Jalai

The Jalai are a semi-primitive horse culture that follows the bison herds over the Jalai Plains, a wide grassy plain between two mountain ranges on the land of Tethric. They have a strong hatred for orcs, and they occasionally trade with dwarves and elves. Jalai horses are the biggest and strongest horses in the world, and the Jalai people have a special connection to their horses. Most non-Jalai have a very hard time training a Jalai horse. The Jalai are a superstitious people led by shamans, druids, and the strongest warriors. They hold nature in reverence and most worship the Nature Couplet.

Prerequisites: Must be human or half-orc from the Jalai Plains. Must be trained in the Nature skill.

3rd level: gain Mounted Combat as a bonus feat; Bareback Riding: Jalai are used to riding and fighting bareback, so they take no penalties while riding without a saddle; Orc Hatred: +1 to attack rolls against orcs (increase to +2 at level 9); Special Mount: if you are in the Jalai Plains at the time you achieve 3rd level, or spend at least 1 week in the Jalai plains any time there after, a 4th level Jalai Horse joins you and becomes your mount.

6th level: +2 cultural bonus to Nature; Mounted Response: you and your mount gain a +2 initiative bonus while you are mounted, the mount must have the mount subtype; Special Mount: your Jalai Horse mount gains 2 levels, becoming a 6th level Jalai Horse. If you are this level without a Special Mount, you must spend 2 weeks in the Jalai Plains before a mount will join you.

9th level: Special Mount: your mount gains 2 levels, becoming an 8th level Jalai Horse. If you are this level without a Special Mount, you must spend a month in the Jalai Plains before a mount will join you; gain the ability Mounted Attack: At-Will--Martial, Weapon; Standard Action; Melee Weapon; Targets: one creature; Attack: Strength vs AC, or Dexterity vs AC; Hit: 1[W]+Strength or Dexterity (increase to 2[W] at 21st level); Effect: your mount makes a melee basic attack against an adjacent enemy; Special: When you gain this ability, choose Strength or Dexterity as the ability score you use when making attack rolls with this power; Special: you must be mounted on a mount with the mount subtype to use this ability.

This culture is still undeveloped for the APGS. The above are rules to 4th edition and give a pretty good idea of what the rules for the culture will be like.