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From: McMike Overbo <overbom@stolaf.edu>
Subject: to that guy that wanted rogue-y race stuff
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yeah. that guy that posted a request for rogue-type races, about thirty 
messages ago.  heres somethin I had sitting on my HD, figured I'd litter the
mailing list with it. (not that it's NOT ALREADY LITTERED WITH SPAM WARS.)

				<ahem>
sorry to lose my temper. It won't happen again, I swear.

really, I think spam wars is a great thing.

Praise Be to Whoever is Doing the Spam Wars Stuff!


well, anyway. here it is. a primitive, cunning lizardoid.    =)


    Archanians are a leathery-skinned, partly-amphibious creature native 
to several water-based worlds. How they have managed to evolve on several 
distinct water-worlds remains a mystery. Archanians from one water planet 
have a different number of chromosomes compared to other archanians from a 
different water planet. Based on this, scientists assume that they have 
evolved somewhat separately, but perhaps shared some common ancestor.

Three types of the most common Archanians:
    Type 1 (Falaris)
    Type 2 (Konoctak)
    Type 3 (Kalverai)

The Falaris tend to be noble savages. Quite intelligent, and fair in 
their dealings. Falaris are genealogically incompatible with Konoktacs 
(read: they can't mate, stupid!)

The Kalverai are in between the other two races -- both in their mating 
ability and their habits.

The Konoctaks are shady folks. Living among them is near impossible for a 
scientist, unless one stays on their toes. Backstabbing, treachery, and 
murder are abound in the Konoctak tribes. Konoctaks are the type of folks 
you'd expect to see in Jabba's organization.

    Archanians have qualities of reptiles and mammals, and can breathe 
with lungs or gills (i.e. they can breathe indefinitely on land or at 
sea). They can function normally without breathing for up to two hours. 
They have an odd x-shaped sensory device, called a vodrin, which picks up 
vibrations, scents, tastes, and noises beyond the human spectrum of 
hearing. They may also breathe through it, either underwater or on land, 
the vodrin functions as a gill or a pre-lung organ (should an Archanian's 
head become forcibly removed from the body, the vodrin can keep the head 
alive and functioning for up to two hours, although Archanians claim that 
this number is quite conservative.
    Although Archanians are physiologically more advanced than most other 
species, they tend to be patronized by more "advanced" cultures -- most 
people assume that any Archanians are uncultured and stupid beasts, which 
often could not be farther from the truth. Most Archanians are cunning to 
the max. Some use their cunning, others let it sit idle. Many are the 
Konoctaks that have taken advantage of other people with their guard down...


Attribute Dice: 14D (see notes)
Dexterity : 2D/5D
Knowledge : 1D/3D+1
Mechanical: 1D/3D
Perception: 2D/5D
Strength  : 2D/4D
Technical : 1D/2d+2
Move      : 11/13
Height    : 1.4/2 meters

Average Archanians:
Dexterity : 3d+2 ; melee combat 4d+1, melee parry 4d, running: short 
                   sprints 6d, thrown weapons 4d
Knowledge : 1d+2 ; survival 3d
Mechanical: 1d   ; 
Perception: 3d   ; hide 4d, search 4d, sneak 4d
Strength  : 2d+2 ; stamina 4d, swimming 4d
Technical : 1d   ; 



NOTES:
Archanians should be able to make sensory checks using double dice or 
half again as many dice, to account for their vodrin. Archanians can swim 
at their normal movement rate, and can breathe underwater indefinitely. 
For all accounts, all Archanians have swimming skill of 4d, free! At 
character inception, you get 2d for the price of 1d when putting it into 
swimming.

a player character still only gets 18d of skills, even though the 
Archanian has 14d attribute dice. 

Starting archanians can't pick skills (at inception) like:
all technical skills but first aid: archanian species and the new 
technical skill: engraving; i'm not going to post stats for the new 
skill. any gm worth their weight in dirt should be able to do that 
themselves.
all mechanical skills
any modern weapon skills (stick the players with bows, knives, swords, etc.)
all knowledge skills but survival, willpower, and intimidation.

here are two weapons that they commonly use:
the Koryol-thrower
(this device launches a 3-bladed disc at an enemy from a hand launcher 
with two slats in it; the principle is quite the same as for lacrosse. 
Most archanians engrave their discs and launchers quite ornately. This 
device is used one handed, and has a maximum fire rate of 2. Most 
archanians have 3-5 discs.)
Where: 4 for non archanians
cost : free for archanians, mucho denero for non archanians
damage : str-1d (yes, strength MINUS 1d, min. of 1d)

the Kaidir
(a curiously shaped sword; the back edge of the sword is straight, the 
cutting edge of the sword is curved inwards (like an inverse scimitar 
with a straight back. The blade is around 2' long and VERY sharp; some 
versions have the blade on a long shaft, statistics for this version 
remain the same) The Kaidir is creatively engraved as well as the Koryol 
thrower.
Where, cost: as for the Koryol thrower
Damage: str+1d+2
difficulty: 7

Kaidir Sword Pic:

               Cutting Edge
               __          __
        ,    ,|  `--....--'' |
       </////H_______________|
        `    "
                Back edge



well, there's your rogue-type race template. The perception and dexterity 
possibilities alone should make them top-notch rogues. If you don't want 
them to be backwater planet chump types, just change the storyline, and 
announce triumphantly that "THE ARCHANIANS HAVE LEARNED THE ART BEING AN 
ADVANCED SPECIES, AS OPPOSED TO BEING A PRIMITIVE SPECIES FROM A BACKWATER 
PLANET..."

failure to say the above text (printed conveniently in upper case 
lettering) violates copyright law. You HAVE to say the statement to 
change the storyline. If you don't, I'm coming to get you. (and trust me, 
I'll know if you've violated the above rule...)

well, anyway. if you liked it, remember to write me. If you hated it, 
it's not my fault. Do you want to know why it's not my fault?


i've been "equipped with creatity dampeners"
    (quoted from SWSB v2, pg.53)


               yeah, I'm just a protocol droid.
               (alternately,
               i'm just a hydrospanner.)

                McMike