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What are the rules regarding home villages or creating them? such ass your characters hometown for pathfinder's society?
Simply put, lets say you want a particular cultural quirk to originate from some little unknown town your character comes from and have it hold true? or are you to hold to established in universe towns. This is for Pathfinders Society so I'm hoping for a little leeway.
As for why I'm asking, that is a bit of a story.
Basically it's for the unique burial rituals from my Tengu monk's home town. My Tengu, Elric (a nickname he got because his real name is to long to say in conversation.) Hails from a small cliff-side community in Tien called Shion. the town is structured similarly to the Cliff Dwellers that lived in area where Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico meet.
Because of limited building space and the fact that they have to carve their homes out of sheer cliff face, there isn't any place to bury the dead. So the Tengu of Shion have developed a rather unusual burial right.
When a Tengu passes away, they are brought to the main living area of their home where the funeral will take place. If he was well known or from a well off family, the deceased may rest upon a bed of flower petals or tree sprigs. Otherwise the body is set upon a cerimonal table or slab, usually one belonging to the family.
After the family has said their final goodbyes the Unmeite or 'Hands of Fate' (equivalent to pallbearers) who consist of one, usually two of the deceased close friends or decedents though sometimes consisting of more members or members of a different family respectfully pick up the body.
And with all the respect and reverence possible, they throw the body through the window with as much grace as they can muster. Out and over the cliffside, where the body will fall to it's final resting place where it will become one with the earth. Usually on impact. Those attending will usually bow their heads at this point and a common prayer is recited.
"May he/she taste the wind in death as they could not in life."
It is important to note that the window in question is never opened. The body is thrown through the closed window. This is to represent the passing of the soul from the material world into the beyond. Sometimes this results in broken glass or more commonly broken wood and paper shutters landing on walkway's below, it falls to the Unmeite to clean these anything that has fallen onto the walkway and finding glass or paper from a funeral more than a day afterwards is considered an ill omen.
My Tengu has already practiced this burial right once at the black rose museum in 'Echo's of the Overwatch'. When we found the body of a fellow pathfinder. Needless to say Nigel was rather confused by the whole situation.
As Tengu burial rights have not been explored *to my knowledge* I thought this wouldn't be too much of a problem.
Note, the body is not being disrespected in the Tengu's mind. He is performing a burial right, albeit not the correct one.
Ultimate Campaign's rules are focused on helping people create backstories, not rule to restrain them.
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...the Pathfinder Society Corpse Recovery Team looked at the pulverized corpse with blatant expressions of confusion.
"Grihv, I thought you said this guy died by choking on shellfish when you got the contingent scrying. Is this some sort of new Dire Clam!?"
Looking at the broken window of the tower which loomed above them, Grihv just shook his head in disgust. The smear of a Pathfinder before them was going to be a pain in the rear to scoop up.
"Bloody, traditionalist Tengu..."