Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2e ARABY: Sand and Gold Rules expanded and translated from “ArAbiA: PiAch i Ztoto” by Extradaemon 0 ‘If history has taught us anything, It’s that one man fighting for his belief – No matter how mistaken and misguided his faith, Is measured to the worth of ten faithless knights.’ - Frederik III (ascribed – the Great Crusade Against Araby) Contents CHARACTER CREATION 2 THE TRIBES OF ARABY 4 CALIPHATES AND EMIRATES OF ARABY 8 EQUIPMENT 11 NEW CAREERS 14 1 CHARACTER CREATION New Talent - Religious Fanaticism: Character receives +5 Weapon Skill bonus when fighting against enemies of Araby during a Jihad, Invaders, or those of a different religious background (GM Choice). Table 1-1: Tribe and Location Roll (2d10) Nomad City Dweller Roll(2d10) Nomad City Dweller 2 - 3 Kahied Alhaka 2 Become City Dweller City 4 - 5 Bakr Kufra 3 City City 6 - 7 Ghutani Copher 4 Small town City 8 - 9 Turjuk Medes 5 Town City 10 - 11 Asad Ghafsa 6 Village Small Town 12 Muzil Nejaz 7 Small Village Small Town 13 Dhi’b Nejaz 8 Fortress Small Town 14 Tayif Zoan 9 – 10 Tribal Territory Small Town 15 Nasr Zoan 11 – 12 Tribal Territory Village 16 Malaluk Bel-Aliad 13 – 14 Tribal Territory Village 17 Ebonian Martekk 15 – 16 Tribal Caravan Village 18 Tuareg Ka-Sabar 17 – 18 Tribal Caravan Small Village 19 Zamesi Songhai 19 Wandering Family Small Village 20 Other Tribe Sorcerers Islands 20 Exiles Fortress Table 1-2: Weight Origin Woman Man Nomad 2d10+150 2d10+160 City Dweller 2d10+155 1d10+165 2 Table 1-3: Eye Colour Table 1-4: Hair Colour Roll Colour Roll Colour 1 Grey 1 Brown 2 Walnut 2 Chestnut 3 Brown 3 Chestnut 4 Dark Brown 4 Dark Brown 5 Slate Grey 5 Dark Brown 6 Light Brown 6 Black 7 Black 7 Black 8 Dark Blue 8 Black 9 Purple 9 Jet Black 10 GM/Player Choice 10 GM/Player Choice Generic Nomad: Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Outdoor Survival or Navigation. Talents: Orientation or Rover, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Generic City Dweller: Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Gossip. Talents: Religious Fanaticism or Coolheaded. 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. 3 THE TRIBES OF ARABY Asad: One of the richest of the tribes, the Asad draw the line of nomadism, settling small towns and trading with passers-by around the Oasis of the Thousand and One camels. Their arrogance and wealth make them one of the foremost tribes of Araby. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Gossip or Haggle. Talents: Dealmaker or Savvy, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Northern area of the Great Desert. Bakr: Dwelling around the city of Ka-Sabar, many of the Bakr have integrated with the townspeople, however, there are many of the tribe who instead remain in the great deserts surrounding the city, forming a makeshift defensive shield around the city. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Gossip or Outdoor Survival. Talents: Religious Fanaticism or Very Resilient, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Southern and Eastern areas of the Great Desert or the Emirate of Ka-Sabar. Dhi'b: The Dhi’b are a tribe adept at traveling far and raiding fast. During the years, the Dhi’b have both allied and warred with most other major tribes of the Southern Great Desert. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Animal Care or Navigation, Trade (Any) or Outdoor Survival. Talents: 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Southern area of the Great Desert. 4 Ebonian: Since the fall of El-Kalabad, the Ebonians have been a diminished people, at the moment they engage in border raiding and trading, but there is talk of travelling further afield West to the heart of Araby, for now the Ebonians are at the crossroads of fate. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Ride or Outdoor Survival. Talents: Orientation or Rover, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Southern and Eastern areas of the Great Desert. Ghutani: The Ghutani think themselves less as a single tribe, and more a collection of family clans. Being from the north, the Ghutani were at the forefront of the Crusades, because of this, they have become a fanatical people. They continue to maintain strong bonds with the neighbouring cities they fled to when the crusaders finally pushed through their lands. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Outdoor Survival or Navigation. Talents: Orientation or Religious Fanaticism, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Northern area of the Great Desert or the Caliphate or Emirate where they were born. Kahied: The Greatest of the tribes, the Kahied maintain ambassadors in the capital of El-Haikk. Maintaining a permanent fortress in the old Hashashin fortress of Atalan, the Kahied are brave and honest men, and known as the “Hounds of the Great Sultan” (Both as an insult and compliment) for their loyalty. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Outdoor Survival or Shadowing or Follow Trail. Talents: Orientation or Fearless, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Southern and Eastern or Western areas of the Great Desert. 5 Malaluk: Spread out across the largest breadth of the Great Desert, the Malaluk are renowned for the almost supernatural speed of their raids between Bel-Aliad and Zandri. Dressed in masks and white robes, it is said that the Shieikh Moulim is only ever seen in battle. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Intimidation or Ride. Talents: Orientation or Rover, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Northern and Western areas of the Great Desert. Muzil: In Science and Trade, none surpass the Muzil. Reason and fair trade dominate the regions of this tribe, and the building of colleges and hospitals common under the Sheikh Dukash. This velvet touch has provided ample opportunity to raiders and brigands however. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Haggle or Gossip. Talents: Savvy or Coolheaded, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Southern area of the Great Desert or the Caliphate of Medes. Nasr: The Nasr tribe are most famous for the “Desert Mosque”, a house of faith whose defenders are nominated from the 30 clans of the Nasr every year. Maintained not by imams, but by local mystics, the Desert Mosque is renowned among the desert tribes for its volcanic rock structure and its significance to the old ways of Araby. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Gossip or Outdoor Survival. Talents: Coolheaded or Warrior Born, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Northern and Western areas of the Great Desert. 6 Tayif: The Tayif are known most for their trade in the collection of aromatic resin, and the unique plants and herbs of the area surrounding the town of Al-Qehm, who maintain a strong alliance with the clans of the Tayif. It is said there is never a sour smell in the camps of the Tayif. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Animal Care or Haggle, Evaluation or Trade (Herbalist). Talents: 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK (Araby) tests involving the Southern and Western areas of the Great Desert. Tuareg: A tribe founded by outlaws and their descendants, the Tuareg have taken pride in calling themselves the vultures of the desert. There are no war cries for the Tuareg, only daggers and arrows in the night. The Tuareg are renegades among civilised tribes, whose inhabitants would rather die than admit defeat to such lowlifes. They are a very real threat however. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Ride or Concealment. Talents: Orientation or Rover, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Southern and Eastern areas of the Great Desert. Turjuk: Originally from the eastern plains now known as the Dark Lands, the Turjuk were driven to Araby by hordes of Hobgoblins and Ogres. Famed for their horse archersm the Turjuk most distinguished themselves by wiping out entire Crusader armies without a sword unsheathed. Since then, the Turjuk have no longer been seen as foreign outsiders to the other tribes. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Ride or Animal Care. Talents: Sharpshooter or Trick riding, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Southern and Eastern areas of the Great Desert. 7 Zamesi: The Zamesi are a tribe formed and appealing to the oppressed, deceived and harmed by the Caliph of Ka-Sabar. While this resentment stewed on in peace, many of the clans now call for open war with Ka-Sabar and raids are more and more frequent. This has led to tension with the tribe of Kahied, who value the Sultan’s Peace most of all. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Outdoor Survival or Ride. Talents: Orientation or Rover, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Southern and Eastern areas of the Great Desert. CALIPHATES AND EMIRATES OF ARABY Caliphate of Alhaka (El-Haikk): The seat of the Great Sultan of Araby, El-Haikk is known as the City of Thieves, more for the quality of its thieves more than the quantity, it is said that they can steal the eyes from your eye-sockets, and you will not notice for a week. The city is also famed for its pilgrims, as the Sultan is also a leading figure in the faith of the Land, with the great temple of Ormazd standing beside the palace. A major trading hub, all goods from the Old World pass through El-Haikk, divided by faith and coin. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Command or Gossip. Talents: 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook, Religious Fanaticism or Public Speaking. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Caliphate of Alhaka. Caliphate of Copher: More an independent city-state than vassal of the Sultan, responsible for the largest spice and slave markets in all the lands of men. Many scientists and students flock to Copher to visit the grand Bayt al-Hkma academy, a great centre of learning in Araby and indeed the Old World as a whole. The rich spices and colour of the architecture contrasts heavily with the screams of its victims. Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Haggle or Gossip. Talents: Public Speaking or 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook, Savvy or Dealmaker. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Caliphate of Copher. 8 Caliphate of Ghafsa: Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Animal Care or Trade (Mining), Gossip or Evaluation. Talents: Religious Fanaticism or 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Caliphate of Ghafsa. Caliphate of Kufra: Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Haggle or Sail, Evaluation or Gossip Talents: 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Caliphate of Kufra. Caliphate of Medes: Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Trade(Mining) or Sail. Talents: 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook, Religious Fanaticism or Coolheaded. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Caliphate of Medes Caliphate of Nejaz: Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Charm or Gossip. Talents: Religious Fanaticism or Coolheaded, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Caliphate of Nejaz. Caliphate of Zoan: Skills: Common Knowledge (Araby), Speak Language (Arabyan), Command or Gossip. Talents: Born Warrior or Savvy, 1 randomly selected talent from the Human Talents Table in the core rulebook. Special Rules: +10 Modifier to CK(Araby) tests involving the Caliphate of Zoan. 9