The Tsa. A flying snake type race. [Archive] - Wizards Community

The Tsa. A flying snake type race. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Poison_Dusk
07-17-07, 10:06 AM Tsa Racial Traits

Str -2, Dex +6, Wis +2, Cha +2
Small: As a small creature, a Tsa gets a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks. A Tsa’s carrying capacity is three-quarters of that of a Medium character. A Tsa cannot fly with more than a light load.
Magical Beast (shapechanger): Tsa are magical beasts with the shapechanger subtype.
Tsa base land speed is 20 feet, they fly as a base speed of 40 feet with average maneuverability.
+4 Natural Armor bonus.
Darkvision: Tsa have darkvision at a rage of 60 ft. Darkvision is black and white, but is otherwise like normal sight. Tsa can funtion fine with no light at all.
Low-light vision: Tsa see twice as far in shadowy illumination as a human.
Blindsight 10 Ft.
Automatic language: Draconinc and undercommon. Bonus languages: Any except secret languages like druidic.
Favored Class: Sorcerer
LA: +2

Original Post (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?p=13098390#post13098390)
Steely_Dan
07-17-07, 10:10 AM Isn't this race originally from Alternity?
Platstud
07-17-07, 10:11 AM What is the LA? Or are you asking for help? I would say it's a strong +2 or a weak +3.
Poison_Dusk
07-17-07, 10:38 AM LA added. +2. This race comes completly from my mind, though I found the Pic on Deviant Art. I don't even know what Alternity is.
Steely_Dan
07-17-07, 11:12 AM I don't even know what Alternity is.

Alternity was a sci-fi RPG released by TSR in the mid 90's, and one of the alien character races was called T'sa, IIRC.
Poison_Dusk
07-17-07, 11:16 AM I just used the draconic word for serpent. Tsa. Weird coincidence.
Empirate
07-17-07, 11:27 AM Some interesting if meaningless (for D&D) comments:

Tsa is also the name of one of the twelve gods in the largest German roleplaying game, DSA (Das Schwarze Auge - The Black Eye, which doesn't sound nearly as ridiculous in German, where the ophthalmic injury of the same name is called Blaues Auge - blue eye). Tsa is a goddess of youth and renewal commonly depicted as a small lizard or a snake. T'sssa was her name in ancient times when Dere (the DSA game world) was dominated by lizardmen, and it is commonly accepted that T'sssa was adopted by the humanoid slave people and retained after they gained their freedom.

It seems there are only so many names for certain concepts to go around...
hiryuu
07-17-07, 05:03 PM Huh. In my own personal setting, "Tsa" is a mild profanity, with "tsa'kara" the self-deprecating form of it.
Lawlicron
07-17-07, 05:51 PM It seems pretty strong on LA +2. You might want to bump it.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Poison_Dusk 07-17-07, 10:06 AM	Tsa Racial Traits Str -2, Dex +6, Wis +2, Cha +2 Small: As a small creature, a Tsa gets a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks. A Tsa’s carrying capacity is three-quarters of that of a Medium character. A Tsa cannot fly with more than a light load. Magical Beast (shapechanger): Tsa are magical beasts with the shapechanger subtype. Tsa base land speed is 20 feet, they fly as a base speed of 40 feet with average maneuverability. +4 Natural Armor bonus. Darkvision: Tsa have darkvision at a rage of 60 ft. Darkvision is black and white, but is otherwise like normal sight. Tsa can funtion fine with no light at all. Low-light vision: Tsa see twice as far in shadowy illumination as a human. Blindsight 10 Ft. Automatic language: Draconinc and undercommon. Bonus languages: Any except secret languages like druidic. Favored Class: Sorcerer LA: +2 Original Post (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?p=13098390#post13098390)
Steely_Dan 07-17-07, 10:10 AM	Isn't this race originally from Alternity?
Platstud 07-17-07, 10:11 AM	What is the LA? Or are you asking for help? I would say it's a strong +2 or a weak +3.
Poison_Dusk 07-17-07, 10:38 AM	LA added. +2. This race comes completly from my mind, though I found the Pic on Deviant Art. I don't even know what Alternity is.
Steely_Dan 07-17-07, 11:12 AM	I don't even know what Alternity is. Alternity was a sci-fi RPG released by TSR in the mid 90's, and one of the alien character races was called T'sa, IIRC.
Poison_Dusk 07-17-07, 11:16 AM	I just used the draconic word for serpent. Tsa. Weird coincidence.
Empirate 07-17-07, 11:27 AM	Some interesting if meaningless (for D&D) comments: Tsa is also the name of one of the twelve gods in the largest German roleplaying game, DSA (Das Schwarze Auge - The Black Eye, which doesn't sound nearly as ridiculous in German, where the ophthalmic injury of the same name is called Blaues Auge - blue eye). Tsa is a goddess of youth and renewal commonly depicted as a small lizard or a snake. T'sssa was her name in ancient times when Dere (the DSA game world) was dominated by lizardmen, and it is commonly accepted that T'sssa was adopted by the humanoid slave people and retained after they gained their freedom. It seems there are only so many names for certain concepts to go around...
hiryuu 07-17-07, 05:03 PM	Huh. In my own personal setting, "Tsa" is a mild profanity, with "tsa'kara" the self-deprecating form of it.
Lawlicron 07-17-07, 05:51 PM	It seems pretty strong on LA +2. You might want to bump it.