SS'TISS IN GENERAL:

Physical description: The reptilian ss'tiss are a very tall race with all the muscles needed to support that frame. The females can reach a height of 7 feet or more while the males rarely exceed 6 1/2. Their hide is covered in tough, flexible scales and the stand slightly hunched-over, balanced in part by their long tails. They have forked tongues and a mouth full of sharp, pointed teeth, and their colouring is usually sandy, tan, or brown--though green variations have been known.

Ss'tiss have a hissing language that is hard--but not impossible--for other races to reproduce. They are a tribal, nomadic culture for the most part, save for those ss'tiss who are forced to live in cities. Virtually all ss'tiss live in Tahnn...most of the other countries are too cold or too wet to live in comfortably.

SS'TISS PCs:

Ss'tiss PCs are almost always warriors; ss'tiss as a group are nearly all completely incapable of magic, though some rare individuals have it. Ss'tiss are nearly as fanatical as elves in their hatred of magic, and the only individual among their race they permit to have it is the titular leader, the Patriarch, who has not been seen since the Scourge--though it is known he is still alive. Ss'tiss are aided with the Sunblade skill, one of only two Telgadian skills that allow the wielding of two weapons at once and as a martial art also allows some mental protection. Ss'tiss do not wear clothes, though jewelry is common on both genders.

For more information on the ss'tiss' racial skill, the Sunblades, please see the Skills page.

SS'TISS AND THE OTHER RACES:

Ss'tiss think of other races but rarely; they like their desert and only think about other races insofar as they intruded upon their domain. Humans are 'soft and squishy' for the most part, though they always have some trade contract up their sleeves. Dwarves are hardy folk, though 'tiny,' and misharr are both their brothers and their charges. No delfae would ever venture into the harsh environment of Tahnn, and no ss'tiss would survive in the cold of the Garr Mountains, so ss'tiss barely even know of their existance; and the other races are too far off to impact very much on their lives.

SS'TISS RELIGION, CULTURE AND NOBILITY

SS'TISS HISTORY AND VARIATIONS