Protogen (5e Race)

Protogen

“	We still do not quite know the intentions of the Protogens, but we can only hope for the best. We are still currently working on contacting the leaders of the Protogen but they remain unresponsive as of now.	”
—Dr. PHD at his famous speech at the GG conference. 30 minutes after the speech a large coalition of Protogens showed up at the location causing a small amount of panic.

Physical Description

The appearance of a Protogen's head is more rounded than a Primagen. Beyond having organic ears, other differences from Primagen include that it stands more upright and it‘s more organic. Its torso has some mechanical parts as well as organic fur around it. The legs can be thick or thin. All the body parts except the torso and head have a “plug n' play“ feature where they can replace their tail and arms with many different types of limbs, including aquatic, space, and more to work in many situations. Its facial expressions are shown through the visor with a variety of different colors. They look like LED lights, but how they are actually powered is unknown. Protogens are 60% organic and 40% machine.

History

“In the dark eons of the war to end all wars, there were a group of twisted mad scientists. They came up with an idea for new troops/explorers for the next frontier of this war, outer space. The first of these troops were known as ‘Protogen’. Everything was going well, until a classified incident occurred that transported multiple Protogens and scientists to what is locally assumed to be another dimension. The unfortunate victims of this incident were now trapped in a new world, trying their best to adapt to new concepts like magic and sorcery. They surprisingly prospered in this strange land, but it wasn’t long until crusades broke out across the continent against the Protogen. They were left crippled and faced extinction as their population was now miniscule. Thanks to the newly formed security measures put in place however, the Protogen were able to recover as the scientists worked alongside them on a new project: Primagen. As the Primagen project became a success, many were manufactured and had a plethora of improvements over their Protogen counterparts. Ultimately, the crusaders had caught wind of this new species and would not stand for this. They would begin eventually hunting down Primagen and Protogen relentlessly once again, but the two species were now used to the crusader’s tactics and decided to escape the planet with their resourcefulness. Primagens were thought to have split off from Protogens during the exodus, as none have been found in over 400 years. But Protogens have been sighted on few occasions around the universe.” – Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. PHD et al. University of Anomalous Happenings, 2XXX.

Society

Their society is similar to that of a heavily militant country, and is one of obedience to the CODE; although strict the society prospers. Being built for war they are in a sense like War-Forged in the way the interact with society. Rumors do exist of civilian Protogen populations located somewhere, but they have yet to be cooperated by more than a few sources.

Protogen Names

Top Scientist have yet to figure out any real naming conventions.

Male: Really anything will work for the most part

Female: Really anything will work for the most part

Protogen Traits

Protogens are 60% organic and 40% machine.
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength or Dexterity score increases by 2 and your Intelligence score increases by 1.
Age. Not a lot is known about the life span of Protogens for none have been observed to die of natural causes. They do appear to be able to be killed but it requires a lot of effort to put them down. From analysis of a felled Protogen we have been able to rough conclude that their lifespan might exceed 500 years.
Alignment. Protogens are normally of a lawful or neutral alignment.
Size. Protogens can vary in size from rather short to just over 6 feet. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 35 feet.
Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Integrated Protection. Your body has built-in defensive layers, which can be enhanced with armor. You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class. You can don only armor with which you have proficiency. To don armor, you must incorporate it into your body over the course of 1 hour, during which you must remain in contact with the armor. To doff armor, you must spend 1 hour removing it. You can rest while donning or doffing armor in this way. While you live, your armor can't be removed from your body against your will.
Plug n' Play. All the body parts except the torso and head have a “plug n' play“ feature where they can replace their tail and arms with many different types of limbs, including aquatic (Giving you a swimming speed of 30 ft), space (15ft of directional flight in 0 gravity), and more to work in many situations at your DM's digression.
Keen Ears. Protogens have keen ears granting you advantage on perception checks relying on hearing.
Biomechanical Body. Protogens are considered both Humanoid and Constructs for all intents and purposes. Protogens are mainly organic with some mechanical augmentations making things like drowning and gases unable to affect a protogen due to the Nanite visor, plus it make the protogen far harder to poison due to the Nanites absorbing nutrients.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Random Height and Weight

Base Height	Height Modifier*	Base Weight	Weight Modifier**
4′ 5''	+2d8	75 lb.	× (2d8) lb.
*Height = base height + height modifier **Weight = base weight + (height modifier × weight modifier)

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