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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9602836" data-attributes="member: 2209">I am a fan of <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/50998/into-the-black-a-guide-to-below?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Bastion Press's 3.5 Into the Black</a> which includes the snailfolk, a people who have a distrust of those who hide bones inside their flesh:In the eyes of the casual observer, snailfolk display no senseof urgency, an admirable racial trait commonly appearingin humanoid folklore and children’s tales. A snailfolk is agray skinned gastropod of humanoid shape with a 4 footdiameter shell on its back. Four flexible stalks and an ovalorifice functioning as a mouth are the only discerniblefeatures on its face. Two elephantine, tree trunk legstapering slightly outward from the bottom of its shellprovide the creature its only means of locomotion, draggingit along the ground. A thin slime coats their pliant bodies,inhibiting them from wearing any clothing.Snailfolk begin life as small, 8 inch long gastropods,appearing no different from the standard garden snail. Theycrawl slowly about on their single rubbery “foot,” leavingbehind a glistening trail of viscous goo in their wake.Because of this distinctive signature, they are extremely easyto track until their slime evaporates an hour later. As theycontinue to mature, their developing bodies undergo asubtle metamorphosis. Their rubbery body exhibits moreflexibility, allowing the creature to stand upright on its twolegs. In this posture, snailfolk utilize their two arms to wieldweapons and perform a variety of simple tasks such asgrasping objects. Despite the presence of humanoid limbs,snailfolk retain the ability to walk along sheer surfacesreducing their already limited speed in half.Adult snailfolk stand 6 feet tall and weigh 250 pounds,thanks largely to the hard shell affixed to their backs.Lacking vocal organs, snailfolk depend upon their limitedtelepathic abilities to communicate.Habitat/SocietySnailfolk are strict vegetarians, subsisting solely uponlichen, fungi, and mosses. They view the consumption offlesh as a barbaric trait suitable only for the lower animals,an opinion that they demonstratively state at every availableopportunity. Despite their dogmatic view on theaforementioned subject, other races including carnivoroushumanoids treat snailfolk fairly well. Some confuse theirslow, deliberate nature for stupidity, causing them toentirely dismiss them as a threat, while others rely upontheir telepathic abilities to serve as translators betweenvarious subterranean beings.Because of their rather slow nature, the concept of speedutterly fascinates snailfolk. A potion of haste fetches a king’sransom for the elusive elixir, and some reports claim thatsnailfolk develop an addition to the magical substance.Sorcerers and wizards frequently specialize in spells andmagical items that increase speed, making haste the mostpopular spell in their arsenal of magic. Some adventurousmerchants from the surface brave the perils of subterraneantravel just to engage in the lucrative business of sellingpotions, items and scrolls containing the highly sought afterspeed enhancing magic.As invertebrates, snailfolk find the notion of a skeletoncompletely unnerving. They view arthropods and othercreatures with an exoskeleton with somewhat lesssuspicion; yet they naturally view invertebrates as thepinnacles of biological design. Snailfolk believe thatcovering the skeleton with layers of flesh indicates that thecreature is obviously hiding something, a belief continuallyborne out in their voluminous folklore on the subject. Theytake gleeful pride when breaking someone’s bones (even afriend’s) with their blunt weapons, as it is sure to “teachthe skeleton inside a lesson.” A snailfolk encountering apile of bones in a creature’s lair takes the precaution ofbreaking each bone in half, just in case they get any nastyideas about animating as a skeleton.Like many gastropods, snailfolk are a hermaphroditicrace; each member possesses both male and femalereproductive organs. Snailfolk cannot impregnatethemselves, but both partners can walk away pregnant froma single encounter.</blockquote>

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