Rachnei

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The Rachnei:

The rachnei, or spider-folk, are creatures of fearful legend -- especially to the invae. They have the eight-limbed anatomy of spiders but stand erect, using four limbs as legs and four as arms, and are covered in thick, generally dark-colored chitin. Rachnei are powerful, intelligent predators, often found living in solitude or small clans in mountains or caves near invae hives, their preferred source of prey. They are particularly feared for the capacity of their massive webspinning glands to produce a volume of spidersilk that can immobilize a large animal in seconds.

Most Rachnei use the Xitid tongue, which is of course adapted to their vocal apparatus and difficult for others to use. There is also a gestural form of this language, Ci-Xitid, expressed in patterns of movement of the four rachnei manipulatory limbs. The rachnei lifespan is similar to that of humans, rarely exceeding eighty years.

Ygelleth, the Demon Queen of Spiders, considers all rachnei as her personal property, as with the drow, and claims to have personally created the race. Also as with the drow, not all rachnei are content with this relationship to the goddess.

/----------------------------- The Rachnei Race ------------------------------\
| Attributes                Strength                  30 to  90               |
|                           Intelligence              50 to 120               |
|                           Constitution              50 to 120               |
|                           Dexterity                 50 to 120               |
|                           Willpower                 40 to 100               |
|                           Charisma                  30 to 100               |
|                           Perception                40 to 100               |
|                           Size                      97 to 121               |
| Typical Sexes                                       Male                    |
|                                                     Female                  |
| Sex Variation in          Male                      Intelligence Min -10    |
| Attributes                                                                  |
|                                                     Intelligence Max -10    |
|                                                     Willpower Min +10       |
|                                                     Willpower Max +10       |
|                           Female                    Intelligence Min +10    |
|                                                     Intelligence Max +10    |
|                                                     Dexterity Min -10       |
|                                                     Dexterity Max -10       |
|                                                     Size Min +2             |
|                                                     Size Max +6             |
| Languages                 Native                    Xitid                   |
| Innate Skills             Tissue Hardening          20                      |
| Specialty Access          Tissue Hardening          available: degree III,  |
|                                                     required: degree I      |
|                           Killer Instinct           available: degree III   |
| Resistances               Radiation                 moderate resistance     |
| Traits                    Assimilativity            -5                      |
|                           Diet                      Carnivore               |
|                           Limb Regenerativity       1                       |
|                           Night Vision              1                       |
|                           Respiration               Spiracle                |
|                           Sentience                 Anthropic               |
|                           Speech Pattern            Insectile               |
| Cultures and Homelands    Arrakan Wildling          Arrakis                 |
|                           Freeholder                Freehold                |
|                           Losthavener               Losthaven               |
|                           Lowlander                 Halfmoon Bay            |
|                                                     Sanctuary               |
| Physical Characteristics  Anatomy                   Anthropoarachnoid       |
|                           Natural Armour            Heavy                   |
|                           Natural Weaponry          Excellent               |
|                           Other                     Bestial                 |
| Mental Characteristics    Psi                       Psychically Alien       |
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