Xenthari

Four-armed insectoid canyon climbers with natural chitin armour and vertical-thinking affinity.

Xenthari are chitinous insectoids native to Xenth, a high-gravity world of deep canyons and vertical cliff-cities in the Confederation mid-rim. Their four-armed body plan evolved for scaling sheer rock faces while carrying larvae and food. Xenthari society is organised around the cliff-tower: every family holds a vertical kilometre of canyon wall. They are the Confederation's climbing and rigging caste, working Asteroid belts, cliff-mines, and hull-repair yards. Xenthari think in vertical metaphors and signal trust by sitting on the ground.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Ability Adjustments / Cha	-1
Ability Adjustments / Con	1
Ability Adjustments / Dex	1
Ability Adjustments / Int	0
Ability Adjustments / Str	0
Ability Adjustments / Wis	0
Ability Maximums / Cha	18
Ability Maximums / Con	18
Ability Maximums / Dex	18
Ability Maximums / Int	18
Ability Maximums / Str	18
Ability Maximums / Wis	18
Ability Minimums / Cha	3
Ability Minimums / Con	3
Ability Minimums / Dex	3
Ability Minimums / Int	3
Ability Minimums / Str	3
Ability Minimums / Wis	3
Allowed Classes	Soldier, Officer, Scout, Chaplain, Sawbones, Operative, Face, Psion, Academic
Exceptional Strength	true

Notes

Multi Class Options: ['Soldier', 'Officer'], ['Soldier', 'Scout'], ['Soldier', 'Operative'], ['Officer', 'Face'], ['Scout', 'Operative'], ['Chaplain', 'Sawbones'], ['Operative', 'Face'], ['Psion', 'Academic'], ['Soldier', 'Officer', 'Scout'], ['Operative', 'Face', 'Scout'], ['Chaplain', 'Sawbones', 'Academic']

Special Abilities

Extra Limbs

Field	Value
name	Extra Limbs

description: Four functional arms. Dual-wield two-handed weapons at -2 primary, -4 off-hand, or wield a two-handed weapon plus a shield. Extra hands may hold, reload, or manipulate while primary arms attack.

Climb Speed

Field	Value
description	Climb at half normal movement. +4 to Athletics for climbing.
name	Climb Speed

Natural Chitin Armour +1

Field	Value
description	Hard chitinous exoskeleton grants +1 natural armour bonus to AC.
name	Natural Chitin Armour +1

Insectoid Reflexes

Field	Value
description	+1 to initiative. Compound eyes process motion faster than humanoid vision.
name	Insectoid Reflexes

High-G Endurance

Field	Value
description	+2 to Fortitude vs. crush, pressure, and gravitational stress effects.
name	High-G Endurance

Vertical Thinking

Field	Value
description	+2 to Survival and Perception checks in vertical environments (cliffs, ships' rigging, derelict shafts).
name	Vertical Thinking

Short Lifespan

Field	Value
description	Rarely live past 50 standard years. -1 to saves vs. aging effects.
name	Short Lifespan

Social Outsider

Field	Value
description	-1 to Persuasion checks with non-Xenthari. Body language of 'trust' reads as 'submission' to most species.
name	Social Outsider