Bugstiary: Maurakappi Player Characters

Readers will always surprise you. When I wrote The Bugstiary I never imagined anyone would want to play an ant. The maurakappi (pp. 27-34)  have highly regimented societies totally devoted to their queens, which is not something I expected DFRPG players to want for a PC race. After the book was published, probably thanks to the excellent maurakappi art by Billy Blue, many readers lamented I didn't include player rules for them.

The maurakappi caste with the most free-will are the queens, of course, but they are also beings of significant power that never leave their colonies. The consorts and princesses however do have significantly more independence from the other casts and are more likely to be sent out of the colony to work with foreign adventurers (or be exiled). Note these races won't fit into 40 points or less, and can't actually be used with the DFRPG occupational templates without greatly increasing point totals.

Mauraprins (p. 31) [186 points]

Attribute Modifiers: DX+1 [20]; IQ +1 [20]; HT +1 [10]

Advantages: 360° Vision [25]; Ambidexterity [5]; Born Entertainer 1 [5]; Charisma 1 [5]; Damage Resistance 3 [15]; Damn, That's One Fine Ant [3]; Extra Arms (Four Arms) [20]; Fearlessness 4 [8]; Flight (Winged -25%) [30]; Lifting ST 5 [15]; Nictating Membrane 2 [4]; Sharp Teeth [1]; Single-Minded [5]; Ultraspeech [10]; Voice (Ultrasonic Speech Only -20%) [8]; Vibration (Air) [10]

Disadvantages:  Appearance (Hideous) [-16]; Gregarious [-10]; Honesty (15) [-5]; Intolerance (Disordered Societies) [-5]; Selfless (15) [-2]

Mauraprincessa (p. 31) [186 points]

Attribute Modifiers: DX+1 [20]; IQ +1 [20]; HT +1 [10]

Advantages: 360° Vision [25]; Ambidexterity [5]; Born War Leader1 [5]; Charisma 1 [5]; Damage Resistance 3 [15]; Damn, That's One Fine Ant [3]; Extra Arms (Four Arms) [20]; Fearlessness 4 [8]; Flight (Winged -25%) [30]; Lifting ST 5 [15]; Magery 0 [5]; Nictating Membrane 2 [4]; Sharp Teeth [1]; Single-Minded [5]; Ultraspeech [10]; Voice (Ultrasonic Speech Only -20%) [8]; Vibration (Air) [10]

Disadvantages:  Appearance (Hideous) [-16]; Honesty (15) [-5]; Intolerance (Disordered Societies) [-5]; Jealousy [-10]; Overconfidence (12) [-5]; Stubborness (12) [-5]

Racial Gifts: Both castes can buy a level of Extra Attack, increase Charisma to four, increase either Born Entertainer, or Born War Leader to four levels; regardless of occupation or double occupational limits for occupations that include these traits. Princesses can raise Magery to six and take up to four levels of Improved Magic Resistance or double the limits for wizards. 

Maurakappi ordinarily will not be clerics or holy warriors, or have power investiture or holy might.