LOTRfan
2010-05-09, 11:50 AM
This is the race of Visitors from the reimagined series "V." I thought it would be fun to play as one of them, and I created game statistics just to see what it might be like to play as one. I included a few drawbacks to make the race more balanced (although I know nothing of balancing, so it probably isn't perfect). This is for the Vs living aboard the Ships above Earth, not a common Visitor.
V racial traits (Earth Fleet)
+2 Dexterity, -2 Charisma; The Visitors are more efficient than Humans. They have increased speed and agility while being disconnected from their emotions.
Medium Size
Base Speed 30 feet
+1 natural armor
Cloned Skin: The Vs that live aboard the 29 Motherships hovering above Earth have grafted cloned Human skin onto themselves, in an attempt to make diplomacy between Humans and the Visitors easier. V's get a +10 bonus to disguise when attempting to look human. There is a disadvantage, however, in that since the skin is attached to the V’s central nervous system, removing it causes 1d10 wound points. Revealing the skin also gives the Visitor a +4 bonus to intimidation checks.
Retractable Claws: When entering combat, a V may use its natural weapons by punching them through their cloned fingers. This causes the loss of 1 wound point. The claws deal 1d4 damage.
Retractable Teeth: The Vs have a large row of razor sharp teeth generally used by females to dismember mates. While usually used only in mating rituals, they can be highly effective weapons. Each bite deals 1d6 damage.
Darkvision 60 ft: The Visitors have darkvision 60 ft with their natural eyes. Unfortunately, their human eyes cover them and their vision is the same as humans. In order to make use of their darkvision, they must dislocate their cloned eyes, dealing 1 wound point damage.
Bliss: While capable of sleep, the Vs find it more efficient to become one with their leader, Anna, telepathically to become refreshed. Eight minutes of this, which the V people call “Bliss,” is the equivalent of eight hours of sleep. This signal reaches all V’s no matter where they are. Bliss is like a drug, which encourages them to have faith in the V government and repress their emotions. Even those who know of its affects must succeed on a Will save (DC 18), or gladly participate.
Automatic Languages: Read/write V native tongue, Speak V native tongue, Speak (one human language), Read/write (One human language).
If it isn't obvious already, I'm using the vitality/wound point system to determine health instead of the common Hit point system.
V racial traits (Earth Fleet)
+2 Dexterity, -2 Charisma; The Visitors are more efficient than Humans. They have increased speed and agility while being disconnected from their emotions.
Medium Size
Base Speed 30 feet
+1 natural armor
Cloned Skin: The Vs that live aboard the 29 Motherships hovering above Earth have grafted cloned Human skin onto themselves, in an attempt to make diplomacy between Humans and the Visitors easier. V's get a +10 bonus to disguise when attempting to look human. There is a disadvantage, however, in that since the skin is attached to the V’s central nervous system, removing it causes 1d10 wound points. Revealing the skin also gives the Visitor a +4 bonus to intimidation checks.
Retractable Claws: When entering combat, a V may use its natural weapons by punching them through their cloned fingers. This causes the loss of 1 wound point. The claws deal 1d4 damage.
Retractable Teeth: The Vs have a large row of razor sharp teeth generally used by females to dismember mates. While usually used only in mating rituals, they can be highly effective weapons. Each bite deals 1d6 damage.
Darkvision 60 ft: The Visitors have darkvision 60 ft with their natural eyes. Unfortunately, their human eyes cover them and their vision is the same as humans. In order to make use of their darkvision, they must dislocate their cloned eyes, dealing 1 wound point damage.
Bliss: While capable of sleep, the Vs find it more efficient to become one with their leader, Anna, telepathically to become refreshed. Eight minutes of this, which the V people call “Bliss,” is the equivalent of eight hours of sleep. This signal reaches all V’s no matter where they are. Bliss is like a drug, which encourages them to have faith in the V government and repress their emotions. Even those who know of its affects must succeed on a Will save (DC 18), or gladly participate.
Automatic Languages: Read/write V native tongue, Speak V native tongue, Speak (one human language), Read/write (One human language).
If it isn't obvious already, I'm using the vitality/wound point system to determine health instead of the common Hit point system.