The Sload are a race of slug-like beastfolk living in the Coral Kingdoms of Thras, somewhere southwest of Tamriel. They apparently do not experience emotions as the Tamrielic races do, but are often skilled at acting and may exaggeratedly simulate them for the benefit of more emotive beings. They will honor laws, loyalties and friendships only as long as they calculate it to be in their best interests to do so. They also have no compunctions against blasphemy, theft, kidnapping, murder, genocide or anything else that may help them reach their goals. Sload are quite skilled at magic, particularly necromancy and teleportation magics.
Sload are not religious in any apparent sense, but will willingly serve Daedra if they benefit from it. It is unknown exactly how they reproduce - they are believed to be hermaphrodites in their youths, though the sexual organs seem to be absorbed by the time they are old enough to survive on land. Sload parents seemingly have no interest in the fate of the young, and upon reaching adulthood the Sload becomes amphibious and has an appearance similar to a large, vaguely humanoid slug.
As they age, Sload tend to grow in size and corpulence, and many older Sload would collapse under their own weight if not buoyed up by water or by magical means. There is no known limit to either the age or the size of an adult Sload.
Sload Characteristic Baseline
Traits
Power Well (10)
Power Well (X)
Characters with this trait have more magicka than usual. The size of their Magicka Pool is increased by X. If the character would receive this trait twice, combine the X values.
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(Racial) Abominable
Abominable (Racial Trait)
Sload receive a -20 penalty on all social skill based tests with non-Sload. Additionally, they gain a +20 bonus to Persuade tests made to intimidate.
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Other
- During character creation, the Sload may choose to begin with Necromancy, Mysticism, or Alteration trained to Novice rank for free, or have all three trained to Novice for 100 XP.
- Sload characters are blessed with flawless memory, and never need any kind of roll to remember anything they have seen or heard, and gain +1 bonus DoS on any successful Lore tests they make.