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A New Race Appears

Below is listed the Valkyrie, a race new to Raxia. Additionally, there is a background chart included, allowing for even low-level Valkyries to be introduced into your game.

Valkyrie

These rare maidens are the result of a mutation before birth, similar to nightmares. Born only to humans, and only as females, they are commonly referred to as "Children of God". One possible origin of the valkyries is that they are reincarnated from souls that were absolutely pure, with no soulscars at all. However, why such souls were chosen to reincarnate, and not proceed on into the afterlife, is still unknown. Like humans, valkyries reach maturity at the age of 15, and commonly live to around 100 years of age.

Though they appear similar to humans, there are patterns resembling small wings on the back and ankles of every valkyrie. These bloom into full wings of light when the racial feature [Light Wings of the War-Maiden] is used. Additionally, valkyries are adept at dealing with Mythical Beasts and other animals, and can help others with their racial feature [Blessing of the War-Maiden].

While they have been touched by a divine presence, there are those valkyries who do not choose the Priest class. However, many do at least take up arms in the name of some god, if not become fully fledged holy warriors.

Starting Languages: Can read and write local language and Trade Common
Restricted Classes: none

Racial Abilities

[Light Wings of the War-Maiden]: If you would fall from any significant height, you can create a set of wings made out of light in order to slow your fall. So long as you're conscious, you can fall from any height and land without taking fall damage or falling prone. You can't move freely in the air as though you were flying, but you can hold on to other characters and equipment to a weight of 200 kg.
[Blessing of the War-Maiden]: Offers a blessing to a character in the same area, other than the valkyrie or any mount the valkyrie may be using. Once per day, as a Minor Action, the valkyrie can give any target a +2 bonus to Fortitude and Willpower for 3 minutes (18 rounds). This effect only works on Humanoids, Animals, and Mythical Beasts.

Valkyrie Background
2d Background Starting Classes Starting Abilities Experience
2-4 Agile Warrior Fencer 11/9/6 2500
5-6 Warrior Fighter 9/10/7 2000
7 Cleric Priest 7/9/10 2000
8-9 Rider Rider 9/8/9 2500
10-12 Scholar Sage 7/7/12 2500
Ability Scores

The Valkyrie's Ability Scores are rolled using the number of dice below.

Rolling Ability Scores
Valkyrie
A 2d
B 1d
C 2d
D 2d
E 1d
F 1d+6