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I actually don't enjoy art,
Ink&Color { SyrusHyena} Moon
Long overdue set of commissions for SyrusHyena ! (2/2) My heartfelt thanks for having been so patient with me. [ Commission Info ]
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Ink&Color { SyrusHyena} Sunset
Long overdue set of commissions for SyrusHyena ! (½) My heartfelt thanks for having been so patient with me. [ Commission Info ]
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My new Pathfinder character, Micky, who is (in my totally unbiased opinion), the coolest cat in the beginner box. Drawn last night during the game. What a finale!!!
Just realized I haven't posted it this entire time, but here's an icon drawing from a few months ago of Cathre, my Gnoll Rogue-Barbarian (a multiclass which I like to refer to as the Rhubarb). He's been a difficult but fun challenge to roleplay as, but maaan a rogue with two barb levels is BROKEN 😂
Once again I am changing my icon to basically the same thing as before But Newer
Commission for AlphaCaineDev on Twitter.
*There is a gnoll in the camp*
Shadowheart: *Looking at Jacq*
Shadowheart: *sighs*🤦♀️ What name did you give him?
Jacq: Cupcakes 🥺 👉👈
Jacq may have lost his memory, but the few pieces of his weird personality is are all the same, lol
I need to play as a gnoll at some point...
Image ID under the cut.
[Image Description: The image shows the profile of a gnoll, in-front of a large gold circle, that is painted to have the silhouette of a flail on it. The gnoll has tan fur, with dark stripes on the underside of the chin, around the eye socket, and on the neck. The ear closest the the camera is torn, and has several piercings. The gnoll’s mane is long and dark, sticking up, and running down their neck. Blood drips from their muzzle, and covers some of their pale yellow face paint. The visible eye is bright blue and blind, with a scar running over it. End ID]
Thank you to my lovely significant other, for their suggestions and thoughts as I was working. (:
Gnoll Woman
Here's my Gnoll character Hari, she's a knockout!
Sweet Pea’s sister tells this story all the time and both of them think it’s really funny
If I Ran the Zoo: Bestiary 1 Humanoids
Pathfinder 1e did a much better job keeping its monsters on an even level of balance between products than its progenitor, D&D 3.x, did. But even so, there was some room for improvement. One of the most notable gaps, I feel, is the power level of classic D&D humanoids compared to other monsters of their CR. The power discrepancy between a gnoll and an orc is a well known example, where the orc has a lower CR on paper but is a much nastier combatant. But compare across the same CR and you’ll notice similar patterns. Look at a boggard, a bugbear and a morlocks, for example, and it’s pretty clear that the bugbear is rather less powerful than its supposed peers. I suspect that’s for reasons of backwards compatibility.
I don’t care about backwards compatibility.
So here’s how I would alter and augment some of the classic D&D humanoids to be more in tune with their Pathfinder flavor text, and to be more challenging to your players. Many of these are just adjusting mental ability scores upwards, but there’s a few more complicated changes in store as well.
Bugbear Boo! (Ex) A bugbear can make an Intimidate check to demoralize a single target as a move action. If it takes a standard action instead, it gains a +2 bonus. Tools of the Trade (Ex) Bugbears count saps, light hammers, warhammers and earthbreakers as simple weapons, and treat one exotic weapon of their choice as a martial weapon for the purposes of proficiency (bolas, garrotes and lassos are popular choices).
Drow Fueled by Spite (Su) As a standard action once per day, a drow can grant itself temporary hit points equal to their Hit Dice plus Charisma modifier (minimum 1 temporary hit point). These hit points last for 1 hour, or until expended.
(Yes, I know that PF2e is writing the drow out as part of them continuing to cut ties with D&D. I have my own ideas of how to handle that).
Giants Greatclubs are simple weapons, so any giant with Martial Weapon Proficiency (greatclub) can trade it for a different feat. A suggested feat for hill giants is Dazzling Display or Toughness, and a suggested feat for stone giants is Combat Reflexes or Improved Initiative. Fire giants gain weapon familiarity with greatswords and longswords, treating them as simple weapons. Suggested replacements for Martial Weapon Proficiency for a fire giant include Greater Sunder, Greater Overrun, or Improved Critical (greatsword). Frost giants gain weapon familiarity with battleaxes and greataxes, treating them as simple weapons. Suggested replacements for Martial Weapon Proficiency for a frost giant include Improved Initiative, Iron Will, or Vital Strike.
Gnolls Bite Attack: All gnolls have a bite attack as a primary natural weapon that deals 1d4 points of damage. The Snapping Bite feat still exists; it increases the bite damage to 1d6, and allows the gnoll to make bite attacks while wielding weapons at a -2 penalty, as if it had the Multiattack feat. Weapon Familiarity (Ex) Gnolls treat flails and heavy flails as if they were simple weapons, and nunchaku and flindbars as martial weapons.
In addition, there are two subraces of gnolls, the Carrion Crewe and the Packmasters. Carrion Crewe gnolls tend to be chaotic evil in alignment, whereas Packmaster gnolls tend to be neutral. Each has an additional unique ability modifier, and its own racial ability.
Carrion Crewe Gnolls: +2 Con Plague Born (Ex) Carrion Crewe gnolls gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against disease, ingested poisons, and becoming nauseated or sickened.
Packmaster Gnolls: +2 Wis Hopeful (Ex) Packmaster gnolls gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against fear effects and emotion effects such as despair, grief or boredom. They do not gain this bonus against rage effects, or other types of emotion effects, such as an unnatural lust or overwhelming presence spell (GM’s discretion).
Goblin -2 Str, +4 Dex, -2 Wis: Goblins are fast, but physically weak and prone to foolishness
Hobgoblin Spurn Elf-Magic (Ex) Hobgoblins gain a +2 racial bonus to all saving throws against arcane spells.
Kobold -4 Str, +2 Dex, +2 Cha: Kobolds are physically very weak, but have agile muscles and strong personalities
Ogre +8 Str, -2 Dex, +4 Con, -4 Int. Ogres do not have a penalty to Charisma, as they are very good at jug playing, dancing, and terrifying their victims.
Orc +4 Str, -2 Int, -2 Cha. Orcs are in tune with their senses and surroundings, even if they do tend to fight first and think later.
Troll +10 Str, +4 Dex, +12 Con, -2 Int, +2 Wis, -2 Cha. Golarion’s trolls are not as stupid as their cohorts in other versions of reality. They are stubborn, and have the keen senses of a predator.
Vegepygmy A vegepygmy is as it appears in Pathfinder Bestiary 1, but is a CR 1/3 creature. Their endonym is a succession of short popping sounds. If you dislike the word “pygmy” in the name (which is fair, and I’ve had people discuss in my notes before), consider calling them “russetoids” or “stemons” (named after the brown slime mold genus Stemonitis)
