Shawda Ubb
Species Data
Attribute Dice: 12D (+6D for PC)
DEXTERITY: 1D/4D
PERCEPTION: 2D/4D+2
STRENGTH: 1D/3D
KNOWLEDGE: 1D/4D
MECHANICAL: 1D/2D+1
TECHNICAL: 1D/3D
Size: 0.3 - 0.5 meters
Move: 5/8
Homeworld: Manpha
Description:
Shawda Ubb are diminutive amphibians from Manpha - a small, wet world located on the Corellian Trade Route in the Outer Rim
Territories. The frog-like aliens have long, gangly limbs and wide-splayed fingers. Their rubbery skin is a mottled greenish-gray,
except on their pot-bellies, where it lightens to a subdued lime-green. Well-defined ridges run across the forehead, keeping
Manpha's constant rains out of their eyes. The females lay one to three eggs a year - usually only one egg "quickens" and
hatches.
Shawda Ubb feel most comfortable in small communities where everyone knows everyone. Hundreds of thousands of small towns and
villages dot the marshlands and swamps of Manpha's single continent. Life is simple in these communities; the Shawda Ubb do not
evidence much interest in adopting the technological trappings of a more advanced culture, though they have the means and capital
to do so.
There are exceptions. Many of these small communities engage in cottage-industry oil-refining, pumping the rich petroleum that
bubbles up out of the swamps into barrels. They sell their oil to the national oil companies based in the capital city of
Shanpan. There, factories process the oil into high-grade plastics for export. A large network of orbital transports and shuttles
have sprung up to service these numerous community oil cooperatives. Shanpan hosts the only spaceport on the planet.
Shawda Ubb subsist on swamp grasses and raw fish. Industries have grown up all around transporting foodstuffs from place to
place (particularly to Shanpan), but they do not take well to cooked or processed food.
Special Abilities:
Marsh Dwellers: When in moist environments, Shawda Ubb receive a +1D bonus to all Dexterity, Perception,and Strength attribute and skill checks. This is purely a psychological advantage. When in very dry environments, Shawda Ubb seem depressed and withdrawn. They suffer a -1D penalty to all Dexterity, Perception,and Strength attribute and skill checks.
Acid Spray: The Shawda Ubb can spit a paralyzing poison onto victims. This powerful poison can immobilize a human-sized mammal for a quarter-hour (three-meter range, 6D stun damage, effects last for 15 standard minutes).
