Jindarians prefer a micro-gravity environment, but are capable of adapting to most changes in gravity and O2/CO2 levels.
As a culture, they are reminiscent of Earth gypsies. They travel in caravans of 3 to 12 asteroid ships and have no interest in the Federation.
A 10 point Unusual Background is required to play a Jindarian as a PC, which as a species would be suited for Engineering. Jindarian females should add the Human Female lens.
Jindarian Template (111 pts)
| Social Background |
|---|
| 0 | | Cultural Familiarity (Jindarian) |
| 0 | | Language (Jindarian--native) |
| 0 | | total |
|
| Attribute Modifiers |
|---|
| 20 | | DX +1 | DX 11 Jindarian average |
| 20 | | total |
|
| Advantages |
|---|
| 10 | | Absolute Direction | 3D Spatial Sense |
| 5 | | Ambidexterity |
| 14 | | Doesn't Breath | Oxygen Storage (100x human (HTx10 [B351])) |
| 14 | | Extra Arm | Foot Manipulators |
| 4 | | Extended Lifespan | 4x human |
| 2 | | Filter Lungs | Filter CO2 only |
| 15 | | Flexibility (Double Jointed) | |
| 10 | | G-Experience (All) | |
| 15 | | Peripheral Vision | |
| 20 | | Radiation Tolerance | PF: 20 |
| 5 | | Vacuum Support | |
| 1 | | Perk | No Degeneration in Zero-G |
| 115 | | total |
|
| Disadvantages |
|---|
| -10 | | Bad Smell | |
| -5 | | Dependency: Micro-Graity | Monthly (lose 1 HP per day after missing a monthly dose) |
| -10 | | Miserliness | |
| -1 | | Quirk Weakness (Acceleration) | |
| -26 | | total |
|
| Skills |
|---|
| 2 | | Free Fall DX/Average | [B197] Will get a +2 from 3D Spatial Sense |
| 2 | | total |
|
| Point Summary |
|---|
| 0 | | Social Background |
| 20 | | Attributes |
| 115 | | Advantages/Perks |
| -26 | | Disadvantages/Quirks |
| 2 | | Skills/Techniques |
| 111 | | TOTAL |
|
| Features |
|---|
| | ??° - ??° comfort zone | |
| | Zorski Interspecies Group VI-c (invertebrates) |
|
| Reaction Modifiers |
|---|
| -2 | | from Bad Smell |
Remember, lowering a racial stat or removing an advantage or skill does count against your disadvantage limit. [B262] E.g. Lowering your DX from the Jindarian racial norm of 11 down to 10 would count as -20 character points towards your disadvantage limit. Not purchasing Absolute Direction would count as -10 points towards your disadvantage limit (and this would be considered a genetic defect).
Optional Abilities
Pickaxe Penchant Talent: From GURPS Power-Ups 3: Talents.
Females
You are a typical female of your species.
Many different species make use of this female lens. Among them Humans, Jindarians, Klingons.
Female Lens (-6 pts)
| Additions and Modifications to Species Template |
|---|
| -6 | | ST -2 | ST is ±3 points/level; |
| -6 | | total |
|
| Features |
|---|
| | When figuring Height and Weight, use the row one ST level higher on the build table [B18], then subtract 10 lb. from weight. |
ST Analysis: e.g. a typical Human female has ST 8, two less than the male average of 10. Of course, you are free to assign to your character whatever ST your want, just be sure to assign Height and Weight appropriately. Note that since this -6 pts cost comes from your species template, it does not count against your disadvantage limit; lowering it any further will.
Species Specialties and Skill Penalties
Because of the common genetic ancestry of most of the races of the Milky Way Galaxy...--Hybrid - Memory Alpha
Many behavior/cultural and medical/physiological skills and techniques require you to specialize by species. There is a penalty when using these skills with culture [B23] or physiology [B181] you aren't specialized in. It is assumed you will specialize in your own species, but you don't have to. (Being specialized in other species but not your own requires a plausible background story—a 1 character point Unusual Background Perk).
Behavioral/Cultural Off-Culture Penalties
The penalties for using the behavioral/cultural-type skills – Anthropology, Body Language, Carousing, Connoisseur, Criminology, Dancing, Detect Lies, Diplomacy, Fast-Talk, Games, Gesture, Heraldry, Hypnotism, Interrogation, Intimidation, Leadership, Merchant, Poetry, Politics, Propaganda/TL, Psychology, Public Speaking, Savoir-Faire, Sex Appeal, Sociology, Streetwise, and Teaching [B23] – on a species outside your specialty are given in the table below. The Expert Skill (Xenology) skill suffers from the same penalties when used to identify or answer general questions about a species' culture.
Off-Culture Default Penalties for Behavioral/Cultural-Type Skills
| Prevalence | Penalty | Culture |
|---|
| Common | -1 | Human, Andorian, Tellarite, Vulcan |
| Uncommon | -2 | Alpha Centauran, Caitian, Deltan, Denobulan, Edosian, Klingon, Orion, Rigelian, Saurian |
| Rare | -3 | Arcturian, Argelian, Betazoid, Bolian, Brecon, Coridan, Cygnan, Cygnian, Jidarian, Kaferian, Kzinti, Medusan, Mynieni, Nausicaan, Prellarian, Romulan, Suliban, Trill |
| Very Rare | -4 | Bajoran, Benzite |
| Unknown* | -5 | Ferengi, Gorn |
| Enigmatic† | -6 | Tholian |
* Cultural Familiarity for unknown species costs 1 character point, plus a 1 character point Unusual Background.
† Cultural Familiarity for enigmatic species costs 2 character points.
Counseling officers have access to Cultural Adaptability (10 pt) (or Xeno-Adaptability (20 pt)) which allow them to ignore these cultural unfamiliarity penalties for Common and Uncommon species (or all species). The Counseling! wildcard relative skill level bonus reduces these penalties for those skills above that aren't covered by Counseling! E.g. If you had Counseling! at Attribute+1 (36 pt), you would have only a -1 penalty when Carousing with an Alpha Centauran and no penalty when Interrogating one.
Medical/Physiological Off-Species Penalties
The off-species penalties for medical/physiological-type skills are based on the Zorsky Interspecies Compatibility Table [from GURPS: MODULE PRIME ALPHA, pp. 28-29] given below. These penalties can be waived if you can make a Physiology (species) roll for that species first. You may roll against Physiology (species) at defaut; such a roll suffers from the same penalties given below.
Physiology (species)/TL
IQ/Hard
IQ-6, Diagnosis-5, Physician-5, Physiology-off species penalty, or Surgery-5
This skill is covered on p. B213. A successful roll against your species specialty of Physiology temporarily removes the off-species penalty for physiology-esque skills [B181]: Diagnosis, First Aid, Physician, Pressure Points, Pressure Secrets, or Surgery. If you fail this Physiology roll, you feel the full effects of any off-species penalty. While a high Physiology skill with several species specializations can be an efficient way to go for high-IQ individuals and/or those with a wide range of medical/physiological skills, purchasing additional species specialties for particular skills removes their off-species penalty permanently.
Off-Species Default Penalties for Medical/Physiological-Type Skills
| Zorski Group | Description | Default Penalties | Example Species |
|---|
| I | Humans and all species moderately compatible in terms of blood and biochemistry. (Alpha- Centaurians are genetically human.) |
- -1 within a subgroup
- -2 with other Group I subgroups
- -3 with Groups II-IV
- -4 with Group V
- -5 Groups VI-IX
- -6 Groups X
|
- Subgroup a: Humans/Alpha- Centaurans (same species), Rigellians
- Subgroup b: Brecon, Cygnans, Prellarians
|
| II | Species dissimilar to Group I in biochemistry and/or have significant internal organ differences including extra or unique internal organs. |
- -2 within Group II
- -3 with Groups I, III, and IV
- -4 with Group V
- -5 Groups VI-IX
- -6 Groups X
|
Arcturians, Klingons, Tellarites |
| III |
Species dissimilar to Groups I and II in that their blood chemistries are not based on iron, e.g. copper (a) or cobalt (b) based. |
- -1 within a subgroup
- -2 with other Group III subgroups
- -3 with Groups I, II, IV
- -4 with Group V
- -5 Groups VI-IX
- -6 Groups X
|
- Subgroup a: Vulcans
- Subgroup b: Andorians, Orions
|
| IV | Mammalian species with biochemistries moderately compatible with Group I, but which have significant internal and external differences. |
- -3 with Groups I-III
- -4 with Group V
- -5 Groups VI-IX
- -6 Groups X
|
Kzintis |
| V | Reptilian species with biochemistries and internal/ external differences that are significant when compared to Group I. |
- -1 within Va subgroup
- -2 with other Group V subgroups
- -4 with Group I-IV
- -5 Groups VI-IX
- -6 Groups X
| |
| VI | Exoskeletal species that are significantly different to Groups I-V and each other. |
- -5 with any other species, including other Group VI species
- -6 Groups X
|
Jindarians, Mynieni |
| VII | Species that do not have individual internal organs or their equivalents, and include plantlike species. |
- -5 with any other species, including other Group VII species
- -6 Groups X
| |
| VIII | Species that do not breath oxygen and come from subzero (though not cryogenic, see Group IX) climates. |
- -5 with any other species, including other Group VIII species
- -6 Groups X
| |
| IX | Species that do not breath oxygen and come from cryogenic climates. |
- -5 with any other species, including other Group IX species
- -6 Groups X
| |
| X | Species that are highly unique and defy classification. |
- -6 with any other species, including other Group X species
|
Tholians |
The above table is a modified version of Zorsky Interspecies Compatibility Table that appears in GURPS Module Prime Alpha.
These penalties can be waived if you can make a Physiology Skill roll for that species first, which will of course suffer from the same penalty. If you don't have the Physiology Skill for that species, you can roll against a default: IQ-6, Diagnosis-5, Physician-5, or Surgery-5.
