Alien Codex (3.5e Campaign Setting)/Players

Making An Alien

Races: A player chooses one of the following: Eldritch Horror, Ethergaunt, Gear Actua, Human, Kremen, Life Elemental, Octoxeno, Osteon, Seppia, Setenall, Skandar, Tempus, Uongo-mijusi, V'Kai, Zeitgeist, or Zherihnghil.

Base Classes: Then the player chooses one of the following: Apex, Barbarian, Bard, Explorer, Fighter, Psychic Warrior, Ranger, Rogue, Soulknife, Autoplate Pilot, Electric Mage, Force Conduit, Force Initiate, Golem Domineer, Gunslinger, Helraiser, Marksman, Metal Slug, Tenken or Wildknife.

Prestige Classes: A player can advance in any of the following prestige classes: Airship Pilot, Battle Robot, Horizon Walker, Loremaster, Psionic Fist, Wildhunter, Wolverine or Xenophile.

Paragon Classes: Certain races can advance in the following paragon classes: Evolutionist, Guide, Tempus.

Alternate Class Features: A player can choose to change their features with: Machinist Fighter, Raging Hulk, Variant or Survivor Spell-less Ranger.

Feats

Feat Name	Prerequisite(s)	Summary
Absorb Energy	Deflect Projectiles	You can absorb the energy of incoming attacks to recover your bio-energy.
Adamant Defense	Adamant Focus, Setenall	Your defenses improve while you're focused.
Adamant Focus	Setenall, Concentration 4 ranks.	Your have improved upon your innate ability to focus.
Alien Infiltrator	Shapechanger subtype.	You are an alien infiltrator from a distant world, allowing you to mesh very well with the primitives.
Antennae	None	You are able to sense things you cannot see.
Astroadaptation	Con 15, Must not have to breathe, Natural Armor +5 or higher	You can survive in the near vacuum of space.
Bio-Energy Suffusion	Ability to cast spells or manifest powers.	You can use your bio-energy for casting spells or manifesting powers.
Bio-Restoration	Healing Surge	You use your bio-energy to restore yourself.
Biotic Initiate	Int 16, 4 HD, Able of Manifest 1 Psychokinesis Power of level 1 or Higher	A mysterious human, only known as The Shepherd, ventured far away from their home galaxy at the end of a brutal war for survival. After leaving, he began to teach naturally psionic races to harness biotics, a higher level form of telekinetic control by manipulating the Dark Matter that permeates through the Universe.
Biotic Vanguard	6 HD, Con 18, Biotic Initiate	By delving deeper into the teaching of The Shepherd, you now understand the ideals of the Vanguard. To be the forward force of your party to lead them battle with brute force and disrupting the front line of any enemies you face.
Bioweapon	Con 13 or Int if the desired bioweapon is psionic (+4 for every subsequent instance of this feat)	By altering your own genetic structure, you have gained a powerful special attack.
Centric Impact	Centric Strike	You can drive a weapon with immeasurable force by expending portions of you life force.
Centric Strike	None	By expending portions of your life force, you can land massive strikes, and seem to rewrite the shape of space with mere willpower.
Chameleon	None	You can blend in with your surroundings by adapting your body to the colors and textures around you.
Creation Ex Xeno	Con 18, Craft Xeno-Alchemy 5 ranks	Can't make something out of nothing, unless you're an alien or something...
Duraskin	None	Either through chitinous shell, rubbery body, or even nanomachines coursing through your veins you possess significant natural armor against danger.
Empower Bioweapon	Bioweapon, Con 17, 8 Hit Dice	You can use bio-energy to forcibly increase the power of your bioweapon.
Energy Vision	Con 19+	You are able to fire rays of energy from your eyes.
Gravatic Charge	Constitution 15	You can lay Eggs! Only instead of eggs, it's semi-formed rifts between planes that go BOOM!
Gravatic Node	Con 17, Gravatic Charge	By controlling your DNA which grants you your Gravatic Charge ability, you can make gravity cry even more.
Healing Surge	Con 13	You can use your bio-energy to heal your wounds.
Hyper-Efficient Metabolism	Three or more Xenotheric feats, 6 or more HDs.	Your body is extremely efficient, gaining incredible upgrade without the aid of magic items. (see below)
Hyperwarp Dive	Warp diver	You can go superluminal, however it is much more draining.
Improved Bio-Regeneration	Con 17	Your bio-energy pool recharges faster.
Improved Resistance	Fort +4	Your inborn energy resistances improve beyond the ordinary.
Improved Speed Heartbeat	Uongo-mijusi, 9 HD, 24 Constitution	You push your heart rate to even greater speeds
Increased Biocapacity	Con 15	Your maximum bio-energy charges are increased.
Memetic DNA	None	Your alien biology holds the code to even your basic memory and experiences.
Mental Backlash	None	Your mental defenses make you hard to detect magically, and even harder to divine.
Metabolic Boost	Reflex +4.	You can use your bio-energy to speed up your body and increase your response time.
Necro-Energy	Undead type or Augmented Undead subtype	Even though you are dead you still possess bio-energy.
Neo-Genesis	Con 15, Healing Surge	Your lifeforce swells, and spills out into the world around you, granting you powers.
Novacharger	Must be a Novaen	You have a stronger and more versatile nova blast.
Quicken Bioweapon	Bioweapon, 12 Hit Dice	You can use bio-energy to make your bioweapon fire more quickly.
Supercharge Bioweapon	Empower Bioweapon, Quicken Bioweapon	You can supercharge your bioweapon and recover it nearly instantly.
Synaesthetic Perception	None	You are able to sense vibrations in the ground.
Varia Skin	None	Your body is adapt to stand extremes in temperatures rather than magnetic and chemical threats.
Warp Diver	Astroadaptation, Natural armor +5 or higher, Con 15, must not have to breathe.	Able to traverse space and time, you can slip into the warp to travel at high speed.
Weaponize Bio-Energy	None	You can use your bio-energy to power energy weapons.
X-Ray Vision	Con 15	You can see into and through solid matter.
Xeno Fighter	Effective Fighter level 1	You are an alien fighter.
Xeno Warlock	Must have the eldritch blast class feature and able to use least invocations.	Your eldritch power do not stern from devil, feys or demon. Instead alien did it.

Equipment

Future Technology

In this setting, players can only use FT Series weapons and armor, plus frag, specialized and sticky grenades, and pulse shotgun.

Name	Cost	Damage	Range	Damage Type	Summary
FT00 Energy Shield	300 gp	1d4	—	Bludgeoning	A circular one-handed energy shield, which is 3’ wide.
FT01 Clip	200 gp	—	—	Various	Ammo for most FT weapons.
FT02 Pistol	300 gp	1d6	40	Piercing	A small pistol.
FT04 Energy Sword	500 gp	1d8	—	Varies	A two-foot long energy sword.
FT05 Battlerifle	400 gp	2d8	200	Piercing	A high-range assault rifle.
FT06 Sniperifle	600 gp	3d6	300	Piercing	An accurate sniper rifle.
FT07 Gravity Pick-Hammer	700 gp	2d8	—	Bludgeoning, Piercing	One side of head has a pick the other has a hammer.
FT08 Force Ray	5000 gp	1d6/3d6	300	Force	A powerful force ray.
FT10 Plasma Shield	600 gp	1d6	—	Bludgeoning	An oval one-handed energy shield, which is 4’ long and 3’ wide.
FT11 Cell	600 gp	3d4	—	Varies	The ammo used for all FT series siege weapons, and powers hyperdrives. They can also be used as mines.
FT12 Ice Pistol	600 gp	2d6	40	Cold	A pistol with cold damage.
FT14 Plasma Sword	1000 gp	2d6	—	Electric, Fire	A 3' blade that can cut through most materials and block ranged attacks.
FT15 Laser	800 gp	3d6	300	Electric	A high energy laser weapon.
FT16 Launcher	1200 gp	3d6	200	Fire	A rocket launcher.
FT18 Ice Ray	10,000 gp	2d6/5d6	300	Cold	A freezing ray, which slows creatures within its effective area (20’ ray).
FT19 Siege Weapon	20,000 gp	2d6/6d6	1000	Piercing, Electricity, Fire	A crew-served siege weapon.
FT20 Defense System	2000 gp	3d8	300	Electricity	A FT20 has missile defense, an energy shield and defensive weapon.
FT25 Assault System	4500 gp	Varies	Varies	Varies	A multi-weapon system with an energy shield, sniperifle, laser and launcher.
FT28 Ship Killer	60,000 gp	3d8/9d8	3000	Electricity, Fire, Piercing	Designed to break through most ships.
FT29 Moon Killer	120,000 gp	3d12/12d12	5280	Piercing, Fire, Electricity	Does not in fact destroy moons but destroys most ships in its path.
FT40 Energy Armor	400 gp	—	—	—	Light alien armor.
FT41 Space Suit	200 gp	—	—	—	A FT41 is a self-contained individual suit with its own air cycling unit
FT42 Plasma Armor	600 gp	—	—	—	Medium alien armor.

Vehicles

Star Ships: Speeder, Fighter, Transport, Stealth, Utility, Battle

Other Vehicles Lancer, Treadscout, Annihilator, NSF-03T Jaguarundi, SM-20 Hisser Mecha, Tank Scarab

Miscellaneous

Adventuring Gear: Senali Mask

Armor and Shields: ZK-23 Energy Shield