Terracotta Warrior
In my eyes, The Red Star belongs to a group of games whose settings make heavy use of anachronistic national cliches and images commonly associated with certain regions or nations mixed with mythological elements and straight-up fantasy. This is more true for the Campaign Setting than it is for the comics, simply as the comics show us only a narrow selection of the world while the Campaign Setting paints a far broader picture which then serves to underline this impression of the anachronistic archetypes.
This was the backdrop, before whcih the idea to flesh out the terracotta army of the first emperor of China for use in The Red Star was born.
Since the time of the first Dragon Emperor, the people of the Lands of the Dragon share their lands and lifes with creatures made of burnt clay. The Terracotta Warriors were the backbone of the armies with which the first Emperor united the empire and they served as imperial bodyguard to his successors. Later dynasties and the governments to follow in the wake of the empire saw their influence and status decline but they never entirely vanished from the Lands of the Dragon which they had helped to form, same as they themselves continued to be formed from its clay.
Terracotta Warriors as Player Characters
Type: Terracotta Warriors are Constructs and follow all the rules for this creature type.
Size: Medium. As medium-sized Constructs Terracotta Warriors receive 10 bonus hitpoints.
Ability Modifiers: +2 Wisdom, -2 Intelligence.
Base Speed: 12 meters.
Special Qualities: Apart from the qualities granted by their Construct type, Terracotta Warriors possess the following special qualities:
Brittle: Unlike other Constructs, Terracotta Warriors are subject to critical hits. They remain unaffected by massive damage and retain all of their other Construct immunities.
Eternal Guard: Terracotta Warriors receives a +2 racial bonus to all Listen and Spot checks and a +4 racial bonus to Hide checks as long as they do not move.
Kasting Cracks: A Terracotta Warriors always take lethal damage instead of non-lethal damage from kasting, as the protocol energy routed through them cracks and chips their bodies.
Protocol Repair: A Terracotta Warrior cannot be healed with protocols which restore hitpoints to living creatures but it can be repaired using protocols which restore hitpoints to vehicles or objects.
Bonus Feats: All Terracotta Warriors begin play with the Archaic Weapons Proficiency feat.
The Red Star and all related characters are ™ and © Christian Gossett. Used with kind permission.
The Red Star Campaign Setting is © Green Ronin Publishing, LLC.
The Red Star und alle verwandten Charaktere sind ™ und © Christian Gossett. Verwendet mit freundlicher Genehmigung.
The Red Star Campaign Setting ist © Green Ronin Publishing, LLC.