Waspling (3.5e Race)

Waspling Workers

Physical Description

Waspling Workers look like a cross between a gnome and a bee. They are about 3-1/2 to 4 feet tall and weigh aproximately 55 pounds. They have four arms. Wasplings have soft fur covering most of their bodies, except their faces. The colour ranges from dark orange to bright yellow, and depends on the hive the waspling came from, and their role in the hive before they left. They have large black faces, and do not wear clothes. Workers mature at around 35, and typically live up to 120 years, although they can get to be 200 years old. Workers are only permitted to leave the hive at age 50.

Relations

Because of their secluded origins, wasplings are shy of other races, but they make friends relatively easily. They are more comfortable with elves and half-elves, who they often share territory with. Wasplings dislike half-orcs because of their crude and barbarish tendencies.

Alignment

Wasplings tend towards the neutral alignments mostly because they do not often come into contact with other races in the hive. Wasplings are always lawful.

Lands

Wasplings are always more comfortable in forests and other wooded places. They feel out of place in urban areas and tend to avoid them as much as they can. Waspling hives are always deep in the forest.

Religion

Religion is seen as a liability in the hive, but some wasplings worship Obad-Hai as the protector of nature and all things natural.

Language

Waspling is virtually impossible for anyone other than a waspling to speak, mostly because is is extremely difficult to get the average tongue to do what it's supposed to. It is also spoken so quickly that anyone who actually learns it won't be able to understand what the wasplings are saying anyway. Waspling are also incredibly reluctant to let anyone else learn their language.

Names

In the hive, waspling workers do not have names, and usually aquire nicknames from friends or companions based on their personalities.

Racial Traits

• +2 Dexterity, -2 Wisdom: Waspling workers are quick and agile, but the queen controls all of their actions while in the hive, so they do not have as good reasoning abilities as that of a human.
• Monstrous Humanoid:
• Small: As a Small creature, a waspling worker gets a +1 size bonus to Armour Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on hide checks, butshe uses smaller weapons than humans use, and her lifting and carrying limits are three-quarters of that of a Medium character.
• Waspling workersbase land speed is 20 feet: fly 40 feet.
• Four arms: Wasplings workers can use two weapons with no two-weapon-fighting penalty, but a waspling worker gets a two-weapon-fighting penalty if it uses three or more weapons, or two ranged weapons. A waspling gets a +2 racial bonus on Climb, Disable Device, and Swim checks because of its additional arms.
• Stability: When not using more than two of it's arms, a waspling worker can use the two arms that are not occupied to give itself, a +4 onability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing on the ground (but not when climbing, flying, riding or otherwise not standing firmly on the ground).
• Automatic Languages: Waspling, Common. Bonus Languages: Sylvan, Elven, Gnome.
• Favored Class: Rogue.

Vital Statistics

Table: Random Starting Ages

Adulthood	Simple	Moderate	Complex
years	+	+	+

Table: Aging Effects

Middle Age1	Old2	Venerable3	Maximum Age
years	years	years	+ years
At middle age, −1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At old age, −2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At venerable age, −3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

Table: Random Height and Weight

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	' "	+	lb.	× () lb.
Female	' "	+	lb.	× () lb.

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