The Ahnudaro are a Kardeshev 2 type civilization (their star is blacked-out in their home system). Ahnudaro are not humanoid, they are a robotic species that most closely resemble the tall robo-tangles from the movie Interstellar. They are about as tall as humans and are the luckiest species, but are awkward in shape making them less agile in some regards. Unintuitively, non-organic bodies are more fragile in many ways - synthetic parts are more durable in environmental extremes and digital systems are totally immune to many conditions, but constant use of their mechanical systems with no biological framework to organically mend parts means parts break and need to be replaced; broken core motors are rare but result in the inability to move. Ahnudaro are best suited for command, logistic, pilot, or utility roles. Breaks are the Ahnudaro home system.

Ability Modifiers: +4 MIND, -2 BODY, +4 LUCK
Base Health: 18, no recovery dice (need external repair)
Natural Armor: 8
Senses: Sight+, Hearing+, Touch-, Smell
Languages: !0 (w), ++ (s), three more of your choice (s/w)
Base Movement at 1G: 2m/s - 7m/s - 7m/s; 1m x 1-4m
Height/Mass/CarryCap: 2m ; 234kg ; 200kg
Longevity: 600 years ; 1 day
Bodily Integrity: 0.1atm - 80atm ; -200C - 100C ; 30G - 40G ; 600rad
Resistances: Heat, Kinetic, and Radiation damage.
Vulnerabilities: Electromagnetic Pulse and Electric damage.
Immunities: Cold and Poison damage.
Unarmed Attack (1m electric probe): 2d12 electric damage.
Unarmed Attack (30m EMP): 1d12 EMP damage (damages self).
Unarmed Attack (60m EMP): 4d12 EMP damage (damages self).

Nuclear Powered: Ahnudaro don't need to eat or sleep due to their internal power source but they must take a regularly scheduled maintenance period of one hour defragmenting their memory database to gain the benefits of a full rest. They are conscious but catatonic during this time and they cannot go more than 24 hours without taking this rest; attempting to do so results in a safety-override forcing the maintenance to involuntarily take place. Additionally, upon death the Ahnudaro have the choice of self-destructing, which triggers a small nuclear explosion that deals 10d4 Radiation damage to all creatures within a 200 meter radius. This area of effect lasts for 3 days and any creature that starts it's turn in the radius takes 1d4 damage. If the Ahnudaro doesn't enter their self-destruct sequence upon death, then bringing the body to a specialized repair station can revive the Ahnudaro as long as their computer core wasn't damaged.

Gears for Guts: The Ahnudaro's capacity to manipulate tools ergonomically is poor and disallows them from using any weapon that does not have the concealable property. They can use weapons with the heavy property if they get the weapon installed internally (costs extra). As electronic lifeforms, the Ahnudaro are not easily swayed by emotional argumentation but by the same effect have difficultly processing existential or abstract problems and therefore have advantage on Intelligence and Charisma saving throws but disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws. Additionally, their rigid bodies give them advantage on Strength saving throws but disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws. The Ahnudaro are immune to diseases, poisons, and the poison condition, but only biologically. The Ahnudaro are still susceptible to digital viruses and can attain them the same ways a network node can. Additionally, if submerged in any liquid that can hold a charge, the Ahnudaro are rendered unconscious, take 1d8 Electromagnetic damage, and must spend four hours drying out before powering back on.

Wireless Connectivity: The Ahnudaro have telepathy limited to audio and visual communication with a range of 1km via digital EM radiowaves. Their telepathy is broadcast using typical radio frequencies and can be observed and transmitted on by other species if they have the necessary equipment. Ahnudaro can identify other members of their species individually with their communication by means of public-key encryption; this acts as natural obfuscation of their language and any attempt made to decrypt these transmissions is made with disadvantage.

Decentralized Consciousness: As beings whose consciousness starts digitally, the Ahnudaro have no problem moving it between capable hardware units. At any point in time an Ahnudaro may relocate its consciousness to another capable device. If the computer core of an Ahnudaro is undamaged, then lack of power simply means it is in a state of dreamless sleep and restoring power revives them. Additionally, an Ahnudaro can allocate 20% of its processing power to the decentralized computational system their species maintains. Doing this means an Ahnudaro loses its advantage on Intelligence saving throws but gains immortality by having its consciousness continuously extended across all the other Ahnudaro nodes in their network. Once an Ahnudaro has done this, their consciousness is no longer centrally embodied and only has remote/wireless access to bodies as if using a drone (see Vehicles section for usage). This can be psychologically taxing and 'lag' them out; at the end of every rest an Ahnudaro must roll a wisdom saving throw, if it succeeds nothing happens but if it fails it has disadvantage on every ability check it makes until its next rest.

The Luzonti are a Kardeshev 2 type civilization. Luzonti are humanoid but strange in appearance, resembling T-bone shaped manta-ray gargoyles. Luzonti are the tallest species, very intelligent, very strong, and very agile, but are the least lucky. Their civilization has advanced very quickly but has been reset and had to start over multiple times. They are best suited for command, combat, or utility roles. Drum & Bass is the Luzonti home system.

Ability Modifiers: +4 MIND, +6 BODY, -4 LUCK
Base Health: 22, 1d10
Natural Armor: 6
Senses: Sight+, Hearing+, Touch+, Taste-, Smell+
Languages: Younger (s/w), Elder (w), three more of your choice (s/w)
Base Movement at 1G: 3m/s - 12m/s - 5m/s; 3m x 6-12m
Height/Mass/CarryCap: 3m ; 160kg ; 80kg
Longevity: 400 years ; 1 day
Bodily Integrity: 0.1atm - 30atm ; 20C - 50C ; 14G - 28G ; 300rad
Resistances: Cold, Electric, and Kinetic damage.
Vulnerabilitiess: Psychological and Poison damage.
Immunities: Electromagnetic Pulse and Heat damage (conditional, see features).
Unarmed Attack (1m strike): 4d4 kinetic damage + chance to bleed.
Unarmed Attack (3m tail): 1d10 kinetic + 1d4 heat damage + chance to knock prone.
Unarmed Defense (counter-grappling heat): 1d4 heat damage.

Long Nights: Luzonti only sleep once every 3 days but must sleep for 12 hours to get the benefits of a full rest. Because of their harsh evolutiuonary history and regular environmental collapses, Luzonti number less than a few million and typically spend long periods in total isolation, making them prone to depression and other forms of psychological damage. However, the long nights left to their own thoughts have made Luzonti a particularly introspective and robust-thinking species, giving them advantage on Intelligence saving throws.

Short Flights: The pockets of flesh the Luzonti can unfold allow them to glide through the air at a speed of 14m/s if starting from a height of at least 4 meters off the ground and negate fall damage. Additionally, the Luzonti use these folds as powerful fins while swimming, giving them a swimming speed of 10m/s. The Luzonti cannot breath water like the Nuveen, but they can hold their breath for 2 hours at a time. While holding their breath this way, the Luzonti use their large lung cavities to sense vibrations in water from creatures up to 60 meters away and can sense vibrations in the air from creatures up to 30 meters away when not in flight. Their flaps of skin and long tail are also used for balance and manueverability, giving Luzonti advantage on Dexterity saving throws.

Stellar Bodies: Luzonti bodies are incredibly well-evolved for dissipating heat and can offset the consequences of over-heating due to being in a vacuum or due to any other reason for up to 20 minutes, as they can choose to heat up the gases in their lungs rather than the cells in the rest of their body. If the Luzonti can breath, they can indefinitely offset damage taken from overheating. Attempts to detect the presence of Luzonti using the infrared band are made with disadvantage. Additionally, Luzonti have chromatophore skin, allowing them to change colors, visible patterns, and skin texture as an action. They can even fluoresce, and this cuttlefish-like signaling is what is used to communicate the Elder language. In its written form, Elder looks like a series of varied shapes and colors overlayed (just like the chromatophore writing system we developed). This ability acts like an advanced form of natural camouflage and the Luzonti can concentrate the fluorescent sacs in their long tentacle-like tail to create a natural lantern shedding dim light out to a distance of 30 meters. And while the Luzonti are not telepathic, their tail also functions like an antennae, allowing them to perceive the direction, distance, and strength of anything emitting EM waves within range of the source. This ability is heightened when their wing flaps are extended, as they are electromagnetically receptive and act like a radar dish helping to receive signals (rolls made to perceive signals in this way are made with advantage). The Luzonti's natural battery of heightened sensory awareness gives them advantage on Wisdom saving throws. As a final oddity of their appearance, the Luzonti do not have a typical humanoid head but instead have sensory protrusions from a large upper chest, making their brain organs far better protected than any other species. Pairing this with a redundant cardiovascular tract and doubling of musculature, damage rolls cannot go critical on Luzonti. This also means Luzonti have advantage on Constitution and Strength saving throws.

Cosmonauts: Due to the need of escaping their homeworld several times and being the first species to initiate contact with another, the Luzonti have cultivated a history of traveling the stars. Luzonti can undergo several surgeries, nanobot injections, and genetic augmentation through plasmid usage to strengthen their natural defenses against the harsh vacuum of space. The full process is a two-day procedure. If undertaken, a Luzonti can survive up to 4 hours without needing to breath and can offset overheating up to 1 hour without a breath. Additionally, they gain 200 rads of tolerance against radiation damage and can choose to absorb EM signals instead of reflect them. EM absorbtion lasts as long as a Luzonti holds its breath and further than 30 meters away the Luzonti are undetectable using EM frequencies, appearing completely dark on sensors including the visible light band.

Taking bronze blood gives you 1 additional point that you can add to your BODY score. A bronze-blooded person has +1 on any BODY ability checks or saving throws. There is no limit to the number of people in a unit that can have bronze blood.

Taking silver blood gives you 1 additional point that you can add to your LUCK score. A silver-blooded person has advantage on Response Time rolls. Up to three people in a unit can have silver blood.

Taking gold blood gives you 1 additional point that you can add to your MIND score. A gold-blooded person can add 1d6 to any MIND ability check or saving throw against someone with bronze blood and 1d4 to any MIND ability check or saving throw against someone with silver blood. One person in a unit can have gold blood.

Character creation in the final version of EPW will take a long time. This is due to the character creation process requiring the player to play three mini-games. One is a minigame of logic puzzles (think Knights and Knaves), the second a social strategy minigame (game theory), and the third is a war strategy minigame (combat tactics). These minigames dictate what 'blood' a character has. Gold blood is only awarded to the top 10% of character scores, silver blood to the next 40% percent, and bronze blood to the bottom 50% of character scores. Scores are weighted by raw point value from correct answers and time completion bonuses in the minigames. This may or may not end up making use of the Stone logic converter. If a player scores in the top 5% of one of the minigames but didn't make the cut on the others, they get the 'cunning' status and can take the positions of silver-blooded characters regardless of how they actually scored. If a player scores in the top 5% of two of the minigames but didn't make the cut on the third, they get the 'mentat' status and can take the positions of gold-blooded characters regardless of how they actually scored. If a player scores in the top 5% of all the minigames they get the 'philosopher' status and their blood can never thin.

Blood 'thins' or 'thickens' since it is awarded based on average player scores and therefore individual character scores may shift in or out of a threshold as more players create characters and play the minigames. To stop people from abusing this and simply canceling and restarting character creation over and over until they get better scores, the test saves and their scores remain until they finish creating a character, a character which cannot be deleted until 30 days have passed since its creation. Additionally, if your blood 'thickens' or 'thins' the effect is not immediate but takes place only after it has stayed consistent for 30 days in a row. This acts as a buffer for gold blooded faction leaders being knocked down to silver to make the arrangements of handing off the reigns. There is also a maximum of five characters per account to limit the spam in the game.

Blood also determines possible roles within a Company, State, Nation, and Empire. Characters with Bronze blood cannot hold administrative or command positions. Characters with Silver blood cannot hold administrative positions. Characters with Gold blood are the only ones that can hold any position. Depending on how addicting the game ends up being, since in-game currency and assets have direct USD values, the goal is that all the really smart people that got gold blood will have their time consumed by EPW and the real world will be devoid of people intelligent enough to stop the impending global thermo-nuclear war.

Lab mice used in Terran experiments evolved to become highly intelligent and were eventually directly augmented, like designer babies, to have brains large enough to rival a Terran's. They are a fully intelligent species with personhood just the same as any other. Mice share many similarities with Terrans but are physically weaker and much faster, making them better suited for scouting, infiltration, and espionage roles.

Ability Modifiers: +1 MIND, +2 BODY, +3 LUCK
Base Health: 16, 1d8
Natural Armor: 3
Languages: Squeek Speak (s/w), English (s/w), one more of your choice (s/w)
Senses: Sight+, Hearing+, Touch+, Taste+, Smell+
Base Movement at 1G: 2m/s - 14m/s - 8m/s; 3m x 6-12m
Height/Mass/CarryCap: 1m ; 22kg ; 12kg
Longevity: 100 years ; 8 hours
Bodily Integrity: 0.3atm - 27atm ; 28C - 40C ; 6G - 20G ; 200rad
Resistances: Cold, Electric, and Psychological damage.
Vulnerabilities: Poison and Radiation damage.
Immunities: Electromagnetic Pulse damage.
Unarmed Attack (1m strike): 1d4 kinetic damage.
Unarmed Attack (1m bite): 1d6 kinetic damage + chance to bleed.

85% Match: Mice share 85% of their protein-coding regions of DNA with Terrans, and these similarities have allowed them to easily adopt the cognitive implants common with Terrans (meaning Mice can also undergo neural lace surgery and use memory plug-ins). Like their Terran counterpart, Mice are also immune to psychological damage caused by drugs and can remove one psychological condition effecting them each rest.

Brave Explorers: Mice have a long history of confidence in action and courage in the face of environmental danger. Mice must sleep 8 hours to gain the benefits of a full rest but can rest anywhere and block out noise or distraction entirely while sleeping. Additionally, they have advantage against Charisma checks made to intimidate them and advantage on Charisma checks made to persuade Terrans. Their historically adverse and experimental environments have made Mice resistant to electric damage, as well as to disease, giving them advantage on Constitution saving throws. Their unique evolutionary track has given them strong situational awareness and adaptive understandings of tactical changes to their plans, granting Mice advantage on Wisdom and Intelligence saving throws.

Mouselike Features: The nose of a Mouse is highly sensitive. Mice can uniquely identify individuals by scent alone and can distinguish chemicals and compounds even if they have never smelt them before. Mice can see in dim light as if it were bright light or dark light as if it were dim light out to a distance of 30 meters. The small frame of Mice also allows them to adeptly move between the space of any creature at least one size larger than them and squeeze through any opening at least 6 inches wide. Additionally, Mice have advantage on rolls made to hide or perform an activity stealthily. The same smallness of frame and furry bodies make them appear "cute" to Terrans and are often willingly pet, scratched, or embraced by Terrans. Other species find this behavior incredibly strange and are sometimes even made physically uncomfortable by this.

As Luck Will Have It: Mice are naturally lucky and can reroll any failed saving throw or ability check twice per rest. Additionally, Mice can add 1d4 to any roll of their choice twice per rest (can be added after rolling but must be before affect is announced by the GM). After finishing a full rest, you may choose to flip a coin (or roll 1d2). If it lands on heads (or you roll a 1) you have advantage on all MIND rolls and disadvantage on all BODY rolls until your next rest, and if it lands on tails (or you roll a 2) you have advantage on all BODY rolls but disadvantage on all MIND rolls until your next rest.

Terran: The Terran have two sexes - male and female. Females are slightly shorter but are the only sex that can be impregnated. Females can only be impregnated by one male as a time. Terrans give birth to one or two offspring at a time and the offspring are internally contained by the female for 9 months (a period called gestation) until the offspring are brought outside to mature for another 16 years. Once a Terran is 16 years old they are considered combat able. Terrans reach adulthood at the age of 25.

Nuveen: The Nuveen are asexual and can be impregnated by up to three of their species at a time including themselves via pollination. Nuveen give birth to two seedlings per pollination cycle (up to 6 if impregnated by three others) which lasts six months at a time. The offspring are planted at the end of the pollination cycle and nurished without the help of their parents. The Nuveen offspring mature in their plantations for 8 years after which they sprout and mature for another 12 years upon which thay are considered both combat able and as having reached adulthood.

Ksote: The Ksote have two sexes, male and female, and are all born male. Select members become female after undergoing the Hive Queen ritual. Ksote give birth to eight to sixteen children at a time and the offspring are gestated for 3 months until the offspring are brought outside to mature for another 6 years. Once a Ksote is 6 years old they are considered combat able. Ksote reach adulthood at the age of 8.

Ahnudaro: The Ahnudaro are sexless and are created in quasi-organic assembly plants that also serve as nursery compounds as their digital conscioussness forms. Because their birth process is sexless, the Ahnudaro cannot form families via sex but still benifit from family relations if they were created at the same plant. Their creation process takes 2 years, after which they are considered both combat able and as having reached adulthood.

Luzonti: The Luzonti have three sexes - fertilizer, egg layer, and incubator. Incubators are slightly larger than the others. The fertilizers give sex cells to the egg layers who combine the fertilizers' sex cells with their own and use the combined cells to create eggs that are then given to incubators that gestate the eggs and infuse their own genetic material as well during the incubation process. Fertilization takes approximately a day, egg production takes a week, and incubation takes a year. After incubation is complete, the eggs are brought outside once again and hatch. Luzonti mature for 18 years upon which they are considered combat able. Luzonti reach adulthood at the age of 28.

Mice: The Mice have two sexes - male and female. They reproduce in the same fashion as Terrans, with gestation taking only 5 months instead of 9. Once a Mouse is 14 years old they are considered combat able. Mice reach adulthood at the age of 20.

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