Gerudo (3.5e Race)

Personality

The Gerudo are a thieving group, through and through. Whether they steal for their own gain, or to return something to it's rightful owner, depends on the Gerudo. The Gerudo, because 99% of them are female, are a very feminist society, with women fulfilling any role from Architect to Soldier to Farmer. They have a very different culture from the Hylians, living an almost polar opposite existence.

Physical Description

Gerudo are red-haired, sandy brown-skinned humanoids. Unlike Hylians, who have a multitude of men in their group, Gerudo are almost exclusively female.

Relations

Their culture is extremely different from Hyrulean culture, and it is likely that their societies developed very independently of each other. Gerudo society has little respect for Hylian men, and the only men they ever truly revere are the males born every 100 years into their tribe, who are destined to be their kings. They usually seem to show distaste for Hyrulean culture, as in their eyes living in separate, wooden houses, worshipping Din, Nayru, and Farore, and having differing gender roles between men and women are all blasphemous. In Gerudo culture, the tribe is usually seen all living together in large forts and blockhouses (sometimes in tents), the Goddess of the Sand is worshipped, and women are seen as being able to fulfill any role in society from architect to warrior. It appears that the Gerudo are devout worshippers of the Sand Goddess, as they have constructed a huge monument to her at the Spirit Temple in the middle of the Gerudo Desert. Due to the lack of men, it is possible that in one of the realities, the Gerudos eventually learned to accept Hyrulean culture, and intermingled until they were fully assimilated.

Alignment

Gerudo, given their rulership by Ganondorf, are almost all chaotic, with an evil alignment not unheard of. However, evil is NOT a dominant alignment; it is just more prevalent than good.

Lands

Gerudo live in the Gerudo Desert, on the edge of the Haunted Wasteland, and in other various deserts around the world. They also dwell in the Great Bay of Termina, acting as Pirates and terrorizing the locals, including women and children. They control the Spirit Temple, the shrine of their God. They also dislike the presence of the Arbiter's Grounds in their domain, built by the Hylians to house the most dangerous prisoners Hyrule has ever faced.

Religion

Gerudo worship the Goddess of the Sand, they also have a minor deity "Nabooru, Sage of Spirits".

Language

Gerudo speak Gerudo, a language indigenous to the desert and spread by Ganondorf in his attacks on Hyrule.

Names

Male names: Ganondorf, Ganon

Female Names: Nabooru, Aveil, Koume, Kotake (Koume and Kotake = Twinrova)

Racial Traits

• medium Humanoid
• +2 dex, +2 int, -2 cha. Gerudos are nimble and cunning, but rude and gruff.
• Gerudo base land speed is 30 feet
• Weapon proficiencies: the gerudo's martial society forces all of it's citizens to learn how to use scimitars, falchions, longbows and repeating crossbows.
• +4 hide and +4 bluff Racial bonus
• spell like ability: Scare 1/per day. Character level = caster level
• Automatic Languages: Hyrulean, Gerudo Bonus Languages: Any.
• Favored Class: Rogue Gestalt or Wizard Gestalt; Gerudo have two favored classes, and their favored Gestalt involves one or the other.
• Level Adjustment: +0

Vital Statistics

Table: Gerudo Random Starting Ages

Adulthood	Simple	Moderate	Complex
20 years	+1d4	+1d6	+2d6

Table: Gerudo Aging Effects

Middle Age^1	Old^2	Venerable^3	Maximum Age
62 years	93 years	125 years	+3d20 years
At middle age, −1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At old age, −2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At venerable age, −3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

Table: Gerudo Random Height and Weight

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	5'11" - 6'7"	+2d6	85 lb.	× 1d6 lb.
Female	5'5" - 5'7"	+2d6	80 lb.	× (1d6) lb.

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