WHALE: MINKE
Original Animal Characteristics
Description: Also known as Pikehead, Little piked whale, Little finner, Lesser finback, and Lesser Rorqual. Minke whales are the most solitary of the whales.
Size Level: 23
Height: 22-35 feet (6.7-10.7m) long.
Weight: 4-14 tons (8000-28,000 pounds/3629-124,600 kg).
Build: Medium
Mutant Changes & Costs
Total BIO-E: 0
Attribute Bonuses: +4 to I.Q., +4 to M.E., Brute Strength.
Human Features
Hands: 5 BIO-E for Partial hands at the end of the flippers (applicable even with arms and hands).
10 BIO-E for full hands at the end of the flippers (applicable even with arms and hands).
20 BIO-E for Extra Limbs; a set of fully developed arms and hands.
Biped: 5 BIO-E for Partial feet at the end of the fluke.
10 BIO-E for Full fluke develops into legs and feet.
Speech: Partial Speech is automatic. 5 BIO-E for Full Speech.
Looks: None; Rounded head and body, tiny eyes, thick grayish skin, awkward, flat legs and arms.
5 BIO-E for Partial; Thick rounded head, small eyes on side of head, thick, grey skin, short, fat arms & legs.
10 BIO-E for Full; Rounded features, hairless, dark skin, short stubby arms & legs.
Natural Weapons:
10 BIO-E for Sonic Stun Blat
Mutant Animal Powers:
Automatically receives Hold Breath: Basic Cetacean and Swimming: Basic
Recognize Family Heritage (Whales can recognize their family relatives and descendants through song, appearance/physical traits, and markings, without ever having seen them before. Base Skill: 53%+3% per level of experience. Automatically
gets this ability.)
5 BIO-E for Sonar
5 BIO-E for Thick Blubber (protection against cold, � damage) and +40 S.D.C.
5 BIO-E for Extra Intelligence Quotient
5 BIO-E for Electroreception: Passive (Detect Electrical Fields)
10 BIO-E for Extra Mental Endurance
10 BIO-E for Extra Thick Skin (protection against cold, 1/4 damage) and +60 S.D.C.
10 BIO-E for Nightvision
10 BIO-E for Sonic Echo-Location
10 BIO-E for Swimming & Surfacing: Whale
Vestigial Disadvantages:
-5 BIO-E for Vestigial Dorsal Fin (treat as vestigial tail)
-5 BIO-E for Webbed Hands & Feet
-5 BIO-E for Limited Buoyancy
-5 BIO-E for Nearsighted
-10 BIO-E for Diet: Filter Feeding
-15 BIO-E for Dehydration: Severe
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