Demu Demu Ecological Data Biochemistry:  Series 1 Environment:  Class 1     GRAPH: G2/R1/A2/P3/H2 Biome:  Any Encounter Chance:  Possible Group Size:  4-12 Organization:  Totalitarian, Magiocracy Niche:  Omnivore Intelligence:  Sentient Demu Game Data STR 9      (2d6+2)       INT 12      (d8+8) DEX 7     (d8+3)         WIL 11      (d8+7) CON 9    (3d4+3)        PER 7        (d8+3) Durability: 9/9/4/4           Action check:  11+/10/5/2 Move: sprint 10, run 6, walk 2               #Actions: 2 Reaction score: Marginal/1                 Last resorts: 1 Attacks Unarmed               9/4/2    d6s/d6+1s/d6+2s   LI/O Melee weapon       9/4/2    varies                   varies Ranged weapon     9/4/2    varies                   varies Defenses no resistance modifier vs. melee attacks no resistance modifier vs. ranged attacks +1 INT resistance modifier vs. encounter skills +1 WIL resistance modifier vs. encounter skills Armor: d4+2(LI), d4(HI), d4(En) Special Abilities Night vision:  -2 bonus to skills that would normally be penalized in all darkness Carapace: armor Carapace:  brawling Special Penalties Clumsy, carapace:  +1 penalty to all DEX checks and skills Slow, movement:  2/3 normal movement Skills Armor Operation [10],  Melee [9], Unarmed Attack [9], , Ranged Weapons, Prim [7], Knowledge [13], Awareness [12], Resolve [12], Deception [9]

Demu inhabit the second world of the Dillon system, Ganoir.  All diplomats sent by the Thuldans met with disaster.  An elite few are able to use magic.  Those that do are revered and respected.

Description:  Demu, averaging at 1.8m tall, are slightly shorter and stockier than human beings. They are completely covered in a pale orange chitinous exoskeleton that softens at the joints, to permit movement, and on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, to enhance sensitivity.  The Demu head has deep-set white eyes with no visible iris or pupil, slightly flanged ear holes, and a toothless mouth with deeply serrated lips made of their exoskeleton, and a short, stumpy tongue.  Demu sexual organs are a number of small depressions and protrusions set in a ten-centimeter-wide band running up the center of the abdomen. Demu are hermaphroditic, all individuals being able to produce both eggs and sperm.

Demu sight is fairly close to human norm, being slightly higher up the spectrum and able to see just into the ultraviolet band, but barely being able to see into the visible red spectrum. (to other Demu, a demu exoskeleton looks almost white). Other senses are at human norm except for touch which is somewhat crippled by the heavy exoskeleton.

Demu speech is somewhat reminiscent of a more insectoid language, being full of clicks and tongue sounds while not having any closed-mouth consonants such as "m". Because of the physical limitations of the Demu mouth, Galactic Standard can be spoken, but m's are replaced with n sounds, and b's and p's are dropped entirely.

The Demu's hard carapace reduces all damage dealt by weapons and gives them a bonus in brawling.
Carapace: LI/HI/En  d4+2/d4/d4

Encounter:  Demu are a somewhat hostile species to outsiders.  They will usually capture any outsiders with their magic and then perform experiments and tests without regard to the subject's comfort.  A few demu have been to Valance through the use of powerful teleportation spells.  The maliens have legends and folklore of those few encounters with the demu that have visited them.

Habitat/Society:  Ganoir is a dry sandy desert world with a few land-locked seas and demu prefer to live in the rockier portions of the planet.  They construct massive cities of stone, both above ground and below.  They are an arrogant species of PL2 just moving into PL3.  Demu have also developed a society where the most powerful wizards rule, a Magiocracy.  All demu fear and respect the users of magic.