DWARKA
TRAITS:
Type: Insectoid Lifeform
Size: Medium (about 1 unit)
Speed: 5 units
Lift: 12
The Dwarka are the only native species in Deadstar to maintain control of their homeplanet. The dominant society of Chameiro, the Dwarka hive closely resembles human society, with sophisticated hierarchy and relative individualism.
The Dwarka’s reclusive nature and adversarial relationship with humanoids makes cataloguing the specifics of their society difficult. It is, however, well documented that Dwarka are natural miners. They construct vast underground tunnels that serve first as resource extraction and then as real estate for infrastructure and engineering.
Short and dense with a chitin shell exterior, the Dwarka are naturally built to defend. Their fleshy interior is pale and soft, not unlike human skin. Dwarkan eyes protrude from the top of their heads in the form of long opposable antenna-like limbs.
FOUR-ARMED:
You’re able to deploy up to two (2) two-handed weapons at a time or four (4) one-handed weapons at a time (You may still make only one (1) attack per major action).
CHITIN:
You have built-in armor, giving you a Damage Threshold [DT] of four (4) (you count as always being armored). This armor has a Condition [CD] equal to your current Health Point [HP] total. If SHREDDED, this armor regrows during a Breather.
HIVEMIND:
You may communicate with other insectoid lifeforms using pheromones.
NIGHTVISION:
You do not receive the BLIND status in DARKNESS.