Te-ra

Te-ra

Te-ra are humanoids with bulky, armored, thick, wormlike bodies. They possess two skinny arms, two pairs of thin slanted eyes (one pair on top of the other), fleshy hoods over their heads, sharp backswept ears, and hairless skin. They are an ancient, patient race with powerful magical abilities. Their arms are almost vestigial, disproportionately small for their body and emerging from the torso. Their vulnerable head sits couched in a fleshy pocket surrounded by an armored hood. They see themselves as the shepherds of sentient life and often take a great interest in the well-being of other races.

Though they live in secluded cities and are highly secretive, they are occasionally magnanimous enough to venture forth and aid other societies. Many serve in positions of power as advisors for political figures, and their services always attract the highest price. A te-ra’s sins of choice are pride and ignorance through arrogance. They see themselves as above other races and fail to see the simple things in life. Many te-ra develop the curious habit of hoarding money or becoming obsessed with the acquisition of currency. Still, they are a polite people and very even tempered.

Te-ra have exceedingly long lifespans. It is believed that their elderly will have seen several centuries pass before they die. As such, te-ra are slow to decide things and slower still to act, but when they commit themselves to a course they are generally quite set in their ways. They are profoundly wise but also deeply intolerant of the more impulsive races who do not understand the value of planning or waiting. They have antagonistic relationships with gnomes and humans in particular, who seem to be running towards their deaths as fast as they can. Elves and te-ra have a mutual respect because they both see the rise and fall of kingdoms belonging to the less enduring races.

While te-ra are not a particularly savage species, they can be rather cruel when provoked. They never forget a sleight and will repay it ten-fold in time. There is a tale of a gnome who played a prank on a particularly vindictive te-ra, and it was not until the days of that gnome’s great-grandchildren that the te-ra got his revenge. The te-ra’s vengeance involved a complex and debilitating curse that dammed his entire lineage with disgusting deformities.

## Racial Traits

* Ability Score Racial Traits (1): Te-ra are an ancient race with great wisdom and are conditioned for life in harsh environments; however, their arms are surprisingly weak.  Te-ra characters get +2 Wisdom, +2 Intelligence, and -2 Strength.
* Size (0): Te-ra are are are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
* Type (3): Te-ra count as monstrous humanoids with the te-ra subtype for any effect related to race.
* Base Speed (0): Te-ra have a base speed of 20 feet. They can shimmy and slither agilely for something of their bulk but are slower than their human counterparts.
* Languages (1): Te-ra begin play speaking Common and Te-ra. Te-ra with high Intelligence scores can choose any languages they want (except secret languages, such as Druidic).
* Legless (-3): Te-ra are legless and cannot be tripped. This race does not have a foot slot. In addition, te-ra gain a -4 penalty on Acrobatics checks.
* Natural Armor (3): Te-ra have +2 natural armor due to their thick armored hides.
* Ancient Magic (6): Te-ra practice an ancient form of magic that is unique to them. They gain a +2 racial bonus on caster level checks made to overcome spell resistance and a +2 racial bonus on caster level checks made to dispel. In addition, te-ra can use detect magic as a constant spell-like ability. The caster level of the spell-like ability is equal to the te-ra’s character level.
* Darkvision (0): Te-ra are monstrous humanoids and, as such, have darkvision 60 feet.

Racial Points: 10

## Random Te-ra Starting Ages

(316 - 346 years) | +10d6 years

1 This category includes barbarians, oracles, rogues, and sorcerers.

2 This category includes bards, cavaliers, fighters, gunslingers, paladins, rangers, summoners, and witches.

3 This category includes alchemists, clerics, druids, inquisitors, magi, monks, and wizards.

## Random Te-ra Height and Weight

(7’0-8’6) | 320 | +2d10x5 lbs
(6’7-8’1) | 285 | +2d10x5 lbs

Please keep in mind that while a te-ra’s length is longer than that of a typical medium sized creature they generally keep about 25-50% of their length on the ground, setting their height about equal to that of a human.

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