Thursday, January 12, 2023

D6x6 Raring Ratatosks

These guys are squirrel-people. They can speak magical insults, which is neat. Suppose it's based on flyting because Ratatosk = norse.

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D6 These ratatosks have
1 reddish fur, tufted ears, and very bushy tails.
2 tawny fur, and floppy patagia they can glide around with.
3 grey fur, and elaborate braids in the fur of their tails.
4 black fur, and ritually clipped tails and ears.
5 immaculate white fur and vividly red eyes.
6 brown fur with light stripes and spots.
D6 These ratatosks wear
1 swirling patterns of woad painted on their fur.
2 feathered caps or bonnets.
3 beaded bands around their tails.
4 scarves made from the skins of serpents and weasels.
5 bandoliers to hold tools and weapons while they're climbing.
6 piercings carved from fire-hardened nut-shells.
D6 These ratatosks believe
1 that touching the ground is something only thralls do, and so all who live beyond the trees are property in need of a master.
2 that to be shaved of one's fur and whiskers is a fate even worse than death.
3 that non-ratatosk people exist as a sort of situational comedy, providing entertainment and examples of how not to do things - such as by eating meat or fighting "honourably".
4 in a supreme god of fear who takes the form of an eagle. One is not able to master fear, but can learn from it, or else be destroyed by it.
5 that they alone are privileged to intermediate between the mundane earth-world and the sacred sky-world. Trespassing priests are not treated kindly.
6 that a cosmic winter is imminent, and so their usual morality may be suspended if it's for the end of preparing for it.
D6 These ratatosks' magical insults
1 induce such indignation that victims will bite through their own teeth if they're unable to reach and thrash the insulting ratatosk within a short time.
2 take the form of rhymes, and cause boils to break out in humiliating shapes on their victim's face if they can't come back with a rhyme of their own.
3 can become literal barbs in the flesh of their victims if they visibly react emotionally to them.
4 sting like salt in wounds and in the eyes, increasing pain and causing blindness through excessive tears.
5 are minor curses that make themselves true - call someone clumsy, and it becomes so.
6 are only effective if they're understood - therefore these ratatosks are often polyglots, and some of the best translators in the region.
D6 These ratatosks' territory
1 is patrolled by boar-riding knights who wielded tusked lances.
2 cannot be depicted on any map - the crowning sorcerous achievement of their ancestors.
3 is subtly and cleverly molded so that it's easy for outsiders to get lost in - paths seem to circle endlessly, sounds echo misleadingly.
4 has its fire regime guided so as to make their tree-borne settlements less vulnerable to being burned down.
5 has its boundaries marked by the bodies of their enemies impaled on grids of spikes.
6 contains an enclave of elves who treat them as clever pets.
D6 These ratatosks are also known as
1 tree-sprites.
2 bushy-sidhe.
3 chitterers.
4 scurry-men.
5 scuggies.
6 hackeelads.

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