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Your people are at ease on horseback (or other mount) and spend the bulk of their time in the saddle. You roam in great hordes, following game or seasons. 

 
Skill Proficiencies: Your people have close relationships with their mounts. You are accustomed to the nomadic life of hunting and gathering. You are proficient in Animal Handling and Survival.
Tool Proficiencies: You are self reliant about caring for your tack, and gain proficiency in Leatherworker's Tools. 
Equipment: You start with a saddle, bridle, and saddlebags appropriate to your people's mounts. 
 
Feature: Hard Bargain

Your people buy, sell, steal, or raid for horses (or other appropriate mount) regularly and are accustomed to haggling. You get a 25% discount when purchasing a mount of the variety that your people use. You may sell a mount for up to 10% bonus. 

 
Suggested Characteristics

Your people are simple nomads, not given to education or particularly prone to intersecting with other tribes. 

d8 Personality Trait
1 It is taboo among my people to purchase food. I must catch or gather and cook my own meals.
2 I am accustomed to skittish animals, so I move in a deliberate, slow manner, and speak in a similar manner.
3 I have little concept of privacy.
4 I'm driven by a wanderlust that led me away from home.
5 I place no stock in wealthy or well-mannered folk. Money and manners won't save you from a hungry owlbear.
6 I feel far more comfortable around animals than people.
7 I have a lesson for every situation, drawn from observing nature.
8 It's bad luck to be in the back of any line.
d6 Ideal
1 Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic)
2 Honor. If I dishonor myself, I dishonor my whole clan. (Lawful)
3 Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization. (Neutral)
4 Might. The strongest are meant to rule. (Evil)
5 Glory. I must earn glory in battle, for myself and my clan. (Any)
6 Greater Good. It is each person's responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole tribe. (Good)
d6 Bond
1 My family, clan, or tribe is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me.
2 An injury to the unspoiled wilderness of my home is an injury to me.
3 I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who destroyed my homeland.
4 I am the last of my tribe, and it is up to me to ensure their names enter legend.
5 It is my duty to provide children to sustain my tribe.
6 My freedom is my most precious possession. I'll never let anyone take it from me.
d8 Flaw
1 I pretend not to understand the local language in order to avoid interactions I would rather not have.
2 I am secretly (or not so secretly) convinced of the superiority of my own culture over that of this foreign land.
3 Don't expect me to save those who can't save themselves. It is nature's way that the strong thrive and the weak perish.
4 Violence is my answer to almost any challenge.
5 I am too enamored of ale, wine, and other intoxicants.
6 I remember every insult I've received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who's ever wronged me.
7 I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and societies.
8 There's no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.
 
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