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Player > Races > Vlaka
Starfinder Alien Archive 2 p.135
Vlakas are Medium humanoids with the vlaka subtype.
As a standard action, a vlaka can spend 1 Resolve Point to restore 1 RP to an ally within 30 feet. A vlaka can’t use this ability again until she has taken a 10-minute rest to regain Stamina Points. This is a sense-dependent, mind-affecting ability.
Vlakas have cold resistance 5 that stacks with one other source of cold resistance.
Vlakas gain a +2 bonus to skill checks for the aid another action and to attack rolls to provide harrying fire. A creature using the aid another action to assist a vlaka gains a +2 bonus to the skill check.
Vlakas gain a +2 bonus to Perception and Sense Motive checks.
Vlakas can speak, read and write their native language, Vlakan. They also know the signed and tactile versions of this language.
Vlakas can be born
with one of three possible sets of senses.
During character creation, determine a
vlaka’s senses by choosing from those
available. A vlaka born with functional
sight or hearing who becomes
permanently blind or deaf does
not gain the abilities of a vlaka
born with blindness or deafness.
Blind: A blind vlaka has
blindsight (hearing) with a range
of 60 feet, blindsight (scent) with a
range of 30 feet, and the blinded condition
(Starfinder Core Rulebook 273). The vlaka is
naturally sightless, so the blinded condition
can be removed only by effects that grant
sight to creatures with no natural vision.
Deaf: A deaf vlaka has blindsight (scent)
with a range of 30 feet, low-light vision,
and the deafened condition (Core Rulebook
275). However, this condition imposes
no penalty to initiative rolls or opposed
Perception checks that are not based on
hearing. The vlaka is naturally without
hearing, so the deafened condition can
be removed only by effects that grant
hearing to creatures with no natural
ability to perceive sound.
Hearing and Sighted: A vlaka who
has hearing and sight also has
blindsense (scent) with a range of 30
feet and low‑light vision.
Wolflike creatures with thick fur, vlakas
hail from a doomed planet called Lajok, an
arctic world in the Vast that is the most distant from
its system’s dying star. Life is barely sustainable on
Lajok, and as its sun grows dimmer, it might be able to
sustain an ecosphere for only a few more centuries. Some
vlakas respond to this knowledge by building strong
communities that can last as long as possible on their
home world, but others travel among the stars
seeking a longer-term solution.
Vlaka fur is usually white with large patches
of pale blue, gray, or black, and it provides them
protection against all but the most bitter cold. Around twothirds
of vlakas are born blind or deaf. Although they have
long had access to magic and technology that can mitigate or
remove such conditions, not all vlakas choose to do so, valuing
the cultural touchstones such as language and perspective
variances that are associated with differing ways of sensing
the world. A typical vlaka stands 5-1/2 to 6-1/2 feet tall and
weighs between 175 and 250 lbs.
Vlakas can appear unnervingly serious, but they’re acutely
attuned to the emotional state of others, and they offer friendly
encouragement when they sense it might be helpful. Vlakas
emphasize on the well-being of the group over the individual,
a practice that evolved from survival strategies required
to thrive in the tundra of Lajok. While not wholly
self-sacrificing, vlakas go to great lengths to assist,
protect, and encourage their friends, colleagues, and
kin. Vlakas frown upon self-aggrandizing leadership,
and they respect those who display wisdom, listen
the most, and speak the least.
Most vlaka groups are led by councils whose
members rotate between roles and dutifully
carry out the will of their constituents
rather than seeking political power for
themselves. Vlakas who travel with
other races often find themselves thrust
into leadership positions thanks to their
penchant for working for the benefit
of and listening to their allies. Most
vlakas accept such responsibilities
but deflect any unwarranted
respect afforded them solely
due to their title.
A few vlakas who visited
the Pact Worlds before the
Absalom Pact was signed
served as a bridge between
Eox and other worlds. Vlakas
have since become famous as dependable
go-betweens for groups seeking genuine
accord. A vlaka might even work with
clients who have been bad actors in the
past, hoping to find a situation beneficial to
all sides and to see ethical improvement in
future behavior.
Many sapient creatures find themselves
drawn to the camaraderie vlakas offer,
but others try to take advantage of their
openness. Vlakas who grow weary of the strife
among other races might withdraw to focus on
working with animals or machines. However,
most vlakas seek well-intentioned
groups of like-minded starfarers to
do some good in a galaxy that can
be callous and brutal.
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