Xenomorphic Planar Scions

[Greydoch]

In the Character Operations Manual we are introduced to the Xenomorphic Android and the ways in which it would change an androids base abilities. With the Starfinder Species Survey, Pathfinder 2E making Planar Scions a versatile ancestry, and the Dawn of Flame using Ifrits of ancestries other than human, I would like to open the discussion of the changes that might be made to Planar Scions abilities when they come from other races.

Ex. Lashunta Ifrit- Both Lashuntas and Efreeti have telepathy in some form, but RAW Ifrits do not. I put forward that Lashunta Ifrits should still have limited Telepathy. Also, Lashuntas naturally have the cantrip Psychokinetic Hand and Ifrits have limited uses of the spell Overheat, these could be replaced with a modified version of Telekinetic Projectile that instead of 1d6 Bludgeoning damage would instead due 1d6 Bludgeoning and Fire. This could be contextualized as losing fine motor control provided by Psychokinetic hand and adding a bit of the natural affinity for fire to a inborn telekinetic ability.
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[Claxon]

Those sound like fine house rules, but I strongly doubt Paizo is going to make any adjustments. It works fine as is, even if it misses the thematic mark a bit.

[CorvusMask]

I mean base assumption is that all planar scions regardless of species have same stats in starfinder.

It is kinda weird yeah thematically, but it worked same way in 1e too to lesser extend.

[Greydoch]

Claxon wrote:

Those sound like fine house rules, but I strongly doubt Paizo is going to make any adjustments. It works fine as is, even if it misses thematic mark a bit.

Every race with alternate ability scores and racial traits worked fine as is and then they gave them new abilities when they expanded on those races in later books, specifically the aforementioned Android. This thread is to start a discussion of ideas and is in direct response to the survey that Paizo themselves put out about expanding on the races that we have already seen. My hope is that this thread will help show excitement for seeing new things about planar scions, at the very least it will be fun to discuss,

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[FormerFiend]

S'not a terrible idea for an alternate race trait when & if planar scions get put in a book that gives them those - which is most likely on the horizon given the recent survey.

I for one would love something to switch out for the - in my humble opinion - utterly useless Celestial Radiance/Fiendish Gloom racial traits.

I don't think I ever made an aasimar or tiefling in pf1e where I didn't switch the SLA out with something.