Amukreen



Overview
“We are the first people, and when the other races have come and gone, we will be the last people.”



The children of Khapri-Amun, and the denizens of Jhal’Qerzaan, the Eternal Empire. The Amukreen are a race of sentient insects, most of which have a humanoid shape.



They are a reclusive race which keeps behind Lorath’s Wall. Believing deeply in a prophetic stone known as the “Absolute Record”, the Amukreen do not possess the ambitions of other peoples. Instead they advance themselves while they await the prophesied time of the return of their god. What appears to be their incursions against Lorath’s Wall every few years is actually a form of population control, pruning their weak so that when their chosen time comes they are at their strongest.



The Amukreen posses a matriarchal, heavily caste-based society. ‘Men’ are generally considered fodder and eventual food for their mates. There is however a caste of male Amukreen that keep the female rulers in check, the Hm’Netjer.



An adventuring Amukreen is typically an outcast, a rebel against their heavily structured society, and the oppressive order imposed by adherence to the Absolute Record. There are however, cases of scholar-priests who go about recording the state of the world, or the agent of various sects.

Custom Edition Stats
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The stats below are for the common, mantis-like, <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Maltak <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> breed.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Destined Action: <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> You gain the Adventurer tier feat for Action Points, and it can also apply to skill checks using the action point.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Kresnite Blood: <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The very blood of the Amukreen is mixed with liquid Kresnite, insulating them from all but the coldest of temperatures. Creatures within 1 square of them also benefit from their warmth. Crystallized Kresnite is the essential building material of all  Amukreen society, though once solidified it loses most of its heating capabilities.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Amukeen Claws: <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> You gain the following power.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Torpor: <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> Rather than sleep, you enter a torpid state. You need to spend 4 hours in this state to gain the same benefits other races gain from taking a 6-hour extended rest. While in a trance, you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal.