Xamoan

A Xamoan welcoming a visitor to a resort.

Physical Description
The Xamoan are a species of towering, physically imposing humanoids adapted to harsh environments and extreme physical demands, typically standing 36 to 40 feet tall, with some individuals naturally exceeding this range. They are best known for their immense stature, dense musculature, and distinctive aquatic-inspired features, which give them a predatory, almost shark-like appearance. Despite their intimidating presence, Xamoans are not inherently aggressive and display a wide range of temperaments, occupations, and cultural roles.

Their skin is thick, leathery, and resilient, most commonly appearing in shades of gray, slate, or muted blue-green. This skin functions as both insulation and natural armor, resisting cold, abrasion, and blunt force trauma. Scarring is common and culturally accepted.

The Xamoan head structure is non-human and heavily inspired by aquatic megafauna. Most possess a broad, forward-set head resembling sharks or whales. A reduced or indistinct neck, blending head and shoulders into a single powerful silhouette. Downturned or swept horns curving along the skull, used for intimidation, ritual display, or combat, and small, monochrome eyes adapted for low-light or underwater conditions.

Xamoan hands typically have three thick fingers, each capable of fine manipulation despite their size, while their legs are wide and columnar, ending in broad, elephant-like feet that distribute their immense weight and provide stability on uneven terrain.

A Xamoan’s mass is immense even by giant standards. Their footsteps cause visible environmental impact: ground tremors, displaced debris, and structural strain in smaller settlements. Their voices are naturally deep and resonant, carrying over long distances even at conversational volume.

Culture and Society

Xamoans originate from cold, rugged, or aquatic regions, including polar coastlines, storm-lashed archipelagos, deep fjords, and oceanic worlds. Their settlements, when permanent, are built with massive clearances, reinforced foundations, and open structures rather than enclosed interiors.

Nomadic Xamoans are common, especially hunters, trackers, or investigators who move between regions rather than establishing static cities. Their size makes conventional transportation impractical; they typically rely on walking, swimming, or specially reinforced vessels.

Xamoan culture emphasise competence, resilience, and personal capability. Social standing is often earned through demonstrated skill—hunting, investigation, craftsmanship, or leadership—rather than inheritance.

Physical contests, endurance trials, and tests of awareness are common cultural expressions. While strength is respected, recklessness is frowned upon; uncontrolled destruction is seen as a failure of discipline rather than a display of power.

Clothing and equipment are functional and heavy-duty, often made from thick hides, metals, or composite materials scaled to their bodies. Ornamentation tends to be minimal, with scars and wear marks serving as unspoken records of experience.

Relations with Other Species
Due to their size, Xamoans are uncommon in densely populated regions. Where they do appear, they are often viewed with awe, fear, or suspicion. Formal infrastructure rarely accommodates them, limiting their access to housing, transport, and services.

Despite this, Xamoans frequently take on roles that benefit smaller societies—guards, hunters of large threats, frontier explorers, or investigators capable of surviving environments others cannot.

Character Creation

Species Name: Xamoan
Size: Huge (5), 30-40ft tall.
Life-span: 180 years (average)
Senses: Normal Vision.
Speed: Land, Swim & Climb: 35ft
Base HP & HPLV: 10 + 6
Base MP & MPLV: 12 + 3
XP Scale (Level): 15

Traits

Superior Physicality
Xamoan characters start with +2 Strength and Endurance. They have Expertise in all Strength and Endurance-based checks. They add their character level to all Strength and Endurance-based checks and Metaphors. Can roll their Strength/Endurance Dice without exerting, or if they do, can take Average on any dice used in such check if it is lower (rounded up).

Enhanced Awareness
Xamoan characters start with +1 Perception, and are considered to be Proficient in Perception-based checks. Xamoan characters add their character level to their Perception-based checks and Metaphors.

Amphibious
Galvan characters are Amphibious, they can swim and breathe in bodies of water. They gain a Swim Speed and can stay underwater for 6 + Endurance hours before needing to breathe dry air.

Tough Hide
Xamoans gain bonus (Toughness) HP equal to their Level, multiplied by their Size (which is also their maximum). Damage taken to the user is subtracted from these hit points first and the difference is dealt to their actual Hit points after.

Whenever the Xamoan takes damage, gets healed, or starts their turn in an Encounter, they regain 1 Toughness HP.

Huge Size
Xamoan characters are naturally Huge, they range from 30 to 40 feet tall. They have a natural reach and space of 25ft and can pass through creatures squares who are half their size or smaller without being blocked and act as cover for smaller creatures behind them.

Xamoan Arc

Xamoan characters can obtain Xamoan-specific features at 1st, 2nd, and every even level beyond that. Players can pick which benefit they want in any order so long as they meet the conditions of the minimum level and any pre-requisites it may have.

Minimum Level	Pre-requisite	Feature
1	-	Weapons Training Gain a Combat Metaphor for free at Rank 3. Add 3 Ranks worth of Metaphor Components to it.
1	-	Survivalist Gain a Survival Metaphor at rank 3 with, "Survival is the skill and knowledge to sustain the life of your own and others in harsh environments and wildernesses, using whatever resources you have at your disposal". Also add up to 3 ranks of Metaphor components to it. If you already have this exact Metaphor, raise it's rank by 2 for free.
1	Tough Hide	Thick Skinned Enhances the Xamoan's Tough Hide trait to regain 2 Toughness HP whenever they take damage, get healed or start their next turn in an Encounter.
2	-	Close-Quarters Combatant The Xamoan gains a Unarmed-Strike compatible Combat Metaphor with 3 ranks and up to 3 Metaphor components for free. If they already possess such a Metaphor, increase its rank by 2 and it gains up to 2 Metaphor components for free. The Xamoan's Defense (Evasion and Deflection) increase equal to their character level versus attacks from opponents equal to or smaller than their own Size, but only when they are properly defending themselves using their Combat Metaphor.
2	-	Enhanced Trample Whenever the Xamoan performs the Trample activity, targets that get hit by this attack must roll a Body Saving Throw against the Xamoan's passive Unarmed Strike ToHit (6 + StrengthAvg + Bonuses). If the Save fails, the target suffers Injury (Body, Lose Advantage on all checks), and Bleed (Body, Take damage equal to magnitude each round in an encounter) status Magnitudes equal to the Xamoan's Level plus Size.
2	-	Authority The Xamoan gains +1 to Charisma and becomes Proficient in all Charisma-based checks. They no longer have to exert to use Charisma Attribute dice. When making Influence checks (or similar social skills) against targets smaller than the Xamoan, those targets lose Advantage on checks to resist you. And if they didn't have Advantage, they suffer Disadvantage instead.
4	Authority	Leadership Whenever the Xamoan uses Influence to affect the Morale of an opponent or an ally, they can increase the magnitude of their Morale penalty/bonus equal to half the Xamoan's level (rounded up). This bonus can only apply once per target and can't be reapplied again until the target's Morale resets or reverses.
4	Survivalist	Monsterous Hunter The Xamoan gains the Species Knowledge Metaphor with, "This skill covers the knowledge and understanding of how various creatures and species biology, behaviors, habitats and other pertainant information to properly handle them. This is an Expertise Metaphor." This Metaphor starts at rank 3 and comes with up to 3 Metaphor components for free.
6	Monsterous Hunter	Predator's Focus The Xamoan gains the Predator's Focus Metaphor feature with, "The user can designate a target creature to become their Focus. While focused, the user gains Advantage to checks to track down attack, and defend against the Focus in an encounter. If the Xamoan has any bonus (from a Metaphor or other source) regarding their Foci's species or individual identity, they can add their character Level to ToHit and Damage rolls against the Focus, and apply the value to raise or lower results of interactions between that Focus (but only one or the other per check).

Gallery

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  Xamoan Male, Captain of the Galactic Federation.
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  Xamoan Male, Independent Space-Captain (Green Uniform)
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  Xamoan Male, Speedstorm Racer
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  Xamoan size compared to a few other species, including humans.