Chulduri

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History

The Chulduri are perhaps a forgotten race, as they reside deep underground in the hottest baths of the world, along the sides of lava pits and in the deep run within tribes. Being a crustacean type of people, they tended to be referred to as monsters by all of the adventurer parties that traversed the deep runs and went deep enough underground to find them. The first Chulduri to interact with those of the surface was much braver than their tribemates, venturing forwards to a simple human adventurer. Upon first contact, the Chulduri was excited to have someone to talk to, they opened their mouth and murmured a quiet "Hello!", only to find the adventurers scream and shout in a panic. The Chulduri would gasp as they found the adventurers attack them, being bombarded with projectiles, slashes of swords and even flaming torches flashed in his face. His tribemates watched in fear as he was inevitably murdered in cold blood, the adventurers looting his corpse and moving on through the world. Normally passive, though weary due to their long history of tales that showed people were cruel and scared of them. The Chulduri learned from their ancestors mistakes, and have since then been a very dangerous opponent for those who dare to impede on their livelyhood.

Physical Description

Chulduri are a bipedal humanoid race, possessing flat faces, lacking in a nose, though do have two slits in order to smell, dark beady eyes, and leather fire-proof skin that match their environment. Though that is where the comparisons to humans end.

Upon their backs, Chuduri have four limbs, akin to crabs, each razor sharp and fully functional. These limbs are often used as a form of weapon and also aid the Chuduri in scaling cavern walls. These limbs are equivalent in strength and durability to iron, making them useful tools to the race. Additionally, the left arm of each Chulduri are instead replaced with a crab-like claw. This claw is NOT superior in strength to their mundane hand. Both the back limbs and the claw are covered in a tough chitin, making these parts of the Chuldari resistant to anything physical but blunt damage.

In contrast to their darker tones, Chuldari have what look like veins of magma cracking through their skin, particularly in their crab-like joints. These veins dull after a Chuldari has died. The Chulduri are completely hairless from head to toe, further aiding in their crustacean appearance.

• Common Height: 5'8" - 6’0"
• Common Build: Ectomorph, Mesomorph
• Common Eyes: Black, Grey, Brown
• Common Hair: N/A
• Common Skin Tone: Grey, White, Terracotta, Red

Culture

Chulduri roam the Deep Run in tribes, oft climbing upon the ceilings to avoid unnecessary conflict. It isn’t uncommon, however, to see tribes of Chuldari settled along beds of magma or in a center mass of a lava lake where they are most safe. Though equipped with the means of defense, Chuldari are largely passive people, however, are ruthless when made an enemy of. Each Chulduri tribe has three elders who collectively decide for the larger group. When an Elder dies, the next oldest surviving member of the tribe replaces them, thus continuing the cycle.

Chuldari wear rags, using what they’ve scavenged from the Deep Run, if not donned in armor carved from bones from various larger enemies that they’ve come into conflict with. The settled and more civilized of the Chuldari tribes tend to be more conservative in attire, their clothing not being dissimilar to common attire found above ground.

Mechanics

• Lifespan: 80-90 Tsels
• Chulduri are immune to fire and heat.
• The chitin covered crustacean limbs of a Chulduri are resistant to physical attacks that aren't blunt force.
• Chulduri Are similar in strength to humans.
• Chulduri can use their back limbs both as weapons and as tools to scale walls at a rate of 3 meters per turn.
• The back limbs of a Chulduri are as tough as iron and as sharp as a razor.
• The blood of a Chulduri is known to stay almost boiling hot, even long after the individual it was collected from has died.

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