Barbarian

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               The question is not whether we will die,
                        but how we will live.
                                                  Joan Borysenko
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A beast who is idle will not long survive.  A beast that takes more
than it needs to live will soon find it has wasted what it needed to
survive.  The barbarians, who live as the beast does, know this as fact.
They fail to comprehend how the towndwellers, with their bizarre
magics and supposed book-wisdom, can not understand.  To the barbarians,
the decadence and selfishness of the towndwellers seems foolish.  A life
where the best interest of the individual surpasses the survival of the
tribe is unthinkable.  Though towndwellers would consider the barbarian
life uncivilized and crude, it is a simpler way of life based on
tradition, honor and duty to the spirits.  The strength, courage and
hardiness of the barbarian is honored only when it serves these beliefs.
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Barbarians live in a daily struggle for survival.  Strength is their
foremost requirement, but constitution to endure long hunts and harsh
living is a close second.  Barbarians do not waste their time on idle
pursuits like study and are deficient in intelligence as a result.  As
such they are unable to read or recite scrolls.  Their superstitions
concerning magicks render them highly susceptible to spellcasters and
unable to use magic items.
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The hardiness required for the barbarian life allows Humans, Half-Elves
Half-Orcs, Half-Trolls, Half-Ogres and Dwarves to follow this lifestyle. 
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Information

• Primary statistic: Strength
• Secondary statistic: Constitution
• Deficient statistic: Intelligence
• Races allowed: Human, Dwarf, Half-Ogre, Half-Orc, Half-Troll, Half-Elf.
• Deities allowed: A'enari, Bron'trel, Cawyn, Estathius, Ghordohl, Gre'Vos, Grishnakh, Kalerd, Keltas, LaChte, Masefi, Sarane, Shivvan, Sil-Galith, Tirebaen, Vl'aresch, Z'hyal.
• Favored weapons: Crushing, Pounding, Slashing, Slicing.
• Least favored weapons: Flailing, Piercing, Stabbing, Whipping.
• Skills list: Barbarian skills