> From: Nigel McCarty-Eigenmann <[email protected]> > Here's mine: > > The Goruff > Goruff are a man sized humanoid race with the head of a goat. > > I ent posting the racial details here right now as it isn't relevant to the > stats: Hill and plains nomads; Clan based; Barbarians. They'll bleat you > up. [sorry] > > Attribute Modifiers: ST+1 [10]; HT+2 [20]. > Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: Per+2 [10]. > Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Acute Hearing 2 [4]; Acute Taste and > Smell 2 [4]; Damage Resistance 1 (Partial, Skull Only, -70%) [2]; Damage > Resistance 1 (Tough Skin, -40%) [3]; Peripheral Vision [15]; Reduced > Consumption 1 (Cast Iron Stomach) [2]; Striker (Horns; Cutting; Cannot > Parry, -40%) [5]. > Disadvantages: Appearance (Hideous) [-16]; Bad Temper (12) [-10]; Odious > Racial Habit (Will Eat Anything Organic) -2 [-10] > Features: Goat's head and shaggy neck. Short tail, doesn't affect clothing. > [But normally does sit outside]
I've not written up anything like this myself; thinking over it, I haven't seen many non-demonic goat headed critters at all. American folklore has the occasional unique goat-man living under railroad tracks or in "haunted" forests or the like, but normally it's goat-headed demons (with optional pitchfork). My usual rule of thumb when writing up a pseudo-furry race is to eyeball the base creatures weight. If they weigh significantly less than humans, they get a Strength or Hitpoint penalty. If they weigh significantly more than humans, they get a Strength and/or hitpoint bonus. Meat/Dairy goats fall in the 100-300 lbs range, depending on breed (yay domesticated animals, totally variable :P) which is pretty darn close to the range of weights for humans, so I'd avoid giving them a ST bonus at all (but no ST penalty). HT +2 might be a bit higher than I'd pick, but doesn't seem excessive. Absolute Direction is a strange choice, I wouldn't have thought of it at all. Minotaurs, sure, because gamers at some point got confused and started assigning navigational prowess to the classical Minotaur (it should be the exact opposite - the Labyrinth was a prison for Astarion, he was as lost in the Labyrinth as were the sacrificial Athenians). I don't associate it with goats even on a mythological basis, so I'd leave it out. The rest of your advantages list is good, but I'd add in Super Jump 1. Domestic goats are like cats - they like being high up, and they LOVE climbing around on things. They're notorious for getting up in trees and nibbling off half the leaves, and of course general rock climbing exploits, even for the domestic breeds. I'd also add a Feature saying that Perfect Balance is not an exotic trait for Goat-men (but perhaps not making it a required part of the template). I don't know enough about goats to comment on Bad Temper, but the stereotype for male goats would include Lecherous ;) You could swap out the OPH for Gluttony for some versions as well. Emily Smirle _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
