Character Creation Step 5: Birth Location

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Birth Location

Where you are born helps to shape the person you will become. The type of location (urban, mountains, etc.) will have an effect on your skills. You can select your birthplace, or roll randomly on the appropriate chart:

Dwarf

Roll 3d6

Roll	Location	Type
3-4	Foothills (Southern plains bordering the GR)	rural
5-6	Greater than 100 miles south of MoM in GR	mountains
7-9	Greater than 100 miles north of MoM in GR	mountains
10-14	Monarch of the Mines	urban
15-17	Within 100 miles of MoM in GR	mountains
18	GR in Boreala	mountains

GR = GloomRim Mountains
MoM = Monarch of the Mines

Human

Roll 1d100 and roll another die if directed

Roll	Location		Type
1-15	Ar'Ethmet
	roll 1d20
	1-8	Minh	urban
	9-12	eastern	rural
	13-14	Tellura	urban
	15-18	western	rural
	19-20	Myceum Hills	forest
16-35	Serranthro-M'lethet
	roll 1d10
	1	Tekel	urban
	2-3	north	rural/coastal
	4-8	Numer	urban
	9-10	south	rural
36-71	Aereolus
	roll 1d100
	01-15	Aereolus City	urban
	16-40	central	rural
	41-46	Benges	urban
	47-48	SpireWall	urban
	49	Ford	urban
	50-74	west	rural
	75-80	North Aereolus City	urban
	81	Oes	rural
	82-99	north	rural
	100	Aereolus Colonies	coastal
72-82	Gloomrim Mountains
	roll 1d10
	1	north	mountains
	2-5	central	mountains
	6-10	borderlands	mountains
83-86	Ma Cab		urban
87-88	K'Tay		coastal
89	S'Syn		coastal
90	Dithril		rural
91-92	Monarch of the Mines		urban
93-99	west
	roll 1d10
	1-3	western plains	rural
	4-6	Dirth Woods	forest
	7-8	border of Bern Woods	rural/forest
	9-10	misc.	any
100	Boreala		mountains

Elf

Roll 3d6

Roll	Location	Type
3	K'n Yan Swamp	forest
4-5	Dirth Woods	forest
6-11	ereth Cinlu	urban
12-17	Bern Woods	forest
18	Withered Woods	forest

Half Elf

Roll 3d6

Roll	Location	Type
3-5	Bern Woods	forest
6	re-roll	-
7-15	southern Aereolos	rural
16-17	Dirth Woods	forest
18	K'n Yan Swamp	forest

Half Orc

Roll 3d6

Roll	Location	Type
3-4	Foothills (Southern plains bordering the GR)	rural
5-6	Greater than 100 miles south of MoM in GR	mountains
7-9	Greater than 100 miles north of MoM in GR	mountains
10-14	re-roll	-
15-17	Within 100 miles of MoM in GR	mountains
18	GR in Boreala	mountains

GR = GloomRim Mountains
MoM = Monarch of the Mines

Hobbit

Roll 3d6

Roll	Location	Type
3-4	Crescent Lands	rural
5-7	Islands	coastal
8-15	Cloud Top Shire	forest
16-17	Dirth Woods	forest
18	K'n Yan Swamp	forest

Sidhe

see Sidhe

Gnome

Roll 3d6

Roll	Location	Type
3-4	Foothills (Southern plains bordering the GR)	rural
5-6	Greater than 100 miles south of MoM in GR	mountains
7-9	Greater than 100 miles north of MoM in GR	mountains
10-14	Monarch of the Mines	urban
15-17	Within 100 miles of MoM in GR	mountains
18	GR in Boreala	mountains

GR = GloomRim Mountains
MoM = Monarch of the Mines

Half Ogre

Roll 3d6

Roll	Location	Type
3-4	Foothills (Southern plains bordering the GR)	rural
5-6	Greater than 100 miles south of MoM in GR	mountains
7-9	Greater than 100 miles north of MoM in GR	mountains
10-14	re-roll	-
15-17	Within 100 miles of MoM in GR	mountains
18	GR in Boreala	mountains

GR = GloomRim Mountains
MoM = Monarch of the Mines

High Troll

Roll 3d6

Roll	Location	Type
3-4	Foothills (Southern plains bordering the GR)	rural
5-6	Greater than 100 miles south of MoM in GR	mountains
7-9	Greater than 100 miles north of MoM in GR	mountains
10-14	GR in Boreala	mountains
15-17	Within 100 miles of MoM in GR	mountains
18	GR in Boreala	mountains

GR = GloomRim Mountains
MoM = Monarch of the Mines

If there is more than one type listed for your location, pick one for modifying your skills.

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