Semani

Old System

Stat Mods:

+1 Perception/Wisdom, -1 Int/Char

Special Abiliities:

Natural AC: 7, Ultravision, Swim 9, Hold Breath: 3 + Con Bonus Minutes, Natural Attacks - Claw/Claw/Bite (Dm: d3/d3/d6) but must spend one weapon proficiency to learn. One extra proficiency can be spent to learn tail attack (-2 to strike, d6 damage, only behind or to flanks)

New System

Stat Mods:

+1 Senses/Empathy, -2 Willpower

Special Abilities:

Natural AV:3, Ultravision, Swim base of 6+AG Bonus, Hold Breath: 3+Fo Bonus minuts, Natural Attacks - Claw/Claw/Bite (DC: 3/3/5). Can learn skill with tail attack (-2 strike chance, DC 5, rear and flanks only).

Semani are mansize Reptilian Bipeds (Lizard Men) native to Erathior. They are a dying breed, as they are slowly hunted to extinction, particularly by the Erathian Elves. They are one of the pre-invasion species that were involved in the chaos wars against the Elves. Their preffered habitat is in shallow vary slow moving bays. They are partially amphibious, even though they are air-breathing. The Semani are believed to be a native race to Erathior, although some sages claim there is proof that the Laerti bred them to be a servitor race.

The Laerti claim is exacberated by the fact that the majority of the race was enslaved be the Laerti when the Erathians first arrived. The Semani were engaged in a war of freedom against their Laerti masters when the Twisted Path first touched down. By the time the Erathians had sorted themselves out and began exploring the world, the majority of the Semani were free of Laerti dominion. But the Chaos wars soon erupted and the Semani were caught in the front lines as they shared the same preffered habitats as the elves, and that the Semani were not willing to be so soon placed under another master. The Semani fought the elves to the end, being thier most persistant ( and probably dangerous, given that they were of the most similiar mindset and could (and did) learn to use the elven sorserous arts ) foe in the Chaos wars. This ancient emity continues to this day, as Erathian Nobles still organize "Leather Hunts". There is no doubt that the Semani lost thier battles with the elves and were slowly driven from thier lands.

Those semani that survived were from the small breed of slightly amphibious Semani. The majority of the Semani of this time were land dwelling and did not have the swimming webs and expanded lung capacity of the wave-born Semani. The Land dwelling Semani did not have the expanded UV sight of the Wave-born, but instead had senses akin to Elven sight, though partially due to heat, sound, and smell. Some of the land dwelling varient have survived to this day, and Wave-born still hatch some land born in thier clutches. This is evidence that the Wave-born were a magically modified varient of the Semani (probably created by Laerti magic).