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Faffad'n
Base Information
Classification	Herbivore/Grazer
Terrain	Plains
Locomotion	Walker
Size	20kg
Speed
Strength	standard
Social Structure	herd
Weapons	Hooves, Teeth
Armor	1D
Source
Homeworld	Vahjdi (Far Frontiers 1537)
Multi-world	No
Canon	Yes
Extinct	No
Reference	Uragyad'n of the Seven Pillars

Faffad'n (Creature) Synopsis

These are the tripedal grazers extensively domesticated by the natives of Vahjdi (Far Frontiers 1537) - especially the N'Raqah nomads.

Faffad'n (Creature) Physiology & Ecology

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Faffad'n (Creature) Diet & Trophics

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Faffad'n (Creature) History & Background

Faffad'n - called rockhoppers by offworlders - have an uncomfortable pitching, rolling gait when walking, and inexperienced riders will frequently develop motion sickness during their first few rides. The ride is smoother during a run, more akin to long, low leaps than to a gallop. Rockhoppers have a keen sense of smell and can easily identify regular riders or members of a particular nomad encampment. They are skittish and difficult to handle when approached by strangers and are used as perimeter sentries during rest periods; should visitors approach, the whistling shrieks of the wary Faffad'n will rouse the whole camp.

The nomads are superb riders, able to cover 100 kilometers or more at one stretch , changing mounts rarely, eating and sleeping while mounted. Most tribes share the custom of 'siffsiq'. When emissaries from another clan enter an encampment, they are greeted by the camp's Uraq, who will bid the visitors to 'ride free' - literally, take their pick of the camp's Faffad'n and ride it. The visitors' spokesman gains merit in the eyes of the tribe by mastering the animal - which may be returned with a polite 'He's showing no spirit', or kept, perhaps in exchange for an old mount. The N'Raqah rarely develop sentimental attachments to the Faffad'n, which is just as well , since the beasts furnish the nomads with food, clothing, and milk, as well as transportation, and are the primary medium of exchange and barter.

Faffad'n (Creature) JTAS Advisory

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Faffad'n (Creature) References & Contributors

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Classic Traveller FASA Uragyad'n of the Seven Pillars

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+== Faffad'n (Creature) Synopsis ==
 These are the tripedal grazers extensively domesticated by the natives of {{WorldS|Vahjdi|Far Frontiers|1537}} - especially the N'Raqah nomads.
-Faffad'n - called rockhoppers by offworlders - have an uncomfortable pitching, rolling gait when walking, and inexperienced riders will frequently develop motion sickness during their first few rides. The ride is smoother during a run, more akin to long, low leaps than to a gallop. Rockhoppers have a keen sense of smell and can easily identify regular riders or members of a particular nomad encampment. They are skittish and difficult to handle when approached by strangers and are used as perimeter sentries during rest periods; should visitors approach, the whistling shrieks of the wary Faffad'n will rouse the whole camp.
-The nomads are superb riders, able to cover 100 kilometers or more at one stretch , changing mounts rarely, eating and sleeping while mounted. Most tribes share the custom of 'siffsiq'. When emissaries from another clan enter an encampment, they are greeted by the camp's Uraq, who will bid the visitors to 'ride free' - literally, take their pick of the camp's Faffad'n and ride it. The visitors' spokesman gains merit in the eyes of the tribe by mastering the animal - which may be returned with a polite 'He's showing no spirit', or kept, perhaps in exchange for an old mount. The N'Raqah rarely develop sentimental attachments to the Faffad'n, which is just as well , since the beasts furnish the nomads with food, clothing, and milk, as well as transportation, and are the primary medium of exchange and barter.
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 == Faffad'n (Creature) Physiology & Ecology ==
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 == Faffad'n (Creature) History & Background ==
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+Faffad'n - called rockhoppers by offworlders - have an uncomfortable pitching, rolling gait when walking, and inexperienced riders will frequently develop motion sickness during their first few rides. The ride is smoother during a run, more akin to long, low leaps than to a gallop. Rockhoppers have a keen sense of smell and can easily identify regular riders or members of a particular nomad encampment. They are skittish and difficult to handle when approached by strangers and are used as perimeter sentries during rest periods; should visitors approach, the whistling shrieks of the wary Faffad'n will rouse the whole camp.
+The nomads are superb riders, able to cover 100 kilometers or more at one stretch , changing mounts rarely, eating and sleeping while mounted. Most tribes share the custom of 'siffsiq'. When emissaries from another clan enter an encampment, they are greeted by the camp's Uraq, who will bid the visitors to 'ride free' - literally, take their pick of the camp's Faffad'n and ride it. The visitors' spokesman gains merit in the eyes of the tribe by mastering the animal - which may be returned with a polite 'He's showing no spirit', or kept, perhaps in exchange for an old mount. The N'Raqah rarely develop sentimental attachments to the Faffad'n, which is just as well , since the beasts furnish the nomads with food, clothing, and milk, as well as transportation, and are the primary medium of exchange and barter.
 == Faffad'n (Creature) [[JTAS]] Advisory ==