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Player > Races > Osharu
Starfinder Alien Archive 2 p.93
Osharus are Medium monstrous humanoids.
Osharus have darkvision with a range of 60 feet.
Osharus have a land speed of 25 feet and a swim speed of 25 feet.
Osharus regard religion and science as a singular concept, using their understanding of each to enhance the other. An osharu can use Life Science to identify creatures normally identified using Mysticism, and vice versa.
Osharus spend their lives acquiring vast amounts of knowledge and therefore tend to have applicable information in most situations. Once per day, an osharu can automatically succeed at an attempt to aid another on an Intelligence-based skill check.
As a swift action, an osharu can excrete slime into an empty adjacent square, causing that square to become difficult terrain. An osharu can use this ability 1d4 times per day before she must rest for at least 8 hours to replenish her slime stores.
A handful or more of salt or a splash of salt water deals 1d6 damage to an osharu, and full immersion in salt water deals 4d6 damage per round. These effects are negated by the environmental protections built into most armor.
The Deepmarsh osharus, similar to those of the Mire, have forsaken the bustling university-cities in order to live solitary lives out in the wilderness. Unlike Mire dwellers, though, Deepmarsh osharus have also forsaken community, education, and religion entirely. They are often solitary or live in families of two to four companions. A Deepmarsh osharu’s ability adjustments are +2 Constitution, +2 Strength, −2 Charisma.
Gengen osharus have acclimated to swimming, and they are robust and strong. A gengen osharu’s ability adjustments are +2 Strength, +2 Intelligence, –2 Dexterity.
The swamp-dwelling osharus of the Mire are a hardy and resourceful folk. Spending much of their lives roughing it in the wilds, these osharus are surprisingly deft combatants, as well as being skillful farmers, hunters, and thieves. A Mire dweller osharu’s ability adjustments are +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom, −2 Intelligence.
The osharus of the Mire are adept hunters, forgoing scholarly
studies to become more resourceful in the wilds of Jenikar.
Osharus with this racial trait gain a +2 racial bonus to Survival
checks to follow tracks and a +1 racial bonus to Survival checks
to handle animals.
This replaces pious scientist.
Unlike inland osharus, saltwater osharus are deft swimmers
and no longer carry the species’ general weakness to salt, but
they also no longer produce defensive slime. Osharus with this
racial trait gain a swim speed of 40 feet.
This replaces slime and susceptible to salt and
alters osharu movement.
To the slug-like osharus, religion and science
are two sides of the same coin—concepts
with the same intrinsic dependencies as
life and death. These timid monk-scientists
dedicate their lives to studying various
fields of science, sharing their discoveries
with their fellow osharus and other races
that express a passion for epiphany. They
dedicate their discoveries to their deity
Yaraesa, patron of learning and science.
Osharu settlements are essentially citysized
universities. Individuals involved in similar
fields of study group together so they
can aid in each others’ research, and
entire districts spring up naturally
around these congregations of
higher learning, equipped with canteens, vast libraries, living
quarters, and workstations relevant to their field.
This ultimate quest for knowledge knows no planetary
bounds; osharus often embark on fieldwork expeditions to
other star systems in order to study foreign planets, stars,
or even the emptiness of space itself. They also frequently
go on diplomatic missions to exchange knowledge with other
intelligent, enlightenment-minded races.
Thought stalwart in mind and faith, osharus are physically
delicate. They are harmed not only by salt and salt water, but
also have a cumbersome dependence on moisture and humid
environments. Exposure to extreme heat or direct sunlight
for extended amounts of time without protective magic or
armor makes them extremely uncomfortable. Those who
aren’t magically inclined might even resort to soaking
their clothes and carrying
large canteens of water
for rehydration when
exploring even mildly
arid biomes.
Despite the osharus’ willingness
to face great dangers, they are a
timid and paranoid race. Their
most common fear is that their
desire to explore the galaxy
and exchange knowledge
with other species could
ultimately result in
their exploitation—or
even their eradication. To
cope with this paranoia,
they flatly refuse to
travel beyond the safety
of their university-cities
while alone, always
accompanying at least one
other osharu so they can
protect and comfort one
another. Osharus sometimes
develop such a bond with
equally sensitive members of
other species, establishing
a similar system of
mutual support.
The average osharu is
4 feet tall and weighs 140
pounds, though members of
the species have a wide variety
of colors and patterns. Even
two parents with similar patterns
or colors can have completely different-looking
offspring—it is not unusual for a beige, leopard-spotted
osharu to give birth to bright-pink or
green tiger-striped progeny. This diversity
is celebrated among osharu, and they find
the predictability of hereditary outcomes
among other humanoid species to be both
unusual and fascinating—most of their
university-cities have a district dedicated to the
study of xenogenetics as a result.
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