Kik (Character Kit)

Kik (Raider)
The Kik are thri-kreen who have turned from hunting to raiding. As the most likely of the thri-kreen to have eaten the flesh of sapients and acquired a taste for elves, the Kik are barbaric in many ways (though they are not as feral as the trin). Since these raiders are the most likely to have come into contact with humanoids, these unpredictable and savage thri-kreen are what most others expect the mantis folk to be.
Character Class: A fighter, psionicist, or fighter/psionicist can be a Kik. Renegade gladiators often join Kik packs.
Role: Lack of prey, or a pack tradition of raiding, has led this thri-kreen from the purity of the hunt into predatory attacks on other sapients. The raider cares mostly for survival, of self and of clutchmate. A Kik is typically chaotic neutral in alignment; none are good, and few are lawful. A Kik usually cares little for non-kreen law or custom.
While some thri-kreen turn away from the pure hunt only temporarily, the Kik has turned away to raiding as a way of life. The Kik eats sapients; the rest of the world is prey. However, the clutch is still sacred: the Kik fights a clutchmate or a packmate only under unusual circumstances or in a challenge for dominance.
Mote: A Kik is not the only thri-kreen who eats the flesh of elves and other sapients; merely the most likely to do so.
Weapon Proficiencies: Proficiencies with gythka and zerka are required. A starting Kik can use non-kreen weapons, as raiders are assumed to have been exposed to humanoid culture.
Nonweapon Proficiencies: The proficiencies for the Kik are
as follows.
* Bonus Proficiency: None.
* Required Proficiencies: Hunting, survival.
* Recommended: Endurance, set snares, sign language, tracking, weaponsmithing (kreen).
* Barred: Spellcraft, swimming (never available). Equipment: The Kik is not restricted to the equipment nor-
mally available through a thri-kreen pack; non-kreen equipment is assumed to have been taken in raids.
Special Benefits: A Kik has the standard thri-kreen racial
benefits.
Special Hindrances: Due to the subtle (and not-so-subtle) cues given out by Kik, they are easily identified as aggressive predators. Besides the normal prejudices faced by thri-kreen, Kik receive a + 2 penalty to reaction rolls when encountering anyone except a member of their own raiding pack (kek) or clutch. In addition, since they have concentrated on the raid over the hunt, Kik suffer a —1 penalty to their hunting proficiency score.
Wealth Options: The Kik receives the standard amount of wealth for the character class. Money, though rare, is allowed.