Alright, so as some of you may know, the Lashunta are a pretty cool race native to Castrovel. The women are beautiful and charismatic, the men are short and powerful, all are intelligent. But their society isn't described in great detail. We know what they are, but not who they are.
So why don't we talk about what sort of things they should do to give them a little more life?
What do they prioritize in life? What do they seek to gain from adventuring? What sort of insults do they use? What category do their swears tend to draw from? What do they use as compliments? What does Lashunta flirting look like? What is an apology? A sign of aggression? A greeting? An act of friendship? Of brotherhood? What do they consider sexual or seductive? Repulsive? They don't wear much, is there no nudity taboo on Castrovel? Are they a polygamous people or do they have monogamous relationships? Do they even do relationships for more than procreation? What is the greatest honor to a Lashunta? The greatest shame?
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Well we know they tend to be good aligned.
We know they are telepathic and can read minds so more then likely they are honest possibly to the point of being blunt to anyone they communicate.
We do not know what other races live on Castrovel except Lashunta, Elves, and whatever beastmen are.
We know they trade with races on Akiton so they are used to Akitonians, Ratfolk, The Contemplatives, and few other races from that world.
They are usually on good terms with elves but have had little or no contact with Humans, Dwarves, Orcs, Gnomes, and Halflings.
I am sure nudity is not an issue in there culture.
Since they live in a hot and humid environment that metal for weapons and armor would be less used for more practical materials such as things that do not rust or conduct heat.
We know they live in a wild environment so they prioritize survival of there race.
Food is plentiful but so are the dangers in there environment so that is a factor to think about in there psychological make up.
They value knowledge so that is a good motive for adventuring.
It would be a good idea to ask Mr. Sutter some of these questions.
Matriarchal, if I recall.
Yes they are Matriarchal, that we do know.
Their lifespans appear to be confirmed as roughly human, given their appearance in Divinity Drive #6.
I was hoping that there life span would be 50%-100% longer then humans though they would mature from childhood to adult at the same rate just could live longer and age slower after that. But you are right, it looks like they have about the same lifespan as humans.
Agreed, Dragon78. I was kind of hoping they'd be somewhat more long lived, and I had to reread that section a couple of times because at first I thought they had elven lifespans.
Though there lifespans maybe shorter hear because of the lives they lived and the chemicals/food/drink that the lycanthropic half-elf has given them.
The latest AP book (Divinity Drive(?)) has two new pictures of a male and female lashunta. The dudes look like and dress like dwarves with wonky ears, basically, if you have not seen it. From what I recall, there are at least some Lashunta with different and/or unusual lifespans too - I know there is at least one named one in a guide to Numeria (?) that runs a city alongside a wyrd.
I made a critique of the lashunta as part of a bigger post on another topic earlier this year, and I know that there were plans at that point to revisit the lashunta in new material at some point in the future. I think the guy writing it commented that he wanted the lashunta to be "more than" the nude chicks on dinos that I had described them as. hopefully some of the questions about the cultural stuff here get answered in that (if you can wait that long).
But I like them as the nude chicks on dinosaurs:( I mean they can be more then that but as long as are they are both I am fine;)
Yeah her name is Lady Altouna(NG Wizard 13), ruler of Hajoth Hakados, on page 11 of the Numeria Land of Fallen Stars book. She is disguised as a Half-Elf and helps alien humanoids to escape the land of Numeria and the Technic League.
In Lashunta society what is the Age of maturity?
In Lashunta society what is the Age of maturity?
It's hard to say unless we know their lifespan.
There is about half a page of information about the lashunta on p. 184 of Inner Sea Races campaign setting sourcebook.
Last I remember Lashunta have human life spans though I have ruled they live twice as long but mature at the human rate.
I thought it was stated that the Lashunta have city states?
The Lashunta are an expressly psychic race. Instead of building the industrial base needed to mechanically be a space faring race, perhaps they simply use astral projection and dream travel to explore.
Castrovel is also a far more hostile environment than Golarion or Earth, which would prevent the amount of technological development needed for space travel.
I thought it was stated that the Lashunta have city states?
Yes.
Lashunta City-States: The scattered city-states of the 8 lashunta are as autonomous as their name implies. Each
is ruled by its own female leader whose position is either
elected or inherited, depending on local custom, and who
is sometimes advised by a council. Though feuds are not
uncommon, complex alliances of trade, interbreeding,
and mutual defense tend to tie the settlements together,
thus making it rare for conflicts between city-states to
go beyond ritualized battles and small-scale raiding for
the sake of honor, with true warfare being reserved for
the monstrous humanoids, formians, and other savage
societies that inhabit Castrovel’s wilds. Many settlements
rely on telepaths and spellcasters to communicate with
their allied nations in real-time, and travel across the
intervening jungles and mountains via aiudara or on the
backs of the fearsome lizard-steeds known as shota.
I hope they have some kind of psychic magic crystals that store info like books and maps. Since they live in an environment were paper wouldn't be very useful.
It's not hard to whip up an idea for a tress resin that preserves whatever paper-like stuff they have from moisture.