Martian

==Martians were designed to be really damn big. If you see a guy and think "Damn, that's really damn big", it's probably a Martian.==
===Slang terms: "Martian" (now the norm), Bulls/Heffers, The Beef, Double-Stuf, Slabs, Hardbodies, Bulkheads, Swole, Thickness===
Originally developed by Omni Consumer Products, the first corporate iteration of Omni-Tek, the Martian colonial genotype was an experiment in combining the best traits of man and bull. The Martian's official designation was OCP-6, but that has been updated to Omni-6 in keeping with Omni's branding on their registered patents and trademarks.
Generally identical to a normal human, the difference between a Martian and base human is rather immediately obvious - it is one of scale and build. Put bluntly, Martians are built like bulls - heavily muscled, stocky, and about 1.5 times the size of most humans.
Some Martians display traits regressing toward bovinism, such as hammer-toes or actual hoofed toes, development of cutaneous horns, or a 'particularly long face'. Already, Martians have no cuspids - they have only incisors and flat molars - and two-chambered stomachs; it seems, as time goes on, the difference between Martian and minotaur slowly diminishes, even after ten thousand years.
===Martian Mechanics===
Martians cost 3 character benefits to create.
*+5 STR, +5 CON, +5 SIZ. Martians are enormous.
*-4 INT, -4 EDU. Martians frequently have developmental disabilities and problems of memory.
*Herbivorous. Martians cannot digest meat.
*Herd Mentality: Martians are quick to 'go with the flow' when others of their kind are concerned. This made the Martian Revolt particularly fervent, much like a cattle stampede.
*Low-Pressure All-Stars: Martians cope particularly well with extremely low temperatures and pressures. When it comes to high pressures or high temperatures, they are able to adapt as well as normal humans.
*Tireless: Martians generally do not suffer from physical exhaustion.
*Feats of Bulk: Martians possess the skill Force innately, allowing them to perform feats of strength seemingly impossible even for their impressive size. Force has a base rating equal to 2xSIZ for a Martian, and can be increased with skill points as normal. Use of the Force skill is one of very few things that can tire a Martian, if only briefly.
*Big Body, Big Hunger: Martians require approximately four to seven times as much nourishment as a normal human. Within the scope of the game, this is not really a major concern unless your character absolutely refuses to eat the paste. It's just a point of note.
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