Editing WS:Felines Races (section)

==Smilodon==
Height- M: 255 cm F: 260 cm Weight- M: 260 kg F: 250kg

The most well-known variation is that of the smilodontic barbarians in the Hu-Sien mountains.  They are larger than any of the Banbutsunoreichou with, obviously, highly pronounced upper canines.  They average more than two and a half metres in height and routinely weigh more than 200 kilograms.  They appear to have the capacity to climb to the highest of mountains regardless of lowered oxygen, quickly develop very thick fur during winter and cold weather, and have upper limbs sufficiently long that it isn’t too difficult for individuals to drop into a quadrupedal stance.

They have particular coarse pads on their paws and this, along with the only partially retractable claws and very heavy facial bones, mean they at least look like a more primitive species.

A number of families have used, and do use, these barbarians as shock troops.  Their extraordinary reach and strength, speed across the ground, which over long distances puts even cheetah scouts to shame, and their ability to shrug off, partly due to the armour qualities of the thick fur, immense damage makes them immensely effective warriors when neither subtlety nor finesse are required.  They are not markedly less intelligent than most of the other races of felines, but their culture values the physical and spiritual over learning, material and so-called cultural refinement.  Further, an unaccompanied smilodon is prey for both slavers and bounty hunters if they stray into more civilised areas of the Empire as there is a small market for them as gladiators and warriors as well as a bounty on any not belonging to a house.