Kalahari Bushman (Character Kit)

Kalahari bushmen 
Description: Bushmen live in the scrubs and wilderness of the Kalahari desert. They are diminutive men who are as hard and coarse as the desert where they live. 
Role: The bushmen are warriors of the desert who are not like the romantic desert peoples of the AL-QADIM™ setting. These are grizzled barbarians who have had to be strong to survive. 
Weapon Proficiencies:
* Required: spear, knife; 
* Recommended: dagger. 
Nonweapon Proficiencies:
* Required: survival—desert; 
* Recommended: fire starting, direchon sense, weather sense, alertness, endurance. 
Special Benefits: The major benefit of being bom in the harsh conditions of the desert is that it breeds toughness and strength. This translates to an initial bonus of +1 (or +10%, if an 18 is rolled) to initial Strength and + 1 to initial Constitution. Bushmen can smell moisture in the air at up to a mile's distance, a remarkable testament to the dryness of the desert air and to the acute senses of the bushmen. The bushmen may also hide in the desert wastes and move silently as if they were rangers of equal level hiding in shadows and moving silently. They thus surprise foes as if they were elves. If the bushman is a ranger, he may add 10% bonuses to both skills if used in the desert. 
Special Hindrances: Bushmen may never wear armor but may carry shields. They are usually wrinkled and coarse skinned from the wind and sun, and so suffer a -2 penalty to initial Charisma to those not of the bushmen culture.
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