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The Lodians are an ancient race of near human, hailing from the planet Lod. This planet belongs to the Yut Sector, located in the Unknown Regions. Surrounded by a gas nebula with strong electromagnetic storms, Lod sol system is almost unreachable even to trained pilots, without the proper astrogation charts.
The Lodians were discovered by the Galactic Republic when the Duro Jedi Master, Ilthar Zyr was rescued in his ship by a Lodian scout ship, 4493 years before the battle of Yavin. Master Zyr’s ship was damage after fighting valiantly against a group of space pirates. Unknown to him that pirates were part of a group that were terrorizing one of the Lodian colonies. Observing this, the Lodians decided to help the stranger and took him and his ship.
Being an excellent diplomat master Zyr gained some sympathy with the Lodians and was taken to the lodian colony Nudül. There he found a fully organized society with an advanced technological level, strong traditions and respect for life. The Lodians always maintained their civilization in ecological balance, melding their cities within nature. It was only he was proven to them that he was their friend that they granted him the permission to visit their homeworld Lod.
An important innovation of the Lodian culture was the use of crystals in their daily life. Commonly used in ornamentation, some exhibits special properties and are used in different tasks. Some of these are: energy power sources, data storage, ability and vitality enhancements. Also a force sensitive individual could imprint a crystal that enhances his force abilities. Fascinating was the fact that anyone could use an imbued crystal, although the bonuses granted are minor when a non-Lodian uses it.
And last, but not least was the Lodian unique way of space travel. Although Lodian spacecrafts were capable of hyperspace, the dimension in which they travel through hyperspace is different to the one utilized by the rest of the galaxy. This technology was developed with the cooperation of another race, the Gemüts. The Gemüts arrived to the Lodian colony Nudül five centuries before the arrival of master Zyr, and have proven as valuable allies to each other forging over the years an alliance. Utilizing a particular type of crystal as energy source, the engines controlled by a Verschdrive or "V-drive", can generate enough energy to transport heir spacecraft to another hyperspace dimension, known as Verschspace or "V-space". Activating the Verschdrive augments the energy state around the ship and gives it a wraith-like appearance, nurturing the legends of ghost ships. The direct advantage of traveling through V-space is that is two times faster than the conventional hyperspace travel.
Excited by these relevant discoveries he reported it to the Jedi Order and they gave him permission to train native Lodians if he found it pertinent. With the growing menace of the Sith the Assembly preferred that this discovery must remain a secret. A culture like them without proper training could succumb to the dark teachings easily and become a powerful ally to the Sith.
Several years of working with them Master Zyr earned the trust of the Lodians, and began training Lodian children in the way of the Jedi. Eventually, with the help of Master Zyr the Lodians enhanced their space technology. Utilizing the database of the navigation computer aboard his ship and his vast astrogation knowledge, the Lodians developed more extensive and precise stellar maps. The Jedi Master also helped tune the military reinforcing their tactics in space warfare.
Unfortunately a couple of years after establishing a small academy Master Zyr passed away, but the young knights and padawans were not alone, being prepared for this event, Master Zyr imprinted his personality to his holocron, to help them in their jedi path. After his demise the Lodians mourned and buried him as a hero. Now after more than 4500 years have passed and one could see monuments on his name.
Over the years Lodian jedis began spreading to the Yut sector protecting the innocents and recruiting new candidates. Although the jedi ranks are mostly composed by Lodians it is not uncommon to see a few aliens.
Only a few Lodians have ventured out of the Unknown Regions, mostly because they spend most of the time scouting and protecting the Yut Sector. And those who did are commonly mistaken for humans.
Personality
The Lodians are creative, dedicated, intelligent and resourceful. They develop strong ties with their families and friends, and great respect for their ancestors. Lodians value the lessons of the past, and learn quickly by their mistakes. Their strong beliefs and determination has make the Lodians have a hard time adapting to other species, thus they tend to be loners outside their world and colonies.
Physical Description
As a near-human race; Lodians resemble physically a typical human. Their hair can be blue, green, red, purple or white. Their eyes have brilliant pupils and are typically amber, blue, green, hazel, pearl or purple. Lodian skin tones ranges from pale to tanned. The average Lodian stands between 1.6-1.8 m, with the males more built than the females.
Language
Lodians speak and write Lodese, a rich and elegant language. Some also learned to speak basic; which they found raw and simple for their taste, but very valuable for the interspecies relations.
Example Names
Male Names: Damos Thaulken, Esakk Qoul, Iosz Echtiir, Ibel Kelross, Kahl Marul, Lars Vesarii, Neredan Kaz, Rohl Vol’Kiira.
Female Names: Aydeen Nohm, Annika Jaanuli, Ibeth Assai, Melaness Iljheri, Miia Kai, Roüx Keslyn,Tiia Eilis, Xam Nexel.
Age in Years
Child 1-12, Young Adult, 13-18, Adult 19-221, Middle Age 222-380, Old 391-485, Venerable 486+
Elukahn, Bounty Hunter
Kahl Marul, Jedi Knight
Illustrations by Kenneth Rocafort
| Lodians - D6 Stats |
Attribute Dice: 12D
Dexterity 2D/4D
Knowledge 2D/4D
Mechanical 2D/4D
Perception 2D/4D
Strength 2D/4D
Technical 2D/4D
· Special Abilities:
· Educated: Lodian receives a 1d6 bonus in all knowledge technical skills
· Reclusive: Lodians are cautious while interacting with a member of another species, and subtract 1d6 to all Bargain and Persuasion skills while interacting with members of other species.
· Crystal Shaping: Lodians are very familiar enhancing crystals. To enhance a crystal the character must imbue it first by immersing into deep meditation, and make a successful Perception check type Difficult. A Lodian can gain a +1 bonus to the save for every 30 minutes he spends meditating in this process to a maximum of 1d6. If the save is successful, the crystal is imbued and is ready to be enhanced. If he fails the crystal cannot be enhanced for another 6 hours. The two types of enhanced crystals are:
o Vitality Battery. Any Lodian can store his life force into an imbued crystal. To create a Vitality Battery a Lodian must pay a Force Point and the amount of strength bonus points desired to be stored in the crystal, up to 1d6. The required meditation time is 10 minutes for every +1 strength bonus wished to store. The Vitality points remains within the crystal until all the points are drained. Once the character adds certain amount of Vitality Points he cannot another amount of vitality until the crystal is drained. After that, the character must pay another Force Point and pay the strength points desired to be stored. Only the character that imbued the crystal can use the Vitality Battery. A character can only create one vitality battery at the time, only when the vitality points are completely drained, he can imbue another crystal with vitality points.
o Skill crystal. Lodians can implant one skill, that he has rank into a crystal. By spending one Force Point, they can add one skill at +2d6 into an imbued crystal. This bonus is permanent within the crystal, and most common crystals will only hold one skill at the time. Any character of may use a skill-imbued crystal, but only will gain a +1d6 bonus, and must fulfill the requirements to use the skill. Also a Lodian character can learn the skill within the crystal if he has the prerequisites and spends one skill point. A character can only effectively wear two skill crystals at the time. A third skill crystal will not work if the wearer is already wearing two skill crystals.
· Free Language Skills: Read/Write and Speak Basic and Lodese.
Size: 1.6 - 2.0 meters
Move: 10 meters |
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| Lodians - d20 Stats |
Lodian characters do not suffer from class restriction. They usually pursue the path of the jedi, consular or guardian, scouts or tech specialists.
· Ability Modifiers: None.
· Near humans: As near humans Lodians are genetically identical to humans in most every respect and receive the same bonus skill points and bonus feat at first level as humans does with the indicated distinctions.
· Medium Size: As medium size creatures, Lodians have no special modifiers due their size.
· Speed: Lodian base speed is 10m.
· Educated: Lodian characters gain +2 bonus to all Craft (Any) and Knowledge (Any) skills. This bonus applies to only one category per skill.
· Reclusive: Lodians are cautious while interacting with a member of another species, and have a –2 penalty to diplomacy or charisma checks while improving the attitude of other alien species.
· Crystal Shaping: Lodians are very familiar enhancing crystals. To enhance a crystal the character must imbue it first by immersing into deep meditation, and make a successful Wisdom check DC 18. A Lodian can gain a +1 bonus to the save for every 30 minutes he spends meditating in this process to a maximum of +5. If the save is successful, the crystal is imbued and is ready to be enhanced. If he fails the crystal cannot be enhanced for another 6 hours. The two types of enhanced crystals are:
o Vitality Battery. Any Lodian can store his life force into an imbued crystal. To create a Vitality Battery a Lodian must pay a Force Point and the amount of vitality points desired to be stored in the crystal, up to 20 Vitality Points (temporarily reducing the character Vitality Points till they recover normally). The required meditation time is 10 minutes for every 10 vitality points, wished to store. The Vitality points remains within the crystal until all the points are drained. Once the character adds certain amount of Vitality Points he cannot another amount of vitality until the crystal is drained. After that, the character must pay another Force Point and pay the Vitality Points desired to be stored. Only the character that imbued the crystal can use the Vitality Battery. A character can only create one vitality battery at the time, only when the vitality points are completely drained, he can imbue another crystal with vitality points.
o Skill crystal. Lodians can implant one skill, that he has rank into a crystal. By spending one Force Point, they can add one skill at +4 into an imbued crystal. This bonus is permanent within the crystal, and most common crystals will only hold one skill at the time. Any character of may use a skill-imbued crystal, but only will gain a +2 bonus, and must fulfill the requirements to use the skill. A force sensitive character still need pay the Vitality cost when he uses a force skill. Also a Lodian character can learn the skill within the crystal if he has the prerequisites and spends one skill point. A character can only effectively wear two skill crystals at the time. A third skill crystal will not work if the wearer is already wearing two skill crystals.
· Free Language Skills: Read/Write and Speak Basic and Lodese. |
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| These are the last three comments in this thread. To view all of the comments on this entry, please click "view comments" above. | | Taylor_Banyan | Thanks I'll check it out. :) | | Jared Zuuhl | Taylor if you are interested in looking for more information about the lodians you can check my website:
[URL=http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/lodians/]Lodian Empire[/URL] | | Jared Zuuhl | Thnxs for your vote of confidence! Well to tell you the truth that was my intention. With the aid of Scottyboy, I was going to publish a supplement much like the Secrets of Cerea or Eraydia. Although [ . . . ] |
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