Cephene
Colloquially known as the Squids, the cephenes are usually a land-inhabiting invertebrate species, that most resemble terran cephalopods (octopuses and squids). The name of the species is attributed to pene-Rift human explorers in the absence of any pronounceable cephene name (cephenes have pictorial languages).
Their home world orbits an evolving G-type star, which has driven a rapid desertification over the last 20 million years. The cephenes adapted away from being an aquatic species as a result of that world’s oceans gradually drying up. Although cephenes still live on Cepheneous, it is understood that the planet is a few millennia away from being uninhabitable. There is an underlying sadness around many cephenes as a result.
Despite being rather warlike, the various cephene nations understood their predicament and knew that the survival of the species depended on space travel, and in particular, colonisation of a more stable environment. The very high gravity of Cepheneous was a tough challenge to negotiate and drove a lot of early innovation in powered and dirigible flight.
The other area of innovation has been their genetic and psychological engineering, which are both extremely advanced. In much the same way that Terran technology is dominated by nan-engineering, cephene technology has evolved to the point that their technology and their own biology are hard to distinguish.
Baseline Cephene
Category: mod-gen (Cephalopoda sapiens cephensis)
Aspects: Biochem-Water (proline), Biology-Cephene, Tech-Cephene
Senses: 20(lightsense), 1(olfactorsense), 1(audiosense)
Traits (resource): medium|4(size), 1(hardness), 3(HX), 2(EX), 2(FX), 1.4(height), 120(weight), 2(reach)
Traits (physical): 8(speed), stock(walk,crawl,climb), quarter(swim), multilimbed, omnifacing, squeezable, immune,prone, vuln(radiation, poison)
Traits (defensive): 1(resist,cold), 1(resist,heat)
Traits (personality): abrupt, grudgeholder, indiscreet, quick humoured, short tempered, spontaneous. Any alignment
Skills (bonus): +3(Health, Energy, Focus), +3(Society), +2(Perception, Insight, Investigate, Persuade), +1(Strength, Stealth, Antiquities, Science, Deceive,Perform, Survival, Cbt-Melee, Cbt-Ranged, Cbt-Tactical), +1(Cybernetics, Genetics, Machinery, Materials, Medicine, Munitions, Neuronetics, Robotics), +1(Telepathy)
Age: 50 years at start, 500 years lifespan
Languages: you do not speak, but can read and write any three of Oos, Esti, Lart, Yardo and Zoor plus one other language.
Natural weapons: Slap (main-action, bonus-action) 1d2(hp,frc), -6(Str,min)
Aquatic Cephene
Category: mod-gen (Cephalopoda sapiens cephensis)
Aspects: Biochem-Water (proline), Biology-Cephene, Tech-Cephene
Senses: 20(lightsense), 1(olfactorsense), 1(audiosense)
Traits (resource): medium|4(size), 1(hardness), 3(HX), 2(EX), 2(FX), 1.4(height), 120(weight), 2(reach)
Traits (physical): 8(speed), stock(walk,crawl,swim), quarter(climb), multilimbed, omnifacing, squeezable, immune,prone, vuln(radiation, poison)
Traits (defensive): 2(resist,cold)
Traits (personality): abrupt, grudgeholder, indiscreet, quick humoured, short tempered, spontaneous. Any alignment
Skills (bonus): Cbt-Liquidbourne (qualified), +3(Health, Energy, Focus), +3(Society), +2(Perception, Insight, Investigate, Persuade), +1(Strength, Stealth, Antiquities, Science, Deceive,Perform, Survival, Cbt-Melee, Cbt-Ranged, Cbt-Tactical), +1(Cybernetics, Genetics, Machinery, Materials, Medicine, Munitions, Neuronetics, Robotics), +1(Telepathy)
Age: 50 years at start, 500 years lifespan
Languages: you do not speak, but can read and write any three of Oos, Esti, Lart, Yardo and Zoor plus one other language.
Natural weapons: Slap (main-action, bonus-action) 1d2(hp,frc), -6(Str,min)
Illithid Cephene
Category: neogen (Cephalopoda sapiens cephensis novensis)
Aspects: Biochem-Water (proline), Biology-Cephene, Tech-Cephene, Tech-Modern
Senses: 20(lightsense), 1(olfactorsense), 1(audiosense)
Traits (resource): medium|4(size), 1(hardness), 3(HX), 2(EX), 2(FX), 1.4(height), 120(weight), 2(reach)
Traits (physical): 8(speed), stock(walk,crawl,climb), unnatural(swim), multilimbed, omnifacing, squeezable, immune,prone, vuln(radiation, poison)
Traits (defensive): 1(resist,cold), 1(resist,heat)
Traits (personality): abrupt, grudgeholder, indiscreet, quick humoured, short tempered, spontaneous. Any alignment
Skills (bonus): +3(Health, Energy, Focus), +3(Society), +2(Perception, Insight, Investigate, Persuade), +1(Strength, Stealth, Antiquities, Science, Deceive,Perform, Survival, Cbt-Melee, Cbt-Ranged, Cbt-Tactical), +1(Cybernetics, Genetics, Machinery, Materials, Medicine, Munitions, Neuronetics, Robotics), +1(Telepathy)
Age: 50 years at start, 500 years lifespan
Languages: you do not speak, but can read and write any three of Oos, Esti, Lart, Yardo and Zoor plus one other language.
Natural weapons: Slap (main-action, bonus-action) 1d2(hp,frc), -6(Str,min)