Bwampb
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| Bwampb | |
|---|---|
| Status | Minor race |
| Classification | carnivore/siren |
| Size | |
| Weight | 400kg |
| Homeworld | Angudh (Gvurrdon 0401) |
| Multi-world | no |
| Canon | no |
| Reference | Gvurrdon Sector Campaignbook |
The Bwampb are a minor race native to Angudh (Gvurrdon 0401).
This race is bizarre; not only that, but the world is utterly hostile to most other races. Evolved on a world with temperatures in the far sub zero range, has trapped this race on this planet. That has not however stopped them from making their own space program.
They breathe a mix of Hydrogen and Chlorine, something that would normally classify them as an active race burning energy at high rate. However this is not so with this race. They are large, weighing about 400 kilos each; the female is a bit larger. They are carnivorous, with a different method of getting food, than other carnivore races. It uses Psionics to trap its prey, which are eaten alive. This easy hunting method forced them to adapt when their prey got scarce. Thus they began domesticating food animals. This led to their introduction to sentience. Contact with Vargr later on improved their technology.
Their skin is leathery and yellow, with an iridescent green tinge. They have 2 eyes looking straight forward, but their eyesight is rather poor. Their eyes are good at detecting movement, but for detail study they are not good enough. They have six limbs, the forward pair has evolved into arms, which are a bit stocky, making their appearance clumsy. Their head is small, apparently too small for such a large body; however their brain is not situated in the head, but in the chest cavity. The lack of brain in the head makes it rather flat and narrow, with two radar dishes standing out from the sides, which actually are their ears. Usually they don’t wear clothes, but for ease of identification for off worlders, they wear a colored bandoleer over their shoulder.
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| – Gvurrdon Sector Campaignbook |
