Volus

olus Racial Traits •	Physical characteristics: a volus gains a +2 bonus to Intelligence, +2 to Wisdom, and -2 to Strength.

•	Small: As Small creatures, Volus add +1 to their attack and their defense and +4 to their hide checks due to their size.

•	Slow Speed: Volus speed is 20 feet.

•	Low-light vision.

•	Shrewd Negotiator: Volus add their Intelligence modifier as a bonus to their Charisma-based skills whenever money is involved. In addition they always treat Knowledge (business) as a class skill, even if their class does not have such skill as class skill, and gain a +2 racial bonus on it.

•	High Pressure Suit: Whenever the volus is damaged by a critical hit, while not protected by Shields or Plating, his suit is ruptured causing it to decompress (multiple critical hits do not stack). The Volus must then make a Repair DC 15, spending 1 action in the process, as well as one Repair Kit. For each action (including the ones spent repairing the suit) the volus takes 1d6 damage from decompression, done directly to his HP. Other characters can repair the suit instead of the Volus, but they must make the same check, spend the actions normally, spend one Repair Kit, and must be adjacent to the volus. If this damage sends the Volus to 0 or lower HP, he falls unconscious and is forced to make a Fortitude save DC 10. Failure indicates the Volus did not managed to resist the continuous effects of decompression and dies. Success means he is able to resist the decompression and does not die that round. Each additional round while the suit is ruptured forces the Volus to make one new Fortitude save. The DC increases +1 for each round, and this increase is cumulative. Although the suit weighs 15 lbs, the Volus have had thousands of years of getting used to move around in mechanized pressure suits so they ignore the effects of the suits weight, not counting it for carrying capacity purposes.

•	Small arms: Due to their size, volus cannot use weapons designed for Medium or larger creatures. They can only use weapon designed for Small creatures.

•	Unimpressive: Due to their reputation as being craven, other races tend to ignore volus in combat situations. Volus characters will be ignored by enemies until there are no other opponents or until the Volus actively participates in the combat (by using powers or attacking, but not from simply moving around), after which they start to perceive the Volus as a threat and will attack him as if it was any other normal opponent.

•	Random height: male 3‘9” + 2d4; female 3’7” + 2d4.

•	Random weight: male 75 lb + (result of 2d4 from height); female 70 lb + (result of 2d4 from height).