Tortle

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Overview

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Physical Description

Resembling anthropomorphic turtles/tortoises, these tough-shelled people are mobile on land and in the water, while they aren’t the fastest, they are strong and durable.

Culture & Social

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Race Meta

• Height/Size: 10-18ft / 14ft (Large, Size: 2)
• Genus: Creature
• Rarity: Common in Saffron, Rare in Cerulean and Viridian.
• Faction(s): Saffron Alliance, Cerulean Kingdom

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Racial Adjustments & Archetypes

Tortle

Tortles are a tough and burly race but a tad slow in their mobility, except for in the water where they’re adept swimmers. All Tortles know how to withdraw with their shells and are skilled at defending themselves.

♦ Tortles gain a +1 attribute bonus to Strength and a +3 bonus to Endurance, but they suffer a -1 penalty to Agility.
♦ They also gain a Skill-Focus in the Athletics: Aerobics skill and all Defence skills.
♦ Tortles are considered Large-sized, their size-rating is 2.

Archetype: Shell-Trooper

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♦ This Tortle gains a +1 attribute bonus to Strength and Perception.
♦ They also gain a Skill-Focus in one [Combat]-oriented skill group.

Archetype: Kamehamehan

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♦ This Tortle gains a +2 attribute bonus to Perception.
♦ They also gain a Skill-Focus in one [Combat]-oriented skill group and one [Metaforce]-related skill group.

Archetype: Ninja

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♦ This Tortle gains a +1 attribute bonus to Perception and Agility.
♦ They also gain a Skill-Focus in one [Combat]-oriented skill group and all Athletics skills.

Archetype: Experienced

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♦ This Tortle gains a +2 attribute bonus to Intelligence.

Archetype: Appealing

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♦ This Tortle gains a +2 attribute bonus to Charisma.
♦ They also gain a Skill-Focus in all Social skills.

Archetype: Island Giant

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♦ These Tortles gain the Big perk, increasing their size to Large+ (3) and average 24ft tall.
♦ When this Tortle gains access to Tier 2 perks, they gain the Huge perk immediately (or gain a free perk), their size category becomes Huge (4) and average 30ft tall.
♦ When this Tortle gains access to Tier 3 perks, the gain the Gigantic perk immediately (or gain a free perk), their size category becomes Gargantuan (8) and average 65ft tall.
♦ They also gain a Skill-Focus in one [Combat] skill group.

Traits

Passive: Terrapin Shell

Tortles possess extremely thick and durable shells on their back, protecting them from harm.

♦ If a Tortle is struck with a Physical: Blunt, Cut or Piering attack from behind: That attack does 0 damage and negates critical hits.
> Exception: If a Tortle is struck with a single attack dealing more than half their maximum HP: the Tortle’s shell will break, reducing their maximum HP by half until the injury is healed.

Passive: Tough Hide

A Tortle’s skin is tough and leathery to protect them from harm when their shell doesn’t.

♦ Tortles RESIST Physical: Blunt, Cut and Pierce attacks by 20%.
♦ Tortles also gain 0.5 + 0.5 natural armour-rating for each Endurance point above 0. (This AR scales with size, which means they have an effective AR of 4 at Large-size).

Ability: Avid Swimmer

Tortles are adept swimmers, whether they are in fresh or ocean waters.

♦ A Tortle may hold their breath in water for up to four hours.
♦ When moving through water, Tortles have a base swim speed of 10 steps.