[Space] [Templates] Really Alien Aliens II: Empire of Pain

[SydneyFreedberg]

Finally, the long-suffering Spitslugs, where I made fewer changes:
- Altered racial reputation to purely negative, dropping 10 points from cost. (I’d given them a bonus from their former & current masters, but that’s too optimistic a view of the Trinocs and Fomori).
- Revised acid-spitting attack & added customization options under Common Optional Traits.
- Added a perk to emphasize they’re not actually slimy, despite their resemblance to slugs.

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Spitslug (16 points)

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Attributes:
DX-2 [-40]
IQ -1 [-20]
HT +2 [20]

Secondary Characteristic Modifiers:
Will +3 [+15]
Basic Move -2 [-10]
Extra Hit Points x5 [+10]

Advantages:
360 Vision (eyestalks) [20]
Arm DX (both arms) x3 [48]
Fearlessness x1 [+2]
Fit: Very Fit [15]
Flexibility [5]
High Manual Dexterity x2 [10]
High Pain Threshold [10]
Injury Tolerance: No Neck [5]
Innate Attack: Corrosion 2d (Jet; Low Signature; Takes Extra Time: 2 seconds; Takes Recharge: 5 seconds; affects organic material only) [10]
Nictating Membrane x2 [2]
Universal Digestion [5]
Perk: Not slimy or cold to the touch — actually dry, warm, and surprisingly snuggly: +2 with mammals who have snuggled a Spitslug [1]

Disadvantages:
Odious Racial Habit: eat carrion & garbage [-10]
Short Arms x2 [-10]
Chummy [-5]
Hard of Hearing [-10]
Hidebound [-5]
Incurious (self-control 12) [-5]
Invertebrate [-20]
No Sense of Humor [-10]
No legs: slithers [0]
Sense of Duty: baby Spitslugs [-5]
Truthfulness [-5]
Weak Bite [-2]
Reputation: dimwitted lackeys of the Trinoc & Fomorian empires (-3, almost everyone but Trinocs and Fomori) [-10]

Taboo Traits: Charisma, Empathy, Talent:Smooth Operator, Squeamish

Common optional traits:
These traits are NOT part of the racial template but are included as suggestions for individual characters
Additional Fearlessness [2/level]
Modified Innate Attack: reduce Extra Time to 1 second [+2] or increase Extra Time by 1 second [-2]; increase damage to 3d [+5] or reduce damage to 1d [-5]
Single-Minded [5]
Talent: Artificer [10/level]
Unfazeable [15]
Callous [-5]
Clueless [-10]
Gullibility [-10]
Honesty [-10]
Incurious with lower self-control [varies]
Oblivious [-5]
Selfless [-5]
Stubbornness [-5]
Diaspora Spitslugs: Social Stigma: Minority [-10]
Spitslugs from the Fomori Empire: Subjugated [-20] -or- Enemy: former masters [varies]

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by SydneyFreedberg

Finally, the long-suffering Spitslugs, where I made fewer changes

Not to keep picking on the spitslug template but . . .

Do they have Injury Tolerance (No Groin)? This seems logical, but if you don't want to give them that trait, just redefine "groin" as some body part that's hard to hit but highly sensitive to pain.

Demote the perk to a feature. I doesn't actually give the species any benefits.

[SydneyFreedberg]

That's a fair point. Rather than repost the whole template, I edited the post above... to keep that trait as a 1-point Perk but to add it gives them +2 to anyone who's snuggled a Spitslug... which should meet the qualification of " a modest bonus (up to +2) to an attribute, skill, or reaction roll in relatively rare circumstances."