The Maormer, also known as Sea Elves or Tropical Elves, are a race of Mer that reside on the island of Pyandonea, south of the continent of Tamriel. They have blank eyes and colorless, chameleon-like skin, which is capable of blending in with the environment. It was originally believed that they had lived in the Altmer home of Summerset Isle and were exiled, but tapestries found in the Crystal Tower of Alinor reveal an enmity going back as far as to make that theory impossible.
Their leader is an immortal wizard named Orgnum. The Maormer practice a snake-like magic which they use to tame sea-serpents.
Maormer Characteristic Baseline
Traits
Weakness (Shock, 1)
Weakness (Y,X)
Characters with this trait are weak to a certain damage or effect type. They increase damage of Y type by X after any other mitigation and suffer a -10 penalty per X to tests made to resist non-damaging effects of this type. If this trait would stack for a single damage type, instead only apply the highest value of X. Different values of Y damage type are considered different traits. In cases where the character is not making the Y related test, but rather a Y related roll is being made against one of their Characteristics, decrease that characteristic by 10 times X for the purposes of resolving that roll.
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Power Well (5)
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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Swimmer
Swimmer
The character’s Swim Speed is doubled.
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(Racial) Chameleon Skin
Chameleon Skin (Racial Trait)
The Maormer receives a +10 bonus to any Stealth skill tests made to blend into their environment visually.
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(Racial) Sorcerous Serpent Speech
Sorcerous Serpent Speech (Racial Trait)
Maormer can speak to, and understand, the speech of serpents, both land and sea. How exactly this functions is left to the GM’s discretion.
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Other
During character creation, Maormer characters may choose to begin with the Athletics skill trained to Novice rank for free.