GURPS: Remnant: Fan-made rules for adventuring in the world of RWBY

[GreatWyrmGold]

Quick little thing here.

Faunus

Remnant is mainly inhabited by humans, of quite literally all colors. However, there is also a race called the faunus. Faunus are a human-like species with animal-like features. Examples include animal ears, tusks, tails, antlers, and retractable claws.
Unfortunately, details about faunus are lacking; for instance, while most accept that they are a self-propagating race, no one knows if each subtype is a separate subrace or if two cat faunus can produce a dog faunus—and there isn't even anything saying that faunus can't arise from two human parents, which seems like a basic piece of information. That said, a few things are known. While Monty Oum has discussed the possibility of non-mammalian faunus, both his statement and an informal census the faunus seen on RWBY show that the overwhelming majority of faunus are part mammal, rather than (say) ophidian, piscene, or cephalopodian faunus. All faunus appear to possess one and only one overt animal-like anatomical characteristic (such as cat ears) and some incidental similarities (such as slightly cat-eye-shaped eyes); it is possible that faunus can have multiple characteristics (e.g, cat ears and retractable claws), but this seems improbable. It is stated that all or most faunus possess excellent night vision, and shown that their personalities tend to line up with stereotypes about "their animal".

The most well-defined characteristic of faunus is the discrimination they receive. For some time, there were attempts by humans (in at least one kingdom and possibly all) to confine faunus to an area far from the four kingdoms (for some reason), which may or may not have been implemented for an unknown amount of time before the Faunus Rights Revolution[sup]1 2[/sup]. Even in the present, discrimination against faunus survives; for instance, the Schnee Dust Corporation is alleged to exploit faunus labor (presumably more than they would exploit humans)[sup]3[/sup].
The White Fang was founded in the wake of the Faunus Rights Revolution as "a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus." Due to continued discrimination, it morphed into an organization which acted as the "voice" of the faunus. Five years ago, due to a leadership change, the White Fang went through another metamorphosis into, essentially, a terrorist group.[sup]4[/sup]

Faunus Racial Template

All faunus have the following traits: Night Vision 3 [3], Social Stigma (Minority Group) [-10], Unnatural Features[sup]5[/sup] 3 [-3]. Faunus may also have additional traits based on their physical characteristics.

Footnotes

1: Citation: RWBY Season 1, Volume 1, Episode 12, "Jauncedice Part 2".
2: I never said it was a well-defined characteristic, just that it was better-defined than the others.
3: Citation: RWBY Season 1, Volume 1, Episode 2, "The Shining Beacon".
4: Citation: RWBY Season 1, Volume 1, Episode 16, "Black and White".
5: Given how faunus physical features vary greatly between individuals—even between ones of the same general "type" (e.g, cat faunus may have ears or claws)—this disadvantage applies.