Any Yazirian can take Minstrel Tradition Skill. It is treated as being part of the Biosocial PSA for purposes of determining EXP cost.
encompasses and encyclopedic knowledge of
yazirian poetry, literature, and song; the ability to play musical
instruments and sing; skill with the zamira, and comprehension of social
dynamics.
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Since yazirian history is encapsulated in song, poetry and in latter
times literature a yazirian minstrel has a chance to remember significant
details and important pieces from any age up-to and including the parts
yazirians have played in the Frontier. (1/2 LOG + 10%/level)
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Yazirian minstrel are adept at playing musical instruments and singing and
can use this subskill to enhance racial reaction or other skills. This
skill can be used to prep other yazirians to enter battle rage by
consciously singing songs of valor, honor and battle prior to combat and
throughout the day and at the moment of combat giving a stirring shout
echoing a line from a song previously sung. Other yazirians gain a
+5%/level of bard bonus to their battle rage roll. A bard with
psycho-social skill can use music and song as part of his attempt to
hypnotize gaining +5%. Other social interactions that involve a skill
or ability check can receive this bonus as long as it's appropriate to
include music and song. A yazirian bard knows how to sing automatically as well as play a number of
instruments determined by his level; level 1-2 is 1 instrument, level
3-4 is 2 instruments, and levels 5-6 is 3 instruments. After 6th level a
bard by learn more instruments for 4 exp each.
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Yazirian minstrels all carry the traditional weapon, the zamira. It's
rooted in tradition and expected of them. (1/2 Dex + 10%/level)
Same as the vrusk racial ability but only works with yazirians. A yazirian bard observing a social
interaction between two or more yazirians has a chance to understand
what is going on between them. (1/2LOG + 10%/level)
Yazirian Musical Instruments
The Dumra (drum)Dumra vary in size small to great 2 meter
cylinders. The Great Dumra (2m diameter by 1m) is a staple for clan
celebrations and saw military use toward the end of the Clan Wars.
Traveling bards favored a bongo like dumra of 4 drums of decreasing
size mounted in a curved shape that matched the contour of the waist
called the singer's dumra. A singer's dumra usually comes with an
attached bandolier to allow the bard to climb and glide with it securely
attached to his back.
Another type of druma was the
Ranga. It was 60 to 90 cm long and 20 cm wide and carried on a bandolier. It was played by beating the ends and the side with the hands.
Great Druma: 30 kg, 250 Cr.
Ranga Druma: 1 kg, 30 Cr.
Other Druma: 1 kg, 20-40 Cr.
The Bollu (flutes)A popular minstrel bollu is the sek bollu, literally 3 flute. The sek bollu is 3
flutes of decreasing size bound together with an ingenious mouth piece
that allows the musician to redirect the air flow between the 3 flutes
or into any combination of the 3 at the same time. This instrument is
near impossible for any other race to master as it takes the long
fingers of a yazirian with its extra knuckles to wrap around the
instrument and properly play it. In the hands of a skill yazirian the sek
bollus produce beautiful and even haunting melodies or rousing battle
and hunting songs.
Sek Bollu: n/a kg, 45 Cr.
Other Bollu: n/a kg, 25-35 Cr.
The Shem Dura (ukulele)Literally,
a stringed dumra, the Shem dura is a small stringed instrument that
has been compared to the human ukulele was developed by yazirian bards
to be carried strapped across the back. After contact with humanity some
musicians began using the bow from violins to play the shem dura.
Shem Dura: n/a kg, 75 Cr.
HornsA wide variety of animal horns were used as horns, largely for martial accompaniment.
Traditional Yazirian Horns: n/a to 1 kg, 25-35 Cr.
Traditional Yazirian Equipment
Bower Tent
A bower tent is a temporary tent like shelter that can be mounted on the
side of a giant tree. Traditionally it's made from wood poles, vine ropes and
hides but modern version exist that are light weight and water proof. The
tent can be mounted above or beneath a large branch for extra stability.
A yazirian with skills that allow him to craft items in survival
situation can make one automatically depending on the availability of materials. Any yazirian with out such a skill can make a LOG check to see
if he remembers enough to attempt to make one and then must make a LOG
check to succeed at doing it. The primitive version can be water proofed animal fat or plant oils but its not permanent nor 100% successful
in a torrential down.
Primitive Bower Tent: 5kg, 10 Cr.
Modern Bower Tent: 1kg, 30 Cr.
Kesheck Ol-TorThe ancient name is kesheck o-tor which is
literally kesheck tooth since this war club is made from the
teeth of that giant carnivore. The modern usage is o-tor.
Modern versions of this weapon usually have a metal head since the kesheck
is an endangered species. Originally
the weapon was made from a hardwood handle with kesheck teeth set into
the club by drilling holes with a stone drill tip and a bow drill. The
teeth were secured with a tough animal blood glue and thin leather wrap.
The pattern for setting the teeth varied by region and clan but a
common pattern was four set at 90degrees from each other at the end of
the club. Some times one was mounted on the end of the club if the owner desired to
be able to throw it. The handle had leather wraps and a loop for grip and
hanging from an equipment harness. This facilitated climbing or secured the club during combat with a loop over the
wrist. This weapon was a status symbol
for only the greatest hunters and warriors since tradition held that a
warrior must kill the dangerous kesheck by himself. Once a warrior died
who owned a kesheck the weapon became a ceremonial item for his clan. In
ancient times it was believed that the spirit of both the kesheck and
the warrior that made the weapon were imbued in the weapon.
Kesheck Ol-Tor: 1kg, Considered priceless by the clan it belongs to but valued at 40,000 Cr by the CFM in modern times
Ol-TorL 1kg, 30 Cr.
Brak-miraThe brak-mira is an ancient weapon made using similar construction
techniques as the kesheck ol-tor. A straight or curved length of wood
has a lengthwise groove carved into it and micro blades of obsidian or
flint were glued in place with a strong blood glue. Prone to dulling, the weapon was abandoned, once metal working was
developed. A traditional brak-mira will dull on any attack roll of 95-00 or doubles and will lose 1d10 of damage. Modern names for the weapon are bakmira or bakmra depending
on dialect, region, or clan. The ancient form, brak-mira, derived from
the root word mira, meaning blade. Modern bakmira are often simply
refered to by their Pan Gal name: sword. Some very rare and ancient examples
of this weapon used flat sharp aquatic carnivore teeth and were less
prone to the dulling problem.
Tradional Brak-mira: 1kg, 75 Cr.
Modern Bakmira: 2kg, 30 Cr.
Olt-MiraThe olt-mira derived from the root words for tooth and blade. In antiquity, when
suitable teeth were available, ceremonial knives were made from from
carved from these teeth with micro blades of obsidian or flint glued into a carved
groove. Many were made from kesheck teeth if the beast was killed by
group effort. Ceremonial knives are still made in this fashion in modern
times but kesheck teeth only become available as
these animals die from natural causes. The Family of One tightly controls the availability of
these teeth, favoring clans according to its own agenda.
Traditional Kesheck Olt-Mira ceremonial blade: Considered priceless by its clan but valued by the CFM at 15,000 Cr.
Tradional Olt-Mira (non kesheck tooth): Considered priceless by its clan but valued by the CFM at 1,000 Cr.
Other Traditional EquipmentRopes, waterskins, spears, fire starting bow, clay pots, inks dyes and paints from plant and mineral sources as well as hand crafted paint brushes.
| Weapon | Damage | Modifier | Defense | Mass | Cost |
Traditional Kesheck Ol-Tor
| 2d10 | +5 | Inertia
| 1 kg
| 20,000 Cr
|
Modern Ol-Tor
| 2d10 | +5 | Inertia | 1 kg
| 30 Cr
|
| Traditional Brak-mira | 3d10 | +10 | Inertia | 1 kg
| 75 Cr (new)
|
Modern Bakmira
| 3d10 | +10 | Inertia | 2 kg
| 30 Cr
|
| Olt-mira | 1d10 | +5 | Inertia | n/a | 20 Cr (new)
|