DRAETHOS

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Draethos possessed large teeth, which grew outside of their mouths in what appeared to be an overbite. They also had no lips, further exaggerating the appearance of an overbite. Their scaly skin ranged in color from blue to purple to black. Their hands retained an interstitial web between the fingers. Their fingers ended in narrow tips which resembled claws. They possessed low-light vision, springing from their cave-dwelling ancestors.

The Draethos could live to be a thousand years and older. Despite their long lives, their childhood was quite short. They matured quickly, grew out of adolescence at 18, then enjoyed a healthy adulthood which lasted approximately four hundred years. At four hundred a Draethos was considered middle aged. It was not until age seven hundred that a Draethos was considered elderly.

Draethos, warrior and intellectual alike, possessed telepathy, including the ability to communicate with any sentient being in a radius of approximately five hundred meters. The ability was limited to communication; a Draethos could not invade the thoughts of others.

Partly due to their long lives, Draethos society was slow to evolve and relied heavily on tradition. The Draethos was a warrior culture. Those living on the home world were expected to demonstrate their martial or hunting prowess. Life on Draethos was harsh, with arrogant aristocrats squabbling among one another for social standing and wealth. Warriors were perpetually in high demand as gladiators, mercenaries, hunters, and soldiers.

Pacifistic philosophies were despised on Draethos. Those who made a conscious decision to abandon the way of the warrior were exiled to seek a new life among aliens. Therefore, paradoxically, despite their reputation as fierce combatants, most Draethos encountered off-world were peaceful and intellectual.

Draethos traveling off-world were usually exiles who chose not to become warriors as their culture demanded and thus were highly intelligent and pacifistic. They were usually enthralled with learning as much as they could, even if they might never apply their detailed knowledge of a given subject. The stability of the Draethos culture caused exiled Draethos to have troubles while understanding the complex and relatively rapid changes in other societies.

**DRAETHOS SPECIES TRAITS**

• • +2 Int, -2 Cha

• • Medium-size: Draethos have no special modifiers due to their size.

• • Base speed is 10 meters

• • Telepathy: A Draethos can communicate telepathically with any number of sentient beings within 5oo meters. A being that wishes to resist telepathic contact with a Draethos must make a Will Save (TN 10 + the Draethos’s Wisdom Modifier). A successful saving throw denies the Draethos telepathic contact, although the character in question knows that something has attempted to contact them. The Draethos can continue to attempt to establish contact the target for as long as they are in range. All beings who receive telepathic communication preceve the message in their own native language.

• • Low-Light Vision: Draethos’s ignore concealment (but not total concealment) from darkness.

• • Draethos gain a +1 Natural Armor bonus to Damage Reduction

• • Endurance: Draethos gain the Endurance Feat at character creation.

• • Automatic languages: Draethos