Kongo Pygmy (Character Kit)

Kongo pygmy 
Description: The Kongo pygmies are diminutive natives of the jungles of the Congo in central Africa. They often paint their bodies in green and yellow paints to blend into the jungle and are extremely secretive, as well as highly protective of their territory. 
Role: Kongo pygmies are the ultimate jungle guerrilla warriors. What they lack in strength and size they make up for in stealth and preparation. They always avoid direct, frontal attacks, weakening enemies through attrition and attacks against weak or isolated individuals. They almost never show themselves in battle, fading like ghosts into the jungle. They also rely on rumors spread about them that breed morale-destroying fear in their enemies. 
Weapon Proficiencies:
* Required: blowgun or bow; 
* Recommended: dagger, knife, net. 
Nonweapon Proficiencies:
* Required: survival jungle, herbalism. 
* Recommended: animal lore, set snares, hunting, tracking, alertness, direchon sense, 
bowyer/fletcher. 
Special Benefits: Kongo pygmies are very agile and so have a +1 to their initial scores for Dexterity. They move silently and hide in shadows like rangers two levels higher than they (or like rangers three levels higher if in the jungle). This does not include bonuses associated with camouflage paint that is used to further blend into the jungle ( + 10% to hiding in woodlands of any sort). They surprise foes with the same chances that elves have. They may brew poisons for their blowguns and arrows, in a manner similar to that used by Athasian bards from the DARK SUN campaign. If this supplement is not available, allow pygmies to know how to make one type of insinuative poison, rolled randomly from the list in the DMG, per level. 
Special Hindrances: Kongo pygmies are not very large and thus suffer a -1 to  their initial Strength score (or -10% if exceptional Strength is rolled, with negative-number results meaning that Strength is reduced to 17).
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