Racial Perks 0.4

Features

• Each race will eventually have different benefits to make them play differently from each other (WIP)
• Adds new abilities to the game like gliding, night vision, and ???
• Changes are not permanent and can be removed at any time
• Compatible with other mods, but if a modded race already has perks mine may overwrite them

Overview
The perks for each race can be found in the spoiler below.

Apex
To be decided
(Current ideas: Stim-pack bonus? Science!?)

Argonian
To be decided
(Current ideas: swamp buff? tar debuff?)

Avali
Gliding (Fall slower [or really try to glide if you empty your hands], which also nullifies fall damage due to decreased fall speed)
Cold Immunity (Immune to effects from cold biomes)
+20% Ice Resist
-20% Energy Regen Block Time
-20% Base Health

Avian
To be decided

Felin
Night Vision (Extra light distance for the direction you're facing)
+10% Run Speed
+20% Jump Height
-30% Fall Damage

Fenerox
To be decided

Floran
To be decided
(Current ideas: Something with day/night cycles, eating raw food?)

Glitch
To be decided
(Current ideas: No breathing requirement, small protection bonus (+2), slower in water? faster falling speed? melee bonus?)

Greckan
To be decided
(Current ideas: Some type of limited ore finder? Erchius bonus/malus?)

Human
None, you're just another average person
(I wanted to to leave one race as a baseline with no modifications and humans felt like the obvious choice.)

Hylotl
To be decided
(Current ideas: Something based on being wet/dry, and/or swim bonuses)

Lamia
To be decided
(Current ideas: slower ground movement?)

Munari
To be decided
(Current ideas: a more extreme version of hylotl?)

Neko
See Felin

Nightar
To be decided
(Current ideas: Free Camaro? I joke, I just haven't taken the time to read their in game lore yet.)

Novakid
Novakid Glow (default)
To be decided
(Current ideas: Energy regen bonus/malus based on hunger? brighter glow?)

Orcana
To be decided
(Current ideas: another aquatic bonus race? loves [the taste of] penguins?)

Peglaci
To be decided
(Current ideas: Cold/ice immunity, ???)

Sallok
To be decided
(Current ideas: swamp buff? tar debuff?)

Sergal
To be decided

Vespoid
To be decided
(Current ideas: Higher floaty jump [possibly based on hunger], maybe some tie in with the Bees! mod?)

Viera
To be decided

I've tried to keep balance somewhat in mind based on racial lore while adding abilities to the game that feel like something you'd see naturally. For instance, the gliding ability is essentially just like having a parasol, a great perk to have that also doesn't just trivialize the core game. This means each race won't be directly comparable due to the inherent nature of 'unique' abilities. You can read some background and ideas on the mod in the discussion thread. I'm open to suggestions and feedback concerning all aspects of this mod, so if you'd like to participate then join in there.


Installation Instructions
Place the downloaded 'Racial_Perks.pak' file in Starbound's 'mods' folder.

Code:

Example:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Starbound\mods

Uninstallation
Uninstalling the mod is as easy as deleting the 'Racial_Perks.pak' file from Starbound's 'mods' folder.

Note: Removing the mod should not affect any characters, it should only remove their perks (which are essentially just permanent status effects). However, if you encounter any problems then please let me know immediately in the discussion thread.


Steam
A Steam version will be uploaded once the vanilla races are finished.

Mod Pack Permissions:

Anyone can use this mod in their mod compilation without the author's consent.

Mod Assets Permissions:

Anyone can alter/redistribute the mod's assets without the author's consent.