D20 Mass Effect: Races: Humans

Description:

In 2148, human explorers on Mars uncovered a long-ruined Prothean observation post, with a surviving data cache that proved Protheans had studied Cro-Magnon humans millennia ago. While religions tried to assimilate this discovery into their doctrine, a global rush began to decipher the petabytes of data from the outpost. Discovering information on a mass relay orbiting Pluto, explorers managed to open the Charon Relay and discovered it led to Arcturus. With the help of the fledgling Systems Alliance, humans expanded to other systems, opening any mass relays they could find.

Humans first came to the attention of the galactic community after a brief but intense conflict with the turians, known by humans as the First Contact War, begun in 2157. The conflict began when the turians attacked a human fleet attempting to activate a mass relay (illegal under Council law) and then occupied the human colony of Shanxi.

Led by Admiral Kastanie Drescher, the Second Fleet then launched a massive counter-attack, which caught the turians by surprise and expelled them from Shanxi. The conflict caught the attention of the Citadel Council, which wasted no time brokering a peace, thus introducing humans to the galactic community. As a consequence of the Alliance's swift and decisive action during the First Contact War, the Alliance became the representative and supranational governing body of humanity. Since then, humans have rapidly risen in prominence.

Prerequisites:

None.

Ability Modifiers:

-2 Charisma - Humans are looked at as brash and rough among the galactic community. This is probably a direct result of the relatively short lifespan of a human.

+2 Constitution - Due to the short lifespans of humans, they tend to act alot more on impulse and feelings rather then waiting and thinking out a course of action. This gives them a rugged existance.

Special Abilities:

Human Pride - This ability gives humans a +4 competence bonus to charisma when dealing with other humans. The humans tightened thier bonds to one another once they started exploring the galaxy, forming the Alliance.

Specialization - Every human that is born on earth and then moved to space has recieved some sort of training in the field that they are going into. Players who start the game as humans recieve one extra feat at first level. They also gain +2 extra skill points with every level attained.

Physical Attributes:

Age: After the collection of the Prothean cache on mars, medical sciences have grown exponentially allowing humans to surprass the hundred year mark with a surprising amount of ease.
Height: The average height for an human body is 6'0". This can vary typically a half a foot in either way.
Weight: A muscularly trained human can weigh from 150 up to 250 pounds.
Speed: 30 ft.

Favored Class:

Soldier - While a human can excell in just about every class, the basic soldier tends to do extremely well while being a human. The rough nature and specialization allows them to quickly attain higher tier classes.