Terran

*Homo Sapiens Sapiens*

### **Physical Description:**

Terrans are bipedal hominids, descended from great apes that also reside on their homeworld. They have the same general form as most other sentient
species in the Known Universe, with two legs, two arms, a pair of eyes, ect... Terrans only have significant hair on their head. morepronounced among males, similar to dwarves, as humans males can grow
a variety of mustaches, beards and unusual facial hair. While not
overly prevalent as opposed to dwarves, human males that do not take
care of their appearance or are generally hard workers have unkempt
“5 o'clock shadow”, while other take great care to have a beautiful face full of hair. Females however take great care in
removing those facial hair, unlike dwarven women. Hair colour ranges
from black to light blonde, with older members of the species
generally experiencing a change in the hair colour to a grayish tone.
Skin colour is also quite varied, ranging from light peach to brown
to almost ebony black, depending on the country of origin of the
specific Terran, as those who live closer to their planet equator
tend to have darker skin. Terrans generally wear clothes that cover
most of their bodies, but those clothes vary just as much as the
cultural background of the particular Terran. As most Terrans outside
of Earth and it's various colonies are part of the military, some
erroneously believe that uniforms are standard for all Terrans.
Terrans are rather short lived, even with advanced technology, with
them generally retiring in their seventies.

### **Society:**

Terrans
society is built around a fairly recently instated (in the last 150
years) global government, the Terran Confederacy, after the last
“World War” and the Protectorate invasion of their homeworld.
Terrans enjoy a lot of freedom built in a constitution which
guarantees basic rights, freedoms and duties of the citizens of the
Confederacy. The political world of the Terrans is meandering and
unforgiving, as political parties and alliances form and fall apart
every few years. The only strong, permanent political powers standing
in the Democratic Socialist Alliance, the Republican Reformist Party
and the Monarchist Militarist Party, who have been the three most
important powers in the Confederacy since its inception.

 Terrans are
monogamous culturally, even though many of them are known to cheat on
their wife and husband, sometimes to no or limited penalties. Humans
have been known to be quite “adventurous” in regards to their
love life as well. While biologically omnivore, some Terrans have
been known to become herbivore, sometimes for health reasons,
religious reasons or because of a strange sense of kinship many
Terrans feel toward their animals. Terrans often have pets,
preferring small felines or canines, and often they are not to used
for work, simply company. Terrans also have cultural affinity towards
physical activity and sport, but sometimes only enjoying watching it
and “cheering for the home team”

### **Relations:**

 Terrans are
generally regarded as a Client Race of the Elven Star Empire, but if
you were to ask Terrans, they would tell you that it is far more
complicated then that. They enjoy very good relation with the Star
Empire and are not involved in the Galactic Cold War, trading with
the Allied Kingdoms as needed. They also have a wonderful relation
with the Baal'Ken Hordes, which is generally regarded as a Client
Race of the Allied Kingdom, as both of them are recent new star
traveler and repelled an attack from the Protectorate.

 On the other
hand, the Protectorate and the Hu Syndicates have a hatred for
Terrans as they were the original cause of their fall in power in the
region. The Democratic Socialist Allied Planets of Korren also
dislike Terrans due to their support for the old So'Dar Guilds and
the fact they took many refugees from their nation as it converted
over to the new regime. The active Terran traders make some of the
Dwarven Clans uneasy due to how shrewd their merchants sometimes are,
but as Terrans would rather buy ore and refined goods rather then the
Hu premade biological technology, the Clans enjoy this uptick in
trade after centuries of weaker trade.

 Generally, people
regard Terrans as shrewd, down to earth kind of people, with a desire
to have things be simple and straightforward rather then overly
complex. They are militaristic and expansionist, but generally
because of historical reasons and as a mean to allow their youth to
have more opportunities for growing. Terrans have an instinctive
hatred for corruption after their last World War, but they also are
driven to success whatever the cost when need be.

### **Adventurers:**

Many
Terrans join their military, the Confederate United Forces, in their
youth in order to gain access to the free higher education it
provides or as a simple career choice. Some of those military men and
women sometimes leave the military and become independent
contractors. Other choose to follow a discipline where they end up
becoming adventurers, like archaeologists, xenologists or deep space
prospectors. As the Confederate government has no real limitation
over its population, some just become adventurers for fun or to
escape poverty.

## Standard Racial Traits:

**Size and Type:** Terrans
are medium humanoids with the Human sub-type.

**Ability score modifier:** Terrans
gain a +2 to any Ability of the player choice

**Hit Points:** Terrans are
average in terms of health, starting the game with 4 Racial HP.

**Bonus Feat:** Terrans gain
1 additional feat at level 1.

**Terran Specialization:** Terran
education is generalized, but most humans end up specialized in a
particular field over their education. They gain a +2 racial bonus to
2 class skills of their choice.

**Theme Specialization:** As
Terrans become specialized, they also begin identifying very closely
with their chosen profession. Terrans gain an additional +1 to the
Ability bonus they gain from their Theme.

### Nicknames

Round-ears (from Elves), Smooth face (towards women, generally from dwarves), Apes (common amongst Baal'Ken and the Protectorate), Bulks (amongst Elves, Gnomes and Dwarves, referring to the "bulkiness" of Terrans compared to Elves)