The Swuigrach are large, imposing humanoids with the heads of pigs—pink, gray, or black depending on their lineage. These cunning and ambitious beings have turned what many would consider a disadvantage into a source of power, becoming some of the most successful merchants, aristocrats, and power brokers in the United Free Nations and the Free Isles.
Their porcine features—snouts, small eyes, and bristly hair—bely razor-sharp intellects focused primarily on the acquisition of wealth and power. Swuigrach culture values cunning over strength, wealth over honor, and results over methods. They see greed not as a vice but as the primary virtue that drives progress and civilization forward.
Despite their often unsavory reputations, the Swuigrach have created some of the most sophisticated financial institutions and trade networks in Alaria. Their ability to smell out profitable opportunities—both literally and figuratively—has made them indispensable to the economy of many nations, even as they are personally reviled.
The making
Greed, to the Swuigrach, is the first virtue, and they come by it honestly: Gaea named them from the pig, one of her animal-children of the Birth of Man (see Beastman). The pig's snout roots out what is worth having below the surface, and in the Swuigrach that became a nose for profit and an open love of gain. The merchant houses of the United Free Nations and the Free Isles have grown rich treating as a virtue what other peoples hide as a fault.
Aspects
- Greed is the engine of progress
- Every interaction is a transaction
Vitals
- Size: Medium
- Height: 5.5-6.5 feet
- Weight: 150-300 pounds
Game mechanics
Greed
Passive ability. Your insatiable desire for wealth drives your advancement. Whenever your net worth in ducats increases by a factor of 10 for the first time (from 10 to 100, 100 to 1,000, etc.), gain 2 XP.
Nose for Trouble and Treasure
Passive ability. Your incredible sense of smell extends beyond the physical. When evaluating any opportunity, plan, or deal, you may present your understanding of the risks and rewards to the GM. The GM must give you their honest assessment of the probability of each outcome occurring (as percentages). This supernatural business sense also grants you advantage on checks to detect lies specifically about money, trade, or business dealings.