Genetaur
The genetaur are the only race in the system to not be created by one of the Elderon. Rather, they were created as a result of magenetic slurry runoff infecting lakes and swamps, and were born when animals tried laying their eggs in it. The result was a race with almost no consistent appearance, except their humanoid shape. Their limbs can be anything ranging from paws to claws to masses of tentacles, and their skin color covers the entire visible light spectrum. They often have multiple eyes, one or more tails, or one or more wings. While more toned-down version exist, they are the exception rather than the rule. This absolute mishmash of traits, combined with their origin, quickly made them many enemies, as most people believed them to be monsters, animals, or less. They have been discriminated against for millennia, and have been refused everything from medical care to representation in government to housing.
There is, however, a bright spot in their plight. The only attempt to exterminate their race was thwarted when all of the offending army's ammunition spontaneously transformed into rubber duckies upon firing. This was immediately followed and explained by the manifestation of Endiro, who decreed that the genetaur were now his patron race, and that any further attempts to exterminate them would result in the rearrangement of the offending party's facial orifices.
Despite this massive advantage, the genetaur still have a long way to go. While they are now allowed housing, and there are a great number of people from all races who see them as people, they are still denied political office and access to the stars. Recently, however, Endiro has decreed that his race should try and colonize Pluto by any means necessary, as he believes it may be the final push needed to get the other races to acknowledge their equality at last.Basic Information
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Genetaur
Note: Some abilities are optional, and thus should only be granted if it fits the character. These are represented in italics.
Archetype Abilities
- Starting Wound Threshold: 9 + Brawn
- Starting Strain Threshold: 11 + Willpower
- Starting Experience: 155
- Fearsome: Genetaur are feared in most societies other than their own. Add one b to Charm, Deception, Leadership, and Negotiation checks they make, and add one b to Coercion checks. This does not apply when talking to members of their own race.
- Claws: When making an unarmed combat check, add +1 to base damage, and it has a critical hit rating of 3.
- Dark Vision: Remove up to two Black Dice imposed on skill checks due to Darkness.
- Amphibious:: Can breathe underwater and suffer no penalties for swimming or traveling through water.
- Flying: Can fly, moves as normal, but ignoring terrain effects.
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Hey, I like the way that you grouped together these mismatched individuals into a single race, a sort of grouping by necessity (Of being outcast by everyone else). But that brings the question... If they are all from different animals whose eggs were corrupted... How do they reproduce? Are they not genetically differentiated?
Thank you for reading and providing feedback! To answer your question, most of the races I've written can be considered to have a "standard" (i.e., similar to human) form of reproduction unless specifically otherwise stated. In addition, most races to have the ability to interbreed, including the genetaur, so they all must have similar parts. In short, a wizard did it.