Last week Sean shared a list of the featured races appearing in the Advanced Race Guide. He’s a softie, intoxicated with a dose of holiday cheer, and was hopped up on the sugary goodness that is Andrew Vallas’s mom’s delicious baklava. (She sends a care package with enough for everyone in the Paizo offices just in time for Christmas and it is marvelous. Phenomenal even...but I digress.)
This week, you get me. I’m not nearly as charitable, I’m a bit of a humbug, and all my baklava is long gone, so I’m going to make you work for the next preview. As Sean explained last week, Chapter 3 of the Advanced Race Guide provides information about 14 uncommon races. Below you’ll find the first letter of the name of each of those races. Let’s see how long it takes you to correctly guess them all.
And before anyone else can say it, I don't know why I said the Elemental races came from Legacy of Fire. With a quick look through I didn't see them, though for some reason I thought that that is where they originated. My bad.
Gillmen are unlikely, I think, as they are Golarion-specific and the book is in the RPG line.
A LOT of monsters start out as being in the Golarion line and get moved into the Core line. A good percentage of Bestiaries 2 and 3 fit the criteria.
Dennis Baker
RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16, Contributor
Sgmendez wrote:
And before anyone else can say it, I don't know why I said the Elemental races came from Legacy of Fire. With a quick look through I didn't see them, though for some reason I thought that that is where they originated. My bad.
The 'elemental' races were called Suli I believe and I am pretty sure they are from LoF book 1 or 2.
And before anyone else can say it, I don't know why I said the Elemental races came from Legacy of Fire. With a quick look through I didn't see them, though for some reason I thought that that is where they originated. My bad.
The 'elemental' races were called Suli I believe and I am pretty sure they are from LoF book 1 or 2.
Nope, the Suli is a completely different race from the Quadira Player Companion book.
And before anyone else can say it, I don't know why I said the Elemental races came from Legacy of Fire. With a quick look through I didn't see them, though for some reason I thought that that is where they originated. My bad.
The 'elemental' races were called Suli I believe and I am pretty sure they are from LoF book 1 or 2.
The "Suli" Jann were from the Player's Companion to Qadira.
No additional player races were given in the Legacy of Fire AP.
The Ifrit, Oread, Slyph, and Undine (to the best of my knowledge) 1st appeared in Bestiary 2.
Oh, and with the "suli" jann... in their write-up they are given the option of having an energy type of their choice "sheath" their arms (or held melee weapons I believe). That might be the "elemental" race portion you are thinking about Dennis.
Personally, I just hope that they do a better job with Chapter 4 than they did in the playtest, they need far more options and far fewer restrictions. It was very obvious that they were just going through the existing races and pricing the abilities, rather than considering what NEW races people might want to price out, such as diminutive races, serpentine races, etc. How did they ever miss those as options in the first pass?
I really hope Chapter 4 is heavily revised and expanded.
I need options for four-armed Standard races that don't overpower them, body-type support for Cecaelia-like races that push into Advanced Races at most, and serpentine races if I'm going to make my primary homebrew races at all.
Stuff like hooves pushing races into the Monstrous tier and all of those pre-requisites that aren't relevant to homebrew made me nervous too, but there has been a lot of talk about how much rethinking was going into this.
Cenobytes
Decepticon
Gestalt
Great Old One
Kali
Mutant
Ninja (they're everywhere)
Saiyajin
Starfell
Stuntman
Superhero
Vampire, Nosgoth
Vampire, Twilight
Wasabi
D - Duegar
G - Gillmen
G - Grippli
K - Kitsune
M - Merfolk
N - Nagaji
S - Samsarans
S - Strix
S - Suli
S - Svirfneblin
V - Vanara
V - Vishkanya
W - Wayang
Edit: By the way. I posted this last week. These are all the other playable races we have so far that are not getting the good treatment.
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Well done, Sgmendez. That was quick...even quicker considering that you posted this last week. ;)
And before anyone else can say it, I don't know why I said the Elemental races came from Legacy of Fire. With a quick look through I didn't see them, though for some reason I thought that that is where they originated. My bad.
The Djinni, Efreeti, Janni, Marid, and Shaitan Genies all use artwork from LoF. That might be what you're thinking of.
Will there be additional foxy feats for the kitsune. I am currently playing a kitsune fire wujen/monk in the Jade Regent and would love to make him more foxy.
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Dennis Baker
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