Antyans

Antyans are a race of insect men. They appear to be large, 4 1/2 ft to 5 ft tall, ants. Antyans walk on the hind most set of legs and use the other two pair of legs as arms. Like other arthropods, antyans are cold blooded. Their heads are dominated by four large compound eyes, and a pair of feeler like antenna. Antyan vision ranges from the normal spectrum and into the ultraviolet range. This ultravision allows them to see colors outside the normal range and undetectable by most other beings. Antyan limbs ends in a pair of finger like members. Just as other insects are able to climb walls with relative ease, antyans can climb walls and even ceilings, provided claw holds are present. Antyans have a strength maximum of 4, and gain no bonuses to their initial rolled scores. In battle an antyan may choose to use a weapon or bite with their powerful mandibles. A mandible bite does 1d6 points of damage plus 1d4 points of acid damage from formic acid present in their saliva. Antyans have a base armor rating of 14 and can not wear armor of any sort.

Little is detail is known about Antyan culture. Generally it is known that they come from highly social colonies in which the individual works to enhance the good of the colony. The antyan player will most often be of lawful alignment, but there may be lawful or even chaotic individuals. The males are all intelligent as are most of the females, however 10% of the females stay in the larval state becoming huge egg laying machines and are not sentient.