Phaethon

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Rarity: Very Unusual
Plural: Phaethon
Collective Term: a blaze of phaethon
Anatomy: Winged Anthropoid
Sexes:
    Neuter: Very Unusual
    Male: Very Common
    Female: Very Common
    Hermaphrodite: Unusual
Harm Skills:
    Anatomy       31%
    Empathy       20%
    Intimidation  20%
    Politics      12%
    Law            8%
    Torture        8%

The phaethon are a fascinating and unusual race. They are said to have once been a tribe of danaan who trafficked much with beings of elemental Fire. In a great work of magic, they were all radically transformed, and took a new name for themselves from the being who had worked the change. A phaethon resembles a particularly tall, thin, sharp-featured elf with coppery skin and fiery red eyes. Most striking, though, are the fire-sheathed wings that sprout from their backs, which they are known for using to burn their opponents in combat. Phaethon are stronger and more sturdy than their dana kin, but have lost many of the gifts of the danaan, mentally and otherwise; however, they have gained others of their own. Typical of this is that they have lost their nightvision, but that the light cast by their fiery wings removes the need for it.

Phaethon have a great degree of tolerance for fire and heat, though they can still be burned; they also have great difficulty with cold and water. Even the touch of water brings them pain. As well, they retain the fey vulnerability to iron, in greater degree if anything. They live in a great variety of climes despite these things, however, and are relatively gregarious. They still speak Sperethiel, and have also, interestingly enough, formed close alliances with the Pixies, and speak Aelvalie fluently. Their lives are much shorter than those of danaan, a mere 500 years on average, but they often seem to live more fiercely.

/-------------------------- The Phaethon Race -------------------Start-------\
| Attributes                Strength                 30 to  90     50        |
|                           Intelligence             40 to 100     60        |
|                           Constitution             30 to  90     50        |
|                           Dexterity                60 to 100     73        |
|                           Willpower                60 to 100     73        |
|                           Charisma                 50 to 110     70        |
|                           Perception               40 to 100     60        |
|                           Size                     37 to  57     44        |
| Points                                                          127        |
| Typical Sexes                                      Neuter                  |
|                                                    Male                    |
|                                                    Female                  |
|                                                    Hermaphrodite           |
| Languages                 Native                   Sperethiel              |
| Innate Skills             Fire affinity            30                      |
|                           Flight                   10                      |
|                           Eructation               5                       |
| Specialty Access          Fire Affinity            available: degree X,    |
|                                                    bonus: degree I         |
|                           Heat Affinity            available: degree X,    |
|                                                    bonus: degree I         |
|                           Flight                   available: degree II    |
|                           Pyraturgy                available: degree I,    |
|                                                    bonus: degree I,        |
|                                                    accumulative only       |
|                           Swimming                 forbidden: degree I     |
| Resistances               Temporal                 very strong resistance  |
| Traits                    Assimilativity           -5                      |
|                           Diet                     Incendivore             |
|                           Genetic Integrity        -2                      |
|                           Luminescence             1                       |
|                           Sentience                Anthropic               |
|                           Somatic Adaptability     2                       |
|                           Speech Pattern           Fiery                   |
| Cultures and Homelands    Faedraki                 Faedrak                 |
|                           Freeholder               Freehold                |
|                           Losthavener              Losthaven               |
|                           Lowlander                Halfmoon Bay            |
|                                                    Sanctuary               |
|                           Talantonite              the Shadow Tower        |
|                           Tenochlani Wildling      Tenochlan               |
| Physical Characteristics  Anatomy                  Winged Anthropoid       |
|                           Natural Weaponry         Superb                  |
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