Vitrum

A Day in the Life: (A short story that follows one specific creature through his or her day)

Description:
·       Overview

The Vitrumi are a race of crystalline people. Clear, hard skin and visible organs are always bright and colorful. They are considered works of art by many other races and easy targets for others. They are peaceful, diplomatic, and often superstitious. They are unable to grow hair, and maintain a constant temperature that feels cool to the touch.

·       General Personality

Fun loving, clever, curious, loves puzzles and riddles and light-hearted jokes and pranks. Able to be extremely serious when the situation is in need of it, though.

·       Physical Description

·       Relations with other races

·       Typical Alignment

Mostly good alignments, but not required, Any Vitrum that does wrong fears for their life. They might be found and taken to the Lake of Souls.

·       Lands they live in

Pretty much anywhere, but their homeland is the city of Quristall next to Mt. Mors-Amoris. The mountain is abbreviated to M.A. by some because they believe the mountain is mother to Vitrum.

·       Brief description of Religion

Some believe that the Vitrumi first came from the Lake of Souls, and it is the only way they can be reborn if they are sent there to die.

·       Language

See below

·       Typical Names

Any variation on “Crystal” is very popular for girls, and any variation on “Glass” is very popular for boys. They can vary, but usually parents name their children after something that is important and unique to their culture. Even the fact that they have an ice problem can bring inspiration.

Racial Traits
Ø Medium Outsider (Native)

Ø +2CON +2CHA

Ø Speed: 30ft

Ø Natural Armor +1

Ø Illusion Resistance +2

Ø Crystalline Form: Members of this race have reflective, crystalline skin that grants them a +2 racial bonus to AC against rays. Once per day, they can deflect a single ray attack targeted at them as if they were using the Deflect Arrows feat.

Ø  Spell-Like Ability: Vitrumi can cast Minor Image as an at-will spell-like ability. The caster level of the spell is equal to the user's character level.

Ø A Vitrum’s skin is cool and hard, easily allowing ice to build up upon it. They are powerless in temperatures below 32 degrees F (0 degrees Celsius) (this does not include cold damage or cold from any spell unless it specifically lowers the area’s temperature) a member of this race caught in such temperatures cannot attack and is staggered.

Ø Language: Vitrumi. Members of this race with high Intelligence scores can choose from any of these additional languages: Common, Aquan, Celestial

Psychology (such as outlook on life)

Life
v Leisure activity

The Vitrumi people love a hot soak in the many natural hot springs that can be found in their homeland.

v Arts and crafts

They enjoy the art of illusion by magic and other means most. Vitrumi children love creating and solving mazes where all is not as it appears, and finding a hidden picture within a picture.

v Technology and magic

They rely heavily on magic throughout their day to day lives, but technology is strangely absent.

Society

o '''How are they affected by each season?'''

Winter can be hard for the Vitrumi because if they’re not careful, ice will gather on their smooth, cool skin. Vitrum maintain a constant internal temperature of 75-80 degrees F, and insulation can be a problem. However, snow and strong winds don’t seem to bother them.

o '''What kind of government do they have, if any?'''

Most Vitrum don’t follow any written or spoken laws because they don’t have to. Surprisingly, all Vitrum are born with a good sense of right and wrong, and going against that seems pointless. They are very spread out in various camps around the world, but the Vitrumi homeland is a monarchy. It is called Quristall.

o '''How do they go about courting each other?'''

There is a crystal flower that only grows on the mountain adjacent to Quristall, that every young Vitrum man must climb if he wants to propose to his love.

o What is War like (if it has ever occurred)

Vitrumi are very peaceful folk, and have never seen a war. Some call them cowards, but in truth they are very good at working out their problems in a civil way. If fighting is necessary, they are humane, but effective. There has never been a need for an all-out war.

o '''How do they deal with Death? Burial methods?'''

All of their dead, excluding infants, are submerged in the lake of souls, located on the mountain by Quristall. Thankfully, it’s not visible from the meadow of glass flowers, but at the peak. It is an icy lake that maintains a constant blow freezing temperature, but never freezes. When a Vitrum touches the surface of the lake, their skin hardens as if frozen by the icy water. No one knows why this happens, but some believe the lake is where Vitrum first came from. All Vitrumi have a deep fear of the lake and respect it and the dead housed within it. Outsiders are strictly forbidden to see or get close to the Lake of souls.

o '''Do they have any unusual Laws? What form do their punishments take?'''

There are very few criminals, but those who do wrong don’t get a chance to do it again. They are not taken to any jail or given any trial, but sent straight to the lake of souls. Many Vitrumi believe that this is the only proper way to kill a Vitrum, because they believe they will be reborn as a different person and get another chance at life.

Religion (A more detailed account of their beliefs)

History and Folklore

§ Where do they come from?

No one truly knows for sure, but many say the first Vitrumi came from the lake of souls.

§ Where do they say they come from?

The lake of souls is greatly protected from outsiders, so Vitrumi hesitate, or even refuse to talk about it with non-Vitrumi. To avoid the question, they might say “My mother.”

Language (a more detailed account of their sayings and where their language came from, also more names stuff)

The Vitrum have their own language:

It is written to look like crystals growing, or ice hanging off of a building.

এটা স্ফটিক ক্রমবর্ধমান, অথবা একটি বিল্ডিং বরফ ঝুলন্ত বন্ধ অনুরূপ লেখা হয়.

It is a growing crystal, or ice hanging off a building is similar.

(To write something in Vitrumi, Google translate: Bengali)