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I made a race based off of harpies called haryas, which I came to by messing with the Latin word for harpy. I added the archetype to give some life to the race, as well as adding favored class options for the core classes (plus oracle).
I just wanted to share and see what other people think of it!
If their arms and wings are the same limbs, can they fly and wield weapons at the same time? How about flying and casting spells with somatic components?
+2 Str, +5 more for carrying capacity and not slowed by encumbrance could lead to a harya who could fly off with a horse in their talons. If this isn't intended you might want to remove one of those elements.
If their arms and wings are the same limbs, can they fly and wield weapons at the same time? How about flying and casting spells with somatic components?
+2 Str, +5 more for carrying capacity and not slowed by encumbrance could lead to a harya who could fly off with a horse in their talons. If this isn't intended you might want to remove one of those elements.
I've added a line where they take a -2 penalty to attack rolls with manufactured weapons while flying, and a feat that can negate it at higher levels. Spells are fine.
Honestly, while unintentional, that's not even the strangest thing possible in Pathfinder. If a player wants to spend their time carrying off a horse while the rest of the party fights, that's fine by me.
Be a Strix...?
Be a Strix...?
Sure, you could do that- but then you aren't a harpy.
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If their arms and wings are the same limbs, can they fly and wield weapons at the same time? How about flying and casting spells with somatic components?
Could always include something like what was done in 3.5 for the Raptoran race... add the Footbow, a weapon designed to be used while flying by being wielded with talon-like feet... it could be an exotic weapon but treated as martial for haryas, due to it being a weapon developed for their usage. The advantage of it would be to not suffer the attack penalty for flying with a manufactured weapon, but you can’t use your talons to attack while wielding it.