MOTH-MAN
Ability Requirements: Dexterity 9+, [Charisma 12+ (female
only)]
R&C Racial Base XP: 1,500
Moth-Men are a race from an altogether different dimension.
Even they do not know their ultimate origin, as their race has travelled the
worlds, planes, and dimensions since time immemorial. They arrived in Vanth
through the use of their Portal Power. They are found in small clan-based
settlements (5d4 males, 5d4 females, and a number of children equal to both) in
out-of-the-way places, usually in deep forests, jungles, mountains, or wastes,
often near ruins, centered on a location where the boundaries in time and space
are weak.
Male Moth-Men are regarded by other races as appearing quite
hideous, being 6’ to 7’ tall humanoids (though appearing shorter due to their
hunched posture) with scrawny, boney builds; hairless, cadaverous, bald
skull-like heads with large bulbous eyes that glow like headlights; clawed
three-fingered hands and feet; dark grayish powdery skin; and dull grayish-white
tattered moth wings.
Female Moth-Men are, on the other hand, quite beautiful by
human and elven standards, being 5’ to 6’ tall humanoids with slender but buxom
build; possessing beautiful human heads with fair skin and luxurious hair;
lovely almond-shaped eyes with glowing red irises; cute feathery antennae;
clawed three-fingered hands and feet; and beautiful, colorful, glittering moth
wings.
Male Moth-Men fear and loathe other, more handsome races of
men, as they fear that their females will prefer them. However, they have
little to fear as female Moth-Men find their own males most attractive, and
believe “handsome” men of other races are quite ugly. If anything, male
Moth-Men only have to fear from ugly men of other races, as they may more
resemble male Moth-Men than their own race.
Most Moth-Men are distrustful of other races, as they are
usually hunted as an aberrant or mutant species on many of the worlds, planes,
and dimensions they have lived; ergo, their continual nomadic way of life.
Thus, they tend to live in out-of-the-way places by preference as much as by
necessity. Some clans trade or even deal more regularly with other races, but
these are few and far between, and usually only found where many different
races congregate and thus they are not considered unusual. If attacked,
Moth-Men prefer to flee, either elsewhere on their world or to another.
Moth-Men subsist off of nectar, leafy vegetation, and small
animals, preferring small insects, lizards, and mammals. They are usually
fairly primitive in technology, requiring few tools as their claws are lethal
weapons. They prefer to lair in tree-huts, tall ruined buildings, or in caves
high on mountain peaks. The only product that they tend to make is silk; they
raise silk-worms and the like, and weave fine silks, which are usually reserved
for their females to wear. They trade silks for fine jewelry, which again, the
females like to wear.
Female Moth-Men lay silky eggs in their lairs, which after
six months hatch, opening to reveal a wingless Moth-Man child. The child rarely
leaves their home lair for their first six years. At about six years, the child
forms a cocoon, and after another six months emerges in a winged form. Moth-Men
achieve full adult size and social adulthood at age 12.
Claw Attack: A Moth-Man can make two claw attacks per round,
in a combination of hands or feet, each dealing 1d4 points of damage. These
attacks may be made “on the fly,” in the midst of the Moth-Man’s full flying
movement, though if the Moth-Man misses an attack by less than 4 he must stop
and engage the target in melee.
Detect Portal: A Moth-Man can detect any rifts or weakness
in the time-space continuum. If it merely passes by one, at a distance
depending on the strength of the rift, the LM should make a d6 roll for the
character. If the roll is less than or equal to 1 plus the Wisdom bonus of the
Moth-Man, the Moth-Man detects it. He can always spend time actively searching
for a rift or weakness, in which case discovery is automatic, but this requires
one minute of searching for a 10’ by 10’ area.
Flight: A Moth-Man can fly at double its normal ground
movement rate.
Hypnotic Eyes: A Moth-Man’s large, glowing red eyes are
quite hypnotic to most races. If the Moth-Man has surprise, those within 30’
who look directly at the Moth-Man must make a saving throw versus Spells or
become stunned and unable to move for 1d6 rounds. Those who fail the save with
a Natural 1 are stunned for 1d6 minutes. The only race immune to this effect is
the Klengon race; if they fail their save they become enraged and must attack
the Moth-Man with a bonus of +2 to hit for 1d6 rounds.
Infravision: A Moth-Man has 60’ Infravision.
Open Portal: A Moth-Man can open an inactive rift in time
and space; however, this requires much time and concentration. Every hour a
Moth-Man concentrates on opening the portal it rolls a d6; if the roll is less
than or equal to 1 plus the Intelligence bonus of the Moth-Man, the portal
opens. Every hour it tries to open a portal, successful or not, the Moth-Man
suffers 1d6 points of damage. Once the portal is open, it remains open as long
as the Moth-Man concentrates, plus 1d6 rounds thereafter.
Radioactive Eyes: A Moth-Man can loose a pulse of radiation
from its glowing red eyes, This burst is instant, the radiation very short
lived and such that remains being noted on a Geiger counter but not of any real
consequence. However, any being within 10’ of the Moth-Man, within a 90’ arc
from its eyes, suffers a Radiation attack; roll the Radiation Class randomly
for each attack (d6): 1-3 Class 1, 4+5 Class 2, 6 Class 3. The Moth-Man can
perform this attack once per day, plus one time per day per point of
Constitution bonus. Moth-Men are immune to their own personal radiation, if it
is somehow reflected back on them, but have no immunity to other forms of
radiation.
MOTH-MAN PROPHET RACIAL CLASS
Racial Class Base XP: 3,000
Hit Dice: d6
Fight As: Rank III
Strong Saving Throws: 5, 6
Weak Saving Throws: 2, 3
Prohibited Multiclass: None
Moth-Men Prophets are the natural-born leaders of the
Moth-Men clans. It is they who lead their clans to new worlds, planes, and
dimensions, seeking a new home. Both males and females may be Prophets. Other
than in time of migrations, Prophets only lead their clans in major, long-term
decisions; more martial Moth-Men are usually elected as war chiefs, and more
earthly chiefs are elected for day-to-day issues, though both usually defer to
their Prophet should he or she choose to intervene. Clan Prophets also train
the new, young Prophets who are destined to lead new clans to new lands.
Augury: A Moth-Man Prophet may use the augury spell three
times per day, plus once per day per level above 1st.
Charming Eyes: If a victim is stunned by the Moth-Man
Prophet’s Hypnotic Eyes, the Moth-Man Prophet may attempt to charm the victim,
as per the charm person spell. It may do so no more than once per day, plus
once per day per level above 1st.
Contact Other Plane: A 5th level Moth-Man Prophet, if near a
rift or weakness in the time-space continuum, may contact other plane as per
the spell. Use of this ability more than once a week is dangerous; each use
after the first in a 7-day period adds 5% to the Moth-Man Prophet’s chance of
going insane.
Exodus: At 9th level and thereafter, a young Moth-Man
Prophet has the ability to lead an exodus of his people, gathering followers
from his home clan and other nearby clans to travel to and settle in a new
world, plane, or dimension. The Prophet attracts 1d4 Moth-Men, equally divided
among males and females, to his new clan per point of Charisma. Once the clan
is settled in its new land, as long as the clan thrives, a new Prophet shall be
born to the clan every few years, to continue the process of migration and
colonization anew.
Moth Dust: A Moth-Man Prophet is covered in a fine,
glittering dust or powder. It can release this powder by shaking, distributing
it in a cloud in a 5’ radius around itself. Those caught in the cloud must make
a saving throw versus Poison or become confused, as per the spell, for 1d6
rounds plus one round per level of the Moth-Man Prophet. The Moth-Man Prophet
can release this dust once per day, plus one time per day per point of Charisma
bonus.
Improved Open Portal: A Moth-Man Prophet can open any local
inactive rift or weakness in the time-space continuum after one round of concentration
and making a successful saving throw versus Spells. If the attempt fails, he
may attempt to do so every round. Once the portal is open, it remains open as
long as the Moth-Man Prophet wills it to remain open.
Improved Radioactive Eyes: A Moth-Man Prophet’s radioactive
eye attack has a range of 20’ and deals Class 1d6 Radiation damage.
Terrifying Shriek: A Moth-Man Prophet can let loose with a
terrifying shriek. All non-Moth-Men within 60’ must make a saving throw versus
Spells or be affected as though by a cause fear spell. The Moth-Man Prophet may
perform this shriek once per day, plus once per day every three levels (twice
at 3rd, three times at 6th, etc.)
