A Variant Ability / Physical Feature Tables for Law / Chaos / Neutral Planetouched?


Pathfinder First Edition General Discussion


So... I noticed my GM use a Variant Ability/Physical Feature table during a campaign, namely for Aasimar; and it got me thinking of a few ideas for using that table in other situations.

However, I can't find a table for Planetouched related to the Middle Planes, mainly since last I checked those plane touched aren't out yet. So that makes it harder to pull off some of my ideas.

Anyone have any ideas what such a table should contain? Whether Paizo will ever make such a table themselves? Heck anyone have their own ideas for what they'd use the tables for?

I for one am thinking it might be interesting to use in a high level campaign where the boundries between Planes are under stress, so everytime someone needs to be Rez'ed a little bit more of the outer planes clings to their body/soul.

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I certainly want at least one stripe of Ganzi who has an INT bonus rather than penalty. :P

INT - the ability to think creatively and be open to and good at understanding strange new ideas, is the last mental stat a Chaos-Spawn should have a penalty to. WIS - common sense, dedication, and awareness of the here-and-now, and CHA - friggin' social skills - are far more appropriate candidates.

While we're on the subject, I'd also like to see similar variant options for Androids, with different ability modifiers (including one or two options that get really super ability modifiers in exchange for losing many of their other possible features), different drawbacks, different senses, and alternative robo-powers to Nanite Surge.

BlueStorm wrote:

I for one am thinking it might be interesting to use in a high level campaign where the boundries between Planes are under stress, so everytime someone needs to be Rez'ed a little bit more of the outer planes clings to their body/soul.

This is a neat idea - a way for death to leave a permanent mark that doesn't have to totally suck.


I'm Hiding In Your Closet wrote:

I certainly want at least one stripe of Ganzi who has an INT bonus rather than penalty. :P

INT - the ability to think creatively and be open to and good at understanding strange new ideas, is the last mental stat a Chaos-Spawn should have a penalty to. WIS - common sense, dedication, and awareness of the here-and-now, and CHA - friggin' social skills - are far more appropriate candidates.

I agree, for the most part; Wisdom would definitely make a better penalty. I'm less convinced making Charisma a penalty.

... Mostly since my understanding of Charisma (in Sorcerer terms) is that it has the tendency to be hot blooded and impulsive. Similar to force of will, but more accurately force of emotion.

In other words a High Charisma character can fit very well with Proteans if they're passionate.

I'm Hiding In Your Closet wrote:
While we're on the subject, I'd also like to see similar variant options for Androids, with different ability modifiers (including one or two options that get really super ability modifiers in exchange for losing many of their other possible features), different drawbacks, different senses, and alternative robo-powers to Nanite Surge.

Definitely liking where you're going with this.

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