Alien Society

This die roll determines if the alien species has a natural language or not. For the alien species to have language, the player must roll less than or equal to three times her persona’s Intelligence attribute.

If there is no language, the alien species cannot have a culture, education or vocation. An alien species without language can only communicate biological nees amongst their kind. These communications are not translatable and are meaningless to translators. An alien species with no language is flora or fauna and dependent on the biome to survive.

Alien species with language can communicate through translators and have concepts beyond eat, drink and love. An alien species with language can evolve to have a culture, education and vocations.

Regardless of the alien language check result, the player makes a tool score check. This first tool score check depends on the persona’s Dexterity score and not her Intelligence score. All other tool score checks depend on the persona’s Intelligence. To increase the alien species tool score, the player must roll less than or equal to two times her persona’s Dexterity score.

If an alien species has no language and a tool score of one, the aliens can transiently use simple machines. Aliens that lack language but can use tools are an edge case where curiosity and dexterity lead to random intermittent tool use. Language negative, tool positive aliens have no tool memory, and cannot use artifact tech tools or build artifacts.

This die roll determines if the alien species has a cultural structure or not. An alien species cannot evolve a culture without language. For the alien species to have culture, the player must roll less than or equal to three times her persona’s Charisma score.

If there is no culture, the alien species cannot have education or vocation. If the alien species has no organized culture, it may still have a hierarchy within its grouping. The alien group’s hierarchy may depend on size, speed, strength or charisma. If the alien species has no culture, it operates in isolation and cannot plan beyond the immediate grouping or family unit.

If the alien species has a culture, they can work together from grouping to grouping. Culture allows the aliens to band together and communicate.

To increase the alien species tool score, the player must roll less than or equal to two times her persona’s Intelligence score. The higher the tool score, the more adept the species is with technology.

There is a chance that an alien species with language and culture will develop a religious persuasion. The religious persuasion’s flavour is determined on the table immediately following the religion check. A failed religion check has no impact on the alien species evolving education.

This die roll determines if the alien species has an educational system or not. An alien species will not evolve education without culture and language. For the alien species to have culture, the player must roll less than or equal to three times her persona’s Awareness score.

If the alien species has no education system, they tend to learn by trial and error. While individual aliens may be bright, the culture will seem less so. This alien species will repeat its failures and forget its victories.

Education indicates that the alien species trains and teaches its members about the biome and beyond.

Regardless of the alien education check result, the player makes a tool score check. To increase the alien species tool score, the player must roll less than or equal to two times her persona’s Intelligence score. The higher the tool score, the more adept the species is with technology.

There is a chance that an alien species with language, culture and education will develop a political system. The political system’s flavour is determined on the table immediately following the politics check. A failed politics check has no impact on the alien species evolving vocations.

This die roll determines if the alien species can pursue vocations or not. An alien species will not develop vocations with education, culture and language. For the alien species to have vocations, the player must roll less than or equal to the total of her persona’s Awareness, Dexterity and Intelligence scores.

If the alien species do not have vocations, they lack specialization in their culture. There may be all kinds of Nothing jobs, but there will be no mercenaries, mechanics, or veterinarians. Their culture and society may still have healers and warriors, but they will not benefit from a vocation.

If the alien species can pursue vocations, the player can choose from any field available to her persona. EXP does not differentiate between anthros, aliens or robots pursuing vocations. Keeping in mind that alien persona vocations should be rare is not without hazard. The referee may invoke class restrictions she feels are necessary to ensure a game balance. An invisible, 900 kg, flying spie alien persona is a possibility.

Regardless of the alien vocation check result, the player makes a tool score check. To increase the alien species tool score, the player must roll less than or equal to two times her persona’s Intelligence score. The higher the tool score, the more adept the species is with technology.

There is a chance that an alien species with language, culture, education, and vocation will develop a philosophical outlook. The philosophical outlook’s flavour is determined on the table immediately following the philosophy check. If the alien species has both religion and philosophy, the referee can decide if they contrast or complement each other.