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By Tc-Nasht
The Annoylicks are a race of bully, little, obnoxious bastards that come from a secluded world know as Annoylickum. Annoylickum is an advanced world compared to Rifts® Earth; it is about equal to the inner Three Galaxies. It is located on the outer rim of the Three Galaxies, not too far away from the Psi-von home world. Annoylickum have so far ignored this small, ignorant planet. The Annoylicks ignore them only because they haven't reached space age yet. The Annoylicks are an ancient race, for example, if Rifts® earth had been around for this long, they would have long been in the 'advanced civilization' category (from Phase World(Tm)). Why the Annoylicks are not one of the most powerful race in the galaxy (technology wise), is because they just can't get anything done! They can't get anything done is because they are always too busy fighting with each other! In the Annoylicks' culture you see, when someone pisses you off, you must shoot them, to not is to dishonor yourself, the person who pissed you off, and your family. So, they dont see anything wrong with doing this whatsoever! They just think they are doing their job well when they shoot a guy who was sleeping in his spot. Of course there are exceptions, such as friends. If you are a friend of an Annoylick, you can feel pretty at ease when around him/her, you don't have to fear getting shot for taking his fork or anything. The one thing that comes first in all of Annoylician culture, is friends. One must have a few friends that he hangs around with and likes, if not, one must find friends. So if you get befriended by an Annoylick, be ready to be friends for a long time, cause you ain't gonna be able to ditch him too easily. But this is not the only unique feature that the Annoylicks have. One of the others is their stomach. They are garbage eaters, in that I mean, they can and will eat anything and everything. They can pick up a tin can and just shove it in their mouths. They prefer machines and electronics, but can eat literally anything, including toxic chemicals, acid, S.D.C. explosives (there stomachs actually are M.D.C., with about 4 M.D.C.), and poisons with no harm to them in the least. Note: This does not mean they can't get drunk, they are still prone to booze, just like humans. They appearance is very similar to humans, except they tend to be shorter (around 5'4'' for both males and females), and skinnier. Note: Some Annoylicks (mainly the younger ones) like to 'break off' from the crowd and go see the galaxy. So there are a few here and there in the more 'interesting' worlds (such as Rifts® earth).
Attributes:
I.Q.: 3D6 M.E.: 4D6+6 M.A.: 1D6 (they are annoying as hell) P.S.: 3D6 P.P.: 4D6+6 P.E.: 4D6+6 P.B.: 3D6 SPD: 5D6 (are very fast)
M.D.C.: 1D6x10+P.E. add 1D6 each level of experience
Natural Abilities: Nightvision 700 feet, seem to be 'naturals' with languages (receiving a +20% to all language checks), tend to be hyper, an average, they eat 3 times as much as a human, plus that whole stomach thing that I described above.
Magic: None whatsoever, they don't appreciate magic users and tend to distrust them
Psi: Everybody has telemechanics and sixth sense
Typical O.C.C.'s:
Operators: 60%
City Rats: 20%
Rogue Scientists: 15%
Other: 5% (mostly rogue scholars or anything that is a pain in the ass (but not munchkin))
They tend to really like big, baggy pants and 'wife beaters'...
Also, some have of them an acute interest in ‘old’ S.D.C. pistols, such as 9mm, and others. To satisfy this, there is a big industry on the homeworld, making and converting 'old' S.D.C. pistols in M.D.C. weapons. GMs decide on damage (tend to be 6D6 to 1D6x10 or so).