Qwohog

Sample Image of Qwohog

Species Data

Attribute Dice: 12D (+6D for PC)
DEXTERITY: 1D/3D+2
PERCEPTION: 1D/3D+2
STRENGTH: 1D/3D+2
KNOWLEDGE: 1D/2D+2
MECHANICAL: 1D/3D
TECHNICAL: 1D/3D
Size: 1 - 1.3 meters
Move: 8/10 (land), 14/16 (swimming)
Homeworld: Hirsi
Source: Galaxy Guide #12: Aliens: Enemies and Allies p.68-69

Description:
Biology and Appearance:
Qwohog have smooth iridescent skin, blue to green in color. They have no hair, though they have raised silvery-blue scales on their heads, wrists, waists, and ankles which could be mistaken for hair at a distance. Their faces have no visible noses, long, pointed ears, and round, black eyes. Though they are delicate in appearance, Qwohog are quite strong for their size.

Qwohog are completely amphibious, with their lungs connected to their mouth and to gill slits under their arms. They easily adapted to a variety of freshwater environments, though saltwater damaged their lungs and gills. They therefore required protective suits to swim in the saline oceans found on most other habitable planets. Aside from their gills and humanoid appearance, their physiology was cetacean, much like the Herglic.

The Wavedancers have a spoken language (called simply Qwohog), but since their voices are adapted for underwater communication, their voices only carried a few meters in air. They use Qwohog sign language instead to communicate on the surface. After making contact with offworlders, they began to use the vocalizer masks developed by the Anomids as well.

Society:
The Wavedancers never developed sophisticated technology on their own before their first contact with offworlders. Qwohog communities farm various water plants, gather floating basin-pods, and hunt skitterflies and fish. Qwohog hunting parties also go ashore to search for lizards and small mammals, which they considered delicacies. Most Qwohog wear simple clothing made from tenidit plants, with male leaders often decorating their ears with seashells.

Qwohog are hard workers who are equally eager to seek pleasure and quick to make friends. If wronged or threatened, however, they will fiercely defend themselves or their homes.

History:
Scouts from the Rebel Alliance discovered them while exploring Hirsi for valuable rudic crystal deposits. The Rebels quickly befriended the Qwohog, and soon started trading with them. Unfortunately for the Qwohog, the Galactic Empire was not far behind. The Imperial occupation of Hirsi was brief, but brutal — the Rebel scout team was killed, the crystal mining continued without regard for the natural environment, and several Qwohog were taken prisoner.

When the Imperial occupation ended, a second Rebel team arrived on Hirsi. The Qwohog leaders asked the Rebels to establish a permanent base to protect their homeworld, and renewed their relationship with the Alliance. They began trading rudic crystals, food, cloth, and medicines made from the local shellfish (which are particularly effective against burns).

Thousands of Qwohog also left on Alliance ships at this time, either to serve in the Galactic Civil War or to set up colonies to ensure the survival of their species in case the Empire returned to Hirsi. Qwohog colonists and those serving with the Rebellion quickly learned galactic-level technology and the Basic language. Many Qwohog became scouts, technicians, medics, or pilots for the Alliance.

Special Abilities:
Amphibious: Qwohog, or Wavedancers, are freshwater amphibians and breath equally well in and out of water. Retractable webbing on their hands and feet adds to their swimming rate. They gain an additional +1D to the following skills while underwater: brawling parry, dodge, survival, search,and brawling.

Story Factors:
The Qwohog are amphibious humanoid sapients indigenous to Hirsi, a planet mostly covered in freshwater lakes and seas. They remained isolated from the rest of the Galaxy until they were swept up in the Galactic Civil War, when they aligned themselves with the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Small-boned, agile, and delicate in appearance, they were sometimes called Wavedancers for their graceful movement through the freshwater oceans and lakes of their homeworld.