Ancestries I am homebrewing but would love to see in some form in Pathfinder


Homebrew and House Rules


I have a few documents I have been slowly working on and keeping track of which races Pathfinder has printed in the past and what they may produce going forward.

Races I would like to see a recurrence that have not been mentioned.
Ganzi (chaos touched versatile heritage)
Aphorite (order touched versatile heritage)
Gnolls (canine anthromorphs) broadening them to be more regional (ie. jackal heads for egyptian style, or wolf heads for viking style settings)
Vanara (monkey anthromorphs) (ie. Tian Xia)
Nagaji (serpent anthromorphs)
Skinwalkers (versatile heritage similar to dhampir but influenced by lycanthropy)

I am not listing any comfirmed through the APG or LOAG

Homebrew races which I find interesting and could be picked apart for ideas.
Hengeyokai (animal shapeshifter specific to one animal per character)
Shizenyokai (my name for spiritfolk, or M sized fey touched versatile heritage (dryad, nyads, satyrs)
Minotaurs (bovine anthromorph, M sized and more similar to Dragonlance, less savage, more honorbound society akin to klingons and seafaring
Pooka (rabbit anthromorphs, trickster race with slight fey heritage)
*Dromite (don’t like using the name, but a 2 armed bipedal insect anthromorph) variants such as scarab-like for a egyptian theme, or termite/ant-like for more of a hive/order theme
Arboreans (M sized plant ancestry with variants for tree-like similar to Groot <MCU> or plant-based similar to Zhaan <Farscape>, I know leshies exists but they are almost too cute constructs I have a hard time taking seriously. I think there should be a naturally reproducing sentient plant race
Thuul (versatile hertitage similar to dhampir, but derived from mindflayer taint on unborn children from their slave stock.
Amorpheons (living ooze race which has limited liquidity to their bodies, closest analogy in literature would be the kandra from the Mistborn novels.

I also am homebrewing half-dwarf and half-giant heritages for humans, though I am unsure if these should be versatile heritages but that would mean so should half-elf and half-orc.

Sorry I know this thread may not be interesting to most, but thought it might spark a discussion.


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There was a thread asking for a PC serpent folk ancestry. Staff said that there were no plans for that anytime soon. Even that at the moment it would be against current plans. However, they asked what people might like to see if they did Nagaji. So Nagaji have been mentioned as a potential future PC Ancestry.

As far as an insect race, you might look at the formian from starfinder AoN for a basis. Some could have passed through onto Golarion through the same portals used by the elves.


Only 6 were confirmed for Lost Omens Ancestry Guide so far. Geniekin, Android, Kitsune, Fleshwarps, Sprites, and Fetchlings. I am hoping similar to the Advanced Races that we will see on the order of 20 fleshed out ancestries. Have to wait to see what else they let slip after the APG is released.

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