paizo.com Favorited Posts by Arcaneumkillerpaizo.com Favorited Posts by Arcaneumkiller2024-03-15T03:03:42Z2024-03-15T03:03:42ZForums: Advice: Peris, Emberkins(Peri-blooded), Fallen Angel forebears?Arcaneumkillerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43r9a?Peris-Emberkins-Fallen-Angel-forebears#12023-02-07T00:13:32Z2023-02-06T18:17:48Z<p>1st Edition</p>
<p>https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Peri-blooded
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Outside Native
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Alignment NG
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Peri-blooded, or emberkin as they are sometimes called, is the name given to aasimars who are descended from peri.</p>
<p>https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Peri
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Outsider Good, Native
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Alignment NG
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Peris are native to the good-aligned Outer Planes, but they are also often found in the company of mortals on the Material Plane. They do penance for the sins of their fallen angel ancestors to earn a place in paradise, and work tirelessly to aid mortal heroes against evil.</p>
<p>https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Nirvana
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Denizens Peris</p>
<p>https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Aasimar
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Aasimar
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Origins
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Most aasimars alive in Golarion today are not, in fact, direct descendants of celestials, but are generated from holy blessings or the leftover energies of holy places. If they do descend from celestial beings, their ancestry is at least one step removed from the original introduction of that blood: the child of a union of a mortal with a celestial being is a half-celestial, not an aasimar. Aasimars may be born from the union of the half-celestial with another mortal being. The possibility of an aasimar birth continues to many generations after that union, even when two mortals have children, so long as one of the mortals is a direct descendant of the half-celestial. Although half-celestial creatures come in many shapes and forms, aasimars are only born from humanoids.</p>
<p>https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Angel
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The term "angel" is sometimes used as a catch-all term for any sort of good outsider, especially one like the azatas, archons, or agathions, but for the purpose of this article, the term will only refer to true angels,[3] such as the following types listed in order of ascending power and importance:</p>
<p>Note: Peris are not part of the list so I am assuming they are not true angels.</p>
<p>https://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/other-races/featured-races/arg-Aasimar/#TOC- Peri-Blooded-Emberkin-
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Outsider (native)
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Alignment NG
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Peri-Blooded (Emberkin)
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Emberkin reveals their divine heritage through their skill with fire-based magic and their desire to repent for others’ sins. Many emberkin suffer from frequent nightmares and strange impulses to commit spontaneous acts of evil. They typically have igneous features such as wispy auburn hair and bright yellow eyes, and a rare few are born with albino skin. Emberkin often feel an insatiable need to continually perform acts of good. Some are content to perform small acts of kindness at home, though they may feel driven to travel regularly in order to find pockets of true evil that they can eradicate.</p>
<p>Like all Aasimars, emberkin are not necessarily compelled to embrace good and justice. Perhaps more so than most of their celestial kith, emberkin have a propensity to revolt against their benevolent predisposition and instead follow a darker path. Perhaps these emberkin are evil by nature, or perhaps it is a remnant of their fallen angel ancestry. Either way, such wicked individuals are often dangerous, and are both pitied and hunted down by their aasimar brethren.</p>
<p>https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/outsiders/peri
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Outsider Good, Native
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Alignment NG
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Peri
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Peris are a race of celestials native to the good-aligned Outer Planes, but they are also often found in the company of mortals on the Material Plane. Believed to be the descendants of fallen angels, peris do penance for their ancestors’ sins before they can earn a place in paradise. As a result, peris work tirelessly to aid and support good heroes of the mortal realms in a never-ending battle against evil. Peris hate the evil fiends known as divs, who constantly seek to ruin the good works of mortals. Peris often work to repair damage wrought by the destructive divs. For their part, the divs take great pleasure in tormenting and persecuting peris, locking the fiery-winged celestials in cages of cold iron and endlessly torturing them.</p>
<p>https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/outsiders/angel/
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Fallen Angels
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Many religions include stories of angels rebelling against a creator or becoming corrupt and evil. Sadly, this is indeed possible, though thankfully rare, and only the proudest or weakest-willed angels succumb to this fate. Fallen angels are exiles of the good realms, hunted by their former brethren and easy targets for fiends as well. The fallen lose some of the grace and light of their untainted kin, though many are said to still be tragically beautiful. Rarer still are those fallen angels strong and clever enough to join the legions of Hell, and who are often transformed into some type of devil, or those who become demons of the Abyss and carve out a niche in that horrible realm or come to serve a greater demon.
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<p>2nd Edition</p>
<p>https://2e.aonprd.com/Monsters.aspx?ID=1262
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CELESTIAL FIRE
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Alignment CG
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Though they eschew servitude and the worship of gods, many peris consider themselves friends and allies of Atreia, the Lambent King, the imprisoned elemental lord of fire. They guard and conceal his holy sites from his enemies and send mortals out in search of his prison, the Garnet Brand, hoping to bring the benevolent force of exalted light and fire back into the multiverse.</p>
<p>https://2e.aonprd.com/Feats.aspx?ID=2283
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Emberkin
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A peri's roaring spirit burns in your soul. Peris engage in constant struggle to right the wrongs of their fallen forebears, and that struggle has been passed on to you. You have a direct impulse to right wrongs and better the world. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to saving throws against fire effects, and your perception is unaffected by non-magical flames, fog and smoke.</p>
<p>https://2e.aonprd.com/Traits.aspx?ID=23
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Celestial
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Creatures that hail from or have a strong connection to the good-aligned planes are called celestials. Celestials can survive the basic environmental effects of planes in the Outer Sphere.</p>
<p>https://2e.aonprd.com/Traits.aspx?ID=72
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Fire
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Effects with the fire trait deal fire damage or either conjure or manipulate fire. Those that manipulate fire have no effect in an area without fire. Creatures with this trait consist primarily of fire or have a magical connection to that element. Planes with this trait are composed of flames that continually burn with no fuel source. Fire planes are extremely hostile to non-fire creatures.
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<p>Difference between editions. Peri now use the Celestial trait (Outsider no longer being in use in 2e) instead and are Chaotic Good instead of Neutral Good. They also have the Fire trait.</p>
<p>2nd Edition still acknowledges the fact that Emberkin are descendants of Peri and themselves descendants of fallen, although they do not specify which creature has fallen, but I think we can make an educated guess that they are fallen angels.</p>
<p>We know that Aasimars are not half angel in 1st Edition, the 2nd is very vague but I have the feeling we are not supposed to be Half Angel either.
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<p>My questions;</p>
<p>1- How did the Peris come to exist? </p>
<p>2- Are they half-Celestial themselves ? </p>
<p>Peris refer to the fallen as their ancestor, and even then, some say believe to be descendants which alludes to the fact that there have been so many generations of them that the truth has been forgotten. </p>
<p>3- In this case, would it be correct to assume that Peris were generally born of two fallen (Angels)? </p>
<p>4- and future generations were born of Two Peris? </p>
<p>5- I would assume them to be born of two peris, because if they were born from a humanoid and a Half-Celestial or Peris, wouldn't that make them essentially Aasimar themselves?</p>
<p>But then the lack of examples of Fallen angels aside from Eisbeth and a few Devil, leads me to believe that there may not have been any other Fallen angel to procreate with, which leads me to believe that Peris were the progeny of Fallen Angel and humanoid.</p>
<p>Which would make them at best Half Celestial and eventually Aasimar. I just find it weird that there is a distinction between Aasimar Emberkin and the Peris when by definition they are the same, if you assume that they are themselves also descendants of both Celestial and Humanoid.</p>
<p>https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Erinys
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Erinyes—also known as fury devils, the Ash Wings, the Fallen, fallen angels, the Furies of Hell,[1] or simply the Furies—are fiends created in mockery of the angelic form with a beauty that belies their utterly sadistic, evil nature. They are the avengers and executioners of Hell.</p>
<p>6- Was there ever any intention to connect the Peris to the Erinyes?</p>
<p>Bonus question
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Lastly I also have been reading about Valkyrie, River of Soul and Monitor which is a trait that represents being from the neutral outer plane. I understand that depending on which deity a creature was worshiping she would be sent to a different plane, and petitioners of exceptional quality may be chosen as warriors by a deity of that plane. Like an Angel or a Valkyrie for example.</p>
<p>7- Theoretically, Could a Peris who died being CN and worshiping Gorum have been reborn as a Valkyrie?</p>
<p>8 - What about a fallen Valkyrie, if angel can fall, Valkyrie can probably fall too. Could a Peri be descendant from a Fallen Valkyrie?</p>1st Edition
https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Peri-blooded
Outside Native
Alignment NG
Peri-blooded, or emberkin as they are sometimes called, is the name given to aasimars who are descended from peri.
https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Peri
Outsider Good, Native
Alignment NG
Peris are native to the good-aligned Outer Planes, but they are also often found in the company of mortals on the Material Plane. They do penance for the sins of their fallen angel ancestors to earn a place in paradise, and...Arcaneumkiller2023-02-06T18:17:48ZRe: Forums: Rules Discussion: Elf Atavism and hybrid HeritageArcaneumkillerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43pu2?Elf-Atavism-and-hybrid-Heritage#32022-11-30T00:20:46Z2022-11-29T08:15:41Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Gisher wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Arcaneumkiller wrote:</div><blockquote><p>...
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Why would you even bother with choosing a feat to gain access to Elf feat when just by being a Half-Elf you have access to Human, Elf and Half Elf Feats ?
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...</blockquote><p>Elf Atavism isn't getting you access to Elf ancestry feats. As you said, half-elves already have that. Elf Atavism lets you add an Elf <b>Heritage</b> to your character. A heritage is not an ancestry feat so it wouldn't be available to a half-elf without Elf Atavism.
<p>For example: A human can select Half-elf as their heritage, take Elf Atavism as their first level ancestry feat, and select the Cavern Elf Heritage to get darkvision. </blockquote><p>Thank you for your reply, I think I should go to bed, I apologize. I don't know how I confuse the too, it's early in the morning and was up all night.Gisher wrote:Arcaneumkiller wrote:...
Why would you even bother with choosing a feat to gain access to Elf feat when just by being a Half-Elf you have access to Human, Elf and Half Elf Feats ?
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Elf Atavism isn't getting you access to Elf ancestry feats. As you said, half-elves already have that. Elf Atavism lets you add an Elf Heritage to your character. A heritage is not an ancestry feat so it wouldn't be available to a half-elf without Elf Atavism. For example: A human can select...Arcaneumkiller2022-11-29T08:15:41ZForums: Rules Questions and Gameplay Discussion: Confirming rule about adding skill affecting checkArcaneumkillerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42ccj?Confirming-rule-about-adding-skill-affecting#12018-10-26T16:37:25Z2018-10-26T13:42:12Z<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I wanted to confirm if I understood correctly;</p>
<p>For example Yoon from the Mummy's Mask Set has a power on her character card:</p>
<p>You may recharge ([] or shuffle into your deck) a blessing to add your Fortitude skill and the Fire trait to your combat check.</p>
<p>So my question is;</p>
<p>Using this power on my combat check, does it make my check a Fortitude check as well ?</p>Hi everyone,
I wanted to confirm if I understood correctly;
For example Yoon from the Mummy's Mask Set has a power on her character card:
You may recharge ([] or shuffle into your deck) a blessing to add your Fortitude skill and the Fire trait to your combat check.
So my question is;
Using this power on my combat check, does it make my check a Fortitude check as well ?Arcaneumkiller2018-10-26T13:42:12ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions and Gameplay Discussion: Favourite characters and why?Arcaneumkillerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2utde?Favourite-characters-and-why#52018-01-09T13:20:14Z2018-01-09T13:00:11Z<p>Lately I have been playing with only 1 friend so we play 2 character each, sometimes 3 each.</p>
<p>2 of my favorite combo is;</p>
<p>Zetha (from the Summoner Class Deck) and Varian (from the Pathfinder Tales Character deck). </p>
<p>I use to find Zetha weak, but I have grown to like her non-combat utility, since she can use her stealth skill for any non-combat check.</p>
<p>We're playing Skull & Shackles right now, just started the 3rd scenario, can't wait for the end of this scenario so that we can finally get our role card.</p>
<p>Varian is a pretty powerful mage, and the fact that he gets to increase his melee if using finesse is just so cool to me. I also like any mechanic that help automatically recharge spell, and the fact that he can actually put back one of his spell in his hand, makes him one of my top 3 favorite character in the entire game.</p>
<p>Combo wise- Zetha has a Power that allows her to draw 1, 2 or 3 (role card) monster from the box at the start of your turn, I then proceed to give 1 monster to my other character varian, which he will use to recycle his spell at the end of his turn; With Varian I get to bury 1 card from my hand to draw a spell and shuffle any number of spell from discard into my deck.
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<p>2nd Combo is</p>
<p>Lazzero (from the Hell's Vengeance character deck 1), Talitha (from the Magus class deck), Angban (From the Gunslinger Class deck)</p>
<p>Reason for combo, Lazzero can heal someone at his location, but the cost is that must forfeit his first exploration and someone at his location must bury a card from his hand. And the coolest thing is; the character who buries the card does not be the one getting heal, so I get to heal anyone at my location, by; either using Talitha and bury a blessing, or Angban and Bury a Weapon with firearm trait or a Shield (•usually the latter). And then I get to recharge that buried blessing to reroll or succeed at recharging a spell, or in the case of Angban recharge the weapon/shield at the end of his turn.</p>
<p>Lazzero is a decent Divine caster, with a decent strength rating, on his role card, he gets to recycle his spell automatically by recharging them and even shuffling them, and can even extend that power to other character at his location.</p>
<p>Talita, ability to recharge buried blessing is so cool, and with lazzero, this power is even more useful. She also get to recharge her spell, actually on her role card she gets to put the spell back on top of her deck, if she reveals a card that as the staff trait on it. she also has a decent strength rating.</p>
<p>Finally Angban, ability to recharge buried firearm weapon is extremely cool, and he gets to recharge buried shields as well. and get an additional utility while teaming with Lazzero. on the role card he gets to examine 2 or 3 cards once every turn.</p>Lately I have been playing with only 1 friend so we play 2 character each, sometimes 3 each.
2 of my favorite combo is;
Zetha (from the Summoner Class Deck) and Varian (from the Pathfinder Tales Character deck).
I use to find Zetha weak, but I have grown to like her non-combat utility, since she can use her stealth skill for any non-combat check.
We're playing Skull & Shackles right now, just started the 3rd scenario, can't wait for the end of this scenario so that we can finally get our...Arcaneumkiller2018-01-09T13:00:11ZForums: Advice: Need Help with creating my first characterArcaneumkillerhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2updj?Need-Help-with-creating-my-first-character#12017-11-03T05:33:44Z2017-11-03T05:31:46Z<p>Hi everyone, so a few months ago, my friends came to me and ask if I would be interested in playing Pathfinder, said yes, we all sat at the table and roll our attributes and all, but we never got to fully finish our character. We had to delay the game for months now, but I think we may be able to start in the next month or so.</p>
<p>Anyways, long story short. I am hoping to create this character (the game will be set in a Japanese-style setting. My character is a Dhampir, the GM already agreed to it, no problem. I roll for the background and everything. Background I roll is that my Parent is nobility, and my mother is Dead. I ask if it the same if my character is convince she is but maybe she isn't, could be a plot twist for my character later on... The GM was ok with it. Anyways, my initial story was that my character was a samurai at the service of a Daimyō (his father), I should say was as he's no longer at his service, he is a Ronin now, and he joined a temple whose underground serve as a base of operation for witchhunters - Particularly Vampire Hunter, which my character joinsed.</p>
<p>Now what I was going for is a Batman meets jack the ripper, sort of hunter, I don't just hunt the the bloodsucking fiend but I prey upon them, leave behind a message, a calling card of sort like a serial killer, fill the Vampire Nobility, and those who serves them with dread. Anyways. I was having a bit of difficulty joining my concept of samurai, with his alter ego, I initially thought that since it was set in Japanese like setting and I wanted my character to be a master of the Katana, that it would make sense that my character b or have been a samurai.</p>
<p>Anyhow, reading about the all classes this afternoon, I came upon the Vigilante Class, I had seen one such character in some images and read a little about him (the Red Raven) thought he was really cool, but I was unaware that vigilante was an actual class. So I got to reading about it, and its Class Skills and Features, and then I saw the archetypes, and I got a little loss, so that is why I am here, to ask if some of you Gentlemen, or ladies would be so kind as to share some of your wisdom and knowledge about how to best get to creating the charcter I have in mind.</p>
<p>So my character (apparence wise) started with the Batman villain; Talon, he is an Assassin of the Court of Owl - A Secret Society that is the architect of almost anythign that happens everywhere. Anyways, so an assassin, and the theme of the Owl, I wanted to keep that. As a symbol of Natural predator of bats - I know its cliche and cheesy, but I like it. Anyways, His vigilante name would be the Grey Owl, he would look something like a cross between an assassin from Assassin's creed and a Samurai, or now I guess a Japanese style armor. At his side his trusted and fearless companion a Eurasian eagle-owl. For weapon, I was thinking since a common theme of samurai, and superstition was that a Sword can be made corrupted or evil or if made by or with evil intent be curse, I thought my character katana is a Demon sword, (was also inspired by the Anime - Owari no seraph). My GM agreed but for obvious reason, my character cannot start with such a powerful weapon, I am ok with that. He wears a mask to protect his Identity and also inspired by the demon mask the samurai are often depicted wearing. He wears a wooden mask that cover all his face like Vega from Street Fighter, the mask would look very much the same as the Court of OWl mask, except made from wood, texture I imagine it would look like the Mask from the Movie the Mask. He would also wear a cloak with a hood, and light or medium armor, not sure in what category samurai armor falls into.</p>
<p>In term of skills, I see him as a master stalker, following his prey unotice in the shadow, like batman would. who has absolutely no regards for the safety of other vampire, they will all die, but he understand that there are priority, and ins't delusional or blind thinking he can take all of them head on. So he preys upon the predator and the hunter becomes the hunted, when he sees a vampire approaching a human, he strike with deadly intent, •not sure if vampire disintegrate in Pathfinder upon death• hoping they don't so he can leave their bloody corpses for the authority and other vampire to find.</p>
<p>So by day, he is a rich brat, son of a Vampire Count, a little prince so to speak, socializing with human and vampire nobility, and by night he preys upon the latter, but also on those who would serve them. </p>
<p>So I was reading the archetype and I saw the Magical Child (I think it was called), it was written that Vigilante of that archetype begins play with an animal companion like a druid. I thought he might need to be that archetype, but then I read about the faceless and I think it also fits my character, and the Serial Killer archetype, I think would fit the glove nicely too, but it was also written that you cannot take archetype that overlap on what they alter and I think some of the alteration of these archetype overlap.</p>
<p>Also I though I would take the Stalker side of the Vigilante from level 1 specialization.</p>
<p>Sorry for the long wall of text. So what would you guys suggest I do ? Also if you guys a better Idea or different class in mind which may be closer to what I wam going for by all means... thank you in advance for helping :)</p>Hi everyone, so a few months ago, my friends came to me and ask if I would be interested in playing Pathfinder, said yes, we all sat at the table and roll our attributes and all, but we never got to fully finish our character. We had to delay the game for months now, but I think we may be able to start in the next month or so.
Anyways, long story short. I am hoping to create this character (the game will be set in a Japanese-style setting. My character is a Dhampir, the GM already agreed to...Arcaneumkiller2017-11-03T05:31:46Z