Roaches

The Roaches are an insectoid race that usually inhabit underground rooms of abandoned castles or manors. They are greatly irrtated by light and breathe through the tracheal system (Oxygen directly supplied to cells through pores on the body) and thus cannot come into contact with any substantial body of water.
PrayingMantis.jpg|A very small specimen feeding
==Appearance==
Roaches are usually incredibly gifted in copying the form of humans, usually after devouring one they become able to "wear its skin". However, they struggle to copy the human mouth and jaw and will always have insectoid mouthparts regardless of the form they take. The true form of a Roach is that of a large chitinous half humanoid half insectoid creature.
The lower half of their body is dominated by an enormous abdomen, which females use to hold their eggs before they hatch and burst from her body, usually killing her instantly. Four simple legs sprout from this abdomen, these legs lack hands or any other appendages and have no purpose other than for walking.
The top half of a Roach is not dissimilar to the torso of a humanoid, albeit with vestigial wings sprouting from the back and the head similar to that of a cockroach or fly, depending on the gender (male corresponding to cockroach, female corresponds to fly).
==Diet and Social structure==
Roaches subsist on whatever food they can find, trash, vegetables, human flesh, anything that can be digested by their incredibly powerful intestines, they'll eat. Very few Roaches take the time to learn magic, as it requires great amounts of time on the surface under the blinding light of the sun to learn, however, it is not unheard of and there are many "mystics" in their culture. A Roach will usually specialize in Carnemancy as it is both important to their religion and useful in tracking and subduing prey. They usually stick together in small, tightly woven communities, usually originating, living, and dying in their home cave or basement without ever leaving the den. Roaches are commonly regarded as the most sadistic creatures in all of Kritana, and they take no greater pleasure than toying with their dying prey, and have incredible knowledge about how to cause pain in a variety of creatures with the degree of knowledge varying from specimin to specimin.
==Rules for playing a Roach==
-Stay the hell away from water! Falling into water will most always be fatal!
-You may take the form of any humanoid, but you are unable to copy the mouth and jawline, so either deal with being easily recognizable or cover it up somehow
-Light is your enemy! Daylight disorients Roaches and makes them incredibly irritable. When in the light you should have a strong compulsion to seek shade, preferably somewhere dark and damp.
Category:Races