Cylicate
Summary of Race
The Cylicates are lizard like men that are usually very skinny and very fast. They have keen intellects and are good strategists, but have a habit of fighting more with one another than with others. They are in an every evolving fight for who will lead them. Even the strongest of their kind is constantly watching their subordinates to ensure that they aren’t attacked and replaced.
The Cylicate females are equal to the males in virtually every way, save that they are bigger and stronger, but a bit slower. They also have keen minds and usually are the leaders of small bands that are within every faction of their government and every large gang. They often will take over when the current leader shows weakness of any sort.
Cylicates are born in the hundreds at a time and only the birth bringers have any sort of worth within their ranks. Due to this, Cylicates don’t care if one another is killed or captured. All of them are out for themselves, save for the birth bringers, which are protected in mass from anything and anyone. Birth bringers are born one in every three hundred of the eggs and once hatched often lose at least three to four of their kind. Once one gets to three years of age they are considered “aged” and can be protected. Once they reach twelve years of age they will begin producing eggs and will begin laying every day for the rest of their lives. They usually will lay nearly fifty eggs a day.
Ranks Most Common
Soldier
Fighter
Warrior
Thief
Scout
Racial Traits
Toungue Slash : The Cylicate have excessively long tongues which can be shot from their mouths and used as a weapon, or as an extra arm, to pull things to them or lash out. This attack is similar to that of a blade and is often used rather than a blade since it will reach twice as far as a regular blade (Regular blade would have a reach of 1, while the tongue will reach 3) (25 Attack, with a lift weight of 1/2 the users lift weight). Costs 25 Stamina.
Crusher: The Cylicate have the second strongest bite of any being on the probe. Their strength is such that they can crush Tininite metal, which is the third strongest metal in all the land. Shields are made of Tininite and often reinforced with other metals, but the Cylicate can destroy them with a single bite (Costs 20 Stamina and has a bite strength of 800 pts., but will fatigue for two rounds after using this).
Speed Boost: Allows the user to add speed to themselves at a cost of Soulmere. For every 1 pts. of Response per round, the user need add 50 pts. of Soulmere per round and burns 20 Stamina per use.
Farlithag: Cylicates have a special ability that only their race uses called Farlithag. This ability allows them to “stick” to any substance known using the friction of the substance to hold their entire body weight for a certain amount of time. This ability works varyingly on different substances but often allows the Cylicate to walk on virtually any substance without issues (Costs 25 Stamina and lasts 10 rounds per use).
Racial Disadvantages
Cold Bane 2
Frost Bane 4
Magic Bane 2
Fear Bane 1
Racial Advantages
Magic Defense 1
Limb Loss 1
Speed Doubler
Dodge
Physical Description
Male:
Heights: 5’2″ Weight: 130lbs.
Skin Color: Green, Brown, Grey
Eye Color : Sand, Black, Violet, Green
Hair Color : Breen, Black, Sand
Physical Description
Female:
Heights: 6’2″ Weight: 220lbs.
Skin Color: Green, Brown, Grey
Eye Color : Sand, Black, Violet, Green
Hair Color : Breen, Black, Sand
Social Structure
There is a noble class of the Cylicate but their nobles only consist of the child bearers and the men that will fertilize the eggs those women lay. This class never leaves the deep enclaves of the Cylicate city, located below the Mountains of Achilleos just under the Empirial City of Femistra. In Zodaria, the Cylicate city, the Cylicates rule supreme and their borders are so well protected that if they shut them, even the Emperor would take years to get in.
The Cylicate follow the Emperor and his allies because he protects them from outside influences and he keeps them well stocked with food and other necessities without their people having to go out and forage for them.
The high council of the Cylicate will give aide to the Emperor as long as these supplies do not falter. However, the Cylicate do not feel as though they owe the Emperor anything and as such could easily cut ties with him at any time. This is a very crucial point that has not escaped the notice of the Emperor, who always ensure that he keeps the supply lines open to his Cylicate minions (See Emperor Melaney).
Technology
Cylicate use very little technology, using their own abilities and their overwhelming numbers to decide their battles in most cases. The Cylicate, should they choose to do so, could create a thousand Cylicate a day using augmentation spells on their child bearers and thus could have an army in a week. That’s a thousand a day with only five child bearers, of which they usually will have twenty or more.
They are not fools, however, and the nobles do keep abreast of the current weapons of other lands so that they can fight them when needed. The have spies throughout Achilleous and keep a close eye on the Emperor as well, and due to this, they learn of all technologies that come through their lands and into the hands of the Emperor.
Religion
Cylicate have only the religion of self preservation and only the nobles of the land are considered, “worth dying for”. All other religions are considered stupid or irrelevant. They have encountered gods and even Malds, but they don’t view them as something to cherish and worship, but something to defeat or conquer.
Base Persona
Cylicates base persona are Sociopathic and most of them lean toward Psychopathic. The only thing that they value are the lives of their nobles. Even facing death they will never give up a noble or put them in harms way at any point. All of them will give their lives simply to defend a noble’s honor, much less their lives. It is thought that each of the Cylicate are tied to the nobles via some magical force that makes them defend the nobles, but it is never been proven.
Interesting Racial Things
Cylicate are very good at sticking to things and sneaking through things. Due to this their ways of fighting are usually less direct than other races. Many have called them the ninja of all races, though they have a run for that title against the Xyfalonion race, who actually are ninja of a sort. Cylicate can sneak with such grace as the get within a fifty feet of a Rattle before being heard or seen, when the situation is correct (See Xyfalonion and Rattle Races).
Cylicate are not know, however, for their ability to stick to a fight plan. When going into battle they have to be pushed into fighting for their nobles or they will simply lose interest if the battle starts not going their way. As long as the fight is going their way, however, they need no incentive.