A sword-and-sorcery, Howard-esque, Leiber-esque approach to races of humans. Disclaimer: this is a comical exaggeration of the differences between real world cultures. Tropes accepted here.
You can choose any of these stocks and apply them to the human classes. Proficiencies are added to what the class gives you if you don’t already get it. I’d love some feedback, and maybe some better nature questions if any occur to you.
Barbarian: Will 3, Health 5, proficient with axes
descriptors: boasting, feuding, rememberingDo you sit by the hearth at night and boast of your great deeds, or spend the nights preparing for dark times to come?
boast: +1 Nature
prepare: increase/replace home trait with thoughtful or lonerDo you count each slight against you and yours and demand satisfaction? Or do you let fools be fools?
count the slights: +1 Nature, -1 Haggler, Manipulator, or Will
ignore them: no changeDo you honor your ancestors and your elders, keep their traditions even when you are far from home? Or do you know your own way best?
honor them: +1 Nature
your way: replace/increase home trait with curious or bitter
Citizen: Will 4, Health 4, proficient with spear
descriptors: building, scheming, servingDo you yearn to leave a legacy - some monument, organization, or family that will outlive you? Or does the day beyond your death matter nothing to you?
leave a legacy: +1 Nature
no matter: increase/replace a home trait with loner or jadedIf a fool trusts you, do you part him from what’s his? Or do you prefer to earn your way honestly?
take it: +1 Nature
earn it: increase/replace a home trait with honorable or generousWhen the lord of the land passes by, is your first instinct to kneel or to spit?
kneel: +1 Nature, -1 Fighter
spit: no change
Steppefolk: Will 4, Health 4, proficient with bows
descriptors: remembering, riding, servingDo you honor your ancestors and your elders, keep their traditions even when you are far from home? Or do you know your own way best?
honor them: +1 Nature
your way: replace/increase home trait with curious or bitterWhen danger threatens, do you run for your horse or reach for your blade?
the horse: +1 Nature, -1 Fighter
the blade: no changeWhen the lord of your land rides by, is your first instinct to press your face to the earth or to spit on it?
prostrate yourself: +1 Nature
spit: replace/increase a home trait with foolhardy or skeptical
Seafolk: Will 3, Health 5, proficient with swords
descriptors: boasting, hard-drinking, raidingDo you sit by the hearth at night and boast of your great deeds, or spend the nights preparing for dark times to come?
boast: +1 Nature
prepare: increase/replace home trait with thoughtful or lonerDo you drink to drunkedness whenever you drink at all, and keep your companions at the table so long as they can sit up? Or do you value a clear mind?
drink to get drunk: +1 Nature
clear mind: increase/replace a home trait with calm or early riserIf a strong enemy comes to take what you have, do you take to the sea with whatever you can carry, or do you dig in and fight?
sail away: +1 Nature, -1 Fighter
fight: no change
Gypsies: Will 5, Health 3, proficient with a dueling cloak
dueling cloak: can be wielded in a free hand while wearing it, +1d Feint and Defend, always damaged at the end of the conflict
descriptors: singing, scheming, disappearingCan a good song make you weep, rage, and love? Or is music only a trivial diversion?
weep, rage, love: +1 Nature
trivial diversion: increase/exchange a home trait for jaded or bitterIf a fool trusts you, do you part him from what’s his? Or do you earn whatever you have?
take it: +1 Nature
earn it: increase/exchange a home trait for honorable or generousWhen trouble comes your way, do you clear out? Or face it head on?
clear out: +1 Nature, -1 Fighter
face it: no change