[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]