Homebrew Duros Species Details
"Let us become spears."
The species most often celebrated as having granted the gift of hyperspace travel to the galaxy, Duros are revered as pilots, explorers, and storytellers. They are also widely sought after as ships' engineers and mechanics.
Biology and Appearance
Descended from reptiles, Duros are bipedal humanoids with large red, slitted eyes; smooth blue-green skin; long fingers; bald, bulbous heads; and no nose (just tiny slits below the eyes that provide their olfactory sense). Their young hatch as larvae from eggs laid by the females, but they are raised in a recognizable family unit. Duros aren't particularly powerful physically, but they possess sharp minds and keen intellects. Though both males and females are bald, other sex characteristics make them easily distinguishable.
Society and Culture
Most scholars believe the Duros actually invented the first hyperdrive craft; the species' contributions to interstellar navigation are impossible to overstate. They are inquisitive and adventurous, and they take great pride in their extensive travels through-out the galaxy. It is, in fact, considered polite to refer to any Duros by the honorific "Traveler," such is their passion for astrogation and exploration of the galaxy.
Duros tend to be quiet, saying little and observing their surroundings. They can usually be encouraged to tell stories of their families and their people. Possessing exceptional memories for such things, they have an oral history that is rightfully a matter of great pride. In light of the disaster that over-industrialization, combined with numerous devastating attacks by outside forces, brought upon their planet, there's little wonder why they cling tenaciously to a more glorious past.
Their homeworld, Duro, was once a lush, green world. It is now completely uninhabitable without extensive bio-hazard protections due to ecological disasters on an extinction scale. Driven to reach out far and wide to the galaxy, the Duros allowed manufacturing, mining, and production to go unchecked and unregulated. The resultant pollutants and hazardous wastes ultimately drove them from their homeworld to live in massive orbital cities and space stations all around the planet
Duros Names
Duros names are generally melodic, with female names having softer intonations. Surnames are familial.
Male Names. Cir, Fod, Mom, Rur, Zim
Female Names. Chochi, Fumsu, Kaleshef, Raada
Surnames. Dektuks, Jimoks, Silt, Tuzig, Zhoks
Duros Traits
Your Duros character has the following traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.
Age
Duros reach adulthood in their early teens and live less than a century.
Alignment
Duros tend toward no particular alignment. The best and worst are found among them.
Size
Duros are taller and leaner than humans, with most a slender 6 feet in height. Your size is medium.
To set your height and weight randomly, start with rolling a size modifier:
Size modifier = 2d12
Height = 4 feet + 11 inches + your size modifier in inches
Weight in pounds = 90 + (1d4 × your size modifier)
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Intuitive Navigation
You have proficiency with Navigator's tools. When you roll a 1 on the d20 for plotting a course, charting a map, or discovering your position on a starchart, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.
Starship Familiarity
Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the design or origin of starships, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.
Techincal Aptitude
You know one cantrip of your choice from the artificer spell list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Basic and Durese. Durese (also called Durosian) is a well-known and widely spoken language throughout the Corellian sector.
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