Thri-kreen (thry-KREEN[)

Description

The thri-kreen are an insectoid monstrous humanoid race that primarily lived in the Wasteland. The thri-kreen are a race of nomads and hunters. They are also known as mantis warriors and sometimes called "tri-kreen".
A thri-kreen resembled a giant praying mantis, bipedal and standing 4.5–7 feet (1.4–2.1 meters) high and weighing 100–375 pounds (45–170 kilograms a full-grown adult averaged 6 feet (1.8 meters) and 200 pounds (90 kilograms). They had exoskeletons over their entire bodies.
They had six limbs protruding from their thorax: two for walking and four for use as arms, ending in four-fingered claw-like hands capable of tool- and weapon-use. Their insectoid heads had two black, multi-faceted compound eyes; two small antennae sprouting from the top, and a complex jaw structure with large sharp mandibles.
It is extremely difficult to distinguish the males and females.
The carapace of a thri-kreen was typically a sandy yellow in hue, but could vary from a sandy brown to a pale green colour, as best suited to the environment. This enabled thri-kreen to blend in with the dry savannas and grasslands they dwelled in.
Thri-kreen wore little to no clothing or armour. Instead, they wore only simple leather belts, harnesses, or slings to hold their food, equipment, and weaponry, and only as much as they needed. They did not make or wear any kind of adornments.

Abilities

Thri-kreen had superior physical abilities compared to a human, with high strength and great agility. They were faster on their feet, and naturally and supremely good at jumping. They were quick enough to deflect or dodge an incoming projectile. Their carapace was naturally armoured, being tough and resistant to impact, and its sandy color helped them hide in sandy or barren landscapes. Thri-kreen typically grew to be skilled in their senses, hiding, jumping, climbing, and balancing.
A thri-kreen's four claws and a bite from its mandibles were dangerous natural weapons. They secreted a paralyzing poison from their mouths, sufficient for a single venomous bite per day. This could hamper a victim's agility, or cause paralysis for several minutes.
Thri-kreen were naturally psionic beings, possessing psionic energy and knowing innately a number of powers. A thri-kreen could manifest the powers chameleon and know direction and location thrice each per day, and greater concealing amorpha and metaphysical claw once each per day.
They could see in the dark through dark vision, and did not sleep at all, making them immune to sleep spells and the like.

Culture

Thri-kreen were not religious and had no established faith, nor gods of their own. Instead, they preferred druidic traditions of nature worship and thri-kreen druids served as spiritual leaders for their kind. Thri-kreen druids were usually attuned to nature deities like , those with portfolios of hunting and natural resources. A few thri-kreen however, likely influenced by humanoid neighbours like the Shaarans, saw the benefits in Akadi or Tempus, and became their clerics. They placed little value in possessions. What few treasures or trinkets they had were kept for their usefulness or decorative purposes.