Question about Rakshasa Tieflings

[Thomas Jones]

I remember in their original write up Tieflings of rakshasa heritage it was said that humans frequently find them attractive and that they had a feral glamor.Now I could see that being the case with those whose rakshasa ancestors had the heads of tigers or other felines. Cat are widely regarded as beautiful

But what about those descended from rakshasas that had the heads of animals people people generally find unattractive like crocodiles or boars? Would they have the same kind if charisma?

[Kobold Catgirl]

Sure! We don't kinkshame here. Helping :clapping: fiends :clapping: take over :clapping: the world :clapping: is valid! :clapping:

[pixierose]

Being a part of the furry community I know two things.

1) More people are furry or at least like furry stuff than you realize

2) People like all sorts of people with animal traits, not just the "common ones"

[keftiu]

A predatory glint in the eyes, sharp teeth, graceful movement… lots of ways to cast almost any sort of origin as somehow alluring, especially when paired with a dash of fiendish charisma.

[Temperans]

Rakshasa Tieflings and Agathion Aasimars is basically the Golarion version of "half-animal vs half-human" that you see in anime. Everything from the common cat/dog people to more esoteric things like half-elephants and half-insect. Note how they only need to have features of animals as opposed to things like Catfolk which are closer to Skyrim than Nekomimi.

As for charm, they tend to be more charming cause people tend to like fluffy/cool animals more than people (won't go deeper into that hole).

[Kobold Catgirl]

Yeah, that's why a Kobold Catgirl isn't a catfolk, she's a kobold with the beastkin (cat) heritage. Catkins are how you play proper catgirls in PF2. :3

[pixierose]

Or you could be a marketable plushie catgirl by being a poppet....but I might be getting off topic now

[QuidEst]

Pathfinder's rakshasas have a pretty big focus on power and hedonism. I imagine that something of that carries through to the impression rakshasa tieflings make. It wouldn't be boar in the sense of "a big pig", it would be boar in the sense of "there's a reason fighting boars shows up in cave paintings and the accomplishments of pretty much every Greek mythical hero".

[25speedforseaweedleshy]

tiefling can be as fiendish as player want

so beastbrood can just have ear or fur or complete animal head

beastbrood have more than one furry bait illustration now

paizo know what they are doing

so does the player

didn't lorefinder make the beastbrood are furry joke a few years ago

[Thomas Jones]

QuidEst wrote:

Pathfinder's rakshasas have a pretty big focus on power and hedonism. I imagine that something of that carries through to the impression rakshasa tieflings make. It wouldn't be boar in the sense of "a big pig", it would be boar in the sense of "there's a reason fighting boars shows up in cave paintings and the accomplishments of pretty much every Greek mythical hero".

So not pretty to look at charisma , but more like "Wow, that guy is a real bad-ass I wanna hang out with him" charisma

[Kobold Catgirl]

Yup. Which can translate very easily to attraction, at a certain point. You don't have to be a rakshasa tiefling with cosmetic cat ears for your pure magnetism to draw people in. A lot of non-conventionally attractive people have been very successful in that department by personality alone.

[Temperans]

Always a reminder:

Charisma is not just how good you look, its also how much does your personality and demeanor affect others (wether attraction or fear). Hence why so many terrifying creatures have high charisma.

[QuidEst]

Thomas Jones wrote:

QuidEst wrote:

Pathfinder's rakshasas have a pretty big focus on power and hedonism. I imagine that something of that carries through to the impression rakshasa tieflings make. It wouldn't be boar in the sense of "a big pig", it would be boar in the sense of "there's a reason fighting boars shows up in cave paintings and the accomplishments of pretty much every Greek mythical hero".

So not pretty to look at charisma , but more like "Wow, that guy is a real bad-ass I wanna hang out with him" charisma

It can still be the former too for plenty of people. Just as an example, how many people do you think saw the animated Beauty and the Beast and felt that the beast form was better looking than the generically handsome prince form he turned into? If you nudged his design more in the boar direction, you definitely wouldn't lose everyone in that category.

[The Raven Black]

Charisma is the ability to force others to take you into account.

Is Animal magnetism an expression in English?

In French, it means raw primal attractiveness even in an otherwise ugly person.

[Sibelius Eos Owm]

The Raven Black wrote:

Charisma is the ability to force others to take you into account.

Is Animal magnetism an expression in English?

In French, it means raw primal attractiveness even in an otherwise ugly person.

Hah, it sure is... fun fact it was once thought to be an actual force, namely by a German fellow whose name Pathfinders will recognize--Dr. Mesmer.

Regardless of that, the sense of inexplicably attractive on a level other than appearance survives.

[Thomas Jones]

I guess given all the different races , most people would not see someone with boar-like features and automatically think "OH SHIT, that guy is a rakshasa" they might just think he has orcish or skinwalker ancestry

[Temperans]

Skinwalker I can maybe see causing some potential confusion when in hybrid form.

But Orcs? Are we looking at the same illustrations cause Orcs don't look like boars.

[Ezekieru]

Temperans wrote:

Skinwalker I can maybe see causing some potential confusion when in hybrid form.

But Orcs? Are we looking at the same illustrations cause Orcs don't look like boars.

They might be thinking of Japanese RPG orcs, who oftentimes look like humanoid pig people with tusks.

[Thomas Jones]

Ezekieru wrote:

Temperans wrote:

Skinwalker I can maybe see causing some potential confusion when in hybrid form.

But Orcs? Are we looking at the same illustrations cause Orcs don't look like boars.

Well, not exactly like boars but they do have tusks, pointed ears, flatish noses. Which are all features that a person descended from a boar headed rakshasa might have. Remember they don't have an actual animal head like their rakshasa parent, they just have animal-like features.

[Sibelius Eos Owm]

Thomas Jones wrote:

Ezekieru wrote:

Temperans wrote:

Skinwalker I can maybe see causing some potential confusion when in hybrid form.

But Orcs? Are we looking at the same illustrations cause Orcs don't look like boars.

Well, not exactly like boars but they do have tusks, pointed ears, flatish noses. Which are all features that a person descended from a boar headed rakshasa might have. Remember they don't have an actual animal head like their rakshasa parent, they just have animal-like features.

Well, tieflings have enough design variability that they probably could have an actual animal head or close enough as makes no difference, but true they might just as likely end up with features that could be mistaken for orc instead.

[Andrew the Warwitch]

Thomas Jones wrote:

I remember in their original write up Tieflings of rakshasa heritage it was said that humans frequently find them attractive and that they had a feral glamor.Now I could see that being the case with those whose rakshasa ancestors had the heads of tigers or other felines. Cat are widely regarded as beautiful

But what about those descended from rakshasas that had the heads of animals people people generally find unattractive like crocodiles or boars? Would they have the same kind if charisma?

Sure! Look at the Dandasuka for instance, which are all about charm and illusion. I have a Gnome-Tiefling Rogue with Captivator Dedication. She basically is a weak Dandasuka.