Races in Umbria 2: Humans

Ambitious, driven, pragmatic, imaginative – a race of heroes, and a race of villains

Of the civilized races, humans are the most adaptable and diverse. Humans are the dominant population in most civilized lands and human settlements can be found almost anywhere. As such, human morals, customs, and interests vary greatly. The great realms of recent history such as the Old Kingdom of Yvvony are ruled by humans, and while these kingdoms languish on the brink of ruin many still look to humanity as the best and last hope against encroaching darkness.

 

More info on pgs. 12-14 of the PHB.

Play a human if you want...

*to be a decisive, resourceful hero with enough determination to face any challenge
*to have the most versatility and flexibility of any race
*to be able to excel at any class you choose

Humans in Umbria:

Of the civilized races humans have long been the dominant population of the March of Umbria. It is suspected that humans of the Old Faith dominated the March in the years since the fall of the great dwarf kingdom; grassy hill-mounds, weathered standing stones mute witness to their passing.

More recently Umbria was peopled by adventurers, merchants and settlers from the kingdom of Yvvony who eventually coalesced into a margravate with loose fealty to the Old Kingdom. The margravate too has long since fallen, but many of the settlements along the Dawn Way and their petty rulers have survived and now they mostly look after themselves.

Humans in Umbria might be descended from those who peopled the margravate or from the vale's previous inhabitants of the Old Faith or from more recent immigrant stock from the kingdom of Yvvony or beyond. Such is the human propensity for travel, adaptability and opportunism it is likely that most folk of the Marches are a mix of several or all of these ancestries.

More then any other race, humans in Umbria can be found in a range of occupations: farmers, shepherds, carpenters, blacksmiths, mercenaries, priests, merchants, miners, nobles, wizards... short-lived but with boundless energy humans turn their hand to and excel at any endeavor.

Indeed, humans are more likely to take to adventuring then any other race.