| rdfs:comment | - Shamans are greatly respected among the peasants of the northern steppes as well as the central government in Kislev. They are the keepers of the old lore and culture of the Gospodar nomads. Their ability to tell the old stories of their homeland, as well as to heal, is welcome in isolated villages and homesteads. The fact that they will continue to travel even in the hardest winter means their visits are doubly welcome. In a ways, it is the shamans who hold Kislevite culture together. On the other hand, the aura of cold and wildness about them makes them difficult to like. Outside their homelands, they are trusted even less. Kislevite shamans are experts in wilderness travel, particularly in winter, and many rangers are envious of their abilities.
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| abstract | - Shamans are greatly respected among the peasants of the northern steppes as well as the central government in Kislev. They are the keepers of the old lore and culture of the Gospodar nomads. Their ability to tell the old stories of their homeland, as well as to heal, is welcome in isolated villages and homesteads. The fact that they will continue to travel even in the hardest winter means their visits are doubly welcome. In a ways, it is the shamans who hold Kislevite culture together. On the other hand, the aura of cold and wildness about them makes them difficult to like. Outside their homelands, they are trusted even less. Kislevite shamans are experts in wilderness travel, particularly in winter, and many rangers are envious of their abilities. Once Shamans reach Level 3, they begin to 'take the winter into their hearts'. At first, this is manifested merely by a skin which is cool to the touch and a penchant for wearing an extra layer of clothing, compared to everyone around them. This gives them a -10% to Fel outside their homeland. Once Shamans reach Level 4, they have become uncomfortably cold: their skin is cold to the touch and has a bluish tinge. They wear heavy furs in the hottest weather and their breath shows as vapour, no matter what the temperature. When they enter a warm room, they give off an aura of cold, which makes others in the room shiver. This gives Level 4 Shamans a -20% to Fel outside their homeland and -10% within Kislev. (Note that these penalties do not apply to meeting other Kislevite shamans.)
* Cast Spells: Ice Magic level 1
* Game Hunting
* Magical Sense
* Rune Lore
* Scroll Lore
* Silent Move: Rural
* Ski
* Story Telling
* Cast Spells: Ice Magic level 2
* Dowsing
* Heal Wounds
* Magical Awareness
* Meditation
* Cast Spells: Ice Magic level 3
* Daemon Lore
* Herb Lore
* Identify Plants
* Orientation
* Arcane Language: Dwarfish
* Cast Spells: Ice Magic level 4
* Manufacture Potions
* Manufacture Scrolls
* +4D4 per level (A shaman's power level varies with the year - see Ice Magic. Male shamans roll 4D4 and subtract 3 from the total.)
* Kislevite Shaman - of next level
* Daemonologist - level 1
* Elementalist - level 1
* Illusionist - level 1
* Necromancer - level 1
* Wizard - level 1
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