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=Namekians=
[[Summary::The Namekians are humanoid race with plant and slug-like characteristics, and incredible regenerative capabilities. They possess green skin and antennae on their bald heads. They are the exclusive creators of the legendary [[Dragon Balls (3.5e Equipment)|Dragon Balls]].]]
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===Personality=== 

The Namekians are generally a very kind, wise and spiritual people but are often reserved around strangers and outsiders. Like Dwarves they are slow to laugh or jest and suspicious of strangers, but are generous to those few who earn their trust. They do not like rude, gruff or abrasive people. Namekians seem to have a strong connection to nature and Namekians live simple lives as farmers and gatherers who willingly trade their goods with other peaceful races.

Namekians actually have a rather intricate caste system that helps divide the species based on their opposing talents. Namekians are born into either Dragon Clan members, or Warrior Clan members, with each of them serving a vital purpose. Roughly 86% of the population is hatched as Dragon Clan mebers and the remaining 14% are hatched as Warrior types. Dragon Clan Namekians are the the cunning magic users of the race and their most advanced members are the ones responsible for creating the Dragon Balls. Alternatively, Warrior types are obviously better suited for battle and are the defenders of the race. The Warriors sometimes later become elite warriors called a Dark Warrior (which is to them like a marine or green beret).

===Physical Description===

Namekians are humanoid in general shape who are completely hairless with bald heads that have large pointy ears like those of an Elf and 2 slug-like antennae on their forehead that are sensitive. They have exclusively black pupils and white iris' that blend in with the background white of their eyes. They have green skin that is a lighter shade of green when they are hatched that slowly darkens with age and they have several pink patches appearing throughout their bodies on their shoulders, biceps, forearms, abs, thighs and shins. They have three red conjoined rings of tough, thick skin on their ankles and wrists, making them look like they have ankle bands and wristbands. A Namekians skin darkens as they age and elderly Namekians have darker green skin and less prominent pink patches (these appear to become dull-orange as the Namekian advances in age). Namekians also have purple blood.

Namekians are hermaphrodites that possess physiques similar to those of human males. Despite the fact that hermaphrodites can reproduce sexually, the Namekians only reproduce asexually, using a mode of reproduction similar to parthenogenesis, where they spit an egg out of their mouth. Despite this asexual reproductive system, there is still visual diversity in the species as the offspring is usually not an exact copy of the parent and Namekians are usually close to their children.

===Relations===

Namekians get along well with most anyone who is peaceful and kind in general, but get along best with Humans and Half-Elves who are generally very accepting of the Namekians and helpful towards them. Namekians can sometimes be found on the outside of Human developments. They get along great with Dwarves with whom they share a lot of personality traits and with Elves who can make life long friends due to their long age and who share a reverence of nature. Namekians tolerate a Gnomes practical jokes better than some other races and are fascinated with their engineering prowess. Namekians are impressed with a Halflings daring and ability to survive or escape danger and even more fascinated with their collections. Namekians tend to be extra reserved around the gruff Half-Orcs and often timidly shy away from abrasive ones.

===Alignment===

Namekians have long deep traditions and are kind just people who always strive to keep their word. As such most all Namekians are lawful in nature. Some are occasionally neutral, but a  chaotic Namekian is all but unheard of. Namekians all start life with a small seed of evil in their hearts that is a fickle thing, but it is an urge that is very important to deal with early on in their lives. When the evil within a Namekian gets curbed early on they can go on to lead eventful, pure hearted lives, which, in fact, the vast majority of Namekians actually do. However, if this evil is allowed to flourish then there will be some serious consequences leading them into a downward spiral of evil from which they rarely ever return.

===Lands===


Namek is a planet in a trinary star system located at coordinates 9045XY within the Universe 7. It is also home to a host of ambient life, such as fish, frogs, slugs and dinosaurs. Since Namek has three suns, it is never night time. Despite this, there is a side of the planet that appears to be a dark side. The planet is tidally locked to the star group, resulting in the lack of a day/night cycle, with the Nameks living on the daylight side of the planet. A Namekian year is much shorter than an earth year, at 130 days long. The Namekian atmosphere consists partly of oxygen but not as much as some other life giving worlds.

The surface of planet Namek is covered in lots of rolling hills and small cliff edges with MANY cave systems and small shallow cave openings scattered along them. There are many long branching and traversing river systems in most land masses. The hills are mostly covered in an almost teal colored grass that is more blue than green. The waters are a light green color but are safe for the Namekians to drink. The majority of the trees on the planets surface have very, very tall trees with narrow trunks that have a spherical bush of greenery at the top and no branches or greenery on the trunk itself.

Namekian villages are often small simple farming villages that are usually hamlets or villages. Their buildings are usually white brick buildings that are dome in shape and have spherical outward facing windows with green tints, and sometimes have a couple white spikes coming off them for defense against the dinosaurs that inhabit the planet.

===Religion===

Namekians do not have a chief racial deity but many revere Obad Hai or Ehlonna. Namekians do however have a sacred tradition of being the creators and guardians of the [[Dragon_Balls_(3.5e_Equipment)|Dragon Balls]]. A major wonderous item that is crafted by the most powerful and wisest Namekians. The Dragon Balls are a series of 7 spherical balls that are exclusively orange in color and have small red stars in them to number the balls 1 through 7, with only 1 star in the "1 star ball" and 7 stars in the "7 star ball". When gathered together and the secret phrase is uttered it summons a mystical dragon that grants the user 3 wishes. The Namekians create these and consider themselves the protectors and guardians of the orbs to keep them out of evil hands. They fiercely and secretively guard the process for creating these balls and those few who do know how they are created, would willingly die to keep these secrets. 

===Language===

Namekians speak common mostly, but they do have an ancient racial language called Namekian, which is written in the Draconic alphabet. It is of about the same difficulty to learn as Draconic itself and has strong harsh sounds almost like orc.

===Names===

Namekians have names that are often variations of words that mean slug or snail or are puns on words that mean slug or snail. 

Name Examples: Piccolo, Kami, Dende, Nail, Guru, Slug, Moori, Moolin, Tanissh, Katas, Tsuburi, Toomlin

===Adventures===

Namekians generally live quiet peaceful lives as farmers, gatherers and hunters. As such a Namekian adventurer would be among the most audacious and ambitious Namekians in the race. As long as his accomplishments bring honor to his people, his deeds will earn him respect and status among other Namekians. Depending on his relations with his home tribe of Namekians, an adventuring Namekian may be seen as a vagabond or even something of a traitor (for abandoning his tribe responsibilities).
Author	The-Marksman +
Effective Character Level	3 +
Favored Class	Ki Warrior + and Monk +
Identifier	3.5e Race +
Level Adjustment	2 +
Racial Ability Adjustments	+2 Constitution +, +4 Wisdom +, +2 Strength +, +4 Dexterity +, −2 Strength +, +2 Intelligence +, −2 Wisdom + and −4 Charisma +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Size	Medium +
Subtype	Shapechanger +
Summary	The Namekians are humanoid race with plant … The Namekians are humanoid race with plant and slug-like characteristics, and incredible regenerative capabilities. They possess green skin and antennae on their bald heads. They are the exclusive creators of the legendary Dragon Balls. gon Balls (3.5e Equipment)\|Dragon Balls]]. +
Title	Namekian +
Type	Monstrous Humanoid +