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 | \-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/