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Appearance: Most barbarians dress plainly, using
materials harvested from hunts, be it fur, scales, or leather.
Barbarians who hail from a tribe often carry some sort of
token or talisman to mark their allegiance. While many
tribes also use war paint before going into battle, those
from less civilized groups wear it almost constantly.
Barbarians from the jungles of Garund dress similarly to
their northern counterparts but tend to practice tattoo arts
far more frequently.
Nations: In Avistan, barbarians most typically hail
from the Lands of the Linnorm Kings, the Realm of
the Mammoth Lords, the Worldwound, Numeria, and
the Storval Plateau of Varisia. In Garund, barbarians
are most commonly found in the Sodden Lands and the
Mwangi Expanse.
Class Abilities: Barbarians trained in the cold climates
of the Lands of the Linnorm Kings, the Realm of the
Mammoth Lords, and Sarkoris sometimes have the cold
resistance ability, which replaces the trap sense ability.
Cold Resistance (Ex): At 3rd level, a barbarian gains cold
resistance 2. This resistance increases by 2 for every 3
additional levels the barbarian attains, for a total of cold
resistance 12 at 18th level.
Bard
From the royal dancers of Osirion to the savage skalds of
Numeria, bards perform across the face of Golarion. While
the common folk welcome them in almost any taproom,
others view them as vagabonds and thieves (a reputation
that some have no doubt earned). Able to ply their trade
anywhere, these skilled performers have more freedom
than most, but their lives are not without restrictions. The
city of Absalom, for example, requires that any performer
wishing to earn coin on a stage must be a part of the
performer’s guild, leaving only the streets to
those without such membership.
Appearance: In the major cities of the Inner Sea, bards
tend to wear colorful clothing so as to attract attention to
their shows. In the world’s wilder regions, performers tend
to dress as the common folk do, so as to better blend in
if things go sour. Trained performers often wear badges
or other signets to mark their tutelage, assuming their
schools bear some renown. Some place this mark on their
instruments instead.
Nations: Nearly every nation across Golarion has bards
of one sort or another. In the north, these tend to be warrior
skalds, who sing the praise of their fellows before riding
into battle. Along the Inner Sea, these performers tend to
be trained in one of the great schools in Absalom, Oppara,
or Westcrown. Many bards of the distant south take on
the role of lore keeper, using song and dance to track
the history of their people. Only the nation of Razmiran
outlaws performers, preferring instead to preach the litany
of its all-consuming faith.
Class Abilities: Bards trained at one of the great schools of
the Inner Sea tend to favor one instrument above all others,
focusing their training. Such bards have the specialized
training ability, which replaces bardic knowledge.
Specialized Training (Ex): At 1st level, a bard must choose
a single category of the Perform skill. Whenever the bard
performs bardic music using the chosen category of the
Perform skill, he is treated as being 2 levels higher when
determining the effect and save DC. In addition, a bard
with specialized training can make use of his bardic music
one additional time per day, assuming that the additional
usage uses his chosen category of the Perform skill.
Cleric
With the exception of the godless folk of Rahadoum,
religion plays an important role in the lives of most of
Golarion’s people. As a result, clerics devoted to good and
neutral gods are held in high regard in most communities.
Keleshite
Casmaron’s interior east of Taldor is a place of sprawling deserts and fantastic climes, a bewildering
world of eroded civilizations inhabiting even more eroded cities of broken monuments
and toppled stone. Just as Taldor and later Cheliax were great in the West, so was the Padishah
Empire of Kelesh great in the East—and remains so today. The westernmost Keleshite outpost
is Qadira on the Inner Sea, and from this post the entire civilization launched aggressive designs
upon both Avistan and Garund. These treacheries caused great wars and upheavals in
the past, but the region is currently in the thrall of a century-long period of grudging trade
and cooperation.
Beyond Qadira, Keleshites are common in Absalom, Katapesh, Osirion, and Nex.
They pride themselves on horsemanship, hospitality, and music. Both women and
men wear their uniformly black hair long, with lengthy beards common in adult
males. Most Keleshites encountered in the Inner Sea region speak Kelish.