Hymn

A Hymn council

An ancient and mysterious race from the cold, dark, reaches of space. They have uplifted humanity for mysterious reasons.

## Background

In the depths of space, humanity first discovered a strange signal that came to be known as "The Hymn". Before long, a dark vessel appeared in the orbit of a mining station, carrying with it enigmatic entities that soon became known as "The Hymn".

Despite humanity's initial confusion, they soon realized that The Hymn possessed technologies far beyond their own. As time passed, The Hymn made contact with humanity, offering their knowledge and advanced technology in exchange for raw materials and protection.

##### **Aphasic Refugees**

Mysterious and inscrutable, The Hymn's motives remain unclear. Some speculate that they are ancient patrons, observing humanity's development from afar and choosing to intervene only when necessary. Others believe that The Hymn are a force of nature, emerging only when the universe requires their intervention.

Regardless of their true nature, humanity has come to rely on The Hymn's advanced technology. With their help, humanity has made great strides in the fields of hard light manipulation, warp drives, and advanced shielding technologies.

While many question The Hymn's true intentions, they have proven to be valuable allies to humanity, introducing them to a new era of technological advancement. Whether The Hymn will continue to aid humanity or retreat back into the shadows remains to be seen.

##### Tall and Intelligent

The Hymn are slender and tall, with elongated arms and long, claw-like fingers. Their faces are short and hollow, with sharp, contrasting features. Their skin is taut and can range in color from pure white to dark blue.

Like humans, the Hymn dress themselves and use various tools. They tend to wear only light vests or clothing over their chests, often leaving most of their skin exposed.

## Hymn Traits

* ***Age***. Hymns reach adulthood after 60 years and can, biologically, live up to 300 years.
* ***Tags***. You are tagged as biological, as alien and as humanoid.
* ***Alignment***. The Hymn prefer a more logical and orderly approach due to their sophisticated intelligence, and tend to not involve themselves in the concerns of others. A Hymn tends to be lawful neutral.
* ***Size***. The Hymn are all slender and tall in build, easily reaching 7ft, up to 9 ft tall. Regardless of your position, in that range, your size is Medium.
* ***Hit*** ***Points***. Your starting hp equals to 10 plus your constitution modifier, plus 1 hit point per level beyond the first.
* ***Speed***. Your base walking speed is 30ft per round.
* ***Ability*** ***Score*** ***Increase***. Your intelligence score increases by 2.
* ***Languages***. You can speak, write and read both English and Hymn.
* ***Apathy***. You can advantage on saving throws against being charmed or losing sanity.
* ***Skill Proficiencies***. You gain proficiency in the *science* and *architecture* skills.
* ***Scientific*** ***Endeavor***. You gain 2 extra Feature Points which you may spend in one of the following enigmatic archetypes: Scientist, Shaper, Controller, Illusionist or Battlesmith. If you take a feature using these points, it does not count to your archetype maximum.
* ***Hardlight*** ***Mastery***. As inventors of advanced holographic technology, the Hymn have grown accustomed to holograms and seeing through them. When making a perception or investigation check to see if an object is of enigmatic origin, you gain advantage.
* ***Uplift*** *(1AP).* Once per sleep-rest, you can temporarily uplift a creature that can hear you.  As long as the creature has less Intelligence score than you, they gain 1d6 inspiration.

                           ~Dikkbott ┗(･ω･;)┛;