SPRIGGAN (Small Umbral [Under World/Else World])
CLAN AFFINITIES
Defenses: Will
Skills: Athletics (Str), Guile (Int), Might (Str), Reaction (Agl), Recall (Int), Stealth (Agl)
Proficiencies: Cosmology, Build, an Expertise
RACIAL QUALITIES [7]
Visual: Star Sight (Senses, Low-Light Vision, Feature [Protection from Bright Light], Noticeable [Solid Black Third Eyelid when using Star Sight], Sustained) [1]
Auditory: Shade Hearing (Senses, Accurate, Noticeable [Wide Pointy Ears]) [1]
Blur: You can blur into your surroundings gaining concealment (Concealment 1, Visual, Auditory, Blurring, Passive) [1]
Grow: You can grow bigger than normal (Growth 1, Increased Action: Move, Check Required 1 [Easy, DC 10 for Growth 2]) [1]
Natural Leaper: You can make prodigious leaps, far more than even a skilled athlete and land safely from great heights (Leaping 1 [Rank -1], Feature: Safe Fall (Limited: Distance Rank 1, 60ft), Noticeable: Big Feet) [1]
Empath: You can read another character’s mind for emotions and emotional associations, and draw sustenance from strong emotions (Mind Reading 1, Feature: Strong Emotions count as food and water, Limited [Emotions], Quirk: Must touch to gain sustenance) [1]
Longevity: Once you reach maturity you age at a slower rate, and have a longer lifespan. In addition, you gain Resistance against Aging effects (Immunity, Aging 1, Half Effect) [1/2]
Hunt: Rather than sleep, you can hunt, scavenge, scrounge, or train. You need half as much rest as other races to gain the same benefits. In addition, you gain Resistance against Sleep effects (Immunity, Sleep 1, Half Effect) [1/2]
Shade Traits: Choose 2 Shade Traits that define you, each tied to an emotion and offering a particular benefit. Your appearance is always affected by your chosen traits. You also take an additional hubris at 1st level from one of those suggested by your Shade Traits. The PP awarded by this hubris is already spent on this racial ability (Hubris) [1]
Iron Sensitivity: You gain Sensitivity against Iron (Vulnerability, Iron 2, Half Effect) [-1]
Variations: Some Spriggans are more bizarre and startling than others, gaining an additional 1 power point to spend on Shade Traits but also gain the negative Racial Edge below [0]
- Benefit (Startling): You suffer -1 Disadvantage to interactions with creatures who are not from the Umbral Tribe [-1]
CULTURAL QUALITIES [3]
Languages: Common, Goblinoid or Umbral [0]
Skills: 2 Heritage Ranks each to any 2 Affinity Skills available to this Clan [2]
Proficiencies: 2 Heritage Ranks each to any 2 Affinity Proficiencies available to this Clan [1]
CLAN DESCRIPTION
Description: Spriggans average between two and three feet tall, but can grow larger, with sinewy to brawny builds, and skin and hair shades much like humans, though darker shades are common in both, some might even have shades of red, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, or grey instead, and eye colors of violet, blue, gray, red, amber, or yellow typically, that become solid black when using their Star Sight. Spriggans also have wide pointy ears and wide mouths with sharp pointy teeth and bestial like facial features, and have noticeably big feet and strong legs. Spriggans tend to have various features depending on their Shade Traits. Facial and body hair can average from non existent to thick, and some may even have fur or other animal or plant like features or traits.
