Lipoti
The industrious lipoti dig deep into the earth of the World, building elaborate tunnels and underground villages to live in. Though they may be a rare sight in above-ground cities, they're known for working hard and putting the whole of themselves into their labor, hardly resting until their job is done.
Built to Dig
With stocky, squat bodies and thick limbs, the lipoti fit comfortably and stay warm in their below-ground tunnels. The long claws at the end of each finger are perfectly suited to tearing through soil and chipping away at rock, and these claws continue to grow if they break or become dull. The lipoti have very poor eyesight due to life down below, but a truly remarkable sense of smell and touch. Other species who expect to meet a totally blind creature are often surprised by the way a lipoti can smell movement by changes in the air, or feel the feet of everyone around them stepping on the earth.Life Underground
It's often claimed that many species didn't know the lipoti existed until the Law of Speech called them to join the others. While this may be an exaggeration, it is true that most rural folk won't meet a lipoti over the course of their life due to their unique lifestyles. Lipoti towns are almost entirely built within the earth, though a few structures may rest outside the ground to show where a settlement begins. Towns and cities often conform to the natural features of an area. If the rock is sturdy enough to support itself, wide avenues and towering structures can be built with plenty of headroom around. If the ground is weak, narrow alleys and small homes cluster together, with shared walls working as supports. Most lipoti cities were dark, cold places until other species started coming around. Trade and relations from others are essential, and so lamps and heating were quickly implemented into newly planned areas.Dig to Build, Build to Dig
It's easy for a lipoti to get into the mining industry due to their natural talents, and it's estimated about 70% of the species works in a related line of work. Smelling ores before you can see them is invaluable, and their claws mean they don't require all the tools a Lycan would. However, doing everything yourself can be exhausting. Lipoti engineers have become well known for their curious and inventive Magicite machines, built to aid them in their work. Why carry ores when a cart on rails can do it for you? Other species need light to see in the tunnels? Illuminate them with Magicitebulbs. Tired of digging through soil? A metal drill spun with magic can make it easier. The materials required to make and power these marvelous machines means a whole new industry of metal manufacture and magicite prospecting has sprung up tailored to them. Table introNames
names intro Female Names: Ceres, Eos, Minerva, Nike, Rhea. Male Names: Apollo, Atlas, Helios, Somnus, Vulcan. Pride Names: Blackeye, Greymane, Nightplain, Redpaw, Sharpclaw.Traits
Your lipoti character has the following species traits: Ability Score Increase Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1. Age Lipoti age and mature at similar rates to most other species. Alignment Lipoti lean towards lawful alignments. Size Your size is medium. Speed Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Underground Senses As a lipoti, your special sensory organs give you tremorsense of 60ft on land. This radius is doubled to 120ft if you are burrowed. You also gain advantage on Insight, Investigation, and Perception skill checks that involve smell, but gain disadvantage on those same checks when you're relying on sight. Burrow You have a burrowing speed of 10 feet through dirt, snow, mud, and ice. You may choose to leave behind a hole that other creatures may follow you through. Small creatures may move through the tunnel at full speed, and medium creatures at half speed. Creatures larger than medium may not enter the burrow. Claws Your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. Hold Breath Adapted to life in low-air environments, your species has become capable of holding its breath for extended periods of time. You can hold your breath for up to 30 minutes without penalty. Language You speak Common and Critteran.Tunnel to the Underworld
Some cultures hold a belief that the lipoti have the power to dig all the way down to the underworld, a place where the dead reside. Others believe that the lipoti themselves ferry souls down to the underworld when their Worldly body dies. It's said that their poor eyesight is to prevent them from seeing what happens after death; they simply listen, smell, and feel their way there to drop a soul off for its eternal rest. Of course, the cultures that hold these beliefs tend to be ones where few lipoti live, and the average lipoti has just as little idea what happens when a soul moves on as any other species does.Sidebar 2
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