Here is a race I'm working on for my campaign. The race is based on the insectoid race from star wars by the same name, with some liberties taken to fit system and my campaign needs. I won't bore you with the campaign specific details, I would like some feedback on the game mechanics.
KILLIK
This insectoid race typically has a communal society, and they rarely leave their hives. Those who live in the hive long enough develop mental contact with the hive mind. Those who have been separated lose this ability, but retain some portion of a telepathic connection they can use on their enemies or allies.
RACIAL TRAITS:
Average Height: 5’2” – 6’6”
Average Weight: 80 – 160
Ability Scores: +2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution
Size: Medium
Speed: 6 Squares
Vision: Low-light
Languages: Common, Deep Speech
Skill Bonuses: +2 Dungeoneering, +2 Insight
Armored Chitin: You gain a +2 armor bonus to AC, and a +2 racial bonus to Fortitude. You lose these bonuses when you are first bloodied in an encounter. You regain the bonuses after a short or extended rest.
Mental Anticipation: You may use the mental anticipation power once per encounter.
Psychic Resistance: You have resist psychic 5 + one-half your level.
Mental Anticipation - Killik Racial Power
You sense your opponent’s motives before he raises his weapon and act quickly.
Encounter
Immediate Interrupt - Personal
Trigger: You are hit by an enemy attack.
Effect: You may make a basic attack against the triggering enemy.
Play a Killik if you want…
• to be agile and resilient
• to have been once part of a hive mind
• to be a member of a race that favors barbarian, fighter, monk, ranger, rogue, or warlock.
(…and if you like palindromes)
HEROIC FEATS:
Curse of the Killik Ancestors
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, warlock, warlock’s curse class feature
Benefit: When you curse a target, the target suffers a -1 penalty to fortitude until he is no longer cursed.
Hunter’s Anticipation
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, mental anticipation racial power, ranger, hunter’s quarry class feature
Benefit: If the target of mental anticipation is your quarry, you may apply your hunter’s quarry damage to the target, even if you have already applied it this turn.
Improved Armored Chitin
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, armored chitin racial power
Benefit: You do not lose the bonus from armored chitin until you are reduced to 0 hit points for the first time in an encounter.
Killik Hive Concert
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, any primal class
Benefit: You gain a +2 feat bonus to damage rolls against enemies that have two or more of your allies adjacent to them.
Mental Inspiration
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, mental anticipation racial power, warlord
Benefit: When you hit a target with your mental anticipation racial power, each of your allies who can see you gains a +1 power bonus to his or her next attack roll against the target.
Prepared Hive Mind
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, psychic resistance racial feature, any divine class
Benefit: You gain a +1 racial bonus to will defense. If your psychic resistance prevents all damage from an attack, you may make an immediate saving throw against any conditions from the attack.
Psychic Focus
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik
Benefit: You gain a +1 feat bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls when you use a power that has the psychic keyword. The damage bonus increases to +2 at 11th level, and +3 at 13th level.
Sneaky Anticipation
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, mental anticipation racial power, rogue
Benefit: You gain combat advantage against a target you hit with mental anticipation until the end of your next turn.
Trained Anticipation
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, mental anticipation racial power
Benefit: Choose an at-will power you know, when you select this feat. You may use this power instead of a basic attack with mental anticipation.
PARAGON FEATS:
Hardened Chitin
Paragon Tier
Prerequisite: 11th level, Killik, armored chitin racial power, improved armored chitin
Benefit: The bonuses from your armored chitin increase to +3. At 21st level, the bonuses increase to +4.
Mental Hive Protection
Paragon Tier
Prerequisite: 11th level, Killik, any divine class
Benefit: If at least 2 allies are adjacent to you, they gain a +1 bonus to their armor class and will while adjacent to you, and a +2 bonus to saving throws against charm effects. These bonuses are not cumulative for multiple Killiks with this feat.
EPIC FEATS:
Killik Arcane Pool
Epic Tier
Prerequisite: 21st level, Killik, any arcane class
Benefit: If you miss all targets with an arcane area encounter attack power, you may reroll the attack against one of the targets of the power.
KILLIK
This insectoid race typically has a communal society, and they rarely leave their hives. Those who live in the hive long enough develop mental contact with the hive mind. Those who have been separated lose this ability, but retain some portion of a telepathic connection they can use on their enemies or allies.
RACIAL TRAITS:
Average Height: 5’2” – 6’6”
Average Weight: 80 – 160
Ability Scores: +2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution
Size: Medium
Speed: 6 Squares
Vision: Low-light
Languages: Common, Deep Speech
Skill Bonuses: +2 Dungeoneering, +2 Insight
Armored Chitin: You gain a +2 armor bonus to AC, and a +2 racial bonus to Fortitude. You lose these bonuses when you are first bloodied in an encounter. You regain the bonuses after a short or extended rest.
Mental Anticipation: You may use the mental anticipation power once per encounter.
Psychic Resistance: You have resist psychic 5 + one-half your level.
Mental Anticipation - Killik Racial Power
You sense your opponent’s motives before he raises his weapon and act quickly.
Encounter
Immediate Interrupt - Personal
Trigger: You are hit by an enemy attack.
Effect: You may make a basic attack against the triggering enemy.
Play a Killik if you want…
• to be agile and resilient
• to have been once part of a hive mind
• to be a member of a race that favors barbarian, fighter, monk, ranger, rogue, or warlock.
(…and if you like palindromes)
HEROIC FEATS:
Curse of the Killik Ancestors
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, warlock, warlock’s curse class feature
Benefit: When you curse a target, the target suffers a -1 penalty to fortitude until he is no longer cursed.
Hunter’s Anticipation
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, mental anticipation racial power, ranger, hunter’s quarry class feature
Benefit: If the target of mental anticipation is your quarry, you may apply your hunter’s quarry damage to the target, even if you have already applied it this turn.
Improved Armored Chitin
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, armored chitin racial power
Benefit: You do not lose the bonus from armored chitin until you are reduced to 0 hit points for the first time in an encounter.
Killik Hive Concert
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, any primal class
Benefit: You gain a +2 feat bonus to damage rolls against enemies that have two or more of your allies adjacent to them.
Mental Inspiration
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, mental anticipation racial power, warlord
Benefit: When you hit a target with your mental anticipation racial power, each of your allies who can see you gains a +1 power bonus to his or her next attack roll against the target.
Prepared Hive Mind
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, psychic resistance racial feature, any divine class
Benefit: You gain a +1 racial bonus to will defense. If your psychic resistance prevents all damage from an attack, you may make an immediate saving throw against any conditions from the attack.
Psychic Focus
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik
Benefit: You gain a +1 feat bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls when you use a power that has the psychic keyword. The damage bonus increases to +2 at 11th level, and +3 at 13th level.
Sneaky Anticipation
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, mental anticipation racial power, rogue
Benefit: You gain combat advantage against a target you hit with mental anticipation until the end of your next turn.
Trained Anticipation
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Killik, mental anticipation racial power
Benefit: Choose an at-will power you know, when you select this feat. You may use this power instead of a basic attack with mental anticipation.
PARAGON FEATS:
Hardened Chitin
Paragon Tier
Prerequisite: 11th level, Killik, armored chitin racial power, improved armored chitin
Benefit: The bonuses from your armored chitin increase to +3. At 21st level, the bonuses increase to +4.
Mental Hive Protection
Paragon Tier
Prerequisite: 11th level, Killik, any divine class
Benefit: If at least 2 allies are adjacent to you, they gain a +1 bonus to their armor class and will while adjacent to you, and a +2 bonus to saving throws against charm effects. These bonuses are not cumulative for multiple Killiks with this feat.
EPIC FEATS:
Killik Arcane Pool
Epic Tier
Prerequisite: 21st level, Killik, any arcane class
Benefit: If you miss all targets with an arcane area encounter attack power, you may reroll the attack against one of the targets of the power.
