Sanyassan
Visual Characteristics
Skin Color Gray, Green, Pink, Purple Hair Color Black or white Eye Color Yellow, Blue, Gray Distinctions Simian faces, four-fingered hands
Physical Characteristics
Height 5'5" +2d10" Weight 130 lb. x(2d6) lb.
Sociocultural Characteristics
Homeworld Sanyassan IV Language Sanyassan
Biology and Appearance
Sanyassans are a humanoid species with reptilian traits. Members of the species had powerfully-built frames and grow tall, between 1.6 and 2.5 meters. Sanyassans have greasy, thick strands of hair, usually pale, sometimes dark, sprouting from the crown of their flat heads, occasionally from the skin on their faces. Heavy protective brow ridges thrust like hoods over glittering eyes; pug nose-holes give the marauders a skull-like appearance. Sexual dimorphism manifested predominantly in the presence of pronounced breasts in females. Sanyassan women also tended to have smoother skin and did not grow facial hair.
Society and Culture
Sanyassan society are divided into clanic structures—united groups of households tracing descent from a common ancestor. There existed a form of aristocracy, but social standing was gained by force, rather than birthright. Their culture is brutal, based on warfare and exploitation of the weak. The species seemed unforgiving, ruthless and calculating to outsiders. In the wider galaxy, these fierce brawlers were renowned for their bad tempers and low intellectual performance. Despite their aggressive nature, the Sanyassans were social beings and did not feel comfortable while alone. They preferred to be in large groups, as when marching out to raid. Technologically primitive by galactic standards, Sanyassans formed a feudal-level civilization, with a crude hieroglyphic writing system. They never developed the secrets of space travel for themselves, but stole it from others and they rely on poor instinctive piloting skills when piloting stolen ships. They had a rather rudimentary grasp on technology. Despite their poor intelligence, most Sanyassans could speak a broken form of Galactic Basic Standard, in addition to their native Sanyassan.
Names
Sanyassan names are generally short, between two and three syllables. They lack surnames or familial names.
Male Names. Terak, Bar'injar, Maygo, Yavid
Female Names. Krenna, Terakaya
Sanyassan Traits
As an Sanyassan, you have the following special traits.
Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.
Age. Sanyassans reach adulthood in their early teens and live about 70 years, though some live to be over 100.
Alignment. Sanyassan culture glorifies violence and warfare, causing most to tend toward the dark side, though there are exceptions.
Size. Sanyassans typically stand between 5 and 6 feet tall and weigh 150 lbs. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Menacing. You have proficiency in the Intimidation skill.
Toughness. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.
Aggressive. As a bonus action, you can move up to your speed toward an enemy of your choice that you can see or hear. You must end this move closer to the enemy than you started.
Savage Attacks. When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
Crude Armor Specialists. Sanyassans have have a primitive technological culture, but are adept in scavenging materials to make their own armor. You can spend 1 hour, which you can do over the course of a short rest, crafting a set of armor out of loose materials. The armor acts as Fiber Armor (AC 12+Dex), but has the "Bulky" property.
Languages. You can speak Galactic Basic and Sanyassan, but can only read and write in Sanyassan. Sanyassan features growls, guttural snarls, and shrieks.