Auroras [*] | |
Racial Advantages: | Whatever they want |
An Phar [3] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -1 [-10] |
Racial Advantages: | Extra Hit Points +2 [10], Acute Hearing +2 [4], Common Sense [10] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Mild Rupophobia (Fear of Dirt) [-10] |
Racial Quirks: | Preoccupied with Philosophy [-1] |
Banduch [73] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST +2 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [12], ST +10 (No fine Manipulators, -40%, Natural, -40%) [32], HT +1 [10], DX -3 [-20] |
Racial Advantages: | Amphibious [10], Animal Empathy [5], Empathy [15], Extra Limb (Tail, striker, accuracy -2) [3], 4 Legs [5], Luck [15], Nictating Membrane [10], Telekinesis, Power 8 [40], Telepathy, Power 10 [50] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Acrophobia [-10], Increased Life Support, Level 2 [-20], Lazy [-10], No Fine Manipulators [-30], Pacifism (Total Non-Violence) [-30], Inconvenient Size [-10], Shyness [-5], Sleepy (Half the time) [-10], Truthfulness [-5] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Detect Lies at IQ [4], Psychokinesis at IQ [4], Telereceive at IQ [4], Telesend at IQ [4] |
Cidi [-19] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -6 [-50], DX +2 [20], HT -1 [-10] |
Racial Advantages: | Manual Dexterity +2 [6], Passive Defense +1 [25], Prehensile Tail [10], Decreased Life Support [10], Night Vision [10] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Reduced Hit Points -5 [-25], Inconvenient Size [-15] |
Racial Quirks: | Hate to be Patronized [-1], Curious about new people [-1] |
Racial Skill Bonus: | Climbing at DX [2] |
Crystal Computers [-32] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | IQ +2 [20], HT +1 [10] |
Racial Advantages: | Absolute Timing [5], Body of Stone, Level 12 (Unswitchable, -25%) [72], Decreased Life Support [10], Eidetic Memory, Level 1 [30], Extended Lifespan, Level 1 [5], Immunity to Disease [10], Language Talent +2 [4], Lightning Calculator [5], Mathematical Ability [10], Secret Communication [20] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Blind [-50], Deaf [-20], Obsession (All organic intelligence must be destroyed) [-10], Intolerance [-10], Jealousy [-10], Mute [-25], No Manipulators [-50], No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5], Paranoia [-10], Sessile [-50], Social Stigma (Machines) [-5] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Astrogation at IQ [1], Astronomy at IQ [2], Computer Programming at IQ +2 [4], Mathematics at IQ [2], Physics at IQ [2], Research at IQ [1] |
Engai [239] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -1 [-10], DX +2 [20], IQ +3 [30], HT +4 [45] |
Racial Advantages: | Appearance (Very Beautiful) [25], Charisma +2 [10], Empathy [15], Immunity to Disease [10], Metabolism Control [15], Night Vision [10], Perfect Balance [15], Polarized Eyes [5], Status 2 [10], Unaging [15], Voice [10], Walk on Liquid [15] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Intolerance ("Mortal races") [-10], Laziness [-10], Overconfidence [-10] |
Racial Skill Bonus: | Bard +1 [1] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Biochemistry at IQ [8], Breath Control at IQ +1 [12], Chemistry at IQ [4], Karate at DX [4] |
Fasanni [12] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | DX +1 [10], ST -1 [-10] |
Racial Advantages: | Cultural Adaptability [25], Intuition [15] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Color Blindness [-10], Overconfidence [-10], Pacifist (Self Defense Only) [-15] |
Racial Quirks: | Prefers to dress like whatever race they're among [-1] |
Racial Skill Bonus: | Bard +1 [1], Savoir-Faire +2 [1], Writing +2 [2] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Fast Talk at IQ+2 [4] |
Garuda [10] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -3 [-20], HT -1 [-10] |
Racial Advantages: | 3-D Spacial Sense [10], Acute Hearing +1 [2], Acute Vision +3 [6], Ambidexterity [10], Empathy [15], Musical Ability +3 [3], Peripheral Vision [15], Flight (Winged, -25%) [30] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Acceleration Weakness [-5], Combat Paralysis [-15], G-Intolerance (0.1 G) [-10], No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5], Cannot function in a gravity of more than 0.6 G [-15] |
Racial Quirks: | Inscrutable to other races [-1] |
Gerodians [8] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | IQ +3 [30], ST -1 [-10], HT -1 [-10] |
Racial Advantages: | Eidetic Memory [30] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Code of Honor [-10], Sense of Duty [-10], Acceleration Weakness [-5], G-Intolerance [-10] |
Racial Skill Bonus: | Savoir-Faire +2 [1] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Psychology at IQ [2] |
Gloworms [46] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -3 [-20], DX +2 [20], IQ -1 [-10], HT +2 [20] |
Racial Advantages: | Chameleon, Level 3 [21], Early Maturation, Level 1 [5], Flight [40], G-Tolerance (0.5 G Increment) [10], Metabolism Control, Level 3 [15], Silence, Level 2 [10], Stretching [30], Temperature Tolerance, Level 10 [10] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Gluttony [-5], Illiterate [-10], Mute [-25], No Manipulators [-50], Reputation -4 [-20], Short Lifespan, Level 2 [-20] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Brawling at DX [1], Camouflage at IQ +1 [2], Hypnotism at IQ +8 [20], Stealth at DX [2] |
Gormelites [18] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST +4 [45], HT +3 [30] |
Racial Advantages: | Damage Resistance +1 [3] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Bad Temper [-10], Bully [-10], Greed [-15], Overconfidence [-10], Paranoia [-10], Reputation -2 [-10] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Brawling at DX +2 [4], Axe/Mace at DX [1] |
Irari [10] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | IQ +2 [20] |
Racial Advantages: | Extended Lifespan [5], Flight (Winged, -25%) [30] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Compulsive Behavior (Must pursue promising lines of research) [-10], Fragile [-20], Impulsiveness [-10], Stubbornness [-5] |
Jaril [57] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST +1 [10], ST +10 (Natural, -40%) [66] |
Racial Advantages: | Extra Hit Points +3 [15] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Sense of Duty (To repopulate race) [-15], Gullibility [-10], Increased Life Support [-10], Truthfulness [-5] |
Racial Quirks: | Belief in Folk Magic [-1] |
Racial Skill Bonus: | Engineer +2 [3], Mechanic +2 [2], Electronics +1 [2] |
Kaa [30] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST +1 [10] |
Racial Advantages: | Extra Hit Points +1 [5], Ambidexterity [10], Claws [15], Constriction Attack [15], Damage Resistance +2 [6], Extra Flexibility [10], Venom (Poison, 1d Damage) [15], Voice [10] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Bad Sight [-10], Bully [-10], Code of Honor (Avenge all insults, slay all enemies) [-15], Cowardice [-10], Delusion (Gaudy display impresses everyone) [-10], Odious Racial Habit (Will eat sentients) [-10], Reputation -2 [-10] |
Racial Skill Bonus: | Stategy +1 [2], Interrogation +1 [1] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Hypnotism at IQ +1 [6] |
Kinski, Female [14] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | HT +2 [20] |
Racial Advantages: | Alertness +1 [5], Acute Vision +1 [2], Acute Hearing +1 [2], Rapid Healing [5], Improved G-Tolerance (0.5 G) [10], Night Vision [10] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Compulsive Behavior (Interracial Sociability) [-15], Gullibility [-10], Sense of Duty (Pride) [-5], Sleepy (Half the Time) [-10] |
Racial Quirks: | Always carry a shang in public [-1] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Axe Throwing at DX [1] |
Kinski, Male [14] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | HT +1 [10], DX +1 [10] |
Racial Advantages: | Alertness +1 [5], Acute Vision +2 [4], Improved G-Tolerance (0.5 G) [10], Night Vision [10], Double Jointed [5] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Compulsive Behavior (Interracial sociability) [-15], Gullibility [-10], Sense of Duty (Pride) [-5], Sleepy (Half the Time) [-10] |
Racial Quirks: | Always carry a shang in public [-1] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Axe Throwing at DX [1] |
Kronin [29] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | DX +1 [10] |
Racial Advantages: | Danger Sense [15], DR +1 [3], Telepathy, Power 8 [40] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Bloodlust [-10], Code of Honor [-15], Fanatic [-15], Honesty [-10], Sense of Duty [-10] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Beam Weapons (Blaster) at DX +1 [2], Broadsword at DX [2], Force Shield at DX +1 [1], Karate at DX [4], Telereceive at IQ [4], Telesend at IQ [4], Mind Shield at IQ [4] |
Liook Sujan [475] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | HT +5 [60], IQ +5 [60] |
Racial Advantages: | Animal Empathy [5], Body of Stone, Level 24 (Unswitchable, -25%) [144], Doesn't Eat [10], Eidetic Memory, Level 2 [60], Empathy [15], ESP, Power 30 [90], Strong Will +5 [20], Telepathy, Power 24 [120], Temperature Tolerance, Level 20 [20], Vacuum Support [40] |
Racial Disadvantages: | No Manipulators [-50], No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5], Sessile [-50], Slow Metabolism, Level 2 [-120] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Detect Lies at IQ (IQ +4 due to Empathy) [4], Psi Sense at IQ [4], Emotion Sense at IQ [4], Telesend at IQ [4], Telereceive at IQ [4], Mental Blow at IQ [4], Mind Shield at IQ [4], Sleep at IQ [4], Mindwipe at IQ [4], Telecontrol at IQ [4], Clairvoyance at IQ [4], Clairaudience at IQ [4], Psychometry at IQ [4], Precognition at IQ [4] |
Malikithi [-10] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -3 [-20], DX +1 [10] IQ +1 [10] |
Racial Advantages: | Ultrasonic Hearing [5], Musical Talent +5 [5], Night Vision [10] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Odious Racial Habit (Voice) [-5], Odious Racial Habit (Nosy) [-5], Bad Sight [-10], Color Blind [-10], G-Tolerance [15], Autophobia [-15] |
Markann [43] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | DX +1 [10], HT -2 [-15] |
Racial Advantages: | Acute Smell and Taste +2 [4], Two Extra Arms [20], Two Extra Arms, Cannot Strike [10], Manual Dexterity +1 [3], Double Jointed [5], High Technology, +2 TL's [50], Peripheral Vision [15], Temperature Tolerance, Level 10 [10] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Color Blindness [-10], Major Delusion (That the Markann are the universe's most evolved race) [-10], Fanatic (To the Markann quest) [-15], Intolerance (Lower TL races) [-5], Odious Racial Habit (Cannibalism, vivisection, sadistic experimentation, etc.) [-15], Overconfidence [-10], Reputation -1 [-5], Sadism [-15] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Climbing at DX [2], Pilot (Contragravity) at DX [2], Stealth at DX [2] |
Memer and Saret [-9] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -2 [-15], DX -1 [-10], IQ -1 [-10] |
Racial Advantages: | 8 Legs [15], DR +2 [6], Decreased Life Support [10], Intuition [15], Temperature Tolerance, Level 20 [20], Universal Digestion [15], Vacuum Support [40] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Deafness [-20], Duty [-10], Miserliness [-10], Reputation -2 (Crawling oddballs) [-10], Terataphobia (A fear of most other sentient races, Mild) [-15], Short Lifespan, Level 1 [-10], Stuttering [-10] |
Mmm [135] | |
Racial Advantages: | Global Consciousness [60], Sentient Drones [25], Universal Distance [50], Under 99,999 Sentient Drones [40] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Gullibility [-10], Honesty [-10], Impulsiveness [-10], Pacifism (Cannot Kill) [-15], Truthfulness [-5] |
Nexa [33] | |
Racial Advantages: | High Pain threshold [10], Peripheral vision [15], Damage Resistance +1 [3], G-Experience [10], Improved G-Tolerance (0.3 G) [5] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Social Stigma (Second class citizen) [-5], Stubbornness [-5] |
Racial Skill Bonus: | -5 Swimming [0] |
Pachekki [-3] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -4 [-30], DX +3 [30], HT +2 [20], IQ -1 [-10] |
Racial Advantages: | Double Jointed [5], Peripheral Vision [15], Rapid Healing [5], Regrowth (Limited, -50%) [20] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Appearance -2 [-10], Dependence on Water (Special Case) [-5], Hard of Hearing [-10], Impulsiveness or Laziness [-10], Increased Life Support (Extra Water Needed) [-10], Reduced Move -1 [-5], Split Personality [-10] |
Racial Skill Bonus: | Swimming +3 [2] |
Purulu [-63] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -5 [-40], DX -1 [-10], HT -2 [-15] |
Racial Advantages: | 8 Extra Arms (Cannot Strike) [40], Extra Flexibility [10], 360 Degree Vision [25], Wealth: Filthy Rich [50] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Two Basic Arms cannot Strike [-10], Bad Temper [-10], Bully [-10], Cowardice [-10], Greedy [-15], Increased Life Support (Aquatic and Radioactive) [-50], Intolerance [-10], Miserliness [-10], Reputation -1 [-5], Stubbornness [-5] |
Racial Skill Bonus: | Accounting +3 [4], Economics +2 [3], Intelligence Analysis +1 [2], Law +1 [2], Merchant +1 [1] |
Riders [60] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST, DX, & HT (See GURPS Aliens, p. 119), IQ +2 [20] |
Racial Advantages: | Transference [50]; Racial Memory [40] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Greed [-15], Intolerance [-10], Overconfidence [-10], Parasite [-15] |
Sparrials [8] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -3 [-20], DX +2 [20], HT +1 [10] |
Racial Advantages: | Acute Taste and Smell +2 [4], Night Vision [10], Super Jumping, level 1 [10] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Gluttony [-5], Kleptomania [-15], Short Lifespan, Level 1 [-10], Stubbornness [-5] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Climbing at DX -1 [1], Detect Lies at IQ +3 (Scent-Based, -20%) [8] |
Tamile [-6] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -4 [-30], DX -2 [-15] |
Racial Advantages: | 360 Degree Vision (Eyestalks, -20%) [20], Charisma +1 [5], Decreased Life Support [10], Manual Dexterity +5 [15], Microscopic Vision, Level 2 (4X) [8], Musical Ability +3 [3], Secret Communication [20], Sensitive Touch [10], Stretching [30] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Decreased Hit Points -4 [-20], Code of Honor (Make the world more beautiful than when you arrived) [-15], Combat Paralysis [-15], Invertebrate [-20], Short Lifespan [-10], Mild Shyness [-5], Primitive, -2 TL's [-10] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Artist at IQ [4], Sculpting at DX +1 [4], Singing at HT [1], Ventriloquism at IQ [4] |
Traders [19] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -2 [-15], DX -1 [-10], IQ +2 [20] |
Racial Advantages: | Dark Vision [25], Doesn't Breathe [20], Insubstantiality [80] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Absent-Mindedness [-15], Appearance -4 [-20], Code of Honor (Business ethics) [-5], Compulsive Behavior (Trading) [-5], Fanatic (Trading) [-15], Impulsiveness [-10], No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5], Odious Racial Habit (Extremely bizarre behavior) [-10], Truthfulness [-5], Weakness (Iron, common, 1d per 5 minutes of exposure) [-20] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Merchant at IQ +3 [8], Freight Handling +1 [1] |
Treefolk [65] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST +2 [20], IQ +2 [20], DX -3 [-20], HT +4 [45] |
Racial Advantages: | Damage Resistance +2 [6], Damage Resistance +3 (Non-Explosive Missiles, -33%) [6], G-Tolerance [5], Extended Life Span [5], 360 Degree Vision (Eyestalks, -20%) [20], 2 Extra Arms [20], 4 Extra Arms (Short and Cannot Strike) [8], Ultrasonic Speech [25] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Color Blindness [-10], Hard of Hearing [-10], Increased Life Support [-10], Reduced Move -4 [-20], Honesty [-10], Vulnerability, Level 3 (Fire) [-30] |
Racial Quirks: | Love Nature/Hate Cities [-1], Detest Poetry [-1], Ignores Status [-1], Strongly Libertarian [-1], Demand courtesy [-1] |
Truul [-4] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -2 [-15], DX +1 [10], HT -3 [-20] |
Racial Advantages: | Cultural Adaptability [25], Passive Defense +1 [25], Language Talent +3 [6], Recovery [10] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Status -1 [-5], Slave Mentality [-40] |
Verms [212] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST +3 [30], DX +2 [20], HT +2 [20] |
Racial Advantages: | Extra Hit Points +3 [15], Claws [15], Combat Reflexes [15], Damage Resistance +2 [6], Dark Vision [25], Sonic Blast [40], Deafen [15], Early Maturation, Level 3 [15], High Pain Threshold [10], 4 Legs [5], Passive Defense +2 [50], Secret Communication [20], Recovery [10], Silence, Level 2 [20] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Bloodlust [-10], Compulsive Behavior (Must get guidance from queen) [-15], Intolerance [-10], No Fine Manipulators [-30], Odious Racial Habit (Cannibalism, enslavement, etc.) [-15], Reputation -4 [-20], Short Life Span, Level 1 [-10] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Stealth at DX -1 [1] |
Xenomorphs [37] | |
Racial Attribute Modifiers: | ST -1 [-10], HT -1 [-10] |
Racial Advantages: | Chameleon [7], Mimicry [15], Morph [40], Stretching [30] |
Racial Disadvantages: | Code of Honor (Not to reveal true nature) [-10], Compulsive Lying [-15], Paranoia [-10], Split Personality [-10] |
Racially Learned Skills: | Acting at IQ +2 [6], Stealth at DX +1 [4] |
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