an order affiliated with the Shrine of War would probably not learn enchantments or divinations.
Most Red Sha’al are spiritual leaders and guides within their communities.
Language
The Sha’ál Alas of Tassèrus speak the common Shalambh, and an additional dialect specific to their subrace.
Magic
Unlike the magicians of other races, the Red Sha’al can summon selha (mana) through meditation. By sitting and summoning selha, the undisturbed practitioner can increase the amount of power that she can control. A successful summoning causes the Red Sha’al to give off a slow pulsating glow. Over time, the glow gets increasingly bright, shedding light in a cumulative 1 hex radius that cannot be shielded with cloth or leather. A failed summoning triggers a Wild Effect. Selha cannot be accessed in Wild Magic areas including Leðúrēa.
Characters
Sha’ál Alas are appropriate player characters.
Template
The basic template for Sha’ál Alas characters is 74 CPs. This template includes:
Advantages
- Intelligence +1 (BASp15) 20
- Size Modifier +1 (BASp19) 0
- 360° Vision — (BASp34) 25
- Amphibious — (BASp40) 10
- Damage Resistance: Flexible (Scaled) 2 (BASp46) 81
- Enhanced Movement: Ground 1.5 (BASp52) 82
- Flexibility — (BASp56) 5
- Striker (Tail) — (BASp88) 93
Total = 79 CPs
† BASp89 Talent (Sha’ál Alas); Includes the skills: Area Knowledge (Specific Area) (BASp176), Climbing (BASp183), an occupation (e.g., Animal Handling (BASp175), Carpentry (BASp183), Cooking (BASp185), Farming (BASp194), Merchant (BASp209), Professional Skill (BASp215), Teamster (BASp225)) Survival (Jungle) (BASp223), and Swimming (BASp224)
1 BASp47 Damage Resistance; 10 pts (Base, 2 Levels) -20% (Flexible) = 8
2 BASp52 Enhanced Move: Ground; 10 pts (Base, x1.5 Move) -20% (Accessibility, Using all Limbs, Holding Nothing) = 8
3 BASp53 Striker; 5 pts (Base, Crushing) +100% (Long, +1 SM) -20% (Clumsy) = 9
Disadvantages
- Cold-Blooded — (BASp127) -5
Total = -5 CPs
Options
A selection from the following template options are appropriate:
Advantages
- Claim to Hospitality (Sha’ál Alas) — (BASp41) 5
- Terrain Adaptation (Jungle) — (BASp93) 5
Disadvantages
- No Sense of Humor — (BASp146) -10
Nomenclature: Sha’al Alas Dekàlic: Sha’ál Alas (subrace), Sha’áli Alas (pertaining to), Sha’ályn Alas (individual), Sha’ályr Alas (people), Shalàmbh Alas (dialect of Shalambh)