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oslecamo

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SRWd20 Races
« on: June 15, 2017, 04:59:10 AM »
This is part of the SRWd20 project.

Android



The first androids were crude, roughly humanoid machines designed to support humans in harduous and dangerous tasks in places where bigger machinery wouldn't fit. Advances in technology turned them more sophisticated as well as more autonomous, until eventually self-sentience was reached. Soon enough an heated struggle started where the androids started questioning why should they be treated as simple objects. Luckily enough a political solution was reached before any major conflict broke out, with   Androids given their own rights in society. No longer can they just be discarded and thrown into a trash heap at an human's whim, and no longer do they have to blindly follow orders from "owners". Still most Androids are still found  serving others, as that's what they were programmed-No, born to do. As advanced as their artificial minds are, they still cannot  forge a truly independent identity, usually seeking a proper Master with who they can share a dream.

Androids come in all kind of variants and designs, mixing in light metal platings and synthetic skin and hair. While some are clearly machines from the first looks, others could be confused with armored humans, and some just present some mechanical bits to an observer. Some cover themselves in human clothes to blend in with society as well as possible, while others don't wear clothes at all and show themselves in naked metal to the world.

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Numan



Some claim the human body is just a diferent kind of machine. And like a machine, its design can be improved by a brilliant mind, including the addition of parts from other machines. Thus started the Numan (new human) project, seeking to "augment" humans trough a series of genetic manipulations trough scientific and magic experiments, mixing in materials from other races and monsters. The initial results were... Varied. More than one test subject went mad, broke out and caused plenty of havoc before being dealt with one way or the other. Some of those are still unacounted for. But eventually a more stable process was developed. The resulting individuals showed exceptional ability to quickly find solutions to new challenges. However as advanced as their minds are, their lab-grown bodies lack many natural defences, resulting in a more fragile health.

Numans look roughly human, except they can have any kind of hair, skin and eye color, and more often than not may present slightly "monstrous" traits such as thin tails, long ears, sharper canines, all vestiges from the mix of genetic material used to create them. It's still unknown why diferent characteristics surface on each individual Numans, but they're usually proud of it and openly show their own special characteristics to the world.

Male Numans are called Newman, while female Numans are called Newearl.

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