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-//Sentience for the Tipua is not something one is born into, but something entered. In their natural state, Tipua exist as living growths guided by instinct and inherited memory, aware, but unfocused. The act of merging with a sapient host changes this forever. Through union with a mind shaped by language, culture, belief, and lived experience, the dormant genetic memory of the Tipua blooms into full awareness. The resulting being is neither plant nor host, but a synthesis of both, permanently altered by the thoughts, values, and emotional structures of the life it absorbed. For some, this union is predatory, achieved by luring a host close through vivid floral displays and psionic influence before a violent struggle for control. For others, it is consensual and ritualized, performed with the dying or recently dead so that memories and knowledge might endure. Either way, the transformation is profound — and never without loss.//\\+//Sentience for the Tipua is not something one is born into, but something entered. In their natural state, Tipua exist as living growths guided by instinct and inherited memory, aware, but unfocused. The act of merging with a sapient host changes this forever. Through union with a mind shaped by language, culture, belief, and lived experience, the dormant genetic memory of the Tipua blooms into full awareness. The resulting being is neither plant nor host, but a synthesis of both, permanently altered by the thoughts, values, and emotional structures of the life it absorbed. For some, this union is predatory, achieved by luring a host close through vivid floral displays and psionic influence before a violent struggle for control. For others, it is consensual and ritualized, performed with the dying or recently dead so that memories and knowledge might endure. Either way, the transformation is profound, and never without loss.//\\
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 //The mechanics of the merger are slow and vulnerable. A Tipua may bond with many kinds of meat-based life, provided the body is moist and living enough for roots to take hold and draw water and nutrients. Once the central root network breaches the flesh and interfaces with the host’s primary nervous system, the process takes roughly 24 – 30 hours to complete. During this time, the Tipua is exposed; in non-consensual unions, resistance can delay integration, and intervention may still save the host if the Tipua is destroyed. Completion is final. The host’s body ceases to live as its own entity, its soul passing into astral space, while its memories, instincts, and learned reflexes remain—woven into the Tipua. For this reason, Tipua often retreat to places of safety and abundant light during the merger, sustaining themselves while the union settles.//\\ //The mechanics of the merger are slow and vulnerable. A Tipua may bond with many kinds of meat-based life, provided the body is moist and living enough for roots to take hold and draw water and nutrients. Once the central root network breaches the flesh and interfaces with the host’s primary nervous system, the process takes roughly 24 – 30 hours to complete. During this time, the Tipua is exposed; in non-consensual unions, resistance can delay integration, and intervention may still save the host if the Tipua is destroyed. Completion is final. The host’s body ceases to live as its own entity, its soul passing into astral space, while its memories, instincts, and learned reflexes remain—woven into the Tipua. For this reason, Tipua often retreat to places of safety and abundant light during the merger, sustaining themselves while the union settles.//\\
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-//When the process ends, there is only one being. Memory becomes shared history, reflex becomes blended instinct, and the resulting Tipua often exceeds the capabilities of either origin alone. Having lived as another and retaining powerful telepathic perception, Tipua tend toward deep empathy and emotional nuance. Most perform only a single union in their lifetime, forming an identity inseparable from that host. Though additional unions are possible, the practice is rare and widely regarded as disturbing; those who seek ever “better” hosts are viewed with suspicion or horror. Removal of the Tipua is fatal to the host body without exception. Among the Tipua people, the immense diversity created by different hosts — across species, cultures, and ways of thinking, is considered a strength, and one of the greatest legacies their kind carries forward.//\\+//When the process ends, there is only one being. Memory becomes shared history, reflex becomes blended instinct, and the resulting Tipua often exceeds the capabilities of either origin alone. Having lived as another and retaining powerful telepathic perception, Tipua tend toward deep empathy and emotional nuance. Most perform only a single union in their lifetime, forming an identity inseparable from that host. Though additional unions are possible, the practice is rare and widely regarded as disturbing; those who seek ever “better” hosts are viewed with suspicion or horror. Removal of the Tipua is fatal to the host body without exception. Among the Tipua people, the immense diversity created by different hosts, across species, cultures, and ways of thinking, is considered a strength, and one of the greatest legacies their kind carries forward.//\\
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 You must always have a host body. You can survive roughly 24 to 48 hours without one. Any meat based life form, as [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Appropriate]] can be used as a host but the bond is less secure if a bond is made with a non-sapient creature.\\ You must always have a host body. You can survive roughly 24 to 48 hours without one. Any meat based life form, as [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Appropriate]] can be used as a host but the bond is less secure if a bond is made with a non-sapient creature.\\
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-You can bond peacefully or forcefully to any living creature that is mostly made of meat, or a recently dead corpse. If the corpse has started to decay to the point where the structural integrity of the meat has begun to fail, it is too old to bond with. This typically occurs around 10-20 days after death, depending on the conditions the body has been kept in.\\+You can bond peacefully or forcefully to any living creature that is mostly made of meat, or a recently dead corpse. If the corpse has started to decay to the point where the structural integrity of the meat has begun to fail, it is too old to bond with. This typically occurs around 10-20 [Periods] after death, depending on the conditions the body has been kept in.\\
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-For a peaceful bond to be made, the sapient must either be consenting or dead. This doesn't require any [[:Game Mechanics:Check|Checks]], [[:Game Mechanics:Attack|Attacks] or [[:Game Mechanics:Save|Saves]], since the host is not attempting to resist the bond.\\+For a peaceful bond to be made, the sapient must either be consenting or dead. This doesn't require any [[:Game Mechanics:Check|Checks]], [[:Game Mechanics:Attack|Attacks]] or [[:Game Mechanics:Save|Saves]], since the host is not attempting to resist the bond.\\
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 All other attempts to bind a host are forceful and then you must try to overpower them to force a bond. You will perform a [[:Skills#Sense]] [[:Game Mechanics:Attack]] against a mutually [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Perceived]] [[:Character|Character's]] [[:Ratings:Will_Save]]. If you are successful, the bond attempt is successful and the process will begin.\\ All other attempts to bind a host are forceful and then you must try to overpower them to force a bond. You will perform a [[:Skills#Sense]] [[:Game Mechanics:Attack]] against a mutually [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Perceived]] [[:Character|Character's]] [[:Ratings:Will_Save]]. If you are successful, the bond attempt is successful and the process will begin.\\
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-Either way, the bond will complete in 24 hours, at which time the host will die. The host can be saved if you are killed and removed before that time. You could choose to release the host, cancelling the bonding process, but once the bonding process has started, if the connection is broken before the bond is complete, for any reason, then you will gain the [[:Tables:Injury Table|Death]] [[:Game_Mechanics:Injuries|Injury]].\\+Either way, the bond will complete in 24 hours, at which time the host will die. The host can be saved if you are killed and removed before that time. You could choose to release the host, cancelling the bonding process, but once the bonding process has started, if the connection is broken before the bond is complete, for any reason, then you will gain the [[:Tables:Injury Table|Death]] [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]].\\
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-Once the bond is complete, It will take you some time to adjust to your new body. When the bond is complete, you gain the New Meat [[:Game_Mechanics:Injuries|Injury]]:\\+Once the bond is complete, It will take you some time to adjust to your new body. When the bond is complete, you gain the New Meat [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]]:\\
 ^New Meat^ ^New Meat^
-| Injury Severity: 80| +| [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]] Severity: 80| 
-|While under the effects of New Meat Injury, you suffer the effects of the [[:Game_Mechanics:Advantage_and_Disadvantage#Disadvantage]] [Property], [Upgrading], on any [[:Game_Mechanics:Check|Checks]], [[:Game_Mechanics:Attacks|Attacks]] or [[:Game_Mechanics:Save|Saves]] you perform. In addition, you don't gain the benefit of the hosts' [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions]] until the Injury is healed. Furthermore, you are unable to take a new host until the Injury is healed |\\+|While under the effects of New Meat [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]], you suffer the effects of the [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Property:Disadvantage]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Property]], [[:Game Mechanics:Upgrading Or Downgrading:Upgrading Properties|Upgrading]], on any [[:Game Mechanics:Check|Checks]], [[:Game Mechanics:Attack|Attacks]] or [[:Game Mechanics:Save|Saves]] you perform. In addition, you don't gain the benefit of the hosts' [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions]] until the [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]] is healed. Furthermore, you are unable to take a new host until the [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]] is healed |\\
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-Once you have started the bond, you can't fully control the host's body as if it was your own. Usually, you will want to take the host body to somewhere private, usually with a light source to feed off, until the a full [Period] has passed. Should this not be the case, you and  the Host will fight for control of the body. At the start of each [[:Game_Mechanics:Scene]], [[:Game_Mechanics:Encounter]] or [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Turn]], as [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Appropriate]] for the [Situation], you will perform a [[:Skills#Sense]] [Attack] against the Host's [[:Ratings:Will_Save]] for control. The winner of this contest will be in control of the [[:Character]] until the next struggle for control, as [Appropriate].\\+Once you have started the bond, you can't fully control the host's body as if it was your own. Usually, you will want to take the host body to somewhere private, usually with a light source to feed off, until the a full [Period] has passed. Should this not be the case, you and  the Host will fight for control of the body. At the start of each [[:Game_Mechanics:Scene]], [[:Game_Mechanics:Encounter]] or [[:Game Mechanics:Turn Order:Turn]], as [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Appropriate]] for the [Situation], you will perform a [[:Skills#Sense]] [[:Game Mechanics:Attack]] against the Host's [[:Ratings:Will_Save]] for control. The winner of this contest will be in control of the [[:Character]] until the next struggle for control, as [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Appropriate]].\\
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-Once the bond is complete, or you are currently in control, you are able to use the host's [[:Stats:Brawn]] and [[:Stats:Agility]] as if it were your own. Additionally, regardless of who is in control of the host body, you will be able to replace your [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]] and [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Size]] with that of the Host Body. However, you will not again the benefits of these perceptions until the [New Meat] [[:Game_Mechanics:Injuries|Injury]] is healed, as detailed above.\\+Once the bond is complete, or you are currently in control, you are able to use the host's [[:Stats:Brawn]] and [[:Stats:Agility]] as if it were your own. Additionally, regardless of who is in control of the host body, you will be able to replace your [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]] and [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Size]] with that of the Host Body. However, you will not again the benefits of these perceptions until the [New Meat] [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]] is healed, as detailed above.\\
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-Should you take an [[:Game_Mechanics:Injuries|Injury]] that refers to something only a body would have, it applies to the host body. While you can heal the host body, certain injuries, such as limb loss and other injuries of this kind **cannot** be fixed or healed. The Host Body will only be able to heal anything it could in life.\\+Should you take an [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]] that refers to something only a body would have, it applies to the host body. While you can heal the host body, certain injuries, such as limb loss and other injuries of this kind **cannot** be fixed or healed. The Host Body will only be able to heal anything it could in life.\\
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-<wrap preview>[[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Wound|Wounds]]</wrap> are kept on the host body. If you take a new host, you inherit any [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Wound|Wounds]] that Host Body had accrued before being bonded. Conversely, when you leave an old host, or you suffer the [Meat Death] [[:Game_Mechanics:Injuries|Injury]], you lose all [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Wound|Wounds]]</wrap>. This is not true for [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Scar|Scars]] or [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Wound|Wounds]] suffered from the [Catastrophic Meat Death] [[:Game_Mechanics:Injuries|Injury]].\\+<wrap preview>[[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Wound|Wounds]]</wrap> are kept on the host body. If you take a new host, you inherit any [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Wound|Wounds]] that Host Body had accrued before being bonded. Conversely, when you leave an old host, or you suffer the [Meat Death] [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]], you lose all [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Wound|Wounds]]. This is not true for [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Scar|Scars]] or [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Wound|Wounds]] suffered from the [Catastrophic Meat Death] [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]].\\
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-During [[:Character|Character Creation]], you must choose a host body you are bonded with. This will be your chosen host until it becomes too damaged to continue to sustain you or you choose to undergo the dangerous process of binding with a new host. You must choose any one of the following hosts:\\+During [[:Character:Character Creation]], you must choose a host body you are bonded with. This will be your chosen host until it becomes too damaged to continue to sustain you or you choose to undergo the dangerous process of binding with a new host. You must choose any one of the following hosts:\\
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 <WRAP group> <WRAP group>
 <WRAP half column> <WRAP half column>
 |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>| |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>|
-^  Human  ^^^^ +^  Devlin  ^^^^ 
-^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Brawn]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Agility]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]</wrap>  ^  [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | +^  [[:Stats:Brawn]]  ^  [[:Stats:Agility]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | 
-|  //Starter//: **5** //Max//: **9**  |  //Starter//: **5** //Max//: **9**  |  **5**  |  **Average**  | +|  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **4** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **7**  |  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **4** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **7**  |  **5**  |  **Average**  | 
-^  Traits  |**Lucky**: You gain 1 to starter <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Grit]]</wrap>.   ||| +^  Traits  |**Lucky**: Gain 1 to Starter [[:Stats:Grit]].  \\ **Tough As Jerky**: See [[:Races:Devlin#Unique Features| Tough As Jerky]]. \\ **Astral Sight**: You gain [[:Game Mechanics:Perceptions:Astral#Acute|Acute Astral]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Perception]].||| 
-\\+</WRAP> 
 +<WRAP half column>
 |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>| |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>|
-^  Orc  ^^^^ +^  Draeck  ^^^^ 
-^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Brawn]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Agility]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]</wrap>  ^  [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | +^  [[:Stats:Brawn]]  ^  [[:Stats:Agility]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | 
-|  //Starter//: **6** //Max//: **12**  |  //Starter//: **5** //Max//: **9**  |  **5**  |  **Average**  | +|  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **5** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **12**  |  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **5** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **12**  |  **5**  |  **Acute**  | 
-^  Traits  |**Tough Host**: You gain the [Sturdy] [Ability]. |||+^  Traits  |**Unlucky**: Lose 3 to Starter [[:Stats:Grit]]. \\ **Four Arms**: See [[:Races:Draeck#Unique Features| Four Arms]]. ||| 
 +</WRAP> 
 +</WRAP>
 \\ \\
 +<WRAP group>
 +<WRAP half column>
 +|< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>|
 +^  Dwarf  ^^^^
 +^  [[:Stats:Brawn]]  ^  [[:Stats:Agility]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  |
 +|  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **6** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **11**  |  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **3** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **5**  |  **4**  |  **Acute**  |
 +^  Traits  |**Tough Host**: You gain the [[:Traits:Sturdy]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]]. \\ **Slow But Steady**: See [[:Races:Dwarf#Unique Features| Slow But Steady]]. |||
 +</WRAP>
 +<WRAP half column>
 |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>| |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>|
 ^  Elf  ^^^^ ^  Elf  ^^^^
-^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Brawn]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Agility]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]</wrap>  ^  [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | +^  [[:Stats:Brawn]]  ^  [[:Stats:Agility]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | 
-|  //Starter//: **4** //Max//: **7**  |  //Starter//: **7** //Max//: **13**  |  **4**  |  **Acute**  | +|  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **4** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **7**  |  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **7** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **13**  |  **4**  |  **Acute**  | 
-^  Traits  |**Frail Host**: When generating an [[:Game_Mechanics:Injuries|Injury]] you gain a +5 to the Total.|||+^  Traits  |**Frail Host**: When generating an [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]] you [Upgrade] the outcome once.||| 
 +</WRAP> 
 +</WRAP>
 \\ \\
 +<WRAP group>
 +<WRAP half column>
 |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>| |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>|
 ^  Gnome  ^^^^ ^  Gnome  ^^^^
-^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Brawn]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Agility]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]</wrap>  ^  [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | +^  [[:Stats:Brawn]]  ^  [[:Stats:Agility]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | 
-|  //Starter//: **3** //Max//: **5**  |  //Starter//: **5** //Max//: **9**  |  **2**  |  **Acute**  | +|  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **3** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **5**  |  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **5** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **9**  |  **2**  |  **Acute**  | 
-^  Traits  |**Frail Host**: When generating an [[:Game_Mechanics:Injuries|Injury]] you gain a +5 to the Total. \\ **Being Small Is Awesome**: See [[:Races:Gnome#Unique_Features| Being Small Is Awesome]]. |||+^  Traits  |**Frail Host**: When generating an [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]] you [Upgrade] the outcome once. \\ **Being Small Is Awesome**: See [[:Races:Gnome#Unique Features| Being Small Is Awesome]]. |||
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
 <WRAP half column> <WRAP half column>
 |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>| |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>|
-^  Dwarf  ^^^^ +^  Human  ^^^^ 
-^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Brawn]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Agility]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]</wrap>  ^  [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | +^  [[:Stats:Brawn]]  ^  [[:Stats:Agility]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | 
-|  //Starter//: **6** //Max//: **11**  |  //Starter//: **3** //Max//: **5**  |  **4**  |  **Acute**  | +|  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **5** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **9**  |  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **5** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **9**  |  **5**  |  **Average**  | 
-^  Traits  |**Tough Host**: You gain the [Sturdy] [Ability]. \\ **Slow But Steady**: See [[:Races:Dwarf#Unique_Features| Slow But Steady]]. |||+^  Traits  |**Lucky**: You gain 1 to starter [[:Stats:Grit]].   ||| 
 +</WRAP> 
 +</WRAP>
 \\ \\
 +<WRAP group>
 +<WRAP half column>
 |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>| |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>|
-^  Devlin  ^^^^ +^  Orc  ^^^^ 
-^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Brawn]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Agility]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]</wrap>  ^  [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | +^  [[:Stats:Brawn]]  ^  [[:Stats:Agility]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | 
-|  //Starter//: **4** //Max//: **7**  |  //Starter//: **4** //Max//: **7**  |  **5**  |  **Average**  | +|  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **6** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **12**  |  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **5** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **9**  |  **5**  |  **Average**  | 
-^  Traits  |**Lucky**: Gain 1 to Starter <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Grit]]</wrap>.  \\ **Tough As Jerky**: See [[:Races:Devlin#Unique_Features| Tough As Jerky]]. \\ **Astral Sight**: You gain Acute [Astral] [Perception].||| +^  Traits  |**Tough Host**: You gain the [[:Traits:Sturdy]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]]. ||| 
-\\ +</WRAP> 
-|< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>| +<WRAP half column>
-^  Draeck  ^^^^ +
-^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Brawn]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Agility]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]</wrap>  ^  [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | +
-|  //Starter//: **5** //Max//: **12**  |  //Starter//: **5** //Max//: **12**  |  **5**  |  **Acute**  | +
-^  Traits  |**Unlucky**: Lose 3 to Starter <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Grit]]</wrap>. \\ **Four Arms**: See [[:Races:Draeck#Unique_Features| Four Arms]]. ||| +
-\\+
 |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>| |< 100% 25% 25% 25% 25%>|
 ^  Troll  ^^^^ ^  Troll  ^^^^
-^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Brawn]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Agility]]</wrap>  ^  <wrap preview>[[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]</wrap>  ^  [[:Game_Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | +^  [[:Stats:Brawn]]  ^  [[:Stats:Agility]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Size]]  ^  [[:Game Mechanics:Perceptions#Visual|Visual Perception]]  | 
-|  //Starter//: **9** //Max//: **21**  |  //Starter//: **4** //Max//: **7**  |  **9**  |  **Acute**  | +|  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **9** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **21**  |  [[:Stats:Starter Stats|Starter]]: **4** [[:Stats:Maximum Stats|Max]]: **7**  |  **9**  |  **Acute**  | 
-^  Traits  |**Tough Host**: Gain the [Sturdy] [Ability]. \\ **Too Big! You Pay Extra!** See [[:Races:Troll#Unique_Features| Too Big! You Pay Extra!]]. ||| +^  Traits  |**Tough Host**: Gain the [[:Traits:Sturdy]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]]. \\ **Too Big! You Pay Extra!** See [[:Races:Troll#Unique Features| Too Big! You Pay Extra!]]. |||
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
 +
 +
  
 ==== Psionic ==== ==== Psionic ====
-//Tipua possess innate psychic faculties, allowing them to sense intentions, read surface thoughts, and communicate directly mind-to-mind. This communication rarely takes the form of structured language; instead, Tipua share impressions as lived experience — memories, images, sounds, emotions, even scent and sensation. These abilities exist even in their plant-like state, enabling them to detect approaching minds, influence behaviour, coordinate growth, and signal conditions such as weather shifts or fertile seeding cycles across a colony. Upon taking a host and gaining full sentience, these psionic talents deepen significantly, becoming more precise, expressive, and emotionally nuanced. This constant exposure to the inner lives of others fosters a natural empathy, making Tipua particularly suited to roles that rely on understanding, mediation, and emotional insight.//\\+//Tipua possess innate psychic faculties, allowing them to sense intentions, read surface thoughts, and communicate directly mind-to-mind. This communication rarely takes the form of structured language; instead, Tipua share impressions as lived experience, memories, images, sounds, emotions, even scent and sensation. These abilities exist even in their plant-like state, enabling them to detect approaching minds, influence behaviour, coordinate growth, and signal conditions such as weather shifts or fertile seeding cycles across a colony. Upon taking a host and gaining full sentience, these psionic talents deepen significantly, becoming more precise, expressive, and emotionally nuanced. This constant exposure to the inner lives of others fosters a natural empathy, making Tipua particularly suited to roles that rely on understanding, mediation, and emotional insight.//\\
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-Trait.\\+[[:Traits|Trait]].\\
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-You gain a free rank in [Ecokinesis] during Character Creation. In addition, you don't gain a rank 1 [Ecokinesis] [Ability] when gaining this free rank as normal. Instead you gain the [Telepathy: Read Intent] [Ability] and your choice of a free rank in a [Skill] of your choice or the [Ecokinetic Speciality] [Ability].\\+You gain a free [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] in the [Noetics] [Mastery], during [[:Character:Character Creation]].\\
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-**Please Note**: You can only ever acquire a single “Specialty” [Ability]. If you choose one during [Character Creation] then you can't gain any other “Speciality” ]Abilities].\\+In addition, as you progress your [[:Jobs|Job]] [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank|Ranks]], you gain the following benefits: 
 +  * At [[:Jobs|Job]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] 2, you can increase your [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] in the [Noetics] [Mastery], up to a max [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] of 2, or you can gain two free [Noetics] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability|Abilities]] of [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] 2 or lower. 
 +  * At [[:Jobs|Job]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] 4, you can increase your [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] in the [Noetics] [Mastery], up to a max [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] of 3, or you can gain two free [Noetics] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability|Abilities]] of [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] 3 or lower. 
 +  * At [[:Jobs|Job]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] 6, you can increase your [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] in the [Noetics] [Mastery], up to a max [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] of 4, or you can gain two free [Noetics] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability|Abilities]] of [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] 4 or lower. 
 +  * At [[:Jobs|Job]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] 8, you can increase your [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] in the [Noetics] [Mastery], up to a max [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] of 5, or you can gain two free [Noetics] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability|Abilities]] of [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] 5 or lower. 
 +  * At [[:Jobs|Job]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] 10, you can increase your [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] in the [Noetics] [Mastery], up to a max [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] of 6, or you can gain two free [Noetics] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability|Abilities]] of [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] 6 or lower.
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-In addition, as you progress your [Job] ranks, you gain the following benefits:\\ +**Please Note**: A [[:Jobs|Job]] [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank]] refers to your [[:Game Mechanics:Dice Pool:Total]] [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank|Ranks]] in all of your [[:Jobs]] combined, not just the [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Rank|Ranks]] in a single [[:Jobs|Job]]. 
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-  * At [Job] rank 2, you gain a free rank in [Ecokinesis] up to a max rank of 2, and gain the free [Ability] as normal, or you can gain two free [Ecokinesis] [Abilities] of rank 2 or lower. +
-  * At [Job] rank 4, you gain a free rank in [Ecokinesis] up to a max rank of 3, and gain the free [Ability] as normal, or you can gain two free [Ecokinesis] [Abilities] of rank 3 or lower. +
-  * At [Job] rank 6, you gain a free rank in [Ecokinesis] up to a max rank of 4, and gain the free [Ability] as normal, or you can gain two free [Ecokinesis] [Abilities] of rank 4 or lower. +
-  * At [Job] rank 8, you gain a free rank in [Ecokinesis] up to a max rank of 5, and gain the free [Ability] as normal, or you can gain two free [Ecokinesis] [Abilities] of rank 5 or lower. +
-  * At [Job] rank 10, you gain a free rank in [Ecokinesis] up to a max rank of 6, and gain the free [Ability] as normal, or you can gain two free [Ecokinesis] [Abilities] of rank 6 or lower. +
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-**Please Note**: A [Job] rank refers to your [Total] ranks in all of your [Jobs] combined, not just the ranks in a single [Job]. If you have 10 different ranks in 10 different [Jobs], you are [Job] rank 10.+
 ==== Meat Death ==== ==== Meat Death ====
 //Tipua physiology does not obey the expectations of meat-based life. Once a union is complete, the host body is no longer truly alive; it persists as a vessel, sustained and regulated by the Tipua’s root network rather than by its original biological systems. Many organs function only partially or not at all, with detoxification, repair, and cellular direction handled by the plant entity instead. This makes injury unpredictable. Wounds that would be fatal to others may be inconsequential if they damage redundant tissue, while seemingly minor trauma can be catastrophic if it disrupts a vital root structure. During the Ramat Wars, this reality was learned the hard way: the most effective way to kill a Tipua is not to target the body it wears, but to shoot the plant bits.//\\ //Tipua physiology does not obey the expectations of meat-based life. Once a union is complete, the host body is no longer truly alive; it persists as a vessel, sustained and regulated by the Tipua’s root network rather than by its original biological systems. Many organs function only partially or not at all, with detoxification, repair, and cellular direction handled by the plant entity instead. This makes injury unpredictable. Wounds that would be fatal to others may be inconsequential if they damage redundant tissue, while seemingly minor trauma can be catastrophic if it disrupts a vital root structure. During the Ramat Wars, this reality was learned the hard way: the most effective way to kill a Tipua is not to target the body it wears, but to shoot the plant bits.//\\
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-[Trait].\\+[[:Traits|Trait]].\\
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 When performing an Injury Test, you use the following table instead:\\ When performing an Injury Test, you use the following table instead:\\
-{{page>Reference_Tables:Tipua_Injury_Table}}+{{page>Tables:Tipua Injury Table}}
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 That being said, there may come a few strange issues to solve with Tipua. The first thing that I want to say, to DM's out there, you may feel an urge to ban Tipua because you don't want to deal with host swapping. While you can, if you wish, I would strongly recommend you don't. Gaining a new host isn't that different to any other Injury, and it can be very moving and even spiritual to role play. It also can create some interesting scenes where a Tipua may effectively attend their own funeral, not something you get to portray all the time. Another issue can arise due to Cyberware. It is intended to lose the Cyberware attached to a host when it dies. This is offset by gaining new cyberware on a new host, but also, there isn't any reason why a proper licensed (or un-licensed) professional can't remove the cyberware from the old host and install it onto a new host, provided their is time to do so. This is also offset by getting a cool new host, with upgraded Brawn and Agility, as those will be lost and gained, from a host dies. This can cause an effective loss of Exp, or a gain, depending. This is the point of playing a Tipua. CM's, if you sign up for a Tipua Character, you do so understanding that Meat Death is a real thing that can happen, and DM's you know that it's part of the ride. If negative feeling arise as a result of this, have a conversation about it, but losing a host and getting set back is supposed to be a downside.\\ That being said, there may come a few strange issues to solve with Tipua. The first thing that I want to say, to DM's out there, you may feel an urge to ban Tipua because you don't want to deal with host swapping. While you can, if you wish, I would strongly recommend you don't. Gaining a new host isn't that different to any other Injury, and it can be very moving and even spiritual to role play. It also can create some interesting scenes where a Tipua may effectively attend their own funeral, not something you get to portray all the time. Another issue can arise due to Cyberware. It is intended to lose the Cyberware attached to a host when it dies. This is offset by gaining new cyberware on a new host, but also, there isn't any reason why a proper licensed (or un-licensed) professional can't remove the cyberware from the old host and install it onto a new host, provided their is time to do so. This is also offset by getting a cool new host, with upgraded Brawn and Agility, as those will be lost and gained, from a host dies. This can cause an effective loss of Exp, or a gain, depending. This is the point of playing a Tipua. CM's, if you sign up for a Tipua Character, you do so understanding that Meat Death is a real thing that can happen, and DM's you know that it's part of the ride. If negative feeling arise as a result of this, have a conversation about it, but losing a host and getting set back is supposed to be a downside.\\
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-Also, while you can gain new hosts, and you can even play a Character that is extremely motivated to gain the best host possible, it is commonly expected for gaining a new host to be a pain in the arse. Feel free to do so, but have a discussion with the other Players to make sure people are on board for your body snatching fiesta you plan to cause. It could be fun, but it may also detract from the stories the other Players might want to tell. Another factor is meat based hosts that aren't listed about. You may encounter many different sapient races or meat based life out there that are wildly different from the typical player races. You are allowed to attempt to take them as hosts, but there may be various complications. For starters, you should try to avoid taking a non-sapient host as it may become [Apprpriate] to remove your Social Perceptions and potentially remove your ability to communicate or even reducing some of your other mental and social Stats. I am not going to say to not take non-traditional hosts, as your table may find it compelling, but I would advise against it unless you all okay with some homebrew. Tipua have a strong aversion to doing so, and you should too. As for how to take a non-standard host, you follow the rules above, and then if you are successful, gain their Brawn, Agility, Size and Visual Perceptions as normal. Then, I would discuss any innate Abilities the host has and grant the newly created Tipua a positive one and a negative one, if possible. You may wish to reduce the potency of the abilities, much like how a Troll host provides the Sturdy Ability instead of the Regeneration Ability they are known for.\\+Also, while you can gain new hosts, and you can even play a Character that is extremely motivated to gain the best host possible, it is commonly expected for gaining a new host to be a pain in the arse. Feel free to do so, but have a discussion with the other Players to make sure people are on board for your body snatching fiesta you plan to cause. It could be fun, but it may also detract from the stories the other Players might want to tell. Another factor is meat based hosts that aren't listed about. You may encounter many different sapient races or meat based life out there that are wildly different from the typical player races. You are allowed to attempt to take them as hosts, but there may be various complications. For starters, you should try to avoid taking a non-sapient host as it may become Appropriate to remove your Social Perceptions and potentially remove your ability to communicate or even reducing some of your other mental and social Stats. I am not going to say to not take non-traditional hosts, as your table may find it compelling, but I would advise against it unless you all okay with some homebrew. Tipua have a strong aversion to doing so, and you should too. As for how to take a non-standard host, you follow the rules above, and then if you are successful, gain their Brawn, Agility, Size and Visual Perceptions as normal. Then, I would discuss any innate Abilities the host has and grant the newly created Tipua a positive one and a negative one, if possible. You may wish to reduce the potency of the abilities, much like how a Troll host provides the Sturdy Ability instead of the Regeneration Ability they are known for.\\
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 All in all, Tipua can be whacky, and may require some custom rulings from time to time, but I implore all Players, CM's and DM's alike to just have fun with it. And if things are progressing in a way that's getting too odd or somewhat off topic, have a discussion as a group to find a fun middle ground for everyone involved. Plant zombies are cool, in my humble opinion.\\ All in all, Tipua can be whacky, and may require some custom rulings from time to time, but I implore all Players, CM's and DM's alike to just have fun with it. And if things are progressing in a way that's getting too odd or somewhat off topic, have a discussion as a group to find a fun middle ground for everyone involved. Plant zombies are cool, in my humble opinion.\\
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 +==== Changelog ====
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 +Version 0.5c - June 2026
 +  * Wordings updated.
 +  * Psionic Ability wording simplified.
 +  * Psionic Ability no longer provides Packages.
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