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<blockquote data-quote="TiwazTyrsfist" data-source="post: 7700877" data-attributes="member: 70582"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Cephalo</span></strong></p><p></p><p> A mature uplift race just over twenty thousand years old, the Cephalo were uplifted from an octopus like race on a world where most life was based on triple radial symmetry. Looking not unlike a nine armed Octopus, they support themselves at roughly human height on three arms in a tripod fashion, with the other six being used for manipulating objects. Each tentacle ends in three smaller tendrils, four to six inches long, which serve as fingers. Their 'head' is their central body mass, and their mouth, like a terrestrial octopus, is located underneath in the center of their tentacles.</p><p></p><p> The Cephalo were uplifted by their creators to serve as low to mid level functionaries. Clerks, data administrators, ships navigators and helmsmen, engineers, and so on. When originally created they were divided into several different sub-species based on the job/skill area they were meant to work in. One of the main jobs they were rebuilt for was operating multiple computer systems and performing multiple jobs at once. As such their brains were compartmentalized to facilitate high function multitasking.</p><p></p><p> The Cephalo have themselves uplifted a couple client races, the crustacean based Cralth, uplifted to serve as warriors and bodyguards, and the friendly and diplomatic Zalfph, uplifted from a Lemur like race to serve as ambassadors and social proxies.</p><p></p><p><strong>Size:</strong> Medium</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Attributes:</strong> Agi +1, Log +2, End +1</p><p></p><p><strong>Skill Choices:</strong> Wrestling, Ambidexterity, Swimming, (see Exploits)</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Exploits</u></strong></p><p><strong>Social Caste:</strong> All Cephalo belong to one of three social castes based on their ancestral sub-species, which determines at least part of their training and aptitudes. Pick one of the three following Skill Categories [Academic], [Vehicle], [Technical]. Add that category to your skill choices for your racial skills. At least one of your race skills must come from that category.</p><p></p><p><strong>Many Arms:</strong> While standing a Cephalo has six usable arms, and while sitting all nine are usable. This allows you to hold and use many things at once. You are limited to two attacks and must use the dual wield rules for doing so, but may wield multiple weapons that require multiple hands. I.E. A Cephalo could attack with two phaser rifles, but both attacks would be at -2d6 and the second attack would have to be Agi based.</p><p></p><p><strong>Multitask:</strong> Cephalo may perform an additional action each turn with no penalty as long as one of those action is primarily mental or console input based. You could both pilot a ship and use gunnery to fire the weapons as long as both consoles were at it's station, or climb up a ladder while using two arms to look up information on a data pad. A Cephalo could even safely play Pokemon Go while Driving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TiwazTyrsfist, post: 7700877, member: 70582"] [B][SIZE=4]Cephalo[/SIZE][/B] A mature uplift race just over twenty thousand years old, the Cephalo were uplifted from an octopus like race on a world where most life was based on triple radial symmetry. Looking not unlike a nine armed Octopus, they support themselves at roughly human height on three arms in a tripod fashion, with the other six being used for manipulating objects. Each tentacle ends in three smaller tendrils, four to six inches long, which serve as fingers. Their 'head' is their central body mass, and their mouth, like a terrestrial octopus, is located underneath in the center of their tentacles. The Cephalo were uplifted by their creators to serve as low to mid level functionaries. Clerks, data administrators, ships navigators and helmsmen, engineers, and so on. When originally created they were divided into several different sub-species based on the job/skill area they were meant to work in. One of the main jobs they were rebuilt for was operating multiple computer systems and performing multiple jobs at once. As such their brains were compartmentalized to facilitate high function multitasking. The Cephalo have themselves uplifted a couple client races, the crustacean based Cralth, uplifted to serve as warriors and bodyguards, and the friendly and diplomatic Zalfph, uplifted from a Lemur like race to serve as ambassadors and social proxies. [B]Size:[/B] Medium [B] Attributes:[/B] Agi +1, Log +2, End +1 [B]Skill Choices:[/B] Wrestling, Ambidexterity, Swimming, (see Exploits) [B][U]Exploits[/U][/B] [B]Social Caste:[/B] All Cephalo belong to one of three social castes based on their ancestral sub-species, which determines at least part of their training and aptitudes. Pick one of the three following Skill Categories [Academic], [Vehicle], [Technical]. Add that category to your skill choices for your racial skills. At least one of your race skills must come from that category. [B]Many Arms:[/B] While standing a Cephalo has six usable arms, and while sitting all nine are usable. This allows you to hold and use many things at once. You are limited to two attacks and must use the dual wield rules for doing so, but may wield multiple weapons that require multiple hands. I.E. A Cephalo could attack with two phaser rifles, but both attacks would be at -2d6 and the second attack would have to be Agi based. [B]Multitask:[/B] Cephalo may perform an additional action each turn with no penalty as long as one of those action is primarily mental or console input based. You could both pilot a ship and use gunnery to fire the weapons as long as both consoles were at it's station, or climb up a ladder while using two arms to look up information on a data pad. A Cephalo could even safely play Pokemon Go while Driving. [/QUOTE]
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