魔裔兽人Tanarukk
区域:银月联邦、兽人区域Regions: Silver Marches, Orc.
种族专长:恶魔血脉、火焰治愈、能量抗性增强、天生护甲增强
种族进阶职业:兽人战争领主
种族生命骰:5d8
等级调整:+3
Racial Feats: Fiendish Bloodline, Healing Flames, Improved Energy Resistance, Improved Natural Armor.
Racial Prestige Class: Orc warlord.
Racial Hit Dice: 5d8
Level Adjustment: +3
魔裔兽人是由兽人奴隶和恶魔培育而来的,它是一个强大而邪恶的神魔裔,正在北方不断蔓延。因为魔裔兽人的兽人血统,他们繁殖迅速,比任何其他种类的神魔裔都多。这些生物的整个部落已经在耐色山脉扎根,并继续繁衍后代,所以再过二十年,它们将对北方脆弱的和平构成严重威胁。魔裔兽人的父母都是邪恶的,他们也几乎都是邪恶的,身上没有一滴人类的血液来影响他们的性格。
Bred from orc slaves and demons, tanarukks are a powerful and evil strain of planetouched who are spreading across the North. Because of their orc blood they breed rapidly, and there are more tanarukks than any other kind of planetouched. Entire tribes of the creatures have taken root in the Nether Mountains and continue to breed true, so in another twenty years they will be a serious threat to the tenuous peace in the North. With evil parentage on both sides of the family, tanarukks are almost always evil, without a drop of human blood in them to influence their disposition.
魔裔兽人是兽人和恶魔(尤其是弗洛魔)的后代。与提夫林相似,魔裔兽人是一种有着邪恶外界生物的血统的费伦本地生物。他们确实能够自己的同类或纯种半兽人真正地繁衍后代,甚至一个有魔裔兽人祖父母的半兽人拥有魔裔兽人的所有能力。从理论上讲,魔裔兽人可以与半兽人甚至食人魔杂交,产生奇怪的杂交品种,尽管这些后代很可能是不育的。
Tanarukks are the descendants of orcs and tanar’ri (vrocks, in particular). Similar to tieflings, tanarukks are a mortal Faerunian creature with the bloodline of an evil outsider. They breed true with their own kind or with pureblooded orcs, and even orcs with one tanarukk grandparent have all the abilities of a tanarukk. Theoretically tanarukks could breed with goblinoids or even ogres and produce strange crossbreeds, although these are likely to be sterile.
与大多数神魔裔不同的是,魔裔兽人有着相当统一的外形,像矮壮的半兽人,弯腰驼背。他们的头发很粗糙,不管是在头上还是身体其他部位都长出了奇怪的斑点。它们有锋利的牙齿和突出的下颌獠牙,下颌比它们的小鼻子更突出。他们的眼睛是红色的,生气的时候会发光。他们的额头很低,有角或鳞,它们的皮肤从灰绿色到褐色不等。
Unlike most planetouched, tanarukks have a fairly uniform appearance, resembling short, stocky orcs with stooped postures. Their hair is coarse, whether on their heads or the odd patches that grow on other parts of their bodies. They have sharp teeth and prominent lower tusks, with their lower jaw protruding farther than their small snouts. Their eyes are red and glow when angry. Their foreheads are low and ridged with horn or scales; their skin varies from gray-green to dun brown.
魔裔兽人的寿命和年龄与兽人相同。他们在玩家手册的表格6-5和6-6中使用矮人的身高和体重范围。
Tanarukks have the same life expectancy and age categories as an orc. They use the dwarf height and weight ranges on Tables 6–5 and 6–6 in the Player’s Handbook.
历史History
现在被称为地狱门堡的城堡在近500年前就被恶魔所控制。据点周围的竖琴手封锁了据点防止恶魔召唤更多的同类,所以那里最强大的恶魔,巴洛炎魔格林塔克(Grintharke)命令他邪恶的仆从与堡垒里兽人奴隶生产以求产生快速繁殖且强大的生物作为恶魔的突击部队和警卫。几百年后,恶魔的血统稳定遗传了下来,魔裔兽人诞生了。
The citadel now known as Hellgate Keep fell under the sway of demons nearly five hundred years ago. The Harpers placed wards around the site to prevent the demons from conjuring any more of their kind, so Grintharke the balor, the most powerful demon present, ordered his evil minions to breed with the orc slaves of the keep in order to produce fast-breeding but powerful creatures who would serve the demons as shock troops and guards. After a few hundred years, the fiendish bloodlines stabilized, and the race of tanarukks was born.
近年来,格林塔克被杀。他的继任者陷入了内讧,但还是设法保住了权力,直到1369 DR堡垒被一种叫做“守门人水晶”的外位面人工制品摧毁。一些幸存的魔裔兽人逃到了耐色山脉中,而其他人在堡垒中魔裔的指挥下,成群结队的留在深埋于幽暗地域的秘密大厅中。耐色山脉的魔裔兽人与当地兽人部落混居在一起,他们可能很快就会延伸到世界之脊,在那里他们将与奥伯德国王的众箭部落发生冲突。
In recent years, Grintharke was slain. His successors fell to infighting but managed to hold power until the keep itself was destroyed in 1369 DR by an extraplanar artifact known as the Gatekeeper’s Crystal. A number of the surviving tanarukks fled to the Nether Mountains, while others remain under the command of one of the keep’s cambions, thronging secret halls buried in the Underdark. The tanarukks of the Nether Mountains are mingling with local orc tribes and may soon branch out into the Spine of the World, where they will come into conflict with the tribe of King Obould Many-Arrows.
性格Outlook
魔裔兽人拥有兽人或半兽人最坏的特性,混合着恶魔的脾气和力量。他们通常闷闷不乐,容易发怒,宁愿战斗也不愿思考,宁愿杀人也不愿争吵。他们的兽人血统给他们留下了对力量的尊重,而这种尊重只有通过他们的魔裔兽人导师才能得到加强。如果有机会,他们会肆无忌惮地生活,大吃大喝,打架斗殴。他们鄙视比自己弱小的人,认为自己是兽人的高级品种。他们对自己的力量印象深刻,只有非常强大的领导人才能说服他们在足够长的时间内安定下来,听从命令对抗共同的敌人。
Tanarukks have the worst traits of orcs or half-orcs mixed with the temper and power of demons. Generally sullen and prone to rages, tanarukks would rather fight than ponder and would rather kill than argue. Their orc heritage impressed them with a respect for power, which was only reinforced by their tanar’ri mentors. They live recklessly and without moderation, feasting, drinking, and fighting if the opportunity presents itself. They are contemptuous of those weaker than themselves, and consider themselves a superior breed of orc. They are impressed by strength, and only a very powerful leader can convince them to settle down long enough to follow orders against a common enemy.
在典型的头脑粗犷的魔裔兽人中,有少数人在性情上更聪明或更温和,这可能是因为这些魔裔兽人的恶魔祖先之一是六臂蛇魔或其他某种倾向于三思而后行的恶魔。这些魔裔兽人成为了领导者,或者对他们在同类中所能享受的生活感到不满,在新的地方寻找其他的挑战。这些魔裔兽人可能是最危险的,但也有很大的机会交到兽人或魔裔兽人之外的朋友。
Among the typical rough-minded tanarukks are a few who are smarter or more moderate in their temperament, possibly because one of their demonic ancestors was a marilith or some other sort of demon prone to thinking before acting. It is these tanarukks who become leaders or, dissatisfied with the life available to them among their own kind, seek out other challenges in new places. These tanarukks can be the most dangerous but also have the greatest chance of being befriended by something other than an orc or tanarukk.
魔裔兽人角色TANARUKK CHARACTERS
大多数聪明的魔裔兽人是野蛮人或战士,尽管也有相当一部分是术士。领袖兼职野蛮人/术士的领袖,可以使用他们有限的术士能力来增强他们的物理能力。不太容易发怒的魔裔兽人往往是战士或游侠。
Most of the wiser tanarukks are barbarians or fighters, although a fair number are sorcerers. Leaders multiclass as barbarian/sorcerers, using their limited sorcerer ability to augment their physical prowess. Less rage-prone tanarukks tend to be fighters or rangers.
受欢迎职业:野蛮人。当魔裔兽人从野蛮人的愤怒中得到加强时,他原本就强大的身体能力会变得非常可怕。
Favored Class: Barbarian. A tanarukk’s potent physical ability becomes downright frightening when he gains the benefits of barbarian rage.
进阶职业:魔裔兽人的黑暗卫士和刺客确实是可怕的敌人。魔裔兽人也可以成为兽人战争领主(见附录)。
Prestige Classes: Tanarukk blackguards and assassins are fearsome foes indeed. Tanarukks can also become orc warlords (see the appendix).
魔裔兽人社会Tanarukk Society
在所有的神魔裔中,魔裔兽人是唯一一个拥有一个庞大而繁荣的社会的,因为即使是精灵提夫林人的数量也比不上恶魔控制的兽人部落。当然,魔裔兽人社会是兽人和恶魔社会的混合体,这意味着他们的行为就像充满了超自然的邪恶力量的兽人。然而,与典型的兽人社会不同的是,在繁殖计划中所涉及的六臂蛇魔的强大影响力已经缓和了父权倾向,导致了一种女性比奴隶受到更好对待的文化。魔裔兽人的女性如果生下很多强壮的孩子,就能获得一定程度的尊重,并对她们的伴侣产生一定的影响。
Of all the planetouched, tanarukks are the only ones with a large and thriving society, for not even the fey’ri have numbers comparable to the tribes of fiend-touched orcs. Of course, tanarukk society is a mixture of orc and demon society, which means that they act like orcs infused with supernatural evil power. However, unlike typical orc society, the strong influence of the mariliths involved in the breeding program has moderated the patriarchal tendencies, resulting in a culture where females are treated much better than slaves. Tanarukk females who give birth to many strong young can earn a measure of respect for themselves and carry some influence over their mates.
像兽人一样,魔裔兽人也会在自己身上或彼此身上留下疤痕,尤其是作为成年仪式的一部分。因为他们是抗火的,许多伤疤仪式使用酸或锯齿武器。另外一些人则在四肢周围佩戴铁制首饰或武器(比如魔裔兽人战斗护手),在它们灼热的时候将其锤入体内,冷却后物品就和身体融合在了一起,这样只要不第一时间杀死魔裔兽人就无法盗窃这些物品。
Like orcs, tanarukks perform ritual scarring on themselves and each other, particularly as part of adulthood rites. Because they are resistant to fire, many scarring rituals use acid or jagged weapons. Others have iron jewelry or weapons (such as tanarukk battle gauntlets) hammered into place around their limbs while still hot, fusing the item in place when it cools, which prevents theft without killing the tanarukk first.
语言和文字Language and Literacy
魔裔兽人说兽人语和深渊语,在大多数对话中使用前者,但在需要交流更复杂的概念时会插入后者的单词。聪明的魔裔兽人通常学习通用语,这样他们可以更容易地审问犯人。
Smart tanarukks usually learn Common so they can more easily interrogate prisoners.
魔裔兽人没有读写能力,那些获得野蛮人以外的其他职业的玩家角色除外。
Tanarukks are illiterate, except for those who acquire levels in a player character class other than barbarian.
能力与种族特征Abilities and Racial Features
魔裔兽人有以下种族特征:
•+4力量,+2灵巧,-2智慧,-4魅力。魔裔兽人强壮敏捷,但注意力持续时间短,天性好斗。
•体型:中型。魔裔兽人矮矮胖胖,像个矮人。
•魔裔兽人的陆地速度是20英尺。
•黑暗视力可达60英尺。
•有火焰抗性
•14级以上的法术抗力。
•+4天然护甲。
•精通所有军用武器。
•外界生物生命骰:一个魔裔兽人有5d8种族生命骰来自他的恶魔血统。魔裔兽人角色的第一个•外界生物生命骰获得最大生命值,并正常滚动他的其他•外界生物生命骰。他从职业级别掷出所有生命骰,并且在第一个职业级别的生命骰上不会自动获得最大生命值。魔裔兽人的种族生命骰还提供+5基础攻击加值和防御+4,Ref +4和意志 +4的豁免投掷。有职业等级的魔裔兽人加上他们的职业攻击加值和种族攻击加值并保留种族加值。
•外界生物技能:魔裔兽人的外界生物生命骰授予他技能点等于(8 + Int修正值)×8。这些技能点的职业技能是隐藏、恐吓、倾听、搜索和定位。魔裔兽人无法获得×4。
•外界生物专长:魔裔兽人的外界生物生命骰给予他两项专长。典型的魔裔兽人选择机警和武器专注(战斧)。一个拥有职业等级的魔裔兽人将基于他的总生命骰获得专长,如引言中的表2所示。
天然攻击:魔裔兽人可以用啃咬作为天生武器,造成1d6点伤害。魔裔兽人可以在正常攻击加值下使用武器攻击,并将啃咬攻击作为二次攻击(攻击骰减5,伤害骰加值为力量的一半)。
•控制火焰(Sp):魔裔兽人可以使10英尺范围内的非魔法火焰降低到煤炭的水平,或者闪耀到日光的亮度,并使正常照明半径加倍。此技能不会改变火源的热量输出或燃料消耗,持续5分钟,每天一次。他们作为5级法师使用这个技能。
•兽人血统:尽管拥有特殊的能力和效果,魔裔兽人仍然基本上是兽人。所有种族相关的效应,魔裔兽人都视同兽人。例如:影响兽人的特殊效应,也影响魔裔兽人。只有兽人能用的魔法物品,魔裔兽人也可使用。
•异界生物:魔裔兽人是本地异界生物
•母语:深渊语、兽人语、家乡地区语言。额外语言:按地区划分。
•适合职业:野蛮人。
•等级调整:+3。由于他的种族生命骰,加上他的法术抗性,火抗性,天生的护甲和有利的能力分数调整,一个魔裔兽人有一个8 +他的职业等级的有效角色等级。因此,一个2级塔纳鲁克野蛮人的ECL值为10。有关更多信息,请参见引言中的表1。
Tanarukks have the following racial traits:
• +4 Strength, +2 Dexterity, –2 Wisdom, –4 Charisma. Tanarukks are strong and agile, but have short attention spans and aggressive natures.
• Medium-size. Tanarukks are squat, but broad, like a dwarf.
• Tanarukk land speed is 20 feet.
• Darkvision up to 60 feet.
• Fire resistance 10.
• Spell resistance of 14 + class level.
• +4 natural armor.
• Proficient with all martial weapons.
• Outsider Hit Dice: A tanarukk has 5d8 racial Hit Dice from his demonic heritage. A tanarukk character receives maximum hit points for his first outsider Hit Die, and rolls his other outsider Hit Dice normally. He rolls all Hit Dice from class levels and does not automatically get maximum hit points on his first class level Hit Die. A tanarukk’s racial Hit Dice also provide a +5 base attack bonus and saving throws of Fort +4, Ref +4, and Will +4. Tanarukks with class levels add their class attack bonus and save bonuses to their racial attack bonus and saves.
• Outsider Skills: A tanarukk’s outsider Hit Dice grant him skill points equal to (8 + Int modifier) ×8. Class skills for these skill points are Hide, Intimidate, Listen, Search, and Spot. A tanarukk does not get the ×4 multiplier for skill points acquired from his first class level.
• Outsider Feats: A tanarukk’s demonic Hit Dice grant him two feats. A typical tanarukk chooses Alertness and Weapon Focus (battleaxe). A tanarukk with class levels gains feats based on his total Hit Dice, as shown on Table 2 in the Introduction.
• Natural Attack: A tanarukk may use his bite as a natural weapon, dealing 1d6 points of damage. A tanarukk can attack with a weapon at his normal attack bonus, and make a bite attack as a secondary attack (–5 penalty on the attack roll and half Strength bonus on the damage roll).
• Control Flame (Sp): Tanarukks can cause a nonmagical fire within 10 feet of them to diminish to the level of coals or flare to the brightness of daylight and double the normal radius of illumination. This ability does not change the heat output or fuel consumption of the fire source, lasts 5 minutes, and may be done once per day. They use this ability as 5thlevel sorcerers.
• Orc Blood: Despite all their special abilities and effects, tanarukks are still basically orcs. Thus tanarukks can use or create orc weapons and magic items with racially specific orc powers as if they were orcs.
• Outsider: Tanarukks are native outsiders.
• Automatic Languages: Abyssal, Orc, home region. Bonus Languages: By region.
• Favored Class: Barbarian.
• Level Adjustment: +3. Due to his racial Hit Dice, plus his spell resistance, fire resistance, natural armor, and advantageous ability score modifiers, a tanarukk has an effective character level of 8 plus his class levels. Thus, a 2nd-level tanarukk barbarian would have an ECL of 10. See Table 1 in the Introduction for more information.
魔裔兽人魔法和知识Tanarukk Magic and Lore
魔裔兽人几乎没有法师,他们更容易出现术士。由于很少有魔裔兽人有魔法天赋,大多数魔裔兽人的施法者都是牧师。
Tanarukks have few wizards, preferring the ease of sorcery. Since few have the talent for sorcery either, most tanarukk spellcasters are clerics.
法术和施法SPELLS AND SPELLCASTING
魔裔兽人施法者更喜欢召唤异界生物,用火焰攻击敌人,或者使施法者的身体更加强大的魔法(比如牛之力量,神能,正气如虹)。
Tanarukk spellcasters prefer magic that summons outsiders, blasts enemies with fire, or makes the spellcaster physically more powerful (such as bull’s strength, divine power, and righteous might).
魔裔兽人魔法物品TANARUKK MAGIC ITEMS
魔裔兽人很少有能力制造他们自己独特的魔法物品,但是很多人都戴着由他们的恶魔主人为他们制造的燃烧的战斗护腕。他们使用兽人魔法物品或者由恶魔提供的物品。一些幸运的魔裔兽人携带着从地狱门堡掠夺来的古老魔法物品,比如咆哮的阿玛林达盔甲(见附录)。
Tanarukks rarely have the skill to make their own unique kinds of magic items, but many wear burning battle gauntlets made for them by their demonic masters. They otherwise use orc magic items or those provided by the fiends. A few lucky tanarukks carry ancient magic items looted from Hellgate Keep, such as roaring armor of Ammarindar (see the appendix).
魔裔兽人神祗Tanarukk Deities
像他们的兽人祖先一样,魔裔兽人崇拜兽人神系。尽管受到恶魔导师的影响,魔裔兽人部落并不崇拜恶魔。那些满足于用自己的身体力量为兽人领袖服务的魔裔兽人(不会过多思考)倾向于崇拜巴格仵。崇拜巴格仵的魔裔兽人很少穿戴盔甲,他们认为这是一种弱点,这比其他任何魔裔兽人都要严重。他们往往是部落中最强壮、最好斗的成员。
Like their pureblooded orc ancestors, tanarukks worship the orc pantheon. Despite the influence of their fiendish mentors, tanarukk tribes do not worship demons. Tanarukks who are content to use their physical prowess in the service of an orc leader (without thinking too much) lean to the worship of Bahgtru. More than any other tanarukks, the worshipers of Bahgtru rarely wear armor, considering it a weakness. They tend to be the strongest and most aggressive members of the tribe.
格乌什,不眠者,受到所有魔裔兽人的尊敬,尤其接近部落和氏族首领的心。他们把恶魔之血看作是格乌什对他们长期服务的奖赏,并无情地杀死部落中最弱小的年轻人或那些没有表现出真正的魔裔兽人能力的人。让一个藐视独眼神恩赐的人活著,是对他崇拜的侮辱。
Gruumsh, He Who Never Sleeps, is revered by all tanarukks and is especially close to the hearts of the tribal and clan chieftains. They see their demonic blood as a reward from Gruumsh for their long service, and mercilessly kill the weakest young of the tribe or those who manifest no true tanarukk abilities. Allowing one who has spurned the gifts of the One-Eyed God to live is an affront to his worship.
魔裔兽人认为兽人混血和武艺之神依那弗是他们的特别的守护神,依那弗几乎和格乌什一样受到崇拜。如果这个新种族继续扩张,他很可能取代魔裔兽人眼中的格乌什。依那弗是聪明的魔裔兽人以及兽人军队军官的最爱。他的崇拜者相比野蛮人更有可能成为战士或游侠。
Tanarukks consider Ilneval, the god of orc crossbreeds and martial skill, to be their special patron, and Ilneval is worshiped almost as an equal to Gruumsh. If this new race continues to expand, he is likely to supplant Gruumsh in the eyes of the tanarukks. Ilneval is a favorite of the wiser tanarukks as well as officers in orc armies. His worshipers are more likely to become fighters or rangers than barbarians.
与其他种族关系Relations with Other Races
魔裔兽人认为其他种族比他们更弱,这一点他们比普通兽人更甚。只有恶魔(还有,在较小的程度上,强大的魔裔生物,比如半恶魔)才能得到魔裔兽人的尊重,这仅仅是因为他们通常有力量支持自己的命令。
Even more so than common orcs, tanarukks consider other races weaker than themselves. Only demons (and, to a lesser extent, powerful fiend-touched creatures such as half-fiends) gain any respect from the tanarukks, and only because they usually have power to back up their commands.
魔裔兽人很容易对任何经过他们路径的智能类人生物施以酷刑,然后吃掉他们。在为恶魔服务了几个世纪之后,他们对使人痛苦的折磨方法已经相当熟悉了,而且不会在受害者还活着的时候吃掉他们身体的一部分。魔裔兽人尤其憎恨精灵,因为最弱的魔裔兽人比半打普通的精灵还要强大。
Tanarukks are prone to torture and then eat any intelligent humanoid that crosses their path. After centuries of service to the tanar’ri, they are quite conversant with painful methods of torture and not above eating parts of their victim while it is still alive. Tanarukks are particularly hateful toward elves, given that the weakest tanarukk is more than a match for a half dozen common elves.
魔裔兽人视兽人和半兽人为宝贵的盟友,但地位不如魔裔兽人。任何这样的联盟通常最后都会被迫与魔裔兽人部落混合,以创造更多的恶魔后代。
Tanarukks see orcs and half-orcs as valuable allies but of lesser status than the tanarukks themselves. Any such allies usually end up coerced into mixing with the tanarukk tribe to create an even more numerous next generation of demonic progeny.
魔裔兽人装备Tanarukk Equipment
普通的魔裔兽人很少穿盔甲,他们满足于自己的厚皮。副官和酋长都穿着盔甲,但当他们被迫与对手争夺权力时,他们会脱掉盔甲,以证明自己没有金属外壳也很强大。
Common tanarukks rarely wear armor, content with their own thick skins. Lieutenants and chieftains wear armor, but when forced to fight a challenger for supremacy they remove it in order to prove they are powerful without the metal skin.
许多魔裔兽人戴着他们称之为“战斗护手”的东西——一种覆盖着前臂和部分手部的厚金属带。一些虐待狂会在战斗前将双手放在火中数分钟,加热护腕,这样他们在徒手攻击伤害的基础上还能造成1点火伤害(魔裔兽人对火焰的抗性意味着这种热度对他们没有任何影响)。魔裔兽人不认为战斗护手是盔甲,所以戴上它们并不会让人觉得软弱。
Many tanarukks wear what they call “battle gauntlets”— thick bands of metal that cover the forearms and parts of the hands. Some of the more sadistic ones hold their hands in fire for several minutes before battle, heating the gauntlets so they deal 1 point of fire damage in addition to the unarmed strike damage (the tanarukk resistance to fire means this heat does not affect them at all). Battle gauntlets are not considered armor by tanarukks, and so there is no stigma of weakness in wearing them.
动物和宠物ANIMALS AND PETS
在他们被囚禁在地狱门堡期间,魔裔兽人不再训练动物,直到最近才开始训练野猪和凶暴野猪作为坐骑。最理想的情况是,堕落品种能够满足它们的需求和性情,但它们缺乏获得许多这种生物的手段。
During their confinement within Hellgate Keep, tanarukks have fallen out of practice in training animals and have only recently begun training boars and dire boars as mounts. Ideally, fiendish varieties would suit their needs and temperament, but they lack the means to acquire many of these creatures.