Alien Race Generator
Descriptions of alien races as complex as you like them, from simple appearance to a complete backstory!
- For simple physical descriptions, choose 'Description.'
- Choose 'Detail' to get a cultural snapshots and 'extras' for the race.
- Choose 'Complete' to get a complete profile of the race and their place in the universe.
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Races
The delicate-looking, orange-hided race. They are a race of artists. Their major advancements are in robotics. They have incredibly complex family arrangements. Their government is a feudal system that is non-functional. A past war nearly destroyed them completely.
The water-based race. They have three highly specialized manipulatory limbs. The most revered members of their society are spies. They lay eggs. They control a great government from behind the scenes. They come from a low-gravity, resource-poor world that is known for having its own special natural beauty.
The semi-material race. By tradition, they are a race of strategists. They long ago converted to a cybernetic existence. Their major technical achievements are in force fields. They have a very ritualized culture. Their government is a plutocracy that is extremely corrupt. Space is their home, they have no world of their own. They are the results of other species interbreeding. Their planet of origin is known for its diverse life forms.
The snail-like race. Under stress, they undergo distinct personality changes. Another race uplifted them to sentience. They once came from another dimension.
The shark-like race. They are famous for producing merchants. Their major technical achievements are in psychology. Their government is non-functional. They are rapidly expanding into the universe. They were once a dead people - what brought them back to life is a matter of speculation.
The gray-skinned race. Their society is dependent on one technology: genetic engineering. They work behind the scenes, uplifting other races.
The cumbersome race of rodents. They have powerful hearing. This race moves along on a sluglike foot. Their economy is dependent on one technology: nanotechnology. They are rapidly expanding out of their solar system. There is little variance in appearance among individuals, making one easy to mistake for another.
The armadillo-like race. They do not reproduce, but instead infect and transform other beings into new members of their species. Their society is dependent on one technology: faster-than-light travel. They are experts at working the system - any system. Their homeworld destroyed, they are seeking to find a new one at any cost.
The rhinocerous-like race. Their tongues are used not just for taste, but for smell as well. This race has relatively undeveloped limbs. They have powerful psychic abilities. They communicate by changing the color of their integument. Their economy is dependent on one technology: anti-gravity. They have no sense of personal space. They are in decline. Alien artifacts figured prominently in their past. They come from a low-gravity, mineral-poor world that is known for having some particuarly unusual wildlife.
The arachnid race. Biologically they are inclined to be thieves. They long ago converted to a cybernetic existence. Their society is dependent on one technology: nanotechnology. Despite their intelligence, their speech is rather childlike. They once ruled a great empire, but were utterly defeated in a war. They come from a low-gravity, mineral-poor world that has only a small area that is actual habitable by this species.
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