Bat-people

Bat-people are a bat-like winged race standing 1½  feet high. They can fly and have a wingspan of 3 feet. Their wings are stretched skin over elongated bones jutting from their shoulder blades. They have two arms, each with hand of three fingers and a thumb. They may have originally descended from a magical combination of large bats and one of the fairy races. Bat-people have a muscular prehensile ail 1½  feet long. This tail will regenerate and grow back in one to two months if cut off or damaged. Their body is warm blooded and covered by brown fur. They do not generally wear clothing, though they often dye their fur and do wear jewelry.

Bat-people fly at a rate of 180 feet per minute, while walking movement is at a rate of 30 feet per minute. They have normal vision, night vision, and can find their way in complete darkness using echo location. Echo location will also allow them to detect most invisible objects, and detect hollow, or open spaces behind walls. Bat-people are carnivorous, feeding on insects, lizards, and other small animals which they ranch, or catch.

Because of their small size and strength, they do not make good fighters when facing normal sized opponents. A weapon commonly used by them is a long needle, doing 1-2 points damage. Usually these are be poisoned or drugged. They are very intelligent and may take up any class suitable for their size. 

Bat-people may stand upright or hang upside down with equal ease. They sleep hanging upside down from perches, tree limbs, or  racks in rocks. They can grip the smallest of cracks with their sharp toe and finger nails. Their hearing is normal with respect to loudness, but has a very wide frequency range. They can hear sounds at frequencies high above that of other player races and higher than most animals. They can also sense extremely low subsonic frequencies.

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