Looking for help finding a low level playable Cyclops race / template

[Bakunin]

One of the Pathfinder games I'm currently playing in is a home game, and after the death of my first character, I started looking at the Cyclopean Seer archetype from Inner Sea Monster Codex. I loved how the theme of that, as well as the Oracle curse from that section fit the theme of the campaign, but I wanted to go a step further and try to find a way to play a cyclops in some way.

I've looked through the Pathfinder books I have access too as well as the Advanced Bestiary from Green Ronin and the various Tome of Horrors books and didn't find anything that really fit. For reference, I'd be bringing in a 4th level character so the option of just using the Cyclops itself, or a template that would knock off a couple HD would still not work. Hopefully someone can help figure out a way to go full cyclops with this character.

[Transylvanian Tadpole]

2e D&D had the smaller cyclopskin if I remember correctly. Perhaps they were converted into a playable race during 3e?

[My Self]

Try making a custom race using the advanced race guide rules for somewhere between 9 (human) and 15 (aasimar) RP.

[My Self]

Race guide custom race:

Budget: 15 RP

Type
0 Humanoid (Giant)
Size
7 Large (+2 str, -2 dex)
Base Speed
0 Normal 30
Ability Scores
0 Standard (+2 con, +2 wis, -2 cha)
Language
0 Standard (common, cyclops), giant, dwarven, orc, elven, draconic, celestial, sylvan

Skill
2 Skill Bonus (perception)
Magical
1 Spell-like ability, lesser (embrace destiny)
Offense
4 Ferocity
Senses
1 Low-light vision

Hopefully this replicates most of a Cyclops. Cyclopses are Humanoid (Giant), are size Large, and have a 30 foot base speed. The cyclops stat block has a very high STR, high CON, and moderate WIS, as well as a low DEX and CHA. You could switch around the stats to favor STR over CON, but it seems to work. Languages in the stat block are Common, Cyclops, and Giant. I tossed in some other languages into the bonus language list as languages a Cyclops would probably end up picking up. Skill Bonus (Perception) is +2, not quite like the actual +8, but close enough. Embrace Destiny is meant to replicate Flash of Insight. For a player character, the actual Flash of Insight can be insanely powerful. Embrace Destiny is much more balanced, and uses most of the same mechanics. Ferocity and Low-light vision are on the actual Cyclops statblock.

If you need to remove stuff for a lower point buy, replace Ferocity with Orc Ferocity.

Sound alright?

[Dreaming Psion]

There was a cyclops-like race back in the days of Dragon Magazine for 3.5. I don't recall what issue it was in though.

[Bakunin]

Thanks for the help so far! Will have to dig out my ARG and check out the custom race info. Also will have to check around and see if I can find that issue of Dragon for 3.5.

[Dreaming Psion]

Follow up on the Dragon issue: Dragon 323 p. 92, one of the "Winning Races" articles, has one version that is a brutal/degenerate version and an enlightened, oracular version. Both are Medium sized.

[Bakunin]

Thanks for the update with the issue #!