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<blockquote data-quote="TiwazTyrsfist" data-source="post: 7700876" data-attributes="member: 70582"><p>One of my favorite concepts in Sci-Fi is Uplift, where advanced races take sub-sapient creatures and advance them to full sapience for various reasons. So, I created a few Uplift Races for NEW.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Pan Facticius (“Super Chimps”)</span></strong></p><p></p><p> Pan Facticius, commonly called simply “Pan” or “Super-Chimps”, are Humanity's first attempt at uplifting a species. Based largely on Chimpanzee and Bonobo DNA, they also incorporate aspects of other non-human primate species, such as the long arms of orangutans and prehensile tails like a spider monkey. (Incorporating a functional prehensile tail was actually significantly more difficult than increasing their intellect to human levels, what with adding New World monkey DNA into an Old World Monkey base, but humans are nothing if not obsessive in pursuing their preconceived ideals).</p><p></p><p> Pan are a very young uplift race, the oldest fully uplifted examples being a mere 50 years old. They were created as a test of human scientific skill, to “see if we could”, but though they weren't specifically intended for any one career or service area, they were designed by scientists to have qualities and skills that would serve them as a race, meaning that they tend towards manual dexterity and have a predisposition towards engineering and pure math. Additionally, due to certain, LEGALITY, issues their development and most tank breeding to create a genetic base has happened on space stations and asteroid settlements, so most Pan grow up living at least part time in zero-g.</p><p></p><p> While the upper limit of their life spans is not yet known, (the oldest being only 52) Pan are designed to have a human lifespan, and the eldest are showing aging progressing in line with that.</p><p></p><p><strong>Size:</strong> Small</p><p></p><p><strong>Attributes:</strong> Agi +2, Log +1, Wil +1</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Skill Choices:</strong> Brawling, Climbing, Zero-G, Mathematics, [Technical], Astrogation</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Exploits</u></strong></p><p><strong>Brachiate:</strong> Pan still have opposable digits on their feet, and a prehensile tail (see next exploit), which greatly improves their climbing ability. Their climb speed is equal to their normal move speed, and they do not suffer the normal -1 to speed for being small on their climb speed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Prehensile Tail:</strong> A Pan can hang by it's tail, or hold an object, or manipulate anything that could be manipulated with a single finger. The tail serves as an effective extra hand, but cannot perform any action that would require two or more fingers, or a finger and a thumb. They can type slowly, hit a button or flip a switch, or hold something, but firing a gun, holding a melee weapon in a manner necessary to attack with it, or even using a pen to write are out. (Such actions may be allowed with a further special exploit, but not by default).</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Young Race:</strong> As a very young uplift race, Pan suffer a social status not unlike small children. While individuals will respect them once they get to know them, in general Pan are underestimated and their opinions and advice not given serious consideration. Any check that relies on being respected or listened to suffers a -1d6 penalty, however any check that relies on being ignored (socially) or underestimated gains a +1d6.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TiwazTyrsfist, post: 7700876, member: 70582"] One of my favorite concepts in Sci-Fi is Uplift, where advanced races take sub-sapient creatures and advance them to full sapience for various reasons. So, I created a few Uplift Races for NEW. [B][SIZE=4]Pan Facticius (“Super Chimps”)[/SIZE][/B] Pan Facticius, commonly called simply “Pan” or “Super-Chimps”, are Humanity's first attempt at uplifting a species. Based largely on Chimpanzee and Bonobo DNA, they also incorporate aspects of other non-human primate species, such as the long arms of orangutans and prehensile tails like a spider monkey. (Incorporating a functional prehensile tail was actually significantly more difficult than increasing their intellect to human levels, what with adding New World monkey DNA into an Old World Monkey base, but humans are nothing if not obsessive in pursuing their preconceived ideals). Pan are a very young uplift race, the oldest fully uplifted examples being a mere 50 years old. They were created as a test of human scientific skill, to “see if we could”, but though they weren't specifically intended for any one career or service area, they were designed by scientists to have qualities and skills that would serve them as a race, meaning that they tend towards manual dexterity and have a predisposition towards engineering and pure math. Additionally, due to certain, LEGALITY, issues their development and most tank breeding to create a genetic base has happened on space stations and asteroid settlements, so most Pan grow up living at least part time in zero-g. While the upper limit of their life spans is not yet known, (the oldest being only 52) Pan are designed to have a human lifespan, and the eldest are showing aging progressing in line with that. [B]Size:[/B] Small [B]Attributes:[/B] Agi +2, Log +1, Wil +1 [B] Skill Choices:[/B] Brawling, Climbing, Zero-G, Mathematics, [Technical], Astrogation [B][U]Exploits[/U][/B] [B]Brachiate:[/B] Pan still have opposable digits on their feet, and a prehensile tail (see next exploit), which greatly improves their climbing ability. Their climb speed is equal to their normal move speed, and they do not suffer the normal -1 to speed for being small on their climb speed. [B]Prehensile Tail:[/B] A Pan can hang by it's tail, or hold an object, or manipulate anything that could be manipulated with a single finger. The tail serves as an effective extra hand, but cannot perform any action that would require two or more fingers, or a finger and a thumb. They can type slowly, hit a button or flip a switch, or hold something, but firing a gun, holding a melee weapon in a manner necessary to attack with it, or even using a pen to write are out. (Such actions may be allowed with a further special exploit, but not by default). [B] Young Race:[/B] As a very young uplift race, Pan suffer a social status not unlike small children. While individuals will respect them once they get to know them, in general Pan are underestimated and their opinions and advice not given serious consideration. Any check that relies on being respected or listened to suffers a -1d6 penalty, however any check that relies on being ignored (socially) or underestimated gains a +1d6. [/QUOTE]
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