AvP: Yautja

**Name**: Yautja
**Dice**: 12D
**Dexterity**: 1D / 4D+2
**Knowledge**: 1D / 3D
**Mechanical**: 1D / 4D+1
**Perception**: 1D / 3D
**Strength**: 1D+1 / 5D+1
**Technical**: 1D / 4D

**Move**: 12 / 16
**Size**: 2.0 - 2.8 m
**Weight**: 100 - 250 kg
**Starting Age**: 200 - 300 years
**Lifespan**: 1,000+ years

**Special Abilities**:

* The yautja have a tough skin, which affords them some protection to attacks. Physical Damage Resistance +1D.
* Energy Resistances. For yautja, boiling water gets uncomfortable after five minutes, nearly invulnerable to electricity and to radiation. Fire Damage Resistance +2D; Energy Damage Resistance +2D; Radiation Damage Resistance +2D.
* During Character Creation, new Yautja characters gain a +1D to the following skills: Climbing/Jumping, First Aid, Intimidation, Search, Sneak, and Survival
* Yautja can jump very high and run fast, even when loaded down with weapons and trophies. Yautja can jump up to three times their height, and can fall ten times their height and land on their feet. Jump rolls +1D.
* Yautja can hear a whisper up to 50 feet away. Sound based Search rolls +1D.
* Atmospheric Intolerance: Yautja breathe 1% more oxygen, and 4% more nitrogen than humans. They can adapt to earth's natural gasses, but it could only last for 1 week at the most. For every 10 minutes for which a Yautja goes without using a breather, their physical attributes reduce (Dexterity and Strength) by 1 pip. Spending 10 rounds on a breather will return 1 pip lost from each of the physical attributes.
* Language: The Yautja have a verbal language of clicks and chirps and are capable of mimicking other verbal languages to a degree. They do pick up languages quickly, however without formally studying the language.
* Infrared Vision: Yautja can only see in one spectrum of light, infrared.
* No Wealth: Yautja have no concept of wealth. Their superior technology is earned, not bought.
* Non-Yautja Are Prey: The Yautja see all non-yautja as prey. They cannot overcome this and don’t socially deal well with other races, as such they have a –2D penalty to all social interaction rolls with other races.

**Description**

*"What the hell are you?"*

―Dutch to the Jungle Hunter

The Yautja, known colloquially as the Predators, are an extraterrestrial species characterized by their hunting of other dangerous species for sport and honor, including humans. The Yautja are a sentient, humanoid race that breathe an atmosphere similar to that of Earth's, but possess a level of technological advancement far in excess of anything available to humans. The Predators stalk and kill their prey using a combination of highly advanced technology, such as active camouflage and energy weapons, combined with traditional ancient weapons, such as blades, spears and nets. The Predators often ritualistically mutilate their victims and usually claim a trophy from their kills. Capable of interstellar travel in star ships, the Predators have hunted on Earth for centuries and have also had prior contact with the Engineers. They have been known to deliberately breed Xenomorphs in order to hunt them, often as part of initiation rituals for young Predators.

**Source**:

* Xenopedia: Yautja
* Alien Species Wiki: Yautja
* Predator: Cazador de Trofoes (pages 8-10)
* thedemonapostle