Cat Jedi

[Loreguard]

Are we supposed to have Cat Jedi, which are estranged fey cousins to the Cat Sith?

Or what is the literary origin of the concept of the Cat Sith? I'll confess I partly ask looking to see if we have seen anything official in 2nd edition similar to the Bastef, but the Cat Sith really caught my attention and curiosity. What are their role in the future of Starfinder.

[NoxiousMiasma]

Is this a bit? I genuinely can't tell.

Cat Sith, or Cat Sidhe (actually pronounced kinda like "cat shee"), are an IRL mythical creature from Celtic folklore. They're large black cats with a white blaze on their chests, and they walk on two legs and steal the souls of the recently dead.

[Finoan]

Cat Sith. And yes, the creature block and lore is based loosely on actual folklore.

The creature is currently only defined in Pathfinder2e, but the stats and lore should both be usable in Starfinder if desired.

[Loreguard]

It was a legitimate question. If they had spelled it Cat Sidhe I would have actually probably connected it to Celtic mythology instead of 'star wars' mythology. I just wasn't aware of the connection and it made me laugh, as I bumped into the statblock on, I believe it was the demiplane site for Starfinder so it made me wonder.

Thanks for the information, although I still wonder if it might be a useful springboard for a fey ancestry whom might be able to be stretched to encompass a species similar to the Cat from Outer Space in a Starfinder setting. I don't think I'd have though to go Fey, but it makes a lot of sense. I also imagine one would be able to pull in Egyptian mythology into them as well perhaps as there seem decent parallels.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

[Perpdepog]

Loreguard wrote:

It was a legitimate question. If they had spelled it Cat Sidhe I would have actually probably connected it to Celtic mythology instead of 'star wars' mythology. I just wasn't aware of the connection and it made me laugh, as I bumped into the statblock on, I believe it was the demiplane site for Starfinder so it made me wonder.

Thanks for the information, although I still wonder if it might be a useful springboard for a fey ancestry whom might be able to be stretched to encompass a species similar to the Cat from Outer Space in a Starfinder setting. I don't think I'd have though to go Fey, but it makes a lot of sense. I also imagine one would be able to pull in Egyptian mythology into them as well perhaps as there seem decent parallels.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

In future a handy question to ask is, "Can/Would Paizo pay the licensing fees to be able to integrate Star Wars/[insert intellectual property here] into their own setting?" Since using the word sith as part of a creature wouldn't just be touching on Disney's trademark but also borrowing their canon.

[Kexarru]

Loreguard wrote:

Are we supposed to have Cat Jedi, which are estranged fey cousins to the Cat Sith?

Pahtra solarians aren't too far off the mark, IMO. :)

[Driftbourne]

Kexarru wrote:

Loreguard wrote:

Are we supposed to have Cat Jedi, which are estranged fey cousins to the Cat Sith?

Pahtra solarians aren't too far off the mark, IMO. :)

This was my first thought, too, but after reading the description Finona linked to, astrozoian might be another option for going between cat and humanoid forms.

Unfortunately, the Cat Sith are not in the Monster Core; otherwise, they could have been summoned in SF2e organized play with the Expanded Summoning - Pathfinder Monster Core boon.