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> ## Elder Melodie > ___ > #### Visual Characteristics > |||| > |:--|:--|:--| > |***Skin Color***| |Grey| > |***Hair Color***| |Red, Brown, White, Black.| > |***Eye Color***| |Yellow| > |***Distinctions***| |Grow mermaid tails when 20 years old| > ___ > #### Physical Characteristics > ||||| > |:--|:--|:--:|:--:| > |***Height***| |5'0"|+3d8"| > |***Weight***| |140 lbs.|x(2d8) lbs.| > ___ > #### Sociocultural Characteristics > |||| > |:--|:--|:--| > |***Homeworld***| |Yavin 8| > |***Language***| |Melodese|
### Biology and Appearance Melodies are hatched from eggs and start life on land. These young Melodies would live around the underground freshwater lakes deep within the caverns and inlets of the moon's equatorial mountain ranges until they reached the age of 20, when they were to complete the change into an adult Melodie (also known as an Elder) in an event called the Changing Ceremony. During the ceremony, a Changeling's legs would grow together into a single finned tail, and they would also grow gills for breathing underwater. ### Society and Culture Young Melodies who had not yet changed would care for the infant Melodies. This involved gathering trico which was then made into a paste to feed the infant Melodies until they were old enough to eat the silver-backed fish that lived in the pools within the mountain. During the Changing Ceremony, these Melodies (also known as Changelings) would be taken down a shallow cove to begin their transformation from land-dweller to water-breather. This shallow cove was the only safe place the Ceremony could take place. It was covered in a blue-green algae which created oxygen through photosynthesis for the Changelings to breathe. ### Names Melodie names are commonly based on musical and poetic terminology **Male Names.** Pitch, Tenor, Ballad **Female Names.** Lyric, Harmony, Sonnet \columnbreak ### Melodie Traits As a Melodie, you have the following special traits. ***Ability Score Increase.*** Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1. ***Age.*** Melodies reach adulthood in their late teens and live about a century. ***Alignment.*** Melodie tend toward the light side, though there are exceptions. ***Size.*** Melodie are usually around 6 feet long, and weigh about 150 lbs. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium. ***Speed.*** Your base walking speed is 20 feet. ***Amphibious.*** You can breathe air and water. ***Aquatic Assault.*** You have advantage on attack rolls against any creature without a swim speed that is in the same body of water as you. ***Darkvision.*** Accustomed to life underwater, you have superior vision in low light conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. ***Natural Survivalist.*** You have proficiency in Nature and Survival. ***Primitive Weaponry.*** You have proficiency with the chakram, net, and vibropike. ***Swim.*** You have a swim speed of 40 feet. ***Languages.*** You speak, read, and write in both Galactic Basic and Melodese.
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