I'm looking for character races with bizarre physiology. I'm specifically hoping for something nonhumanoid (the actual definition, not the game definition) or with tentacles. Any suggestions?
There's a playable plant race from (I think) the Inner Sea Bestiary. They are humanoid shaped, but they all have the ability to take a seed of themselves and, if they die, regrow as they were when they planted the seed (that's the gist, anyway).
Not a vast change from humanoid in terms of body shape, but in terms of mortality, we're way different from human now, I'd say.
Might be what you're looking for.
There's a playable plant race from (I think) the Inner Sea Bestiary. They are humanoid shaped, but they all have the ability to take a seed of themselves and, if they die, regrow as they were when they planted the seed (that's the gist, anyway).
Not a vast change from humanoid in terms of body shape, but in terms of mortality, we're way different from human now, I'd say.
Might be what you're looking for.
Also, Merfolk are, well, merfolk; Kasatha have 4 arms; Trox are Large insectoid humanoids with grabbing appendages and apparently mandibles! But no bite attack
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That entry for the Ghoran says something about delicious race trait but I can't find any info on what that's supposed to mean and I'm dying to know (as in stats wise what does it mean as well).
Delicious (–1 RP): Ghorans take a –2 penalty on Escape Artist and combat maneuver checks made to escape a grapple against any creature that has a bite attack with the grab ability.
...because they're delicious.
I'm looking for character races with bizarre physiology. I'm specifically hoping for something nonhumanoid (the actual definition, not the game definition) or with tentacles. Any suggestions?
Use the Race Builder to design a grindylow (actually less powerful overall than lizardfolk, apart from not being humanoid)? Granted, the aquatic subtype makes it less useful for most campaigns.
Let this be a lesson to all you emerging species.
Great taste is not a survival trait.
Select against it!
Actually, humans made sure not to take it.
I mean...have you seen how little muscle we have compared to bone for our size? We aren't big juicy zebras here.
It is one of our many advantages- even though our women and children are so slow and weak, predators just usually try not to bother with us... unless they are desperate (most man eating tigers actually have broken teeth, and as such they can't hunt their normal prey).
Of course, our tendency to eventually murder everything that preys on us is a factor as well, of course. But I think it is mostly the poor meal thing.
Linkified for yaThere's a playable plant race from (I think) the Inner Sea Bestiary. They are humanoid shaped, but they all have the ability to take a seed of themselves and, if they die, regrow as they were when they planted the seed (that's the gist, anyway).
Not a vast change from humanoid in terms of body shape, but in terms of mortality, we're way different from human now, I'd say.
Might be what you're looking for.
Odd that's the ability score changes are different from this one, though they site the same book:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/other-races/more-races/advanced-races-11-20-r p/ghoran-19-rp
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There's always the Ponyfinder campaign setting. If you're not set on Golarion, anyway. Griffons of Everglow expands the campaign setting further. There's also a series of small racial books available that are about to be compiled into Tribes of Everglow.
The entire premise of the setting is to play sapient magical ponies, griffons, winged cats, and more. The default humanoid races exist, but they are not the main focus.
(This setting existing is the major reason I got into Pathfinder.)
I've played Ponyfinder in Golarion several times without much issue. The First World is a mysterious place, and disgorging another fey creature, which ponies are, is hardly impossible.
Grippli are fun (think poison dart frog race). Grab the Agile Tongue feat and use Sleight of Hand (Tongue?) from 10' away! They have a climb speed and poison glands as well. I had to make a Grippli Alchemist, of course.