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TEMPLATES: DRYAD AND FELICITY

by David Pulver and Phil Masters

Dryad ("Nguoi Rung") -68 points

Attributes: ST -5 [-40]; DX -5 [-40]; HT -1 [-10].
Advantages: Decreased Life Support (breathe carbon dioxide rather than oxygen when sleeping, +0%) [10], Deep Sleeper [5], Doesn't Eat or Drink [10], Disease-Resistant [5], Hard to Kill +3 [15], Longevity [5], Manual Dexterity +4 [12], Single-Minded [5].
Disadvantages: Dependency (stand in fertile soil and sunbathe for at least eight hours; common, daily) [-15], Laziness (only in persistent low light levels, -50%) [-5], Reduced Hit Points -3 [-15], Reduced Move -2 [-10].
Features: Green skin; spindly, three-jointed fingers; branches and leaves sprouting from back and shoulders.
Date: 2090. Cost: $75,000.

The Dryads are actually a hybrid of symbiotic bio-nanotech and human genetic engineering intended to create a human whose skin was capable of photosynthesis. All natural born Dryads are children or adolescents. 1,100 exist, mostly in the USA and Vietnam.

Felicity ("Black Panther") 160 points

Attribute Modifiers: DX +3 [30]; HT +1 [10].
Advantages: Alertness +1 [5], Acute Hearing +2 [4]; Acute Taste and Smell +1 [2]; Attractive [5]; Bioroid Body [0]; Catfall [10]; Claws [15]; Combat Reflexes [15]; Disease-Resistant [5]; Double-Jointed [5]; Fur [4]; Hyper-Reflexes [15]; Night Vision [10]; Perfect Balance [15]; Sharp Teeth [5].
Disadvantages: Extra Sleep (one hour) [-3]; Overconfidence [-10].
Features: Transgenic features (human-feline facial features, with human hair and a cat's fur, claws, and tail). 2" tall than Felicia series; first generation models all have black fur and yellow eyes.
Date: 2091. Cost: $210,000.

The Felicity series is a modified Felicia version manufactured by Biotech Euphrates for the personal close protection (bodyguard) market. Building on the stable Felicity II, it features a modified musculature and upgraded hormonal glands that restore limited adrenal burst capability without resulting in the behaviorial issues that made the original Felicias occasionally notorious. However, in 2094 a scandal erupted at Biotech Euprates when it was discovered that an employee at the Huygens City office had turned over felicity genetic coding to a Martian Triads enforcer in exchange for cancellation of his Titan Wrestling gambling debts. Within five years, gene-hacked pirate versions of the Felicity began being offered for sale from Triad-run birth factories.