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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 940467" data-attributes="member: 5137">Various RacesArachnea: Lifespan 42-50 years. Total regional population 2,000 or more. Sentient spiders of medium size, arachnea are native to cold climes (particularly tundra "lowlands"), and are extremely sturdy and heavily furred. They average about 150-200 lbs. Arachnea are pure meat eaters, and not well trusted by most sentient humanoids - there is always an undercurrent of racial prejudice stemming from ancient history, when arachnea were known to eat their enemies on the field of battle. Almost entirely urban as a species, and tend to dwell in small ghettos where they produce beautiful silk products.Brutham: Lifespan 61-80 years. Total regional population 60,000 or more. Eight hundred pound primates with just enough dim sapience to enjoy the fruits of manual labor. Almost entirely rural as a species, with fewer than a thousand living in cities. Tend to be in the service of others, but tend to form mini-villages of brutham where ever they live.Erathatch: Lifespan 104-140 years. Total regional population 20,000 or more. Tiny monkeys with powerful social instincts and deep wisdom furrowing their miniature brows. Erathatch often take roles as philosophers, mystics and priests. In cities, they tend to form small ghettoes to live in (where they sleep in groups of a dozen or more), but spend most of their time with other races. Evenly mixed urban and rural.Kamehamugh: Lifespan 151-250 years. Total regional population 250,000 or more. Born of magma and stone, all kamehamugh are considered the same race and can interbreed (based on azer and salamanders and others). Generally, they are either squat humanoids or serpent-bodied humanoids, and favor either magma or stone (thus, there are four basic "types"). Known for their craftsmanship, the kamehamugh typically carve out caverns in the bedrock beneath cities to dwell in.Kith (humans): Lifespan 72-110 years. Total regional population 2 million or more. An aggregate race of immense flexibility, the kith are humans, in a variety of sizes (from small to large). This includes a variant of halflings, humans and orc-like human, as well as a gracile race somewhere between halfling and human. All kith can interbreed (the results are typically a slightly smaller or larger variant of the mother's sub-race).Lizardfolk: Lifespan 52-90 years. Total regional population less than a hundred. Common only to the hot southern islands, lizardfolk tend to be miserable along the tundra, but some few do. Lizardfolk are often healers and herbalists, and almost always foreigners. Noted changes: swim movement rate, breath holding, vulnerability to cold.Rakshasa: Lifespan 101-200 years. Total regional population less than a thousand. Elegant and charismatic, rakshasa are a race of shapeshifting, sentient tigers. Although there is some tendency to viciousness, most tales of their tendency to cruelty are merest prejudices, inspired by primitive fear of efficient predators. Just ask any rakshasa. Socially, they tend to be advisors and performers rather than leaders, and operate with maximum flair and pomp.Sphinx: Lifespan 502-700 years. Total regional population less than a hundred. Leonine creatures of great intelligence and power, sphinxes are solitary regarding their own kind, but fairly sociable among other races, so long as they are dominant. Most cities have a sphinx or two ruling a district, guild or similar - they typically make excellent administrators, regardless of their actual skills, and they blend into the cultures of some organizations rather well.</blockquote>

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