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Today's post is a brief history of scarecrows across D&D and Pathfinder, including citations for every source—but no statblock! That's right, this blog is experimental.

This post is a springboard for some scarecrow variants (and a reimagining of the CR 4 scarecrow in Bestiary 2) I have in the works. My friend and I are also writing two variants for the wooden protector—tentatively named the ashen protector and the wooden bloomtender—that will be posted soon (TM).

Finally, another friend suggested that I write a brief history of otyughs now that Pathfinder is moving away from OGL material. If I missed anything in the brief history of scarecrows, or if you'd like to read a brief history on other monsters, magic items, or game rules, let me know.

RAW aside, what then should a GM's answer be to un-break soothsayer + protective luck? Is the breaking point soothsayer? Or is it that protective luck doesn't have the standard 24-hour cooldown that we expect from fortune, misfortune, etc.?

"Ask the witch player to choose a different hex" and "don't use attack rolls" are also two possible, if unsatisfying, answers without house rules.

Today's post is the preacher of poisons (NE human arcanist 5/rogue 1), who uses the interaction between False Focus, Toxic Spell, magical lineage, and flare. This NPC may be more dangerous than an average CR 5 creature, so GM discretion is advised.

Nerthfinder is a blog where I (and sometimes my friend) will post statblocks, character options, and other Pathfinder 1st edition content that comes to us in a dream [citation needed]. It is inspired in part by Bardess's Pathfinder Place and JBE's Pathfinder Blog because hopefully, one day, I too can write something publishable. Until then, please enjoy this part portfolio, part resource.

Some rules are hyperlinked to Archives of Nethys for ease of access so that you can run content straight off of the blog with less hassle.

The first post is the wooden protector converted from Into the Haunted Forest, as well as rules for identifying, summoning, and growing wooden protectors.