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Misc
Below is you will find races that weren't long enough for their own page and don't fit in anywhere else.
Faith Healers
Faith healers are people that have the ability to heal another through touch. It's not really a psychic ability, and yet some are not sure whether to call it a magical one either. Most Faith Healers view it as a gift from God, thus the name Faith Healer. They are religious folk who see their ability as a gift that has been given to them by God to go forth and use.
The balance of the world most be kept in check though and healing doesn't come without a price. For one to heal, something else most happen. Sometimes it means that someone else gets sick of injured. Other times the plant life dies or power in a whole area or city goes out. Something negative has to come out of the positive. If you heal someone close to death, someone else most die. If you cure a disease, the disease most move on to someone else.
When injured, a faith healer heals faster than a normal human, most wounds closing within 24 hours, more seriously wounds taking a little longer.
Shamans
A lot of cultures have spiritual leaders that they call shamans. A shaman was believed to be a person of great power that held a connection to the spirit realm.
What they didn't know then that the shaman really was a person that was born with powers. Shamans are born with the ability to heal and really are connected to the spirit realm. Powers normally appear at puberty or when a life altering event happens. A shaman's powers will only work if they believe. What they believe varies from shaman to shaman. It doesn't always have to be in a higher power. It can just be believing in their powers and the supernatural world around them. Shamans are meant to heal the world around them.
Read More on Shamans
The abilities of the Shaman:
Healing: Shaman have a natural ability to heal. Unlike a faith healer who only has to lay their hands upon the target, a shaman has to leave their body to heal. This takes great belief and the ability to let go of the physical world. In a sense it's like astral projection. The shaman's spirit leaves their body and enters the body of the one they are healing. From there they work on healing the wounds from the inside out. They can not cure cancer or other such disease. They can go in and fix some of the damage but they can never make it just go away. While they are healing someone, their bodies are vulnerable.
When it comes to healing themselves, a shaman has to withdraw into themselves and focus on their wounds. The wounds will not heal automatically. If a shaman passes out while injured, they can still heal themselves with the help of their spirit guide.
Healing takes energy and can quickly drain a shaman if they aren't careful and don’t pace themselves. The larger the wound, the greater the damage, and the more energy it takes. If healing someone close to death or healing masses of people at one time, the shaman risks death.
Connection with the Spirit Realm: Shamans are connected spiritly to the things around them. They can see spirits and speak with them like a medium. They can see the auras of the people around them and can clearly see if a magic user has any smut on their soul. As the shaman grows in power and experience, they can even learn to release their spirit from their body and journey through the spirit realm to seek out certain spirits. This is dangerous and should not be attempted by the inexperienced shaman. A shaman can get lost and if away from their body to long, their body will die without their body and their spirit will be doomed to wander as a ghost.
Remember, shamans are healers. This includes the spirit. They can feel the state of the spirits around them. If someone has been hurt emotionaly, a shaman can smooth the hurt away. They can feel the moment a spirit leaves the body at the moment of death. It's this connection with spirits that drives a shaman to be what they were meant to be.
Other: Shamans have a few mystical abilities. They are normally taught by another shaman or by their spirit guide how to set wards. They learn how to protect against the different creatures out in the world that may pose a threat.
Note: See below about Spirit Guides below. If you wish you can have someone play your spirit guide or make an NPC of them.
Spirit Guides
A spirit guide us a spirit that is assigned to a shaman. It is there guide and to help a shaman learn to control their abilities and grow into them. They are there to offer assistance and advice. They normally appeared to the shaman in their dreams or when the shaman goes into a trance. Should a spirit guide appear to the shaman in the psychical world, they can only be seen by the shaman or those that see ghosts. They can not touch or affect the world in anyway. To do this they most possess a human beings. Normally this is only done if their shaman is in grave danger because this is draining on the guide and they most return to the spirit realm to 'recharge' for a few days, leaving their shaman alone.
Spirit guides rarely appeared to their shaman in human form. They normally take on the form of an animal. A coyote, a fox, a hawk, a wolf, and so on. The animal they take on reflects their spirit and personality.
Note on playing a spirit guide: Should you choose to play a spirit guide for a shaman in the game and you decided to leave or drop the character, your spirit guide character will become an NPC and possibly put up for adoption.
Ghosts
Ghosts are spirits that have not moved on to the afterlife for one reason or another. For info on ghosts see this guide here.
Skinwalkers
Skinwalkers are people who can take the form of any animal they desire. The power first appeared in the Native Americans, magic that was soon passed down by blood. Skinwalkers were believed to be evil, but it wasn't so for all. Those that came into the power through evil means found themselves unable to pass the ability down. Normally a skinwalker has a set of certain animals they favor, shifting into them and using their senses more than any others.
Skinwalkers are different from Lycanthropes in that they are not tied to the moon and can shift into more than one animal. They're changes are smooth, following from human to animal and back as if by magic. Also, unlike Lycanthropes, their animals senses are not on 24/7. Instead they have to focus to connect to a certain animal’s senses. Skinwalkers, while not as strong in strength as Lycanthropes, are still stronger than humans.
There are some similarities between Skinwalkers and Lycanthropes. Both are allergic to silver. Also, because of a Skinwalkers shapeshifting ability, they live longer than humans by a couple hundred years. No one is for sure how many skinwalkers there are as many choose to hide among werewolves packs or other weres that group together.
Gorgons
Like Medusa of Greek mythology, gorgons are beings with the ability to turn a person to stone with a glance of their eyes. Medusa was the only one to have snakes for hair. All other gorgons have a pair of snake like fangs that react the same way a snakes does. Their skin is that of a serpent, the color of their scales varying from gorgon to gorgon. Like fey and demons, they are able to hide their true appearence from other beings.
To meet a gorgon’s eyes is to become stone. Unlike their appearance, they can not true this ability off and on. Most gorgons wear sunglasses to avoid the risk of accidentally turning someone to stone. Like most other beings, gorgons can be good or bad.
There is no such thing as a half gorgon. Other the gorgon gene passes on to the offspring or it doesn't. Most gorgons are female but there have been a few males within the race. Gorgons have lengthened life spans, living for three to four hundred years.
Lamias
Lamias are creatures that are beautiful women from the waist up and the body of a large snake from the waist down. Just like a snake, they have a set of long retractable fangs that if bitten with will transmit a highly deadly toxin. Once bitten, the wound swells and becomes purple. Internal bleeding follows, blood flows out of every orifice, until the victim dies. The eyes of a lamia are also that of a snake.
Aside from their bite, lamias are stronger than a human and heal faster. They are able to take on the form of a full woman when needed. In human form, they are unable to transmit the toxin and they do not heal as fast as they do when in their natural form.
Lamias have extremely long lives and there are only a handful of them left in the world. Lamias breed true and only produce female offspring, but it is very hard for them to find a compatible mate that mating with will result in offspring.
Like most races, lamias can be good or evil, but tend to lean towards being a bit on the chaotic side.
Below is you will find races that weren't long enough for their own page and don't fit in anywhere else.
Faith Healers
Faith healers are people that have the ability to heal another through touch. It's not really a psychic ability, and yet some are not sure whether to call it a magical one either. Most Faith Healers view it as a gift from God, thus the name Faith Healer. They are religious folk who see their ability as a gift that has been given to them by God to go forth and use.
The balance of the world most be kept in check though and healing doesn't come without a price. For one to heal, something else most happen. Sometimes it means that someone else gets sick of injured. Other times the plant life dies or power in a whole area or city goes out. Something negative has to come out of the positive. If you heal someone close to death, someone else most die. If you cure a disease, the disease most move on to someone else.
When injured, a faith healer heals faster than a normal human, most wounds closing within 24 hours, more seriously wounds taking a little longer.
Shamans
A lot of cultures have spiritual leaders that they call shamans. A shaman was believed to be a person of great power that held a connection to the spirit realm.
What they didn't know then that the shaman really was a person that was born with powers. Shamans are born with the ability to heal and really are connected to the spirit realm. Powers normally appear at puberty or when a life altering event happens. A shaman's powers will only work if they believe. What they believe varies from shaman to shaman. It doesn't always have to be in a higher power. It can just be believing in their powers and the supernatural world around them. Shamans are meant to heal the world around them.
Read More on Shamans
The abilities of the Shaman:
Healing: Shaman have a natural ability to heal. Unlike a faith healer who only has to lay their hands upon the target, a shaman has to leave their body to heal. This takes great belief and the ability to let go of the physical world. In a sense it's like astral projection. The shaman's spirit leaves their body and enters the body of the one they are healing. From there they work on healing the wounds from the inside out. They can not cure cancer or other such disease. They can go in and fix some of the damage but they can never make it just go away. While they are healing someone, their bodies are vulnerable.
When it comes to healing themselves, a shaman has to withdraw into themselves and focus on their wounds. The wounds will not heal automatically. If a shaman passes out while injured, they can still heal themselves with the help of their spirit guide.
Healing takes energy and can quickly drain a shaman if they aren't careful and don’t pace themselves. The larger the wound, the greater the damage, and the more energy it takes. If healing someone close to death or healing masses of people at one time, the shaman risks death.
Connection with the Spirit Realm: Shamans are connected spiritly to the things around them. They can see spirits and speak with them like a medium. They can see the auras of the people around them and can clearly see if a magic user has any smut on their soul. As the shaman grows in power and experience, they can even learn to release their spirit from their body and journey through the spirit realm to seek out certain spirits. This is dangerous and should not be attempted by the inexperienced shaman. A shaman can get lost and if away from their body to long, their body will die without their body and their spirit will be doomed to wander as a ghost.
Remember, shamans are healers. This includes the spirit. They can feel the state of the spirits around them. If someone has been hurt emotionaly, a shaman can smooth the hurt away. They can feel the moment a spirit leaves the body at the moment of death. It's this connection with spirits that drives a shaman to be what they were meant to be.
Other: Shamans have a few mystical abilities. They are normally taught by another shaman or by their spirit guide how to set wards. They learn how to protect against the different creatures out in the world that may pose a threat.
Note: See below about Spirit Guides below. If you wish you can have someone play your spirit guide or make an NPC of them.
Spirit Guides
A spirit guide us a spirit that is assigned to a shaman. It is there guide and to help a shaman learn to control their abilities and grow into them. They are there to offer assistance and advice. They normally appeared to the shaman in their dreams or when the shaman goes into a trance. Should a spirit guide appear to the shaman in the psychical world, they can only be seen by the shaman or those that see ghosts. They can not touch or affect the world in anyway. To do this they most possess a human beings. Normally this is only done if their shaman is in grave danger because this is draining on the guide and they most return to the spirit realm to 'recharge' for a few days, leaving their shaman alone.
Spirit guides rarely appeared to their shaman in human form. They normally take on the form of an animal. A coyote, a fox, a hawk, a wolf, and so on. The animal they take on reflects their spirit and personality.
Note on playing a spirit guide: Should you choose to play a spirit guide for a shaman in the game and you decided to leave or drop the character, your spirit guide character will become an NPC and possibly put up for adoption.
Ghosts
Ghosts are spirits that have not moved on to the afterlife for one reason or another. For info on ghosts see this guide here.
Skinwalkers
Skinwalkers are people who can take the form of any animal they desire. The power first appeared in the Native Americans, magic that was soon passed down by blood. Skinwalkers were believed to be evil, but it wasn't so for all. Those that came into the power through evil means found themselves unable to pass the ability down. Normally a skinwalker has a set of certain animals they favor, shifting into them and using their senses more than any others.
Skinwalkers are different from Lycanthropes in that they are not tied to the moon and can shift into more than one animal. They're changes are smooth, following from human to animal and back as if by magic. Also, unlike Lycanthropes, their animals senses are not on 24/7. Instead they have to focus to connect to a certain animal’s senses. Skinwalkers, while not as strong in strength as Lycanthropes, are still stronger than humans.
There are some similarities between Skinwalkers and Lycanthropes. Both are allergic to silver. Also, because of a Skinwalkers shapeshifting ability, they live longer than humans by a couple hundred years. No one is for sure how many skinwalkers there are as many choose to hide among werewolves packs or other weres that group together.
Gorgons
Like Medusa of Greek mythology, gorgons are beings with the ability to turn a person to stone with a glance of their eyes. Medusa was the only one to have snakes for hair. All other gorgons have a pair of snake like fangs that react the same way a snakes does. Their skin is that of a serpent, the color of their scales varying from gorgon to gorgon. Like fey and demons, they are able to hide their true appearence from other beings.
To meet a gorgon’s eyes is to become stone. Unlike their appearance, they can not true this ability off and on. Most gorgons wear sunglasses to avoid the risk of accidentally turning someone to stone. Like most other beings, gorgons can be good or bad.
There is no such thing as a half gorgon. Other the gorgon gene passes on to the offspring or it doesn't. Most gorgons are female but there have been a few males within the race. Gorgons have lengthened life spans, living for three to four hundred years.
Lamias
Lamias are creatures that are beautiful women from the waist up and the body of a large snake from the waist down. Just like a snake, they have a set of long retractable fangs that if bitten with will transmit a highly deadly toxin. Once bitten, the wound swells and becomes purple. Internal bleeding follows, blood flows out of every orifice, until the victim dies. The eyes of a lamia are also that of a snake.
Aside from their bite, lamias are stronger than a human and heal faster. They are able to take on the form of a full woman when needed. In human form, they are unable to transmit the toxin and they do not heal as fast as they do when in their natural form.
Lamias have extremely long lives and there are only a handful of them left in the world. Lamias breed true and only produce female offspring, but it is very hard for them to find a compatible mate that mating with will result in offspring.
Like most races, lamias can be good or evil, but tend to lean towards being a bit on the chaotic side.