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Tim: /* Jospei Flotillas and Associated Surnames */

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‎Jospei Flotillas and Associated Surnames

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Tim: Created page with 'Category: Races of Saratta ==Summary== ===Personality=== ===Relations=== ===Homeland=== ===Religion=== ===Language=== ==Notable Humans== ==Racial Traits== +2…'

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Created page with 'Category: Races of Saratta ==Summary== ===Personality=== ===Relations=== ===Homeland=== ===Religion=== ===Language=== ==Notable Humans== ==Racial Traits== +2…'

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[[Category: Races of Saratta]]
==Summary==

===Personality===

===Relations===

===Homeland===

===Religion===

===Language===

==Notable Humans==

==Racial Traits==
 +2 to One Ability Score: Human characters gain a +2 bonus to one ability score of their choice at creation to represent their varied nature.

- Medium: Humans are Medium creatures and receive no bonuses or penalties due to their size.

- Normal Speed: Humans have a base speed of 30 feet.

- Bonus Feat: Humans select one extra feat at 1st levels.

- Beguiling Liar: Jospei are experts at manipulation. They gain a +4 racial bonus on Bluff checks to convince an opponent what they are saying is true when they tell a lie.

- Scavenger: Jospei gain a +2 racial bonus on Appraise and Perception checks to find hidden objects (including traps and secret doors), determine whether food is spoiled, or identify a potion by taste.

- Sprinter: Jospei often find themselves on the run. They gain a +10 foot racial bonus to their speed when using the charge, run, or withdraw actions.

Languages: Humans begin play speaking Common. Humans with high Intelligence scores can choose any languages they want (except secret languages, such as Druidic).

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 :Mabbott - <i>Water Maker / Brewer </i>; talented brew-smiths, they make their own alcohol and are often found liquored up. Their navigation skills are often the butt of jokes.
 Arkaadi - <i>Of Large Ship / Ark</i>
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 :Truwan - <i>Truth Seeker</i>; known for being scholarly / bookish. They like to trade in artifacts.
 ==Notable Jospei==

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 ==Thematic Style==
 Romani Gypsy / Seafaring American Indian
 ==Notable Jospei==

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 	Jopei parents take a very fluid approach to child rearing, trading their own children between rafts to ensure that they received diverse training before they come of age. This method also helps to take the burden off of families who may be struggling to make ends meets, letting others take up the mantle of “parent” while they get back on their feet. The constant flux in family makeup helps to sow trust between families and solidifies bonds.
-	Male and female children are often paired together at an early age. Families view this as a betrothal, and it is designed to encourage continued growth of a family unit. The betrothal is never forced, and the final decision is made by the ‘children’ themselves as they come of age. Jopei men and women come of age at 15. Women are expect to marry by the time they are 16 or 17, and the man’s family is the one to bear the responsibility of wedding arrangement and dowry. This is given directly to the bride to strengthen the family by providing for early needs. The soon to be wife is tasked with managing the new families finances.
+	Male and female children are often paired together at an early age. Families view this as a betrothal, and it is designed to encourage continued growth of a family unit. The betrothal is never forced, and the final decision is made by the ‘children’ themselves as they come of age. Jopei men and women come of age at 15. Women are expected to marry by the time they are 16 or 17, and the man’s family is the one to bear the responsibility of wedding arrangement and dowry. This is given directly to the bride to strengthen the family by providing for early needs. The soon to be wife is tasked with managing the new families finances.
 	Superstitious belief plays a large role in the way the Jospei conduct themselves. Many claim to be able to see the color of an individual’s soul and the aura it possesses. The color of a person’s is very important, and to that end those with the ‘sight’ take charge as the moral compass of the Travelers. They do what they can to maintains pure and good color hues to best please the ocean spirits. Divination, psychic ability, and witchcraft are all welcome forms of magic and are actively practiced.
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 Young women are expected to marry by the time they are 16 or 17. This is sometimes done through arranged marriage, but more often is at the choice of the woman. She is the one to receive dowry payment from the family of her husband to help them begin their own family. She will be the one to track the family finances and provide direction over where the family goes next.
-Men are expected to follow the direction of their wives. While arguments do crop up, her say for the well being of the family is very important. The man will also pay close attention to the children during child rearing to make sure they are developing all of the skills they need to know as they grow. Eldest sons are charged with caring for their aging parents so none are ever left behind.
+Men are expected to follow the direction of their wives. While arguments do crop up, her say for the wellbeing of the family is very important. The man will also pay close attention to the children during child rearing to make sure they are developing all of the skills they need to know as they grow. Eldest sons are charged with caring for their aging parents so none are ever left behind.
 ==Homeland==

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 ==Physical Description==
-Most Jospei have startlingly blue eyes like well polished sapphire; a lineage trait that makes them stand out in close conversation. Eye colors do range though, and include yellow or gold, suggesting mixed racial bloodlines. Heterochromia is also quite common.
+Most Jospei have startling blue eyes like well polished sapphire; a lineage trait that makes them stand out in close conversation. Eye colors do range though, and include yellow or gold, suggesting mixed racial bloodlines. Heterochromia is also quite common.
 Skin color runs in brown and reddish skin tones. They typically sport visible tattoos, each with their own personal significance, usually for accomplishments. Jospei couples get matching or paired tattoos to represent their union.
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 	Superstitious belief plays a large role in the way the Jospei conduct themselves. Many claim to be able to see the color of an individual’s soul and the aura it possesses. The color of a person’s is very important, and to that end those with the ‘sight’ take charge as the moral compass of the Travelers. They do what they can to maintains pure and good color hues to best please the ocean spirits. Divination, psychic ability, and witchcraft are all welcome forms of magic and are actively practiced.
-	Jospei are very generosity between friends and families. To their people it is just as important as trading and wealth acquisition. They do not see much purpose in hording wealth like a dragon, and take great joy in spreading gifts. Exchanging gifts is customary after time spent away from others, and can come in many forms, from practical to lavish, or simple with deep meaning.
+	Jospei are very generosity between friends and families. To their people it is just as important as trading and wealth acquisition. They do not see much purpose in hoarding wealth like a dragon, and take great joy in spreading gifts. Exchanging gifts is customary after time spent away from others, and can come in many forms, from practical to lavish, or simple with deep meaning.
 Close relations will also share a piece of their own ship in order to track their movements, using special compasses that that Jospei call Kin Coin. Placing the ship fragment inside the compass will cause it to point to where the ship is. Without the fragment the Kin Coin functions just like a normal compass. This is one of the greatest measures of trust that can be bestowed on someone, as it leaves them exposed to others knowing where a Jospei family may be.
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 Travelers strive for an equal society where everyone’s efforts are the measure of their worth, regardless of gender. In their youth, boys and girls are each expected to pull their weight. They must know how to clean and cook for themselves, and how to rig and sail boats, or even gather and survive in the wild. Their training is rigorously upheld between the family flotilla boats that they fluidly move between as they are raised.
-As a child transitions from their 14th year to their 15th, they undergo a rite of passage. The family will land an island, preferably uninhabited, and the child will spend the next 2 days on land surviving and putting their training to test. Adults will watch over them from afar to make sure nothing goes wrong, but it is done to represent their transition from youth to adulthood. It is at this point that some of the larger differences that separate men from women begin to appear.
+As a child transitions from their 14th year to their 15th, they undergo a rite of passage. The family will land an island, preferably uninhabited, and the child will spend the next 2 days on land surviving and putting their training to test. Adults will watch over them from afar to make sure nothing goes wrong. They may not receive assistance or companionship from others, as the trial is about reflection and represents their transition from youth to adulthood. Any interference will result in them having to redo the trail. After the trials larger differences separating men from women begin to appear
 Young women are expected to marry by the time they are 16 or 17. This is sometimes done through arranged marriage, but more often is at the choice of the woman. She is the one to receive dowry payment from the family of her husband to help them begin their own family. She will be the one to track the family finances and provide direction over where the family goes next.
-Men are expected to follow the direction of their wives. While arguements do crop up, her say for the well being of the family is very important. The man will also pay close attention to the children during child rearing to make sure they are developing all of the skills they need to know as they grow. Eldest sons are charged with caring for their aging parents so none are ever left behind.
+Men are expected to follow the direction of their wives. While arguments do crop up, her say for the well being of the family is very important. The man will also pay close attention to the children during child rearing to make sure they are developing all of the skills they need to know as they grow. Eldest sons are charged with caring for their aging parents so none are ever left behind.
 ==Homeland==

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 [[Category: Races of Saratta]]
 ==Summary==
-The Travelers
+Commonly called the Travelers, the Jospei people are ocean nomads and gypsies.
 ===Personality===
-===Relations===
+They are expert traders, learning the art of trade and appraisal as soon as they are born. Bartering is a pastime for most Jospei, helping them to develop keen eyes for the value of objects where others see none. They are a people who love to display their wealth in finely crafted trinkets, bright baubles, and colorful clothing. They decorate their flotillas and ships in the same manner that they decorate themselves, often draping fine cloth and banners of their own design to help identify family units.
-===Homeland===
+Most day to day decisions on a family flotilla are made by the Ra-Ma, or Raft Mother. She is the mother with the most children, and is deferred to by the others on the raft. This is  semi-matriarchal leadership, as once one Ra-Ma is in place, she will often remain the person in charge until she is old enough to step down, passing the torch to the next mother with many kin.
-===Religion===
+Possessing a ship is a mark of high achievement for Travelers, and represents their personal freedom as well as serving as proof that they can provide for the family.
-==Notable Humans==
+Most Jospei have startlingly blue eyes like well polished sapphire; a lineage trait that makes them stand out in close conversation. Eye colors do range though, and include yellow or gold, suggesting mixed racial bloodlines. Heterochromia is also quite common.
 ==Racial Traits==