brightly-coloured neck-frills they flare when threatened.
2
heavy, overlapping scales that cause them to resemble pinecones.
3
flamboyantly-patterned males and drably-coloured females.
4
huge, unblinking eyes they run their tongues over every so often.
5
a sail-like ridge running from their forehead to the tip of their tail.
6
a trio of horns - one on the end of their nose and two upon their brow.
D6
The lizardmen survive
1
by herding and riding giant crickets, occasionally raiding sedentary peoples in harsh times.
2
by fishing and foraging in fens, and acting as guides and traders through them.
3
in steamy geothermally-warmed cavern-cities.
4
on islands without abundant freshwater supplies, benefiting from their greater halotolerance compared to humans.
5
by leveraging their superstitious association with dragons into intimidation, getting offerings, and honour guard positions.
6
as itinerant poachers in claimed and settled lands,
slipping like shadows from hideout to hideout and hunting beasts without
regard for proper ownership.
D6
These lizardmen can
1
climb sheer surfaces with hand- and foot-pads that make use of Van der Waals force.
2
spit venom with pinpoint accuracy.
3
go shocking lengths of time without food and water after a sizeable meal.
4
extend their prehensile tongues out to several times the length of their body.
5
"see" in even pitch darkness by detecting infrared emissions.
6
roll up into a ball to render themselves near-impervious to attack.
D6
These lizardmen are
1
the descendants of humans who believed they could tap
into primordial power by using alchmeical concoctions to amp up their
lizard brains.
2
said to hatch from reptile eggs incubated by an ape.
3
the mortalized angels of a dead solar deity.
4
magically-created soldiers and labourers specialized for amphibious operations.
5
mutants that crawled from the mystical waste dumps of an ancient empire.
6
living fossils of a hostile (at least to mammals) era of the world.
D6
These lizardmen often unsettle humans
1
because they don't grasp the concept of pets, assuming
cats, dogs, and whatever else are snacks kept close at hand for anyone
to eat.
2
by having no sense of humour, or even grasp of the idea or appeal of humour.
3
for having no respect whatsoever for the dead.
4
because they lack the feelings of romantic and parental love, mating for convenience and raising children communally.
5
for lacking more mammalian social mores like gossip, gifts, or debt.
6
because their expressions of emotion are
nigh-unreadable to us without deep familiarity, making them seem callous
and unpredictable.
D6
These lizardmen might be carrying
1
amulets made of fragments of the eggs they hatched from, held together by the skins they shed growing up.
2
wire brushes from scrubbing tenacious parasites off their scales.
3
nets knotted with fangs to better catch and wound their targets.
4
well-made wigs of uncertain purpose - perhaps to flatter humans through mimickry, or to mock.
5
boxes packed with blocks of ice, sawdust, and preserved raw meat.
6
copper-backed warming mirrors to help them get going in the morning.
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