Category:Brag
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The Brag are one of the nine major Arak races.[1] They dwell within the Shadow Rift, where they make up about seven percent of the population.[2] The Brag maintain small but significant presences in all three of the major Arak communities: Anvolee[3], Beliviue[4], and Esmerth[3]. The brag serve as the dedicated craftspeople of the Arak, working in such fields as stonemasonry, carpentry, architecture, engineering, and other similar labors.[5][6] Some brag also perform a certain amount of quarrying.[7] Regardless of their line of work, the brag show zeal and dedication to their crafts.
Brag are also known as whitemen or whitewomen.[6]
Appearance
In their true forms, the brag stand roughly thirty[6] to thirty six inches tall. The brag have white skin but black eyes and hair[5][6], and their clothing tends to be white as well. The brag are capable of shapechanging into horses[8], ponies[5][8], rams[6], and mules[8], though they do not have the Shapechanger Subtype. The brag can also use Disguise Self as a spell-like ability.[8]
Combat
Although Arak society is such that the other breeds often avoid provoking the brag, humanoids may inadvertently set off these irritable and passionate fey.[6] In combat, a brag strikes with punch, kick, or hoof (if in an equine form). The slam or hoof of a brag can make the target believe the target is a horse.[5][6]
Brag have minor abilities as arcane spellcasters.[5][8] The gaze of a brag can afflict sleep in nearby targets.[5][9] They have a formidable defense to weapon attacks breached only by leather or sufficiently enchanted weapons. The whip is an example of the former.[5][8] Brag have total immunity to weapons made of wood[5][8] and to
cold[5] or fire[8].
However, brag share the common Arak vulnerability to sunlight.[5][8]
Language
In addition to the language of all breeds of the Arak, the brag having their own language consisting of low whinneys and snorts.[5][10]
Advancement
Brag advance by character class. They tend to favor expert or monk depending upon their environment.[8]
The Brag and the Faerie Courts
Although many fey show little interest in the Courts of the Arak[11], the brag are the only fey of the Nine Major Breeds to pay no heed to the politics of the Seelie Court and the Unseelie Court. Instead the brag simply serve both courts.[12] As one of the Nine Breeds, brag are allows them access to the Courts, but the Brag usually eschew approaching the Courts.[11].)
The Brag and Mortals
Brag sometime steal supplies or tools from humankind, but may provide aid in crafts or construction to artisans whose work they admire. The brag may make truly great human artisans into bragkin.[5] Mortals raised by Brag often taken levels in monk.[13]
Descriptive Text
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"Ayuh, Thaddeus is one of my best men now," the old man said, "but during his 'prenticeship I thought I was going to have to send him packing. If he applied himself he was fine, but he had a way of lettin' his mind wander and messin' up work-- and then cussin' or throwin' tools around.
"Well, one day it was goin' especial bad and Thaddy was in a real temper. When he hit his thumb hammerin' down a hoop, he just about turned the air blue with his cursin'... and then I heard a high voice sayin', 'Well, perhaps if you knew something about working with your hands you wouldn't waste so much work waggling your tongue.'
"We both turned and there was a wee fellow there-- one of those halflin's, we thought, but I'm not so sure now-- just standin' there like he'd been there for hours, lookin' at us and shakin' his head. Thaddy got red in the face and said 'And what makes you think you can talk so big, little man?' and spat at his feet.
"The halflin' let out a loud snort like Master Henry's old plowhorse and then faster than I can tell ye he jumped right up and gave Thaddy a kick in the chest that knocked him off the bench-- and I'll be damned if Thaddy didn't suddenly let out a neigh like a bloody horse and try runnin' after the little guy on all fours yet! The halflin' laughed and... well, he was just *gone*.
"Took me and two other 'prentices to get hold of Thaddy-- took a kick in the shin for that, and Jo got a nasty bite-- and we ended up havin' to hobble him with ropes. Even then, Thaddy wouldn't stop whinnyin' for hours.
"Ezra be praised, he was fine the next day, and sometimes I wonder if the small man meant to kick the sense out of Thaddy or back into him. Oh, he still loses his temper now and again, but when he gets in too much of a temper--" here, the old man let out a chuckle-- "I just bring this out at tea and he straightens right up." And he patted a worn leather feedbag on the bench beside him.
-Interview with cooper Giles Bennett, found among the Weathermay-Foxgrove's notes for the Guide to the Shadow Fey. An annotation in the handwriting of Gennifer Weathermay-Foxgrove suggests that this story was omitted from the final manuscript for reasons unknown.[14]
References
- ↑ The Shadow Rift p. 159
- ↑ Gazetteer V p. 98
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gazetteer V p. 118
- ↑ Gazetteer V p. 120
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 The Shadow Rift p. 143
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Van Richten's Guide to the Shadow Fey p. 112
- ↑ Gazetteer V p. 115
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 Van Richten's Guide to the Shadow Fey p. 113
- ↑ Van Richten's Guide to the Shadow Fey p. 112-113
- ↑ Gazetteer V p. 109
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Gazetteer V p. 113
- ↑ The Shadow Rift p. 53
- ↑ Gazetteer V p. 111
- ↑ Descriptive text from John W. Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror project (contributed by Brandi), from posts on the Fraternity of Shadows message board.
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Pages in category "Brag"
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