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The efaarit from Iron Kingdoms (weird-looking desert halflings) also work like that. They believe their gods are spiteful assholes and that anything bad that happens to them is because they drew their attention, so every single ritual to the gods is actually a way to stay hidden from them. Given it's a setting with very real gods and most of the bad poo poo that happens to them is incidental, the implication ends up being they are just a paranoid bunch. Also they are scavenger Kender who hire themselves off as guides (and sharpshooters) to anyone who wants to cross the huge desert they inhabit but they will steal from you if they don't think you've paid them appropriately, since private property (instead of collective, tribe-wide property) is an alien concept to them. Efaarit own.
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 I think the concept the writers were going for (gotta admit, maybe using Kenders as an analogy was not the smartest move on my part) was that they are super-opportunistic because of the harsh living conditions in the Bloodstone Marshes (the aforementioned death desert these dudes live in). So if it looks like you're not going to make it or you're not going to be able to pay their rate, well they don't give a poo poo. At the same time Warmachine/Hordes isn't exactly subtle with their Not!Russia, Not!France, etc. I like their specific takes on certain fantasy tropes but there's very much a thread of unfortunate implications or tiresome tropes like the Skorne being a whole society based on pain, suffering and slavery to the point where everyone is basically evil all the time, or the Trollkin being Scottish noble savages.
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Kaza42 posted:Every background has one set ability score and one "pick any". For second scores, Wizards get little out of strength, and the most out of dex or con, but any background can give +1 int. And there's an explicit "build your own" option where you just get two +1s Hey thanks for covering Level Up 5e! I've been very curious as to whether it's any improvement over 5e proper, and so far it all looks pretty neat.
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Huh, TIL about 'mute people' being offensive. I honestly just assumed it was a pretty straightforward case like in Spanish, where 'persona muda' means they can't verbally speak and that's it, with no allusion to any other kind of communication. Thank you for educating me.
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