The Meta
"Bring it down, for all my brothers and sisters" - Olethros
The Meta are super human beings. Extra organs like two hearts and three lugs, super strong and able to live centuries with little age. Meta are incredible rare and they are often hunted because of there rarity. Meta are often depressed as well because of the shear lack of them, and there difficulty merging with society, because they are so powerful and resistant to magic.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Meta have many adjustments from normal humans, an extra lung and heart, magical resistances, and even tougher skin and increased adrenal glands. Meta are huge monstrous versions of humanity, with many enhancements and skills that vary greatly.
Biological Traits
Enhanced endurance, senses, skills, and magic resistance are some of there awesome abilities. Minor regeneration and powerful immune systems come almost innately and incredible strength and durability is a given.
Genetics and Reproduction
Unfortunately posses no reproductive organs of any kind. This is the way of the Meta, eternal loneness.
Growth Rate & Stages
Because meta are grown by mad mages and dragons in pods, they are born as adults and never seem to age grow any more that, and they seem to not age, but they not live past a few decades because the ability to rejuvenate there complex genes has been all but lost.
Ecology and Habitats
Meta live almost any ware, there ability's to change resistance to climates easily makes them able to live in places where not many can go, this makes them great soldiers and mercenaries, as they can go almost any ware.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Most meta to not seem to need to eat nearly as much as regular humans, they are able to survive without food for months, and without water for weeks before needing to eat or dink again. However there body processes all the food they do eat almost completely. In addition, meta do not need to cook food or even clean there water, as they are immune to most diseases.
Biological Cycle
Meta do not age or seem to change over time at all. However after a few decades, there bodies and minds degrade so much that they go feral, and there bodies literally fall apart on them. The knowledge to rejuvenate them and prevent this has been lost to time.
Additional Information
Social Structure
The meta have small groups of meta gatherings in large cities called, "clutches" these groups are sometimes kept secret, and sometimes not. Usually consisting of 4 or 5 meta, clutches are small families of meta that trust each other and rely on one another.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Meta are extremely rare and spread out, they generally avoid rural areas. However because they find safety in blending in, as much as they can. This also helps with monetary comfort and finding other meta, when the chance arises.
Average Intelligence
Meta are typically inelegant, however there intelligence varies like any race. Magic comes easy to them and they often have some sort of innate training in certain skills.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Meta have all manner of increased senses form nigh vision to inferred vision to super hearing. Some even seem to be able to sense the movement of things around them by just air vibrations.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Meta aften have very simple names with no sir name, things that reflect there design and possible intended propose. An example could be, "Mason" or "Scout" reflecting there implanted memories of skills and training they once received. To a meta, there name is there entire identity.
Beauty Ideals
Meta care little for beauty, as they are almost all exquisite specimens, and have no care for things of that nature. However there concept of beauty is when something is pure and simply is. A meta may not find an attractive woman or man beautiful, but something like a mountain, a birds call, or a simple wooden chair. To put it simply, meta find humility beautiful.
Gender Ideals
While meta have two genders like normal humanoids, they don't seem to care as they have no gender related organs. They theoretically could reproduce if they had those parts, or if they went to a functioning lab and took samples of genetic code from one another of the opposite gender, but none have tried.
Courtship Ideals
Courtship in the sense of wanting to start a family or for other proposes is not herd of among meta, however love is still prevalent in there life, as they have souls like any human.
Relationship Ideals
Meta require trust above all else in a friend ship or anything of the sort, because they do not know anything about them self, but are made with an increased intellect, they are often stuck in a state of discover for there first few years of life.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
All meta can innately speak primordial, the reason for this is not entirely known, but it does come in handy when speaking with elementals, who share a lot attributes with.
Common Taboos
An interesting part of meta life, is that it is not uncommon for a meta to meet a meta that is identical to themselves. Cloning is a part of there creation, and sometimes makes for awkward meetings.
History
Meta are thought to have been made by both dragons and mind flayers during the Heaven Fall Wars. Trying to make soldiers to gain the upper hand. Many of them must have died or been failures because of there current rarity. Since then they have been sought after by many as nations wanting soldiers, finding un birthed ones in pods across Acies and opening them, sometimes killing them in the prosses, and some being put into slavery, while others somehow escape or find freedom in other ways.
Historical Figures
There is a legend that a great meta of unknown gender once destroyed an entire Slaad warship by themselves. This figure is seen as a kind of chosen one by meta, known only by the name of, "Olethros" or bane to translate it from the primordial tongue.
Common Myths and Legends
It is said that the meta will one day all die out, or they will take the place of humans. This is not confirmed nor promised by any god or being, perhaps a lie, a false hope, or maybe a vision of the future. All that is known is that they may be the reason that Acies is still here, as the Slaad and Mindflayer threats may have been defeated because of the meta kind.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Meta are not trusting of other races, mainly draconic races and mindflayers because of there alleged history. In general, the closer to meta a race is, the more trusting meta are. But this is not to say that they are inheriently racist, there is just a lot of bad blood between meta and the rest of the world.
Archaic Design
Like normal humans, meta are very sought after by those who wish to use there genetic codes to make more meta or for some other similar propose. There creation and biology has been lost to time, and there may be a time when they are needed again. Some mages have theorized that there souls are not human souls but in fact the souls of dead dragons from eons ago that use there innate magic to keep the bodies alive with all of there complex functions.Meta in Game
Meta use the custom rules found in D&D Beyond. Meta in D&D 5e
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Lifespan
40 years
Conservation Status
Meta are not considered an independent species, this is because of there rarity and that they are in many ways human. But they are so different from them that they are truly there own kind. Regular humans are already incredibly rare that meta are not even known to exist by most people. The meta often try to conserve there kind, but there sparsity make this difficult.
Average Height
7 ft - 8 ft
Average Weight
250 - 400 lbs
Average Physique
Meta rare large hulking humanoids that have very little body fat and a large percentage of muscles mass as there bodies are very efficient. Even a relatively week meta is still very well cut.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Some meta are found to have markings or runes carved into there skin. The purpose of these is often unknown, but some believe that it is a representation of there magical resistances.
Geographic Distribution