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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 4253663" data-attributes="member: 21938">A pak'ma'ra, eh?  Why does the idea of a pak'ma'ra scientist make me think of Doctor Zoidberg? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Actually, it would work quite well for the cover story - that of Quantium-40 buyers on a lawless fringe world. The pak'ma'ra are great traders of Q-40 and are commonly found in the worst places of the universe (partly because they don't care about such things and partly because they tend not to get invited to the nice parts).The first pak'ma'ra allowed into the Rangers (in 2262) was trained in infiltration techniques since the effective invisibility of the pak'ma'ra made it ideally suited to covert courier missions. Who would suspect it, and who would want to go near it?[sblock="pak'ma'ra stats"]In game terms, pak'ma'ra get the following:-2 Dex, +4 Con, -2 Cha.Medium size.Base speed 20 ft.+2 Stealth and Subterfuge, may always treat these as class skills.+2 Intrigue used to gather information.+2 Investigate used to search an area.Great Fortitude feat for free.Immune to many common diseases, poisons and some toxic atmospheres.Fluency (English) - understand only, need a translator unit to converse in non-pak'ma'ra languages.Fluency (pak'ma'ra)You can also elect to take the Stench feat at 1st level, which causes all within 10 ft. to make a Concentration check or be sickened, plus gives a Charisma bonus to other pak'ma'ra. However, this would also affect allies as it is a permanent effect...[/sblock][sblock="Scientist stats"]Scientist game rules:Initial hit points: 5+ Con modifierInitial skill points (8+Int modifier) x4Class skills: Computer Use (Int), Concentration (Con), Investigate (Int), Knowledge (any) (Int), Linguistics (Int), Medical (Int), Profession (white collar) (Int), Technical (any) (Int).Proficient with pistol weaponsStarting money 2400 creditsMental Agility: may make Operations, Knowledge and Technical checks untrained.Primary Area of Study: select Medical, Linguistics, any one Knowledge or any one Technical skill as primary area of study. Add class levels to this skill.1d4 Influence in area related to primary study+0 BABFort +0, Ref +0, Will +2+0 base defence[/sblock]</blockquote>

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