Hadozee

Hadozee, 1st-Level Warrior

Medium Humanoid (Hadozee)

Hit Dice: 1d8+1 (5 hp)

Initiative: +1 (Dex)

Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)

Armor Class: 13 (+1 Dex, +2 leather armor), touch 11, flat-footed 12

Base Attack/Grapple: +1 / +2

Attack: Falchion +2 melee (2d4+1/18-20), or javelin +3 ranged (1d6+1)

Full Attack: Falchion +2 melee (2d4+1/18-20), or javelin +3 ranged (1d6+1)

Space/Reach: 5 ft. / 5 ft.

Special Attacks: —

Special Qualities: Extra Manipulators, Glide

Saves: Fort +3, Ref +1, Will -1

Abilities: Str 13, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 6

Skills: Balance +5^*, Climb +9^*, Profession (spacehand) +2

Feats: Dodge^B, Mobility

Environment: Jungle, spacefaring

Organization: Solitary, gang (2-4) or crew (11-20 plus 2 mates of 3rd level plus 5-8 noncombatants)

Challenge Rating: 1/2

Treasure: Standard

Alignment: Often neutral

Advancement: By character class

Level Adjustment: +0

This humanoid stands over six and a half feet tall, is covered with reddish-brown hair, and has a simian face. Between its arms and legs hang large flaps of skin.

The Hadozee, also called "deck apes", are tall, tailless apelike humanoids. Their bodies are covered with hair, ranging from orange to brown, including a shaggy main surrounding their head. The mouth of a hadozee is a protruding muzzle with several long fangs.

Hadozee stand between 6-1/2 and 7 feet tall, and tend to weigh between 200 and 225 pounds—most of that long, lean muscle. They have broad flaps of skins which hang from the creature's arms and legs, allowing them to glide short distances. This only works when they raise their arms up over their head, stretching the skin taut. They are also very nimble, able to climb trees, ropes, and other surfaces.

Combat

Though normally peaceful, hadozee make excellent warriors. They favor cutlasses, long swords, spears, and halberds; with quarterstaffs and clubs common in less civilized areas. They also prefer thrown ranged weapons to projectile ranged weapons because of their gliding flaps, even though the flaps don't apply any penalty. Hadozee cannot use shields due to their wing flaps, so they prefer bucklers.

Extra Manipulators (Ex): Hadozee have very dexterous feet which can function as an alternate pair of hands. They can even use their big toes as opposable thumbs. This allows hadozee to use items with any appendage.

Glide (Ex): A hadozee can use its arms-flaps to glide, negating damage from a fall of any height and allow it to travel 20 feet horizontally for every 5 feet of descent. A hadozee glides at a speed of 40 feet (average maneuverability).

Skills: * Hadozees have a +4 racial bonus on Balance and Climb checks. Hadozee do not lose their Dexterity bonus to AC while climbing and can climb unimpeded while holding something in one hand or foot. All hadozee have to Profession (spacehand) as a class skill whatever their actual class.

Hadozee Society

Hadozee are known as a hard-working race. Despite their rude and coarse behavior, hadozee are sought after as mercenary crews by spacefaring races, especially the elves. Groups of 20-30 hadozee of both sexes will together sign up with a single captain, training and traveling together.

The hadozee homeworld is warm, with a climate similar to that of most human worlds. Though they prefer warm weather, they can dress for colder climes.

Hadozees as Characters

Spacers to the core, most hadozee encountered away from their homeworld have never been—and will never go—to their ancestral home. They've taken up the role of sailors and mercenaries.

Hadozee characters possess the following racial traits.

• +2 Dexteriy, -2 Charisma.
• Size Medium.
• A hadozee's base land speed is 30 feet.
• Special Qualities (see above): Extra Manipulators, Glide.
• +4 racial bonus on Climb and Tumble checks. Hadozees have a +4 racial bonus on Balance and Climb checks. Hadozee do not lose their Dexterity bonus to AC while climbing and can climb unimpeded while holding something in one hand or foot. All hadozee have to Profession (spacehand) as a class skill whatever their actual class.
• Bonus Feat: Dodge.
• Automatic Languages: Common and Sylvan. Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Elven, Halfling.
• Favored Class: Rogue.

The hadozee warrior presented here had the following ability scores before racial adjustments: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8.