ALIEN ARCHIVE 4
ALIEN ARCHIVE 4
DEVELOPMENT LEAD
Joe Pasini
AUTHORS
Kate Baker, Tineke Bolleman, James Case, Jessica Catalan,
JN Childs, Ed Chuck, John Compton, John Curtin,
Adam Daigle, Katina Davis, Crystal Frasier, Leo Glass,
Basheer Ghouse, Amanda Hamon, Sasha Laranoa Harving,
Thurston Hillman, Joan Hong, Jenny Jarzabski, Jason Keeley,
Mike Kimmel, Avi Kool, Chris Lambertz, Luis Loza,
Ron Lundeen, Carmen Marin, Hilary Moon Murphy,
Adrian Ng, Emily Parks, Joe Pasini, Lu Pellazar,
Samantha Phelan, Jessica Redekop, James Rodehaver,
Simone D. Sallé, Chris S. Sims, Kendra Leigh Speedling,
Owen K.C. Stephens, and Viditya Voleti
DEVELOPMENT
John Compton
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Thurston Hillman, Jason Keeley, and Jason Tondro
EDITING LEAD
Avi Kool
EDITORS
Judy Bauer, Gideon F., Leo Glass, Patrick Hurley, Avi Kool,
Ianara Natividad, Kieran Newton, and Lu Pellazar
COVER ARTIST
Remko Troost
INTERIOR ARTISTS
Trevor Brown, Dominik Derow, Tuan Duong Chu,
Nicolas Espinoza, Michele Giorgi, Alexandre Honore,
Geun Cheol Jang, Víctor Manuel Leza Moreno,
Artur Nakhodkin, Vladislav Orlowski, Mirco Paganessi,
Rashad Pozdnyakov, Henrik Rosenborg, Victor Rossi,
Gin Sakalauskas, Ruslan Skifonich, Olli Slyusareva,
Luca Sotgiu, Matias Tapia, and Remko Troost
ART DIRECTION
Kent Hamilton and Adam Vick
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Tony Barnett
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Robert G. McCreary
MANAGING DEVELOPER
Adam Daigle
STARFINDER LEAD DESIGNER
Joe Pasini
PUBLISHER
Erik Mona
Paizo Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW
Agathion
Animated Quartz Swarm
Arabuk
Astriapi
Atlapak
Brain Collector
Carrion Wheel
Cloud Ray
Copaxi
Daemon
Dawn Beetle
Deadfall Stalker
Elemental
Endling
Entu Colony
Epokasite
Gray Goo
Grioth
Hadrogaan
Harpy Jasmine
Huitz'plina
Hulsa
Ignurso
Itmi Vruh
Ixtangi
Jububnan
Kaion
Khulan
Kiirinta
Klikharp
Lacunal Collector
Lumocantha
Many-Miened One
Mordagast
Mummy, Silicon
Murzzilat
Osifern
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Planashar
Plasmalisk
Polyphonic Gel
Protean
Psacynoid
Psychopomp
Quyu
Radiation Drake
Rageshkor
Ravenous Drake
Robot Dragon
Robot, Infiltration
Sapient Purple Orb
The Seen
Shipkiller Bulb
Skarak
Sombrian
Spectra
Starmetal Eater
Stormghost
Supenga
Swamp Strider
Thermatrod
Tryziarka
Ursikka
Utesra
Vasporan
Voraija
Warpstitcher
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Worlanisi
SPECIES GRAFTS
APPENDIXES
Appendix 1: Creature Subtype Grafts
Appendix 2: Class Grafts
Appendix 3: Template Grafts
Appendix 4: Universal Creature Rules
Appendix 5: Creatures by CR
Appendix 6: Creatures by Type
Appendix 7: Rules Options
Appendix 8: Playable Races
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This book refers to several other Starfinder products,
yet these additional supplements are not required to
make use of this book. Readers interested in references
to Starfinder hardcovers can find the complete rules of
these books available for free at sfrd.info.
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Alien Archive
Alien Archive 2
Alien Archive 3
Armory
Character Operations Manual
Pact Worlds
Starship Operations Manual
OVERVIEW
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Y
ou are not alone in the universe. In the Starfinder
Roleplaying Game, strange new creatures and cultures
await your party of adventurers on every new planet and
space station. Whether you’re on a routine trading mission
in the most familiar sectors of the Pact Worlds or exploring
never-before-contacted planets in the mysterious reaches
of the Vast, Starfinder is a game about aliens—playing them,
fighting them, and everything in between.
Starfinder Alien Archive 4 presents a sampling of such
aliens, designed both for Game Masters to use in crafting
challenging encounters and adventures and for players to use
in creating and customizing their characters. It’s also a font
of setting information and cultural details on the melting pot
of different worlds that comprise Starfinder’s home galaxy.
To fully use the creatures in this codex, you’ll need a copy
of the Starfinder Core Rulebook, and the Starfinder Alien
Archive contains the details for how to create your own
alien foes and other NPCs. In this book, Appendix 1: Creature
Subtype Grafts, Appendix 2: Class Grafts, and Appendix 3:
Template Grafts give creature creators tools for constructing
some of the aliens newly presented here. You can also find
Starfinder rules online for free at paizo.com/sfrd.
This book is only a small sampling of the myriad creatures
found in the Starfinder campaign setting. For more, see
Starfinder Adventure Path volumes, Starfinder Pact Worlds,
and previous Alien Archive volumes.
Alien Archive 4 also includes species grafts: a new type of
augmentation that lets members of any species diversify their
forms as they wish, gaining new abilities as they do!
But Alien Archive 4 doesn’t stop at creatures—this book
also presents a ton of alien gear sprinkled throughout the
creature entries, such as armor, magic and technological
items, weapons, and more, that’s perfect for rewarding or
customizing player characters.
There’s a whole galaxy out there, full of creatures to fight or
befriend. Are you ready?
RACIAL TRAITS AND ALIEN PCS
This book continues the Starfinder tradition of presenting
players with a multitude of alien species to choose from
when creating their characters. See page 158 for a list of
the playable species in this book. As always, it’s up to the
GM to decide whether to allow player-character versions of
these aliens in their game. While there is a preponderance of
nonhumanoid aliens with strange morphology, all playable
alien races are considered to be able to hold and wield two
hands’ worth of weapons and other equipment (unless
otherwise noted). Similarly, any playable alien can purchase
and use the equipment presented in the various Starfinder
books regardless of their specific physiology. A character
might have to adjust armor originally created for a different
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species before they can wear that armor effectively; see
page 196 of the Core Rulebook for rules on adjusting armor.
At the GM’s discretion, these rules can be used as a baseline
for adjusting other types of equipment for similar reasons.
The GM can also opt to treat nonhumanoid player races as
humanoids for the purposes of spells and other abilities.
HOW TO READ A CREATURE STAT BLOCK
The following section breaks down how to read a creature’s
statistics, also called a stat block. Not all creatures have all
of the information listed below. If a creature has any entries
that aren’t explained here or that differ from the normal
class features and other rules for characters presented in the
Core Rulebook, you’ll find them explained fully either at the
end of the stat block under Special Abilities, in Appendix 4:
Universal Creature Rules (page 154), or in the graft that
grants those features (whether it’s a creature subtype, class,
or template; see page 126 of the Alien Archive for more
information about grafts).
Name and CR: The creature’s name is presented along with
its Challenge Rating (CR), a numerical representation of the
creature’s relative power. CR is explained in detail on page
389 of the Core Rulebook, but as a general rule, monsters
with a CR equal to the average level of the characters in
your party are about right for them to fight—if the CR is too
high, it’ll be too difficult, and if it’s too low, it won’t be a
fun challenge.
XP: This is the total number of experience points the
player characters (PCs) earn for defeating the creature. Note
that this is the total for the party, not each character!
Race and Grafts: Some creatures have a race entry, and
some are also built with class or template grafts, giving
them more abilities. If this entry lists “variant,” the creature
is an altered version of the base creature that goes beyond
gaining different special abilities or class grafts. If this entry
lists “unique,” the creature is the only one of its kind.
Alignment, Size, Type, and Subtype: A creature’s listed
alignment represents the norm for such creatures; an
individual can vary from this alignment as needed for
your campaign. A creature’s size determines its space and
reach. Some innate abilities come from the creature’s type
and subtype.
Init, Senses, and Perception: This lists the creature’s
initiative modifier, followed by its special senses (omitted if
it doesn’t have any). Its Perception modifier is listed here and
not in its Skills entry (page 5).
Aura: If the creature has a magical or exceptional aura, it
is listed here, along with the aura’s radius from the creature
and the saving throw DC to resist the aura’s effects, where
applicable. Some universal creature rules, such as frightful
presence, are listed in this entry.
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HP and RP: These entries list the creature’s Hit Points and
(if it uses them) Resolve Points.
EAC and KAC: The creature’s Energy Armor Class and
Kinetic Armor Class are listed here.
Fort, Ref, and Will: The creature’s Fortitude, Reflex, and Will
saving throw modifiers are listed here, followed by situational
adjustments to those modifiers.
Defensive Abilities, DR, Immunities, Resistances, and SR:
If the creature has any defensive abilities, damage reduction
(DR), immunities, resistances, or spell resistance (SR), they’re
listed here.
Weaknesses: This lists the creature’s weaknesses, if any.
Speed: This notes the creature’s speed, followed by any
additional speeds and types of movement the creature has
as well as any conditional adjustments. If the creature has a
fly speed, the source of its fly speed (whether extraordinary,
supernatural, or from another source such as an item) is
given, followed by its maneuverability.
Melee: The creature’s melee attacks are listed here, each
starting on a separate line. The attack roll modifier appears
after the attack’s name, followed by the attack’s damage,
damage type, and critical effects in parentheses. Creatures
with melee or ranged natural attacks or weapons (such as
acid spit, bite, or claw) are considered to have the natural
weapons universal creature rule (page 154).
Multiattack: If the creature can make more than two melee
attacks with a full action (usually with different weapons),
the attacks and attack roll modifiers are listed in this entry,
followed by each attack’s damage, damage type, and critical
effects in parentheses.
Ranged: This entry lists the creature’s ranged attacks in the
same format the Melee entry uses for melee attacks.
Space and Reach: The creature’s space and reach are noted
here if they are other than a 5-foot square and 5 feet (those
values are the default for a Medium creature). Any special
reach (from weapons or the like) is listed in parentheses.
Offensive Abilities: This entry lists abilities the creature is
likely to use offensively.
Spell-Like Abilities: After noting the caster level of the
creature’s spell-like abilities (and its melee or ranged attack
roll modifiers, if any spells require them), this section lists the
creature’s spell-like abilities (and the associated saving throw
DCs, where relevant), organized by the number of times per
day it can use each ability.
Spells Known: If the creature can cast spells (usually
due to a spellcaster class graft), its caster level is shown
in this entry (and its melee or ranged attack roll modifiers,
if any spells require them), followed by the spells it knows
(and the associated saving throw DCs, where applicable),
and then how many spell slots of each level it has available
per day. Often, only the creature’s most powerful spells are
listed here.
Ability Score Modifiers: The creature’s ability score
modifiers (rather than the scores themselves) are listed here.
MONSTER REFERENCE
SYMBOLS
This book uses the following symbols to help GMs
quickly determine how a creature can most effectively
be used in combat. They also help GMs locate creatures
to fill given roles when designing an encounter. If a
symbol appears only once in the margin of an entry
with multiple stat blocks, it applies to each creature.
COMBATANT
These creatures are best suited
to physical fighting; they may be most
effective at range, in melee, or both.
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These creatures tend to be most
effective with various skills.
SPELLCASTER
These creatures rely primarily on
spells or spell-like abilities.
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Skills: The creature’s skills are listed here alphabetically
with their modifiers, along with conditional modifiers in
parentheses that apply in certain contexts or to specific
tasks. Creatures are assumed to have whatever tools they
need to use the listed skills (such as Engineering) without
a penalty.
Feats: Only feats that give situational bonuses or allow
for special combat tactics are listed in monster stat blocks.
Feats that give the creature a static bonus (such as Improved
Initiative) are already factored into the creature’s statistics
and are therefore not listed.
Languages: The languages most commonly understood and
spoken by the creature are noted here, along with any other
special means of communication (such as telepathy). You can
swap out the languages known for other choices as needed.
Other Abilities: This entry lists the creature’s noncombat
abilities and features that aren’t covered in another line.
Gear and Augmentations: This entry details the creature’s
gear and augmentations, which can be altered to best suit
your needs.
Environment: The regions and climates in which the
creature is typically encountered are listed here, though
you’re welcome to use the creature in different environments.
Organization: This entry describes typical groupings for
this creature type and whether such groups include any other
types of creatures.
Special Abilities: Any of the creature’s unusual abilities
that aren’t detailed elsewhere are described in this section.
OVERVIEW
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AGATHION
VICUNAL
CR 1
XP 400
VICUNAL
CR 1
XP 400
NG Medium outsider (agathion, extraplanar, good)
Init +1; Senses low-light vision; Perception +10
DEFENSE
OFFENSE
CLAUSTRAL
CR 6
XP 2,400
HP 17 RP 3
EAC 11; KAC 12
Fort +3; Ref +1; Will +4; +4 vs poison
Defensive Abilities fast healing 2; Immunities electricity,
petrification; Resistances cold 5, sonic 5
Speed 40 ft.
Melee hoof +5 (1d4+3 B); critical knockdown
Ranged trailblazer subzero hail pistol +7 (1d4+1 C&P; critical
bleed 1d4)
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +1; Con +1; Int +0; Wis +3; Cha +3
Skills Diplomacy +5, Life Science +5, Medicine +10, Stealth +5,
Survival +10
Languages Celestial, Common; speak with animals, truespeech
Other Abilities healing channel (2d8), multiarmed (4), nurture
Gear trailblazer subzero hail pistolAR with 2 batteries (20
charges each), mk 1 serum of healing
ECOLOGY
Environment any forests or hills (Nirvana)
Organization solitary, pair, or herd (3–12)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Nurture (Su) When a vicunal uses its healing channel
ability, it can choose to nurture one of the creatures it
healed. If it does so, the vicunal loses its fast healing and
grants that fast healing to the nurtured creature. This
effect lasts for a number of rounds equal to the vicunal’s
Charisma modifier (3 rounds for a typical vicunal).
Speak with Animals (Su) A vicunal can communicate with
animals and use language-dependent effects on them.
CLAUSTRAL
CR 6
XP 2,400
NG Medium outsider (agathion, extraplanar, good)
Init +3; Senses low-light vision; Perception +13
Aura conservation aura (20 ft.)
DEFENSE
HP 90 RP 4
EAC 18; KAC 20
Fort +8; Ref +8; Will +5; +4 vs poison
Immunities electricity, petrification; Resistances cold 10,
sonic 10
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee holy enforcement-class capture pole +17 (1d8+10 P;
critical injection DC +2) or
bite +17 (1d8+10 P)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with capture pole)
Offensive Abilities preserver’s patience
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +3; Con +3; Int +0; Wis +2; Cha +1
Skills Athletics +18, Culture +13, Survival +18
Languages Celestial, Common; speak with animals,
truespeech
Other Abilities healing channel (6d8)
Gear holy enforcement-class capture poleCOM, mk 2 serum
of healing
ECOLOGY
Environment any urban (Nirvana)
Organization solitary or patrol (2–5)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Conservation Aura (Su) A claustral’s aura preserves
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imperiled natural creatures. Creatures with the animal or
plant type within this aura gain fast healing 2. This fast
healing doubles for affected creatures that are below
half their maximum Hit Points or that are in an urban
environment. If an affected creature would be reduced
to 0 Hit Points by an effect the claustral can see, the
claustral can spend 1 Resolve Point as a reaction to
reduce the damage dealt to that creature by the effect
by 6d6. A claustral can suppress the aura’s effects for
any number of those animals and plants as a free action.
Preserver’s Patience (Ex) A claustral can choose to deal
nonlethal damage with any of its attacks against animals
and plants without taking a penalty. A claustral gains
a +2 bonus to attack rolls to resolve grapple and trip
combat maneuvers, and this bonus doubles against
animals and plants.
Speak with Animals (Su) See page 6.
Agathions, who have humanoid forms with animal aspects,
form from the souls of mortals who reached an enlightened
state and became infused with holy power. Most remain
content to meditate and explore their home plane of Nirvana,
but many others visit the Material Plane to combat evil,
especially evil that threatens the natural world.
Four-armed and four-eyed vicunals resemble ruthigs
(Alien Archive 2 75) and share ruthigs’ preference for
traveling in groups. This variation of herd mentality makes
vicunals intuitive therapists who tirelessly attend to their
companions’ physical and emotional injuries. Despite
their tenacity and indefatigable skirmishing tactics, these
agathions struggle to overcome powerful foes. In these
cases, vicunals typically recruit mortal agents willing to and
capable of neutralizing the evil.
Maned claustrals resemble the predatory eohis
(Starfinder Adventure Path #4: The Ruined Clouds 57)
of the Nejeor system, expressing much of eohis’ love
of pursuing and hounding their targets. However,
claustrals almost never hunt to kill, instead patrolling
cityscapes to protect their adopted fauna or neutralize
deadly beasts. Although they take pains to warn
negligent urbanites who inadvertently harm animals,
claustrals often respond with violence to subdue or even
kill serial abusers, such as those who run beast-fighting
circuits. To claustrals’ chagrin, these brief rampages can spur
rumors of an escaped beast, attracting bounty hunters who
hope to slay the mysterious creature.
Insulivate
An insulivate moderates electrical impulses, channeling excess
energy safely out of the body. When you take or are injected
with an insulivate, you gain a bonus to saving throws against
effects with the electricity descriptor as well as effects that
deal electricity damage. In addition, you gain a bonus to your
EAC against attacks that deal electricity damage. Both bonuses
are equal to the medicinal’s tier, and the medicinal’s effects last
for a number of minutes equal to 10 times the medicinal’s tier.
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Revitilate
A revitilate contains a spark of Nirvana’s vitality that activates
when it senses death is near. A revitilate you take or are
injected with provides no immediate benefit but remains in
your system for a number of hours equal to the medicinal’s
tier. The first time you would spend Resolve Points to stabilize,
you can subtract the medicinal’s tier from your maximum RP
total when determining how many RP you must spend. The
first time you spend 1 RP to stay in the fight after using the
medicinal, you regain a number of Hit Points equal to 1d8
times the medicinal’s tier. Once the medicinal provides both
benefits, its effects end.
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ENLIGHTENED MEDICINALS
As an extension of their supernatural healing abilities, agathions
have developed specialized medicines infused with the holy
properties of Nirvana. These enlightened medicinals follow the
rules for medicinals on pages 231–232 of the Starfinder Core
Rulebook, though they’re hybrid items that use Life Science or
Mysticism as the associated skills for crafting.
AGATHION
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ANIMATED QUARTZ SWARM
ANIMATED QUARTZ SWARM
CR 11
XP 12,800
ANIMATED QUARTZ
SWARM
CR 11
XP 12,800
N Fine construct (magical, swarm, technological)
Init +8; Senses blindsight (vibration) 60 ft.;
Perception +20
DEFENSE
SPECIAL ABILITIES
HP 180
EAC 23; KAC 25
Fort +11; Ref +11; Will +8
Defensive Abilities birefringence, deactivation,
swarm defenses; Immunities construct immunities,
swarm immunities
Weaknesses vulnerable to acid
OFFENSE
Speed fly 40 ft. (Su, perfect)
Melee swarm attack (2d6+16 B & E)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +8; Con —; Int —; Wis +3; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +25 (+33 to fly), Athletics +20
Other Abilities mindless, piezoelectric, unliving
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
Birefringence (Ex) An animated quartz swarm bends light
in nonintuitive directions, making it hard to target.
The animated quartz swarm has concealment against
all attacks that use visual targeting, and its space also
provides concealment.
Deactivation (Su) An animated quartz swarm that’s
reduced to 0 Hit Points isn’t destroyed; instead, the
gems’ runes are rendered inactive for 1d4 hours.
It reactivates with full Hit Points. The only way to
permanently destroy an animated quartz swarm is to
smash each gem or deface each rune, a process that
takes about an hour of work.
Piezoelectric (Ex) An animated quartz swarm converts
mechanical pressure into electric potential and vice
versa. When the animated quartz swarm takes
bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, it deals
2d6 electricity damage to each creature in or adjacent
to its space. When the animated quartz swam takes
electricity damage, it deals 2d6 bludgeoning damage to
each creature in or adjacent to its space. In either case,
each affected creature can attempt a DC 18 Reflex save
to take half damage.
Though commonly found on many planets, quartz has
unusual physical properties, making it a prime target for
experimentation by scientists and technomancers. Powerful
individuals with advanced training in both magic and science
have unlocked the secrets of creating animated quartz
swarms, often to serve as sentries that can perform
their duties without the need for rest. Often integrated
into traps, animated quartz swarms can suddenly turn
beautifully decorated chandeliers, fountains, and other
seemingly benign installations into deadly defenses when
the swarms incorporated into these objects fly into action.
Each crystal of an animated quartz swarm is a
hexagonally cut gem 2 to 3 inches wide, sometimes with
a tint of color. Each crystal must have runes painstakingly
inscribed on its surface. A single crystal presents no threat
at all, but a swarm of them can obliterate many would-be
trespassers. Creatures that get stuck in the swarm’s space
soon learn that the piezoelectric properties of the quartz
make it a dangerous place to be—as the whirling crystals
alternately bludgeon and electrocute them.
Animated quartz swarms don’t occur naturally; they’re
always intentionally created. The runes on the crystals’
surfaces contain simple programs with instructions for the
quartz swarms, typically defining a specific area to defend
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or a password or visual sign by which they can identify
authorized individuals.
Shimreens (Alien Archive 3 96), crystalline humanoids
from the planet Shimrinsara, are the first documented
creators of animated quartz swarms. So advanced were
these early swarms that the individual quartz crystals
didn’t require inscribed runes; shimreens could simply issue
commands to the quartz. Legend has it that the very first,
albeit tiny, animated quartz swarm utilized pieces derived
from the inventor’s crystalline crown, left over from when
she changed her appearance. Many expensive homes and
corporate buildings in Shimrinsara’s domed cities have an
animated quartz swarm somewhere on the premises, ready
to defend the property. Visitors to Shimrinsara observed
the ever-vigilant sentries and word quickly spread about
the swarms, leading to researchers throughout the galaxy
developing similar techniques for animating quartz. However,
these secondhand methods require the time-consuming
step of inscribing runes on hundreds or even thousands
of crystals to program the swarm, though magic can
speed up the process. Shimreens initially objected to their
technology being replicated by outsiders, but the swarms
have proven so useful that their manufacture still spread
rapidly; shimreens have since largely grown resigned to the
appropriation and object only to having outside societies’
swarms brought onto Shimrinsara. Other societies believe
that shimreens’ animated quartz swarms are more powerful
than those developed by anyone else, but shimreens don’t
sell their technology to outsiders and instead pursue anyone
who attempts to steal one of their swarms.
Vesk technomancers took to animated quartz swarms
quickly, as the reptilian warriors can always use sentries
that don’t need food, water, or rest. They often add
additional runes that prevent permanent deactivation by
causing tampered-with crystals to explode, which sends
shards of crystalline shrapnel to pelt whoever would dare
destroy a vesk’s animated quartz swarm. This explosive and
potentially deadly modification is often looked down on as
an excessive response, but their use isn’t officially banned
yet. AbadarCorp has several quartz swarm animators on
its payroll, and rumor has it that each creator knows only
a portion of the instructions to be inscribed for maximum
possible security. Each creator fills in their section
and then passes on the crystal to the next stage,
which prevents anyone from knowing how to
bypass—or recreate—the whole system.
Animated quartz swarms aren’t always
programmed as guards, though that’s certainly
the most popular application. Other swarms help
perform search-and-rescue missions in dangerous areas,
vibrating rapidly to send a radio signal to their programmers
when they find their objectives. The swarms are even
sometimes used for aesthetics, such as being programmed
to fly into complex patterns to accompany high-production
concerts by musicians. This use does require a significant
financial investment for the special effects, as only extremely
talented creators can fabricate animated quartz swarms. The
dangerous effects of an animated quartz swarm are typically
engineered out for these alternate uses by using crystals
with slightly different molecular structures that produce
unique effects.
Individual swarm creators tend to rely on particular
sources for the quartz crystals used to construct their
swarms, with varying hues and cuts for the gems. This
practice tends to give swarms distinctive appearances
that a clever detective can use to identify the creator. The
manufacturers for the cut crystals typically agree not to sell
the exact same design to anyone else.
Some solarians have experimented with using inscribed
crystals as weapon crystals, though to inconsistent results.
While some have found benefits, such as occasional
concealment or additional electricity damage, others find
themselves continually being electrocuted by their own
weapons. As such, these crystals haven’t found widespread
use among solarians. Others have integrated the crystals
into different technologies, such as on vehicles to prevent
hit and runs.
QUARTZ REFRACTOR ARMOR UPGRADES
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Adding a small number of animated quartz crystals to armor
for their birefringent effect has become a relatively popular
use of the rune-inscribed crystals.
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ARMOR
UPGRADE
PRICE 7,100
LEVEL 7
ARMOR SLOTS 1
ARMOR TYPE ANY
BULK L
Animated quartz swarm creators sometimes make this
armor upgrade from leftover or defective quartz crystals. A
series of hexagonal quartz crystals inscribed with runes are
placed at regular intervals over the armor, catching light and
making it refract at odd angles due to birefringence. A quartz
refractor grants resistance 10 against damage dealt by laser
weapons (this doesn’t stack with any other resistance that
would reduce similar damage, such as fire resistance).
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ARABUK
ARABUK
CR 8
XP 4,800
ARABUK
CR 8
XP 4,800
ARABUK
YEARLING
CR 3
XP 800
N Large animal
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +16
DEFENSE
HP 125
EAC 20; KAC 22; (+4 against combat maneuvers in
home territory)
Fort +12; Ref +12; Will +7
Defensive Abilities territorial pride; Immunities cold;
Resistances sonic 10
OFFENSE
Speed 60 ft.
Melee bite +19 (3d4+14 P) or
antlers +19 (3d4+14 B plus 1d6 So)
Multiattack antlers +13 (1d6+14 P plus 1d6 So), bite +13
(1d6+14 P), 2 claws +13 (1d6+14)
Ranged antler reverberation +16 (2d8+8 So plus staggered
[DC 16]; critical deafen [DC 16])
Offensive Abilities pounce
STATISTICS
Str +6; Dex +4; Con +2; Int –4; Wis +2; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +21, Stealth +16 (+8 in home territory),
Survival +16
Other Abilities arctic guardian
ECOLOGY
Environment arctic (Akiton)
Organization solitary, mating pair, or glaring (1 plus 2–4
arabuk yearlings)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Antler Reverberation (Ex) Using its antlers to amplify its
chattering, an arabuk can make a ranged attack as a
standard action against a single target. This attack has
a range increment of 40 feet, targets EAC, and has the
deafen critical hit effect. A creature hit by the attack
must succeed at a DC 16 Fortitude save or become
staggered for 1 round.
Arctic Guardian (Ex) An
arabuk ignores difficult
terrain and visibility
penalties from snow and
heavy snow.
Territorial Pride (Ex) An arabuk
rarely masks its presence, taking
a –8 penalty to Stealth while in its
home territory. Instead, it becomes a pillar
of obstinacy, gaining a +4 circumstance bonus to AC
against combat maneuvers unless the attacker is two or
more size categories larger than the arabuk.
ARABUK YEARLING
CR 3
XP 800
N Medium animal
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +8
DEFENSE
EAC 14; KAC 16
Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +2
Resistances cold 10, sonic 5
OFFENSE
HP 40
Speed 40 ft.
Melee bite +11 (1d6+7 P) or
antlers +11 (1d4+7 B plus 1d6 So)
Ranged antler reverberation +8 (1d4+3 So plus staggered
[DC 12]; critical deafen [DC 12])
Offensive Abilities pounce
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +2; Con +1; Int -4; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +13, Stealth +8, Survival +8
Other Abilities arctic guardian
ECOLOGY
Environment arctic (Akiton)
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Organization solitary, pair, or glaring (2–4 plus 1 arabuk)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Antler Reverberation (Ex) See page 10; the save DC is 12.
Arctic Guardian (Ex) See page 10.
In the snowy landscape of Akiton’s Winterlands, the
carnivorous, deerlike arabuks bellow and chatter as they stride
across drifts of snow and ice. Once docile and regal guardians
of Akiton’s prehistoric wilds, arabuks have evolved into stalking
predators that feast upon the planet’s remaining fauna. Their
mouths brim with sharp, flesh-cutting teeth, pointed like
dozens of long needles. Their four eyes are forward set with
two on each side and slit pupils for exceptional night vision.
All arabuks have a set of large antlers, curved symmetrically
in a crown above their heads. Their patterned, leopard-like
bodies assist them in blending in with the rugged tundra.
When hunting, the creatures’ padded and clawed front feet
allow them to evenly spread their weight as they traverse
precarious snowbanks. Arabuks can also leap great distances
and balance on the jagged edges of mountains with their sturdy
and powerful hoofed back legs.
Most arabuks live in solitude except to mate, due to their
tendency to obsessively guard their territory. The ancient Ice
Clans of Akiton took advantage of this trait by using the beasts
to protect their vulnerable settlements. Few Ice Clans have held
onto their arabuk herds, and those that have must exercise
great caution in managing the temperamental yearlings to
harvest the antlers they shed each year.
Thanks to the unique composition of arabuks’ antlers, they
vibrate with high intensity in the presence of sound waves.
This effect enables arabuks to amplify their vocalizations into
deafening attacks. When hunting, they chatter and click their
jaws while eyeing their prey intensely, producing a swelling
sound from their antlers that they unleash in a concentrated
assault. Their amplified yowls can have enough power to shake
entire mountains and cause avalanches, but producing such
intense vocalizations is painful for arabuks. Consequently, they
exercise careful control over their sonic attacks.
Arabuks occasionally form groups called glarings, usually
composed of several similarly aged arabuk yearlings
following the guidance of a more
established elder arabuk. Due to the
harsh nature of their arctic environs,
few arabuks survive for more than 5
years, but a fierce and lucky few live up to 25 years.
Mature arabuks are a regal sight to behold, as they
appear much larger than their younger counterparts and
stride with confidence through their territories. The plush
manes of white fur surrounding their necks make them easily
identifiable. While younger arabuks keep their heads low as
they stalk the snow drifts, mature arabuks keep their heads
upright, and the wind through their antlers produces a
haunting song that echoes across the snow-muted
landscape. When lost in a blizzard, travelers can rely
on this song to follow the arabuk, who’s undoubtedly traveling
to fairer weather.
The Ice Clans and other conservation groups often stay on the
lookout for hardy freelancers to capture potential mating pairs
of arabuks. The frigid weather, competition against poachers,
and the arabuks themselves make this lucrative opportunity
dangerous, however. Arabuks’ sonic attacks rarely affect the
environment when they hunt, but when acting in defense,
they unleash desperate bursts that gradually weaken the
surrounding terrain’s integrity and cause ever more frequent
and dangerous avalanches. Xenowardens and other protectors
of nature insist that with protection and a careful breeding
program, these majestic creatures might one day return to their
role as the respected and regal guardians of Akiton’s poles.
REVERBERATION AMPLIFIER
PRICE 3,300
LEVEL 5
ARMOR SLOTS 1
ARMOR TYPE ANY
BULK 2
Adding specially modified arabuk antlers to your armor
allows you to harness their amplifying properties for your
own sonic attacks. The armor upgrade makes a soft clicking
sound reminiscent of an arabuk’s hunting clicks. This sound
and the antler’s amplifying properties impose a –8 penalty
on your Stealth checks while wearing this armor. When you
use a weapon to deal sonic damage to a single target, you
deal additional damage equal to half the weapon’s item level.
In addition, once per day as a reaction when you would take
sonic damage, you can overcharge the amplifier to reduce that
damage by half.
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ASTRIAPI
ASTRIAPI DEFENDER
CR 1
XP 400
ASTRIAPI
DEFENDER
CR 1
XP 400
Astriapi soldier
LN Medium monstrous humanoid
Init +8; Senses blindsense (scent) 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft.;
Perception +5
DEFENSE
EAC 11; KAC 13
Fort +3; Ref +1; Will +3
OFFENSE
ASTRIAPI
WARDEN
CR 6
XP 2,400
HP 20
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (Ex, average) (20 ft., fly 20 ft.
[average] in armor)
Melee standard taclash +5 (1d4+3 S nonlethal) or
bite +5 (1d6+3 P)
Ranged static arc caster +8 (1d8+1 E plus first arc AR 1d6;
critical second arc AR 1d6) or
stickybomb grenade I +8 (explode [10 ft.,
entangled 2d4 rounds, DC 10])
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with
standard taclash)
Offensive Abilities fighting styles (guard)
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +4; Con +1; Int +0; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +5, Engineering +10, Mysticism +5
Languages Astriapi, Common
Gear troop ceremonial plate, standard taclash, static arc
casterAR with 2 batteries (20 charges each), stickybomb
grenades I (2), astriapi honey (functions as mk 1 serum
of healing)
Other Abilities honey production
ECOLOGY
Environment any urban (Colveare)
Organization solitary, pair, or patrol (3–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Honey Production (Ex) Once per day, an astriapi can spend
10 minutes to produce a vial of magical honey. This
honey functions as a mk 1 serum of healing. At
5th level (or CR 5), the honey functions as a
mk 2 serum of healing, and at 9th level (or
CR 9), it functions as a mk 3 serum of healing.
Regardless of its level, the honey can’t be sold,
and its magical properties expire after 24 hours,
when it turns into mundane foodstuff.
ASTRIAPI WARDEN
CR 6
XP 2,400
Astriapi mystic
LG Medium monstrous humanoid
Init +2; Senses blindsense (scent) 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft.;
Perception +13
DEFENSE
EAC 17; KAC 18
Fort +5; Ref +5; Will +9
OFFENSE
HP 75 RP 4
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee basic spined blade +10 (1d6+6 P; critical
injection DC +2) or
bite +10 (1d6+6 P)
Ranged corona laser pistol +12 (2d4+6 F;
critical burn 1d4)
Offensive Abilities grasping vines
(DC 16)
Mystic Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th)
At will—mindlink
Mystic Spells Known (CL 6th)
2nd (3/day)— daze monster (DC 18),
fog cloud
1st (6/day)—fear (DC 17), life bubble, wisp ally
0 (at will)—stabilize, telepathic message
Connection xenodruid
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +2; Con +3; Int +0; Wis +5; Cha +2
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Skills Acrobatics +13, Diplomacy +18, Life Science +13,
Mysticism +18, Survival +13
Languages Astriapi. Common; speak with animals
Other Abilities animal adaptation (6 minutes), honey
production
Gear elite stationwear, basic spined bladeAR, corona
laser pistol with 1 battery (20 charges), astriapi honey
(functions as mk 2 serum of healing)
ECOLOGY
Environment any urban (Colveare)
Organization solitary, pair, or council (3–6)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Honey Production (Ex) See page 12.
Astriapis are bipedal arthropods with chitinous
exoskeletons, membranous insectile wings, and large
powerful mandibles. Their pigmentation runs the gamut
from dark blues through bold yellows, and some astriapis
selectively carve their exoskeletons to create individualistic
patterns. They can also naturally produce a restorative
honey. On average, astriapis stand around 6 feet tall and
weigh between 120 and 150 pounds.
When astriapis awoke from the Gap, they found
themselves as the sole sapient inhabitants of an immense
megalopolis that covered the entire landmass of the Near
Space planet Colveare. Through impressive feats of magical
and engineering prowess, the planet’s natural resources
and native species had been
preserved, with every part
of the planet’s ecosystem
carefully integrated into
the urban sprawl. Astriapi
society as a whole immediately
dedicated itself to studying the
city-planet’s workings to maintain the
integrity of the system they found themselves
a part of, surviving the struggles of post-Gap
adjustments through a natural inclination to
regimentation and cooperative obedience.
According to pre-Gap records, the city-planet of
Colveare formed when a caste of astriapian warrior-priests
produced and consumed honey made from the pollen of
the zhufera flower (an aquatic plant native to the planet),
which granted them prophetic dreams. Claiming these
dreams foretold coming ecological and societal disaster,
the priests led a violent planet-wide revolution, eventually
creating a unified theocracy dedicated to the preservation
of the planet through learning and faith. Today, those who
claim descendance from these original revolutionaries refer
to themselves as the Hierarchs, and they cultivate the only
remaining crop of zhufera flowers from which they derive
their closely guarded stores of the prophecy-producing
honey. The Hierarchs pass accounts of their dreams down
through a complex bureaucracy of executives, scientists,
RACIAL TRAITS
Ability Adjustments: +2 Dex, +2 Wis, –2 Str
Hit Points: 4
Size and Type: Astriapis are Medium monstrous
humanoids.
Astriapi Movement: Astriapis have a land speed of
30 feet and an extraordinary fly speed of 30 feet
with average maneuverability.
Astriapi Senses: Astriapis have blindsense (scent)
with a range of 30 feet and darkvision with a
range of 60 feet.
Honey Production: See page 12.
Natural Weapons (P): See page 154.
Scholars of Colveare: Astriapis gain a +2 racial
bonus to Engineering and Mysticism checks.
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scholars, and engineers, who in turn interpret the dreams
and assign tasks to other astriapis in a complicated, selfsustaining web of goals and assignments—all in the service
of maintaining the city’s complex infrastructure.
Some posit that Yaraesa granted visions through these
dreams, while others see evidence of Oras’ evolutionary
influence. Many astriapis, however, believe that the visions
granted by the zhufera honey came from several gods.
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ATLAPAK
ATLAPAK
CR 9
XP 6,400
ATLAPAK
CR 9
XP 6, 400
ATLAPAK
JUVENILE
CR 3
XP 800
N Large vermin (aquatic)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 180 ft., sense through (vision
[fog only]) 90 ft.; Perception +17
DEFENSE
HP 145
EAC 22; KAC 24
Fort +13; Ref +11; Will +8
Defensive Abilities amphibious; Immunities deafened;
Resistances sonic 10
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., fly 30 ft. (Ex, clumsy or average), swim 30 ft.
Melee claw +18 (2d10+12 B)
Ranged sonic snap +21 (3d6+9 So; critical stunned [DC 16])
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Offensive Abilities atmospheric enhancement, sonic snap
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +4; Con +6; Int —; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +22 (+14 to fly in normal atmosphere),
Athletics +17 (+25 to swim)
Other Abilities aerial buoyancy, amphibious, mindless,
water breathing
ECOLOGY
Environment warm or temperate hills or water
Organization solitary, pair, or cacophony (3–7)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Aerial Buoyancy (Ex) An atlapak can inflate its lightweight
body and flap its gills to swim through the air. In normal
atmosphere, the atlapak moves at half speed with clumsy
maneuverability. In thick atmosphere, the atlapak flies at
full speed with average maneuverability. It’s unable to fly
in environments with thin atmosphere or no atmosphere.
Atmospheric Enhancement (Ex) An atlapak’s sonic snap
ability becomes increasingly effective the denser
its surroundings. In normal and thicker atmospheric
conditions, the range increment increases to 100 feet,
and the DC to resist the atlapak’s critical hit effect
increases by 2. In thick atmosphere or underwater, the
sonic snap gains the sniper (250 ft.) weapon property.
Sonic Snap (Ex) By cocking and then snapping shut its
specialized claw as a standard action, an atlapak can
create a sonic burst as a ranged attack. This attack
has a range increment of 80 feet, targets EAC, and has
the penetrating special property, ignoring 9 points of
its target’s hardness. This ability doesn’t function in
environments with no atmosphere.
ATLAPAK JUVENILE
CR 3
XP 800
N Medium vermin (aquatic)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 120 ft., sense through (vision
[fog only]) 60 ft.; Perception +8
DEFENSE
EAC 14; KAC 16
Fort +7; Ref +5; Will +2
Immunities deafened; Resistances sonic 5
HP 40
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., swim 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (Ex, clumsy
or average)
Melee claw +8 (1d6+4 B)
Ranged sonic snap +11 (1d4+3 So; critical
staggered [DC 12])
Offensive Abilities atmospheric enhancement,
sonic snap
STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +4; Con +2; Int —; Wis +0; Cha –1
Skills Acrobatics +13 (+5 to fly in normal atmosphere),
Athletics +8 (+16 to swim)
Other Abilities aerial buoyancy, amphibious, mindless,
water breathing
ECOLOGY
Environment warm or temperate hills or water
Organization solitary, pair, or cacophony (3–7)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Aerial Buoyancy (Ex) See above.
Atmospheric Enhancement (Ex) See above.
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Sonic Snap (Ex) See page 14; this attack has a range
increment of 50 feet, and its penetrating special property
ignores 3 points of its target’s hardness.
Often compared to evolutionarily
unrelated mantis shrimp, atlapaks
have banded shells that offer
considerable mobility. Their eight
pairs of legs have evolved for
walking and swimming; to
perceive their surroundings,
they have inquisitive antennae
and three compound eyes
mounted on movable stalks. These
large, amphibious arthropods are
also famous for their explosively
devastating claws—one pincer designed
for grasping and tearing and another
capable of opening and snapping shut with
incredible speed to generate cavitating sonic blasts.
Rather than creating a localized explosion, an atlapak can fan
its abdominal plates to focus and direct the sonic energy into
a distant burst that can stun or outright kill prey hundreds of
feet away. The denser the medium—whether liquid or gas—the
more effective the blast. Atlapaks can grow as much as 10 feet
long, while juveniles are around 5 feet long.
Atlapaks prefer lurking in sheltered burrows that provide
commanding views, such as coral reefs or low hills. From
there, the creatures hunt by ambush, waiting for prey to
approach within easy striking range before unleashing
several sonic bursts and closing in for the kill. Underwater,
atlapaks often cohabitate with colonial tube worms like the
pileated tsorkos, which gradually accumulate sandy mounds
and tunnels. The atlapaks help watch for danger and often
leave food scraps, while the worms provide good hiding spots
and vantage points.
Older atlapaks more often leave the water to seek terrestrial
prey, using their natural buoyancy to hover several hundred
feet above the surface while scouting for food. Drifting in
this way also helps adults find mates, and although atlapaks
most often reproduce in water, their eggs can survive in humid
terrestrial environments. Some unlucky jungle explorers have
fallen prey to the young arthropods when atlapak eggs adhered
to the underside of tree branches hatch and drift into convoys.
Although unintelligent, atlapaks exhibit utterly uncanny
ballistics mastery. Their antennae are extremely sensitive
to humidity and currents, for which the arthropods adjust
their aim. Not only do their questing compound eyes provide
exceptional depth perception, but their lenses also help them
compensate for the refracting and obscuring qualities of
water vapor and other gases, providing them with a
clear view of their surroundings even in foggy
conditions. Collectively, these features
enable atlapaks to pinpoint and strike
even fast-moving targets.
Fresh atlapak meat has a clean taste
that appeals to many species, though
it acquires a repugnant sliminess
within hours of the creature’s
death. As a result, connoisseurs
often commission live atlapak
shipments to their restaurants,
despite the danger the cargo
presents for most starships. Kalos
(Alien Archive 68) are especially
partial to atlapak flesh, hunting
the animals to near-extinction on
their home world, Kalo-Mahoi.
SNAP WHIPS
Until recently, atlapaks’ exceptional pincers resisted
engineers’ efforts to replicate the same mechanics in the form
of a reliable weapon. In the past three decades, breakthroughs
in materials science have enabled arms manufacturers to create
handheld versions of an atlapak claw, which take the form of
a semi-flexible, whip-like rod. An assemblage of reinforced
metallic percussion plates and high-pressure levers near
the rod’s tip creates a focused shock of sonic energy when
activated, shattering nearby materials. Artificial ligaments
strung throughout the rod translate the kinetic energy of
a user’s backswing to rearm the device, priming it to release
another sonic burst. Early prototypes of the snap whip directly
incorporated atlapak components, though all but the most
eccentric versions of such whips are now entirely synthetic and
merely borrow the atlapak’s uniquely evolved design.
The drow corporation Arabani Arms ultimately developed
the breakthrough technology that created viable snap whips,
and it continues to protect the design via patents and ongoing
research despite the countless lethal imitations that have
appeared on the market. The company’s R&D department has
yet to replicate atlapaks’ particular ability to channel sound
waves over long distances—a breakthrough that would allow
Arabani Arms to create a devastating new sniper weapon—but
it has come close on several occasions.
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WEAPON MODEL
Snap whip, thunderstrike
Snap whip, LFD
Snap whip, HFD
Snap whip, banshee
LEVEL
3
8
13
18
PRICE
1,600
10,100
54,000
445,000
DAMAGE
1d6 So
2d6 So
5d6 So
10d6 So
CRITICAL
Staggered
Staggered
Stunned
Stunned
BULK
1
1
1
1
SPECIAL
Analog, penetrating, reach, sunderAR
Analog, penetrating, reach, sunderAR
Analog, penetrating, reach, sunderAR
Analog, penetrating, reach, sunderAR
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BRAIN COLLECTOR
BRAIN COLLECTOR
CR 8
XP 4,800
BRAIN
COLLECTOR
CR 8
XP 4,800
CE Large aberration
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +16
DEFENSE
EAC 19; KAC 20
Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +13
DR 10/magic; Immunities confused condition; SR 19
Weaknesses brain dependency
OFFENSE
SPECIAL ABILITIES
HP 105
Speed 10 ft., fly 40 ft. (Su, perfect)
Melee bite +15 (1d12+12 P plus brain collector venom) or
claw +15 (1d8+12 S)
Multiattack bite +9 (1d12+12 P plus brain collector venom), 2
claws +9 (1d8+12 S)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Offensive Abilities brain collection
Spells Known (CL 7th; ranged +13)
3rd (3/day)—arcing surge (DC 20), ray of exhaustion (DC 20)
2nd (6/day)—caustic conversion, hold person (DC 19),
invisibility, polymorphAA2 (self only; four predetermined
humanoid forms)
1st (at will)—magic missile, unseen servant
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +2; Con +2; Int +6; Wis +2; Cha +2
Skills Acrobatics +2 (+10 to fly), Life Science +21,
Mysticism +21, Physical Science +16; see Strange
Knowledge
Languages Abyssal, Aklo, up to 7 other languages as
determined by brain collection; telepathy 100 ft.
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
Brain Collection (Ex) A brain collector can store up to
seven brains of Small or Medium creatures to enhance
their knowledge and power, learning a single language
known by the former owner of each stored brain. A brain
collector can extract a brain from a helpless opponent
with a coup de grace action that kills the opponent, or
they can extract one as a standard action from a body
that has been dead for no longer than 1 minute.
Brain Dependency (Ex) A brain collector that has fewer
than seven collected brains gains 1 negative level
for each missing brain, and a brain collector with no
collected brains can’t cast any of their spells. These
negative levels never become permanent and can be
removed only by adding brains to a brain collector’s
collection. The statistics presented here assume a brain
collector with a full collection.
Strange Knowledge (Ex) A brain collector can access the
collective knowledge of their stored brains. If they have
at least one brain in their collection, they gain one of the
following skills (with 8 ranks) in which the former owner
was trained: Bluff +16, Computers +16, Culture +16,
Engineering +16, Medicine +16, Piloting +16, Profession
+16, or Sense Motive +16. For every three additional
brains in their collection, the brain collector gains one
additional skill from the list among the skills in which the
former owners were trained.
BRAIN COLLECTOR VENOM
Type poison (injury); Save Fortitude DC 18
Track Strength (special); Frequency 1/round for 6 rounds
Effect progression track is Healthy—Weakened—
Staggered—Immobile
Cure 2 consecutive saves
The hideous brain collectors,
also known as neh-thalggus,
originate from worlds beyond
the known galaxy, and they
belong to the hostile coalition called the
Dominion of the Black. These creatures’
common name stems from their
obsession with absorbing the brains
of any being they deem inferior—in
effect, virtually every other being—
not to gain sustenance, but to
increase their intellect and power
their spells.
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Brain collectors resemble vaguely scorpion-like creatures
with lamprey mouths, jagged pincers, and clattering legs
studded with twitching eyes. Pulsating, brain-filled blisters
line their backs, making these monstrous creatures easily
distinguishable from other predators in the Vast. Those
who survive encounters with brain collectors
describe eerie, whispering thoughts intruding
into their minds. These thoughts seem
to simultaneously offer salvation and
destruction, and some victims report that
they couldn’t determine whether the
thoughts belonged to the brain collector,
the pulsating brain sacs, or their own
traumatized imaginations.
Even after millennia of exposure to
Pact Worlds species, brain collectors’
motivations remain murky; it remains
unclear whether they act to fulfill the
schemes of sinister overlords
among the Dominion of the Black
or if their hostility stems from an
utterly incomprehensible morality,
if not outright cruelty. Whatever the
case, brain collectors are relentless. Upon
landing on a planet in living drop-ships, their
vessels rot into useless biological matter as well as
metal components the brain collectors use to convert
caves and abandoned buildings into unsettling, fleshwalled compounds. From these bases, the brain collectors
systematically hunt, kill, and claim the brains of intelligent
beings. Once satiated—which can take anywhere from a few
days to many years, depending on their needs—the brain
collectors rapidly disassemble their fleshy homes, reconstruct
their shuttles, and return to their orbiting starships. They then
set off for another distant world to repeat the process—or
return their cerebral payload to their unknown home worlds.
Largely solitary, brain collectors hunt alone even when
sharing starships and lairs. The greatest emotional bond they
form comes through brain-swapping, a grotesque process
that allows them to share their victims’ memories. To a brain
collector, other creatures simply serve as resources, with no
more rights or dignity than their ships’ fuel. Even so, they
regularly attract cults dedicated to the Dominion whose
members harbor misguided hopes that obeisance might save
the cultists’ lives. For the most part, neh-thalggus don’t care
for these cults, and the members have no guarantees of safety.
Yet some brain collectors appear to take pleasure in being
worshipped, even if it mostly just makes their jobs easier. A
few unsubstantiated reports claim that neh-thalggus who
consume the brains of zealous individuals can inadvertently
absorb humanoid notions of faith, in turn developing
uncharacteristic habits of grandiosity, generosity, or
protectiveness. If these anomalies exist, it seems other brain
collectors quickly eradicate the heretics.
Xenoanthropologists’ research suggests that brain
collectors’ religion venerates the primordial forces of space
and time, potentially serving as the belief that unifies
the species and drives their behavior. Others, however,
believe that brain collectors simply “practice” religion out
of boredom during their long journeys among
the stars, and that they take it no more or less
seriously than rote mathematics. However,
an emerging theory proves among the
most concerning: that over the eons they
spent accumulating knowledge, brain
collectors have discovered some fearful,
fundamental truths of the universe—and
only faith preserves them from abject terror.
Brain collectors are among the most
commonly encountered members of the
Dominion of the Black, though they
rarely interact or cooperate with
others from that enigmatic group.
However, they practically never
enter into direct competition with
one another. A common punishment
for a scheming or inefficient brain
collector involves violently tearing out
their brain collection, then abandoning
them on a lifeless moon to suffer centuries
of stupefaction and powerlessness. According
to unconfirmed rumors, brain collectors that excel
at their duties undergo transformations to become far
more powerful and horrific creatures.
The average brain collector has a stature about 6 feet tall
and 9 feet across; they can weigh over 3,500 pounds.
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On occasion, brain collectors that have an overabundance of
brains conduct sadistic research on other creatures rather
than consuming them. A few of these augmented victims
survived and escaped from their captors, and biotech
laboratories have deduced far more humane ways to replicate
the brain collectors’ augmentations.
EMOTION ENHANCEMENT
SYSTEM
BRAIN
AUGMENTATION BIOTECH LEVEL 4
PRICE 2,100
You’ve had pieces of your brain replaced to inhibit some of
your emotions. You can’t gain morale bonuses, but you gain a
+4 enhancement bonus to saving throws against fear effects
and emotion effects.
NEURO-SENSORY SAC
SYSTEM
BRAIN
AUGMENTATION BIOTECH LEVEL 10
PRICE 18,000
You’ve had a small, gelatinous organ full of telepathic
neurons grafted to the back of your skull or neck. You gain
limited telepathy and blindsense (thought), each with a
range of 30 feet.
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CARRION WHEEL
CR 6
XP 2,400
CARRION
WHEEL
CR 6
XP 2,400
ICHOR
WHEEL
CR 14
XP 38,400
NE Medium aberration
Init +5; Senses darkvision (60 ft.); Perception +18
DEFENSE
HP 90
EAC 18; KAC 20
Fort +8; Ref +10; Will +6
Defensive Abilities reflexive rash, unflankable; Resistances
acid 10
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., burrow 10 ft.
Melee tentacles +16 (1d8+8 B plus inflame)
Offensive Abilities ambush, inflame
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +5; Con +3; Int –4; Wis +0; Cha –1
Skills Acrobatics +13, Stealth +18, Survival +13
Languages Aklo (can’t speak)
ECOLOGY
Environment any land
Organization solitary, pair, or plague (3–15)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Ambush (Ex) A carrion wheel can adeptly ambush its prey
while concealed. A carrion wheel that can act during a
surprise round can take its full round of actions. It gains a
+2 bonus to any attacks it makes during a surprise round.
Inflame (Su) Toxic enzymes on the carrion wheel’s tentacles
cause targets’ skin to erupt in painful rashes and
excruciating, acid-filled boils. A creature hit by a carrion
wheel’s tentacle attack is sickened for 1 round and
develops boils (Fortitude DC 14 negates both effects). The
next time the creature takes bludgeoning, piercing, or
slashing damage, the boils explode violently, dealing 2d8
acid damage to the target (no save) and 2d8 acid damage
to each creature within 5 feet of the target (Reflex DC 14
for half). If not ruptured, the boils fade naturally after 10
minutes, and they can be removed magically with lesser
remove condition. This ability is a disease effect.
Reflexive Rash (Su) A creature that briefly touches a
carrion wheel (such as with an unarmed attack or
most combat maneuvers) is exposed to the carrion
wheel’s inflame ability (Reflex DC 14 negates). Actions
that involve longer contact, such as grapple combat
maneuvers, automatically expose the creature to the
inflame ability with no Reflex save.
ICHOR WHEEL
CR 14
XP 38,400
N Medium aberration
Init +8; Senses darkvision (60 ft.); Perception +28
DEFENSE
HP 250
EAC 28; KAC 30
Fort +16; Ref +16; Will +14
Defensive Abilities reflexive rash, unflankable; Resistances
acid 15
OFFENSE
Speed 50 ft.
Melee tentacles +27 (4d6+20 B plus inflame)
Multiattack 4 tentacles +21 (4d6+20 B plus inflame)
Offensive Abilities ambush, inflame, nauseating display
Space 5 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
STATISTICS
Str +6; Dex +8; Con +4; Int –3; Wis +0; Cha –3
Skills Acrobatics +23, Stealth +23, Survival +15
Languages Aklo (can’t speak); limited telepathy
ECOLOGY
Environment any land
Organization solitary, pair, or plague (3–15)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Ambush (Ex) See above.
Inflame (Su) See above; the saving throw DCs are 20, and
the acid damage is 8d6.
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Nauseating Display (Ex) As a swift action, the ichor wheel
quickly expels and reabsorbs parts of its internal organs in
an attempt to disgust observers. Creatures within 30 feet
become sickened for 2d6 rounds (Will DC 20 negates).
Once a creature has been exposed to an ichor wheel’s
display, it can’t be affected by the same ichor wheel’s
display for 24 hours. This is a sense-dependent effect.
Reflexive Rash (Su) See page 18; The Reflex save DC is 20.
Carrion wheels are furiously writhing masses of tentacles,
most often seen rolling in ravenous packs across Aucturn’s
deserts. These bizarre creatures resemble tumbleweeds at a
distance, but their fleshy, pulsating bodies covered in beady
black eyes become more apparent up close. They move
across land on tentacles that they also use to capture prey—
even the slightest touch inflicts a supernatural swelling
as carrion wheels can begin digesting their victims even
before transferring the flesh into their toothy maws.
Carrion wheels earn their names for their unusual
locomotion: rather than walking on their tentacles,
which leaves them vulnerable to faster
predators, they wind their tentacles into
a wheel shape and roll across the terrain.
Their meandering paths leave angry sores
on Aucturn’s landscape, but traveling over
rough terrain often tears them up, covering
carrion wheels in blood and scars that hardly seem to bother
the creatures. During Aucturn’s storms, carrion wheels roll with
the winds, often gathering into groups of a hundred or more
that barrel across the land. Where they find prey, they unravel
and feast before embarking once more. For this reason, smaller
settlements on Aucturn often include angled berms or concave
walls that deflect incoming carrion wheels.
When not on the move, carrion wheels bury themselves
so that only their tentacles remain aboveground, resembling
desert brush. Unless starving (or if the winds blow just right),
the creatures survive as ambush predators, snatching any
suitable meals that approach within striking range of their
hiding spots. Although fairly unintelligent, carrion wheels
can capably mimic a variety of flora by posing, flattening, and
wafting their tentacles.
Thanks to the creatures’ hostility (and Aucturn’s
inhospitable conditions), studying carrion wheels poses a
challenge. The greatest mystery pertains to their reproduction,
as they’ve never been observed mating. In a few confirmed
cases, injured carrion wheels have split apart and survived
as separate organisms, yet on Aucturn this method seems
an anomaly rather than the norm. Instead, the creatures
somehow seed the landscape to trigger mass birthing events
on Aucturn in which hundreds of fluid-filled pustules appear
on the landscape overnight. Over the course of three days,
these blisters balloon from apple-sized welts to throbbing,
cow-sized cysts. On the fourth day, they burst in foul geysers,
and each release an adolescent carrion wheel that swiftly
whirls away in search of prey. In addition to releasing young
aberrations, these ruptured boils leave behind strange tunnel
networks, suggesting the carrion wheels might even originate
belowground and only emerge above at a later life stage.
However, the few attempts to explore these fetid tunnels have
ended in tragedy. Instead, most explorers are content to listen
at the tunnel entrances, from which messages in Aklo and
unidentifiable languages periodically waft.
These bizarre phenomena don’t hold for
carrion wheels on other planets, where the
creatures seem to reproduce only by fission.
Carrion wheels prove most dangerous after
they travel through the black, psychotropic
ichor that runs through Aucturn’s throbbing
veins. Rarely, one of the creatures develops
a taste for the substance, after feeding on the
ichor directly from the planet or feeding on an
orocoran (Alien Archive 90) fat on the fluid. The ichor
makes carrion wheels especially powerful, cunning, and
aggressive. These so-called “ichor wheels” forgo burrowing
for a more mobile lifestyle. As they feast, ichor wheels seem to
enjoy collecting souvenirs (sometimes valuable treasures, but
more often leftover bones and viscera) that they adhere to their
bodies in a macabre expression of individuality. What they can’t
carry, they arrange into artfully gruesome monuments.
Carrion wheels are native to Aucturn, but are occasionally
found on other worlds. Rare specimens crop up on a variety
of planets, thriving in colder, drier environments. It remains
unclear how the creatures spread, though the leading
theory proposes that biological matter from Aucturn can
spontaneously develop into carrion wheels if visiting starships
fail to properly sterilize. Any number of factors could contribute
to their spread, which drives researchers to subdue and collect
rogue carrion wheels across the galaxy in search of answers.
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WHEEL
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Whether using toxic nanites or reality-altering spells, magic
can replicate the painful effects of a carrion wheel’s venom.
INFLAME
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2
School evocation (acid)
Casting Time 1 standard action
Range touch
Duration 1 minute/level (see text)
Saving Throw Fortitude negates; Spell Resistance yes
You make a melee attack against a single target’s EAC. If
you hit, the target must succeed at a Fortitude save or it is
sickened and develops painful blisters and boils that last for
the spell’s duration. If the target takes bludgeoning, piercing,
or slashing damage while inflamed, the boils burst, dealing 4d6
acid damage to the target and all adjacent creatures; adjacent
creatures can halve this damage with a successful Reflex save.
Once the boils burst, the spell ends and the sickened effect
continues until the end of the target’s next turn.
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CLOUD RAY
CLOUD SKATE
CR 6
XP 2,400
CLOUD SKATE
CR 6
XP 2,400
CLOUD RAY
CR 13
XP 25,600
N Large animal
Init +5; Senses low-light vision; Perception +13
DEFENSE
HP 90
EAC 18; KAC 20
Fort +10; Ref +10; Will +5
Defensive Abilities explosive death (5d8 F, 20 ft., Reflex
DC 14); Resistances electricity 5
Weaknesses vulnerable to fire
OFFENSE
Speed 5 ft., fly 80 ft. (Ex, perfect)
Melee tail lash +16 (1d8+9 S)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Offensive Abilities natural thruster
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +5; Con +1; Int –5; Wis +2; Cha –1
Skills Acrobatics +13 (+21 to fly), Athletics +18, Stealth +13
ECOLOGY
Environment any sky (Bretheda, Liavara)
Organization solitary, pair, or school (3–24)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Explosive Death (Ex) If a cloud skate is reduced to 0
Hit Points by fire or electricity damage, its internal
reservoirs of explosive gases and
combustible fluids detonate, dealing
the listed fire damage to all targets
in a 20-foot burst centered on
itself (Reflex DC 14 half).
Natural Thruster (Ex)
Three times per day as
a swift action, a cloud
skate can gain a burst of speed until the beginning of its
next turn. During this time, it doubles its fly speed, gains
Spring Attack as a bonus feat, and deals an additional
1d8 damage with its tail lash attack.
CLOUD RAY
CR 13
XP 25,600
N Gargantuan animal
Init +6; Senses low-light vision; Perception +23
DEFENSE
HP 225
EAC 27; KAC 29
Fort +17; Ref +17; Will +12
Defensive Abilities explosive death (9d8 F, 30 ft., Reflex DC
19); Resistances electricity 15
Weaknesses vulnerable to fire
OFFENSE
Speed 5 ft., fly 70 ft. (Ex, perfect)
Melee tail lash +26 (2d12+15 S plus 2d6 E; critical stunned)
Multiattack 3 tail lashes +21 (2d12+15 E plus 2d6 E; critical
stunned)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 25 ft.
Offensive Abilities natural thruster
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +6; Con +3; Int –5; Wis +4; Cha –1
Skills Acrobatics +23 (+31 to fly), Athletics +28, Stealth +23
ECOLOGY
Environment any sky (Bretheda, Liavara)
Organization solitary, pair or eclipse (3–12)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Explosive Death (Ex) See above.
Natural Thruster (Ex) See above, but the cloud-ray’s
natural thruster increases its tail attack damage by 1d12.
Gliding dreamily through the cloudy ecosystems of Bretheda,
Liavara, and other gas giants, cloud rays move with fluid grace
and terrifying speed. Their wide bodies consist of a single broad
wing and three trailing tails, with two rows of yellow-green
eyes and a wide maw set forward, roughly denoting a “head.”
Mottled patterns of orange, red, and purple line their backs;
their coloration grows brighter and more distinct as they age.
Schools of these majestic predators periodically flock in the
dozens, grazing on clouds of drift algae in the upper atmosphere
for months before descending into the thick, lower atmosphere
to actively hunt larger prey. Because of this cyclical behavior,
many assume cloud rays are gentle giants emblematic of the
Pact Worlds’ unspoiled wilds before getting caught by surprise
and attacked during the rays’ aggressive cycle.
Like many Brethedan creatures, a cloud ray almost
constantly filter feeds. It ingests organic compounds from
the gas giant’s atmosphere before breaking them down for
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bladders to maintain its buoyancy at rest. When in distress
or in pursuit, a cloud ray ejects a portion of this gas into its
blast siphons, specialized organs located on either side of
its body. A cloud ray’s body has evolved to withstand these
blasts and high-G maneuvers—with its flexible cartilaginous
skeleton, cushioned nervous system, and sharp tails that gain
lethal momentum from the burst—yet the ray isn’t equipped to
withstand explosive forces outside the blast siphon. Deadly
heat can accidentally trigger the volatile gases, causing a cloud
ray to detonate in a dangerous fireball.
Smaller and more social cousins to cloud rays, cloud skates
remain together in small hunting packs when they enter their
aggression cycle. Cloud skates tend to act more skittish,
however, and keep their distance from settlements.
Though cloud rays travel in small groups during their passive
cycles and when breeding, they hunt alone once they enter
their aggression cycle. Mature males typically maintain their
active cycles for longer periods, lurking in the soupy lower
atmosphere, and they periodically jostle each other in finslapping dominance displays that echo hauntingly for miles.
Like most Brethedan creatures, cloud rays can easily shift their
sex to adapt to their social surroundings, but once an adult
shifts to male, it generally remains too aggressive and isolated
to shift to another sex. After rising to the upper atmosphere to
mate, a female deposits her eggs in delicate wisps kept aloft by
the wind. These eggs hatch several weeks later, and the tiny
rays shelter within drifting plant habitats for a few months
before growing large enough to set off in search of richer
nutrition. Reaching adulthood takes roughly 15 years for a
cloud ray or 9 years for a cloud skate, after which either species
can live as long as a century—if not killed for food before then.
Despite their fish-like appearance, the predominantly warmblooded cloud rays supplement their warmth by basking in
sunlight and adjusting their coloration to absorb or reflect more
solar energy. Their movements generate electrical charges that
they store in an organic capacitor at the base of their tails and
can discharge into prey. However, the smaller cloud skates
possess only a rudimentary version of this organ that merely
absorbs minor charges and gradually releases them as an
underdeveloped form of electroreception.
Cloud rays can flourish on almost any gas giant, and
domesticated rays can even survive in the skies above
terrestrial worlds with proper supplements.
CLOUD RAY
LEVELS
CLOUD RAY
6-20
Huge animal
Senses low-light vision
Good Save Ref; Poor Saves Fort, Will
Resistances electricity 10
Weakness vulnerable to fire
Speed 5 ft.; fly 70 ft. (Ex, perfect)
Melee Attack tail lash (S)
Space 15 ft. Reach 15 ft.
Ability Modifiers Str, Dex
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Natural Thruster (Ex) Three times per day as a swift
action, a cloud ray companion can gain a burst of speed
until the beginning of its next turn. During this time, it
doubles its fly speed, gains Spring Attack as a bonus
feat, and deals additional damage with its tail lash
equal to half its level.
Tail Taser (Ex) A cloud ray companion’s tail lash attacks
gain the stunned critical hit effect.
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Cloud rays can be tamed with patience and
food, making them favorite mounts for gas
prospectors and naturalists on gas giants.
Raised to smaller sizes than their wild counterparts,
they serve as ideal companions for groups or industrial use
in aerial environments. Their ability to survive by grazing on
floating algae and lichen makes them more reliable than many
vehicles in isolated frontiers. Careful control over what and
how much the beast eats helps keep them in their docile
grazing cycle and suppresses their combustible death
throes as well. Most cloud rays bond to a single master,
becoming notoriously difficult with new riders.
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COPAXI SOCIALITE
CR 1
XP 400
COPAXI
SOCIALITE
CR 1
XP 400
Copaxi envoy
NG Medium humanoid (copaxi)
Init +2; Senses blindsense (scent) 30 ft.; Perception +5
DEFENSE
EAC 11; KAC 12
Fort +3; Ref +3; Will +4
HP 17
OFFENSE
COPAXI
SPECIAL OPS
CR 4
XP 1,200
Speed 30 ft.
Melee tactical baton +4 (1d4 B)
Ranged static arc pistol +6 (1d6+1 E; critical arc 2)
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +2; Con +1; Int +1; Wis +0; Cha +4
Skills Bluff +10, Computers +5, Culture +10, Diplomacy +10,
Intimidate +10, Sense Motive +10, Stealth +5
Languages Common, Copaxi, any 2 others
Other Abilities envoy improvisations (dispiriting taunt,
universal expression), gravity adjustment
Gear second skin, static arc pistol with 2 batteries (20
charges each), tactical baton
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Tabrid Minor)
Organization solitary, pair, or coalition (3–10)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Gravity Adjustment (Su) Retaining some of their ancient
connection to the universe’s gravitational forces, a copaxi
can adjust their personal gravity as a standard action. They
can treat high or low gravity as standard gravity or treat
standard gravity as high or low gravity. These adjustments
affect only the copaxi and anything they carry, but not
thrown weapons. A copaxi can’t adjust to or from extreme
or zero gravity. This adjustment remains in effect until the
copaxi spends another standard action to return to their
environment’s natural gravity. Entering an environment
with a different gravity also cancels the
copaxi’s ongoing gravitational adjustment.
COPAXI SPECIAL OPS
CR 4
XP 1,200
Copaxi solarian
LN Medium humanoid (copaxi)
Init +3; Senses blindsense (scent) 30 ft.; Perception +10
DEFENSE
EAC 16; KAC 18
Fort +6; Ref +6; Will +5
HP 50
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee solar weapon +12 (1d6+9 plus 1d2 B)
Ranged thunderstrike sonic pistol +9 (1d8+4 So; critical
deafen)
Offensive Abilities stellar revelations (black hole [20-foot
radius, pull 10 ft., DC 13], gravity anchor, gravity boost
[+1], supernova [10-foot radius, 5d6 F; DC 13])
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +3; Con +1; Int +0; Wis +0; Cha +1
Skills Acrobatics +10, Athletics +15, Mysticism +10, Stealth +10
Languages Common, Copaxi, any 2 others
Other Abilities gravity adjustment, solar manifestation
(solar weapon), stellar alignment
Gear graphite carbon skin, thunderstrike sonic pistol with 2
batteries (20 charges each), minor muon crystalAR
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Tabrid Minor)
Organization solitary, pair, team (3–9) or squadron (10–20)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Gravity Adjustment (Su) See above.
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Copaxis evolved from copi, an unintelligent, coral-like
organism that once covered their home world—the now
heavily industrialized planet Tabrid Minor. Copi exhibit a
supernatural attunement to the universe’s gravitational
forces, and for ages, copaxis harnessed this organism’s
power to create floating cities where they lived for centuries
in a near-utopia.
The Signal changed copaxi society forever in 3 ag when
copaxi inventors discovered how to refine copi into a semiorganic alloy suitable for constructing starships. Conflicting
ideologies arose between traditionalists who clung to their
people’s ancient mysticism and technological innovators
who wished to explore the stars. These differences led
to violence and, eventually, all-out war. The ensuing
struggles toppled the established order, nearly destroyed
copaxi mystical traditions, and led copaxis to abandon
their flying cities in pursuit of industrialization. The newly
united copaxis decimated the planet’s copi, simultaneously
fueling a technological revolution while also severing their
connection to the copi’s supernatural power.
Thanks to their world-spanning government’s fearful
suppression of its past for decades, modern copaxis have
only recently begun uncovering their planet’s history. Most
admit that Tabrid Minor has suffered as a result of rapid
industrialization, but few know the extent of the damage or
comprehend their ancestors’ sacrificed connection to copi.
Fewer still know the history of robotic life on the planet,
for the government strictly monitors such technology and
has instilled a superstitious fear of anything resembling a
sentient machine in the populace. After Tabrid Minor began
petitioning the Pact Worlds for protectorate status
several years ago, the planet’s government increased
its crackdown on historical introspection, fearing the
world’s fraught past might undermine its chances of
being accepted.
Copaxis have long enjoyed an affinity for
solarian techniques, particularly minor feats
of gravity control, though their current
powers encompass only a shadow of what the
species once accomplished with their full copi connection.
Now that adventurers have begun rediscovering their
people’s ancient techniques locked away in the floating
cities, sundry factions—from independent gyms to soldierscholars trained by the military—have begun restoring and
innovating the nearly forgotten arts of gravity manipulation
and ecological mysticism.
A copaxi is a colony of individual, genetically identical
polyps that have developed into an anthropomorphic form.
Each polyp includes five feeding tentacles, about 2 inches
long, that facilitate filter feeding. These polyps adapt and
intertwine to form every part of a copaxi’s body. Their
segmented, calcium-rich exoskeletons sometimes develop
elaborate horns and head crests that serve as unique
identifiers for a copaxi.
RACIAL TRAITS
Ability Adjustments: +2 Con, +2 Cha, –2 Wis
Hit Points: 4
Size and Type: Copaxis are Medium humanoids with
the copaxi subtype.
Blindsense: Copaxis have blindsense (scent) with a
range of 30 feet.
Gravity Adjustment: See page 22.
Natural Communicator: A copaxi quickly adopts
new forms of communication. Each time a copaxi
gains a rank in Culture, they learn two languages
rather than one language.
Regenerative Evolution: A copaxi gradually reshapes
their body and neural networks to overcome new
challenges. Each time a copaxi gains a level, they
can retrain all the choices of one previous character
level, as though they had used a mnemonic editor
(Core Rulebook 226). They must have qualified for
any new selections at the retrained level.
COPAXI
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ALUCIDAEMON
CR 4
XP 1,200
ALUCIDAEMON
CR 4
XP 1,200
NE Small outsider (daemon, evil, extraplanar)
Init +5; Senses blindsense (life) 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft.;
Perception +10
DEFENSE
ALORBIDAEMON
CR 12
XP 19,200
HP 52
EAC 16; KAC 17
Fort +3; Ref +5; Will +7
Immunities acid, death effects, disease, poison; Resistances
cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., fly 50 ft. (Su, average)
Melee slam +9 (1d4+6 B)
Ranged electro discharge +11 (1d4+4 E; critical arc 1d4)
Offensive Abilities virtual mortality
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 4th)
1/day—holographic image (2nd level, DC 15), laser netCOM
(DC 15)
1/day—magic missile, overheat (DC 14), remote operationCOM
At will—daze (DC 13), ghost sound (DC 13)
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +5; Con +0; Int +1; Wis +1; Cha +3
Skills Bluff +15, Computers +15, Culture +15, Engineering +10,
Piloting +10
Languages Abyssal, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Abaddon)
Organization solitary, pair, or local-area network party (3–16)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Electro Discharge (Su) An alucidaemon can produce an
electric discharge from their gauntlets. This is a ranged
attack against EAC that has a range increment of 20 feet.
Virtual Mortality (Su) As a standard action, an alucidaemon
can focus on a single living creature within 60 feet
that has immediate access to a personal comm unit or
datapad. Unless the target succeeds at a DC 15 Will save,
the device immediately activates a vidgame that compels
the target to play it. While the vidgame is active, the
target takes a –2 penalty to AC and saving throws.
The target can take a move action to play the vidgame,
allowing it to attempt another DC 15 Will save to end the
effect. At the end of each turn that the target doesn’t
take this move action, it begins to lose the vidgame and
takes 2d6 damage from the vidgame as deadly feedback.
Whether or not a creature succeeds at its saving throw
against this ability, it’s immune to further instances of
this effect for 24 hours. This is a mind-affecting effect.
ALORBIDAEMON
CR 12
XP 19,200
NE Large outsider (daemon, evil, extraplanar)
Init +8; Senses blindsense (life) 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft.;
Perception +22
Aura hazardous dedication (100 ft., DC 21)
DEFENSE
HP 200
EAC 26; KAC 27
Fort +11; Ref +13; Will +17
Immunities acid, death effects,
disease, poison; Resistances cold 10,
electricity 10, fire 10
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., fly 50 ft. (Su, average)
Melee slam +22 (2d10+16 B)
Ranged electro discharge +24 (2d8+12 E; critical
arc 3d6)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Offensive Abilities virtual mortality
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th; melee
+22, ranged +24)
1/day—holographic terrain (DC 22),
overload systems (DC 21)
3/day—arcing surge (DC 20),
displacement, holographic image (5th
level, DC 22), instant virus (DC 20)
At will—holographic image (3th level, DC 20),
magic missile, remote operationCOM
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STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +8; Con +2; Int +3; Wis +3; Cha +5
Skills Bluff +27, Computers +27, Culture +27,
Engineering +22, Piloting +22
Languages Abyssal, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Abaddon)
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Electro Discharge (Su) See page 24.
Hazardous Reality (Su) An alorbidaemon can distort reality
around themself. Each creature within 100 feet of the
alorbidaemon must succeed at a DC 21 Will save or take a
–2 penalty to saving throws against illusions; this penalty
persists while the creature remains in the aura and for 1
minute afterward. Any creature taking this penalty also
takes 4d10 damage at the end of each turn that they’re
within an area of holographic terrain or within 30 feet of a
holographic image (Will DC 21 negates), as the holographic
threats attack them and inflict mental strain. A creature
that succeeds at either Will save against hazardous reality
is immune to that alorbidaemon’s aura for 24 hours. This is a
mind-affecting effect.
Virtual Mortality (Su) See page 24; the Will save DC is 21,
and the damage dealt is 3d8.
Originating from the desolate plane of Abaddon, daemons
strive to end all life in existence—even destroying themselves
after snuffing out or consuming every other soul. A daemon’s
favorite method of killing often shapes their form and abilities.
Traditional daemons might embrace more conventional means
of inflicting death, though newer daemons have adapted to
the galaxy’s evolving technology. Both
alucidaemons and alorbidaemons prey
upon those who lose themselves
in digital media. The former
drain the life from those who grow obsessed with vidgames.
Especially dangerous, alorbidaemons arise from the souls of
wicked sensates who perish while engrossed in virtual reality
as their bodies withered from neglect.
Alucidaemons take the form of gaunt, child-like figures, their
eyes covered by a visor feeding them various realities while
they watch in slack-jawed awe. Nearly all of them move with the
help of a floating pod that serves as an extension of their bodies;
they control its movements with the mechanical gauntlets
permanently locked onto their withered hands. Alorbidaemons
appear as horrible amalgams of several alucidaemons, joined
together in a connected set of pods to form a single body. A
typical alucidaemon is 3 to 4 feet tall but weighs 200 pounds
due to their mechanical components. A typical alorbidaemon is
4–5 feet tall but can weigh 1,000 pounds
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This feat represents the knowledge of those dedicated to
playing vidgames.
Vidgame Aficionado
Through dedication, you’ve honed your skill at games and
employed them in your daily life.
D Prerequisites: Profession (vidgamer) 7 ranks
D Benefit: Your dedication to vidgames of all types has provided
you an eclectic array of trivia and skills. You can attempt any
Intelligence- or Wisdom-based Profession skill check using
your Profession (vidgamer) modifier with a –5 penalty, and
you’re treated as trained in those Profession skills. Once
per day, you can attempt a Profession (vidgamer) check to
identify a creature in place of using Engineering, Life
Science, or Mysticism.
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DAWN BEETLE
DAWN SUN-SCRAPPER
CR 2
XP 600
DAWN
SUN-SCRAPPER
CR 2
XP 600
DAWN
CORE-DIVER
CR 10
XP 9,600
N Large vermin
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +7
DEFENSE
EAC 13; KAC 16
Fort +6; Ref +1; Will +4
Immunities fire
HP 23
OFFENSE
space at standard navigation and astrogation speeds
(Starfinder Core Rulebook 290) using Survival instead of
Piloting to navigate. The beetle can initiate this travel only
while within 10 miles of an ongoing solar flare or similar
stellar phenomenon. The beetle can’t fly, but while traveling
and curled up, it can reliably survive crash landings, taking
only 3d6 falling damage no matter the height or speed.
DAWN CORE-DIVER
Speed 20 ft., burrow 10 ft.
Melee bite+8 (1d8+4 P) or
claw +10 (1d4+4 S)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
XP 9,600
STATISTICS
EAC 23; KAC 27
Fort +14; Ref +9; Will +12
Immunities fire
Str +2; Dex +0; Con +4; Int —; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +7, Survival +12
Other Abilities solar adaptation, solar slingshot, void
adaptation
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or crew (3–6)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Scrap (Ex) Known for its ability to tear apart virtually
anything to add to its junk hoard, a dawn sun-scrapper
gains a +4 racial bonus to sunder combat maneuvers.
Solar Slingshot (Ex) A dawn sun-scrapper can fly through
CR 10
N Large vermin
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +19
DEFENSE
HP 165
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., burrow 10 ft.
Melee bite +20 (2d10+15 P plus 1d10 F; critical burn 1d10) or
claw +22 (2d6+15 S plus 1d10 F)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Offensive Abilities breath weapon (30-ft. cone, 11d6 F,
Reflex DC 17 half, usable every 1d6 rounds)
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +2; Con +8; Int —; Wis +3; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +19, Survival +19
Other Abilities solar adaptation, solar slingshot, void
adaptation
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary or crew (1–2 plus 3–8 sun-scrapper
beetles)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Heated Carapace (Ex) A dawn core-diver exudes intense
heat, dealing 1d10 fire damage to any creature that hits
it with a natural weapon or unarmed strike and to any
creature the core-diver hits with its attacks.
Scrap (Ex) See above.
Solar Slingshot (Ex) See above.
Dawn beetles incubate deep within stars before
hatching, burrowing up to their star’s middle
layer, and seeking out debris to disassemble
and recycle into brood chambers. The pressure
deep within a star compresses and smooths
the beetles’ silicon-based bodies to an iridescent
sheen as they slowly tunnel through the plasma,
giving each a uniquely beautiful carapace.
With scissor-like mandibles that can punch
through steel and spiky claws able to tear
through stone, dawn beetles are notorious
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among mechanics, though Sarenrae’s followers revere these
beetles for their tenacity.
A dawn beetle’s life cycle consists of two principal stages:
sun-scrapper early on, then core-diver near the end of its life.
True to their name, sun-scrappers industriously scrabble about
the middle layers of stars, chasing after any asteroids, derelict
wrecks, and other debris that has survived the heat of entering
the sun and dissecting and gathering the wreckage into large
junk spheres. Sun-scrappers chew and mix the debris with
special saliva that vastly raises the material’s melting point,
allowing these spheres to remain mostly solid despite the heat.
Once a beetle’s collection becomes too large to carry in its jaws,
it instead pushes the mass backward with its hind legs as it
searches for more material. These collectors periodically gather
in crews for safety or, rarely, to push about a single massive
scrap ball. When a sun-scrapper’s sphere grows so enormous
that it sinks toward the star’s core, the beetle digs out a burrow
in the sphere that repels heat so capably that terrestrial
creatures and treasures can sometimes survive inside.
Of course, proper debris rarely lasts long after colliding
with the sun. When stymied in their search, dawn beetles
seek out sunspots, angle themselves toward distant stars,
and wait for a solar flare. The eventual explosion hurls the
beetles through space at tremendous speeds. Some crash into
other stars, where they begin their hunt anew. Others reach
far-flung planets, where the beetles quickly scavenge the
most promising scrap around. Though these intrepid colonists
mean living creatures no harm, the beetles not only devastate
buildings and vehicles, but they also periodically misidentify
and capture live prey who they stubbornly try to incorporate
into their junk balls. Core-divers on tectonically active planets
can even burrow into their new homes’ molten cores and
successfully hatch a new generation. Unfortunately, dawn
beetles that miss their targets float haplessly and indefinitely,
in rare cases colliding with unsuspecting starships and space
stations that they adopt as their new homes.
Thanks to their plodding compliance, dawn beetles are
rather easy to domesticate. With the proper saddle to dissipate
the heat, a rider can direct their mount like a living tractor,
pushing objects and demolishing structures. Unscrupulous
space pirates even hide within their mounts’ scrap spheres
while sending out distress signals, waiting for unsuspecting
starships to approach before emerging to have their beetles
burrow into their prey. Other thrill seekers exploit the
beetles’ navigation abilities, using planetary gravity
to slingshot them toward a distant destination,
or ride the beetles bareback through space as
part of rodeo competitions.
Some of Sarenrae’s faithful consider dawn
beetles a sacred animal. Acolytes take them
as mounts and follow them through the
galaxy, trusting in their patron’s power to
deliver them safely to other worlds to spread
the Dawnflower’s healing. They believe those
who can ride core-divers bareback without being burned are
especially blessed. The Sarenites of the Burning Archipelago
maintain small herds of the beetles on the surface, training
them to recycle the settlement’s waste. However, these beetles
periodically become too greedy, and the Archipelago’s security
must fend off hundreds of the scavengers.
SUN-SCRAPPER BEETLE COMPANIONS
Dawn beetles make agreeable companions so long as their
keepers periodically remind them not to disassemble nearby
vehicles and architecture. A sun-scrapper becomes anxious
unless regularly provided junk and a place to store it, but
properly bribed, it remains content to live with others for
years. Core-divers, on the other hand, rarely remain on the
surface long enough to serve as long-term companions.
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Senses darkvision 60ft
Good Save Fort; Poor Saves Ref, Will
Speed 20 ft., burrow 10 ft.
Melee Attack bite (P)
Space 10 ft. Reach 5 ft.
Ability Modifiers Con, Str
Other Abilities solar adaptation, void adaptation
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Junk Fortress (Ex) A sun-scrapper beetle gains the Barricade
feat. When you’re mounted on your sun-scrapper beetle
companion, you and your companion benefit equally from
the cover granted by Barricade.
Scrap (Ex) A sun-scrapper beetle gains a +4 racial bonus to
sunder combat maneuvers.
Solar Slingshot (Ex) See page 26.
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DEADFALL STALKER
DEADFALL STALKER
CR 12
XP 19,200
DEADFALL
STALKER
CR 12
XP 19,200
CN Large magical beast
Init +5; Senses blindsight (vibration) 60 ft., sense through
(blindsight [vibration]) 60 ft., sightless; Perception +27
DEFENSE
EAC 26; KAC 28
Fort +16; Ref +16; Will +11
Defensive Abilities regeneration 5 (electricity)
OFFENSE
HP 185
Speed 30 ft., burrow 15 ft., climb 30 ft.
Melee bite +22 (3d8+20 B plus swallow whole) or
claw +26 (3d6+20 S plus grab)
Multiattack 3 claws +20 (3d6+20 S plus grab)
Offensive Abilities singular attraction, swallow whole
(3d8+20 B, EAC 26, KAC 24, 46 HP)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th)
1/day—cosmic eddy (DC 19), greater invisibility (self only),
passwall
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with claws)
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +5; Con +4; Int –3; Wis +1; Cha –2
Skills Athletics +27, Stealth +22
Other Abilities compression, feast, void adaptation
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Apostae)
Organization solitary or tangle (2–8)
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
Feast (Su) Whenever a creature the deadfall stalker has
swallowed dies or loses or spends a Resolve Point while
dying, the deadfall stalker’s regeneration increases by 10
during the following round (maximum 25).
Singular Attraction (Ex) A deadfall stalker easily transfers
grabbed prey into its maw. A deadfall stalker can use
its swallow whole ability to swallow a creature even if
that creature wasn’t grappled or pinned by the deadfall
stalker’s bite attack.
Loosely resembling a spider, a deadfall stalker’s body hosts
a black hole singularity it uses to capture, crush, and digest
prey. Each of these subterranean predators skitters ably
on its host of legs—the number of appendages ranges from
12–31 but doesn’t impact their creatures’ mobility and is
unrelated to their age. A stalker’s strange, spherical body
has phalanxes of hairy appendages. Rather than eyes,
a deadfall stalker relies on its legs’ thousands of bristles,
using them to sense the faintest vibrations even through
thin atmosphere or stone. Those who survive encounters
with these beasts sometimes report the soft tapping of a
nearby stalker as it hauntingly raps on nearby surfaces to
listen for echoes and prey.
As ambush hunters, deadfall stalkers quietly patrol
their territory on the lookout for prey to catch unawares.
They’re adept at creeping up on targets, yet their favored
tactic involves using passwall to strike from a completely
unexpected direction. Once in range, a deadfall
stalker scrabbles to pin down its
prey with its legs before passing the
immobilized meal into its jawless maw,
which relies on suctioning force to crush
and swallow food whole. The internal singularity
and the organ that shelters it occupy roughly half
the stalker’s abdomen, and in addition to creating the
gravity fields that circulate the creature’s blood,
the singularity acts as a powerful gizzard that
pulverizes virtually anything the deadfall stalker
swallows. The beast draws sustenance from
the energy released by its prey’s disintegrating
atomic bonds and periodically excretes hyperdense waste pellets.
When a deadfall stalker accumulates too much
matter, its singularity grows too powerful to remain
housed safely in the creature’s body. Within a few
days, the stalker finds a safe place, hunkers
down, and locks its limbs against one another
in order to tear itself apart, undergoing
binary fission. In addition to creating
two healthy deadfall stalkers, each with
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half the number of legs as the original, this process snaps
the singularity in half, releasing a powerful shock wave that
registers on seismometers, breaks windows, and occasionally
triggers cave-ins. The two halves barely acknowledge each
other before skittering off to go their separate ways, gradually
growing a full set of legs over the next several months.
Deadfall stalkers typically live solitary existences.
However, they are fairly gregarious when meeting others of
their kind, often linking claws and patting each other’s joints
with remarkable tenderness before settling into a huddled
tangle of limbs. They can remain this way for days on
end. Because deadfall stalkers reproduce asexually,
it’s unclear why the creatures perform this soothing
ritual, yet they seem to enjoy each other’s company and
purposefully seek out occasional companions. If
lonely, these beasts need only seek out trails
that lack dust entirely to find each other,
for their singularities quietly vacuum up
loose debris wherever they walk.
Thankfully, this same trail helps
other creatures avoid the
stalkers. In at least
three documented
cases,
however,
these beasts have
sought out other species
for company—in each case
chasing down, capturing, and then delicately grooming their
distressed companion before releasing them wordlessly
several hours later.
The discovery of deadfall stalkers came only within the
last century, when a half-orc expedition into Apostae’s
interior unsealed a vault with walls dozens of feet thick. A
torrent of deadfall stalkers fell upon the spelunkers, and the
drow who received the distress calls responded by sealing
off that stretch of tunnels, thinking that sufficient to stem
the strange threat. However, deadfall stalkers have since
infiltrated several other sections of the planet, bypassing all
but the thickest barricades. Within a month, the creatures
had spread beyond the drow houses’ ability to contain the
threat, and deadfall stalkers have become a deadly reality for
those delving the planet’s depths.
Thankfully, deadfall stalkers can barely sense their
surroundings on Apostae’s airless surface, which discourages
the creatures from venturing too far into the open. Those that
do become hopelessly lost, often compressing themselves
into a tight mass before entering a period of hibernation.
This survival technique occasionally results in stalkers
hiding in surface ruins, or getting lodged into starship hulls
and inadvertently hitching rides across the galaxy. These
accidental stowaways adapt easily to new worlds, yet they
inexplicably reproduce far slower on other planets than
they do on Apostae. As much as this peculiarity baffles
researches, it’s welcome
news to the distant worlds
that wish to avoid being
overrun.
The few biologists
and behaviorists who’ve
studied deadfall stalkers and
lived to report their findings
have discovered that the creatures
don’t espouse particularly complex
belief systems, yet this information
hasn’t stopped the Cult of the Devourer
from obsessing over them. Feaster sects
in particular relish any opportunities to lure deadfall
stalkers into populated areas, all while forming a perimeter
to eliminate any bystanders who try to flee the scene. Other
worshippers—especially the cult’s recruiters—have tried to
tame the deadfall stalkers to turn them into dreadful mounts
or living tanks. Devourer cultists have even attempted to
transport deadfall stalkers to other planets, often with
disastrous results. Collectively, these destructive missions
rarely go as planned, as the escaped beasts often inflict just
as much havoc on their captors as they might once have on
the cultists’ intended targets.
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By capturing, studying, and dissecting deadfall stalkers—all at
considerable cost in blood and credits—the drow manufacturer
Arabani Arms Ltd. has created powerful cannons able to
create gravitational singularities at a distant point. These
instantaneous black holes tear apart nearby matter and, in
the process, hurl away any victims who can’t clear the area.
The singularity typically lasts for a split-second, yet slivers
of the microscopic black hole can adhere to unlucky targets,
painfully anchoring their bodies in place.
SINGULARITY CANNONS (TWO-HANDED HEAVY WEAPONS)
WEAPON MODEL
Singularity cannon,
light
Singularity cannon,
heavy
Singularity cannon,
advanced
Singularity cannon,
paragon
LEVEL
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PRICE
3,150
DAMAGE RANGE CRITICAL CAPACITY USAGE BULK
1d10 B 50 ft.
Bind
40
4
2
9
13,000
2d10 B
50 ft.
Bind
40
4
2
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76,750
3d10 B
60 ft.
Bind
80
6
3
19
555,000
6d10 B
70 ft.
Bind
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explode (5 ft.), forceAR, gravitationAR
(5 ft.), unwieldy
explode (5 ft.), forceAR, gravitationAR
(10 ft.), unwieldy
explode (10 ft.), forceAR, gravitationAR
(15 ft.), unwieldy
explode (10 ft.), forceAR, gravitationAR
(20 ft.), unwieldy
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ELEMENTAL
IMMENSE ELEMENTAL
IMMENSE
ELEMENTAL
Tier 1/2
GIGANTIC
ELEMENTAL
Tier 4
TITANIC
ELEMENTAL
Tier 10
TIER 1/2
N Tiny starship outsider (elemental, extraplanar)
Speed 10; Maneuverability perfect (turn 0)
AC 16; TL 16
HP 30; DT —; CT 6
Shields basic 20 (forward 5, port 5, starboard 5, aft 5)
Attack (Forward) gyrolaser (1d8; 5 hexes), light laser
cannon (2d4; 5 hexes)
Power Core elemental core (70 PCU); Drift Engine none;
Systems mk 3 armor, mk 3 defenses; Expansion Bays none
Other Abilities living starship, void adaptation
Engineer (1 action) Engineering +4 (1 rank)
Gunner (2 actions) gunnery +3 (1st level)
Pilot (1 action) Piloting +11 (1 rank)
ECOLOGY
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Living Starship (Ex) An immense elemental is a living
creature so immense that it functions as a starship (and
thus engages only in starship combat). It has no crew,
but it can still take engineer, gunner, and pilot actions
using the skill bonuses, ranks, and level listed above.
Modifiers for its size, speed, and maneuverability have
already been factored into its statistics. Use the table
below whenever the immense elemental takes critical
damage. The immense elemental’s elemental cohesion
can’t gain the wrecked condition.
D%
System
Effect
1–30
Weapons
Condition applies to all
gunner actions.
31–60
Propulsion
Condition applies to all pilot
actions.
61–90
Core
Condition applies to all
engineer actions, except
when patching or repairing
the core.
91–100 Elemental
Condition applies to all
cohesion
actions.
TIER 4
N Medium starship outsider (elemental, extraplanar)
Speed 8; Maneuverability good (turn 1)
AC 19; TL 19
HP 65; DT —; CT 13
Shields light 60 (forward 15, port 15, starboard 15, aft 15)
Attack (Forward) light plasma cannon (2d12; 5 hexes)
Attack (Port) light torpedo launcher (2d8; 20 hexes)
Attack (Starboard) light torpedo launcher (2d8; 20 hexes)
Attack (Turret) light particle beam (3d6; 10 hexes)
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ECOLOGY
Environment any sky or vacuum (Elemental Plane)
Organization solitary or pair
SPECIAL ABILITIES
TITANIC ELEMENTAL
Environment any sky or vacuum (Elemental Plane)
Organization solitary, pair, or squadron (3–5)
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CREW ACTIONS
Engineer (1 action) Engineering +10 (4 ranks)
Gunner (2 actions) gunnery +9 (4th level)
Pilot (1 action) Piloting +16 (4 ranks)
Living Starship (Ex) See above.
CREW ACTIONS
GIGANTIC ELEMENTAL
Power Core elemental core (150 PCU); Drift Engine none;
Systems mk 5 armor, mk 6 defenses; Expansion Bays none
Other Abilities living starship, void adaptation
TIER 10
N Huge starship outsider (elemental, extraplanar)
Speed 8; Maneuverability average (turn 2)
AC 25; TL 24
HP 230; DT 5; CT 46
Shields medium 100 (forward 25, port 25, starboard 25,
aft 25)
Attack (Forward) particle beam cannon (3d4×10; 20 hexes)
Attack (Port) high explosive missile launcher (4d8;
20 hexes)
Attack (Starboard) high explosive missile launcher (4d8;
20 hexes)
Attack (Turret) plasma cannon (5d12; 10 hexes)
Power Core elemental core (300 PCU); Drift Engine none;
Systems mk 7 armor, mk 7 defenses; Expansion Bays none
Other Abilities living starship, void adaptation
CREW ACTIONS
Engineer (1 action) Engineering +19 (10 ranks)
Gunner (2 actions) gunnery +15 (10th level)
Pilot (1 action) Piloting +24 (10 ranks)
ECOLOGY
Environment any sky or vacuum (Elemental Plane)
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Living Starship (Ex) See above.
Some elementals are so large that they function as starships
for the purposes of combat in Starfinder. Most commonly
encountered on the Elemental Planes, these rare creatures
tend to leave other natives of their elemental plane alone
but sometimes strike out aggressively at manufactured
starships they perceive as threats. Starship-sized elementals
that are pulled into the Material Plane (often by accident)
are equally as hostile and can be quite dangerous when
they appear along heavily used travel routes. Usually,
nothing short of a system’s entire standing fleet is enough
to counter an assault from the largest of these elementals.
There have even been rare instances of military forces
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conscripting a starship-scale elemental to join its forces,
with devastating effect.
Starship-sized elementals come in many shapes, from an
unformed mass of elemental material to a massive animal.
Some even appear as popular models of manufactured
starships, though scholars disagree on why—whether it’s an
attempt to blend in, or to lure such vessels closer and ambush
them. A starship-sized elemental’s weapons are magically
infused with the elemental energy of its home plane, though
this usually results in only cosmetic differences and has no
effect within starship combat. Their scale and appearance can
be so unexpected that inexperienced starship crews sometimes
mistake them for stellar phenomena.
The statistics for a specific starship-sized elemental can be
generated using one of the stat blocks above plus one of the
four following grafts.
ELEMENTAL STARSHIP GRAFTS
The four types of elemental starship grafts are listed below.
These grafts function similarly to the simple template grafts
used for non-starship creatures (Starfinder Alien Archive 150),
providing minor changes to the main stat block as well as
additional abilities.
Elemental Plane of Fire speed through the inky darkness
searching for ways to return to their home plane.
Traits: Fire subtype; increase speed by 4; reduce Piloting
bonus by 2; +4 bonus to Piloting checks for determining
when to act during the helm phase; burning blasts (see
below); Languages: Ignan.
Burning Blasts (Ex): Attacks from a starship-sized fire
elemental are hot enough to melt starship hulls. The fire
elemental increases damage dealt to Hull Points (not damage
that depletes Shield Points) by an amount equal to its tier
(minimum 1).
Water Elemental Starship Graft
Starship-sized elementals from the Elemental Plane of Water
retain their liquid forms even within the void of space.
Traits: Water subtype; increase TL by 2; –1 penalty to
gunnery checks; slippery stunts (see below); Languages:
Aquan.
Slippery Stunts (Ex): When a starship-sized air elemental
successfully performs a back off, barrel roll, evade, or slide
stunt, and the result of the check exceeds the DC by 5 or
more, the elemental can turn to face any direction at the end
of its movement.
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Despite being made of living wind, starship-sized elementals
from the Elemental Plane of Air are surrounded by a mystical
field of energy that keeps them from dissipating in a vacuum.
Traits: Air subtype; increase speed by 2; reduce distance
between turns by 1 (if already 0, the elemental instead gains
a +2 bonus to Piloting checks); reduce Piloting bonus by 1;
whirlwind flyby (see below); Languages: Auran.
Whirlwind Flyby (Ex): When a starship-sized air elemental
successfully performs the flyby stunt, in addition to
it firing at a chosen quadrant of the enemy vessel
at close range during the next gunnery phase,
the enemy vessel takes a –2 penalty to AC and TL
until the start of the next round and is turned to face the
direction of the air elemental’s choosing.
Earth Elemental Starship Graft
Elementals from the Elemental Plane of Earth tend to be
composed of dirt, stone, and crystal, and they are sometimes
mistaken for asteroids and comets.
Traits: Earth subtype; increase AC by 2; increase distance
between turns by 1 (maximum 4); earthen fortifications (see
below); Languages: Terran.
Earthen Fortifications (Ex): Penalties from critical
damage conditions for the starship-sized earth
elemental are reduced by 1.
Fire Elemental Starship Graft
Burning nearly as hot as a star,
spacebound elementals from the
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CR 3
XP 800
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CR 3
XP 800
N Medium undead (incorporeal)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +8
DEFENSE
HP 40
EAC 14; KAC 16
Fort +5; Ref +5; Will +4
Defensive Abilities incorporeal, rejuvenation; Immunities
undead immunities
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee antitech hoof +11 (1d6+7 B; DC 12, see desolation
endling template graft below) or
antitech horn +11 (1d6+7 P; DC 12, see desolation endling
template graft below)
Offensive Abilities demolition
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +2; Con —; Int –4; Wis +1; Cha –2
Skills Acrobatics +8, Athletics +13, Stealth +8
Other Abilities unliving
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Calen 5)
Organization solitary or retribution (2–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Antitech Natural Weapons (Su) See desolation endling
template graft below.
Demolition (Su) See desolation endling template graft below.
Rejuvenation (Su) See desolation endling
template graft below. The only way to
permanently destroy a koruvi endling
is to establish a large green space in Hope’s Edge on
Calen 5.
Over the passage of eons, myriad creatures have flourished and
dwindled naturally as their eras have come and gone. Often,
however, a species’ overall lifespan is cut short by an unnatural
intrusion, whether from unexpected predation, destruction of
natural habitat, or a disease from another planet. In rare cases,
spectral creatures known as endlings arise immediately after
the last member of a species perishes.
Endlings manifest as much larger spectral members of an
extinct species. These ghosts gain abilities that allow them
to combat their perceived source of their species’ demise:
those who were hunted to extinction develop ferocious
combat prowess, while those whose homes were destroyed
by colonization gain the power to destroy technology and
artificial structures. Xenobiologists differ on the exact nature
of endlings. Some theorize that endlings are the collective
sorrow of a species made manifest, while others believe they
are the ghosts of the very last survivors, driven to carry on
their species’ legacy even in death.
Koruvis were diminutive ungulates that lived in dens in
a planetwide rain forest on a Near Space world. These small
creatures had striped and spotted fur, prehensile snouts, and
small horns, which they used to dig up fungi for sustenance.
However, a vesk mining company that was scouting that
system detected starmetal veins beneath the planet’s crust.
In the feverish mining race that followed, factions from
across the galaxy fought to gain a foothold on what came to
be known as Calen 5. Invading miners razed vast swaths of
forest, and koruvis, among the other native species of Calen 5,
soon went extinct as their home was destroyed. In one of the
early settlements on Calen 5, Hope’s Edge, residents reported
mysterious property damage, such as holes ripped into
buildings and electrical equipment badly mangled, and rumors
spread of a pack of ghostly monsters skulking around town.
Today, Hope’s Edge has grown into the de facto capital of Calen
5, but koruvi endlings still fiercely attack the city in a neverending pursuit of revenge against the cause of their extinction.
ENDLING TEMPLATE GRAFTS
The following template grafts represent endlings
that arise from various extinction events.
Desolation Endling Template Graft
Desolation endlings can appear when a species goes
extinct due to destruction of its habitat through
technological means. Whether through
industrial deforestation of an ancient wood
or damming a river for hydropower,
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structures built in place of their homes and the destructive
technology used to that end.
Required Creature Type and Subtype: Undead (incorporeal).
Suggested Alignment: Neutral.
Traits: One size larger than the creature was in life;
rejuvenation (see below); antitech natural weapon (see
below); demolition (CR 3+; see below).
Antitech Natural Weapons (Su): As an attack, a desolation
endling can temporarily cause a body part to become substantial.
This functions as a natural weapon that the species had in life,
dealing a damage type that the living counterpart’s natural
attack dealt. A creature hit by this attack must attempt a Reflex
save. On a failure, a random hybrid or technological item worn or
wielded by the target ceases to function for 1 round, and if the
target is a technological construct, it is shaken for 1 round.
Demolition (Su): A desolation endling’s antitech natural
weapons ignore an amount of hardness equal to twice its
CR. When performing a sunder combat maneuver, a desolation
endling gains a +4 insight bonus to its attack roll.
Rejuvenation (Su): An endling can’t be destroyed by
violence—an endling reduced to 0 Hit Points dematerializes
but restores itself in 2d4 days. The only way to permanently
destroy an endling is to determine the reason for its extinction
and perform some action to set right whatever prevents it
from resting in peace. The exact means vary with each kind of
endling and are determined by the GM.
Invasion Endling Template Graft
Invasion endlings manifest following the extinction of
a species via unnatural predators—from colonists
seeking to clear out pesky wildlife from a region
they wish to settle to invasive species introduced
from other parts of the galaxy. As a stark contrast
from their past lives, these endlings
are particularly vicious, as if the
species’ collective spirit refuses
to be put down yet again.
Required Creature Type and
Subtype: Undead (incorporeal).
Suggested Alignment: Neutral.
Traits: One size larger than the creature was in
life; rejuvenation (see Desolation Endling Template
Graft); vicious natural weapons (see below); fearsome
roar (CR 3+; see below).
Fearsome Roar (Su): As a standard action, an invasion endling
can let out a terrifying roar. All non-endling creatures within 30
feet must succeed at a Will save or become shaken for 1 round.
Creatures that fail this save by 5 or more are instead frightened
for 1 round. A creature that succeeds at this save is immune to
the fearsome roar of all invasion endlings for 24 hours.
Vicious Natural Weapons (Su): As an attack, an invasion
endling can temporarily cause a body part to become
substantial. This functions as a natural weapon that the species
had in life, dealing a damage type that the living counterpart’s
natural attack dealt, as well as inflicting the bleed condition
for an amount of damage equal to the endling’s CR.
Plague Endling Template Graft
Plague endlings result from extinction by disease. Perhaps
outsiders unwittingly introduced pathogens that the species’
immune systems weren’t evolved to cope with, or maybe the
affliction was purposely inflicted to cull the species’ numbers.
These endlings have become avatars of disease, turning their
own pestilence against those who oppose them.
Required Creature Type and Subtype: Undead (incorporeal).
Suggested Alignment: Neutral.
Traits: One size larger than the creature was in life; rejuvenation
(see desolation endling template graft above); diseased natural
weapons (see below); plague aura (CR 3+; see below).
Diseased Natural Weapons (Su): As an attack, an invasion
endling can temporarily cause a body part to become
substantial. This functions as a natural weapon that the species
had in life, dealing a damage type that the living counterpart’s
natural attack dealt. A creature hit by this attack must attempt
a Fortitude save or be exposed to a poison whose symptoms
closely mimic the disease that caused the endling’s species’
extinction (see below).
Plague Aura (Su): A plague endling emits an aura of
pestilence. All creatures that begin their turn within 30 feet
of the plague endling must succeed at a Fortitude save or be
affected by the plague endling’s poison (see below).
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Type poison (contact); Save Fortitude (DC based on
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Track any one track; Frequency 1/round for 6 rounds
Cure 1 save
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ENTU COLONY
ENTU COLONY
CR 1/2
XP 200
ENTU COLONY
CR 1/2
XP 200
N Small ooze
Init +0; Senses blindsight (emotion) 60 ft.; Perception +4
DEFENSE
EAC 10; KAC 11
Fort +2; Ref –2; Will +1
Defensive Abilities amorphous, limited ooze benefits
HP 12
OFFENSE
NELENTU
CR 7
XP 3,200
Speed 30 ft.
Melee tactical baton +4 (1d4 B)
STATISTICS
Str –2; Dex +0; Con +1; Int +2; Wis +1; Cha +3
Skills Diplomacy +9, Life Science +9, Sense Motive +9,
Stealth +4
Languages Common; limited telepathy 30 ft.
Other Abilities tactical symbiosis
Gear tactical baton
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or growth (3—20)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Limited Ooze Benefits (Ex) Entu colonies gain a +2 racial
bonus on saving throws against illusion, paralysis,
poison, polymorph, sleep, and stunning effects, unless
the effect specifies that it’s effective against oozes.
Tactical Symbiosis (Ex) Once per day as a standard action,
an entu colony can temporarily merge a portion of
themself with a willing non-entu colony creature they’ve
telepathically communicated with and can touch. This
symbiosis lasts until the beginning of the entu colony’s next
turn; during this time the entu colony can’t take any actions
but can use each of the following abilities once. A creature
can benefit from only one tactical symbiosis at a time.
Cellular Restoration: Restore a number of Hit Points to
the host equal to twice the entu colony’s CR or level.
Improve Condition: Grant the host an additional save against
an ongoing affliction with a +2 circumstance bonus.
Synaptic Pulse: Grant the host a +2 circumstance bonus
to Reflex saves until the entu colony’s next turn.
NELENTU
CR 7
XP 3,200
N Medium animal (entu symbiote)
Init +2; Senses blindsense (emotion) 30 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +14
DEFENSE
EAC 19; KAC 21
Fort +11; Ref +11; Will +6
HP 105
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 20 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee claw +17 (2d6 +12 S) or
fangblade +17 (1d12+12 S; critical bleed 1d8)
Ranged corona laser rifle +14 (2d6+7 F; critical burn 1d6)
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +2; Con +2; Int +4; Wis +1; Cha +2
Skills Acrobatics +14, Athletics +19, Life Science +19, Sense
Motive +14
Languages Common; limited telepathy 30 ft.
Gear corona laser rifle with 2 batteries (20 charges each),
fangblade with 2 batteries (20 charges each)
ECOLOGY
Environment any forest or urban
Organization solitary, pair, or commune (3—6)
Entu colonies begin their life cycle as a collection of minuscule
spores. Over time, the spores fuse together through intricate
networks of mycelia that function similarly to neurons, creating
sapient and mobile fungal colonies. These structures generate
conscious thought and obtain sensory information about the
colony’s environment.
In their first weeks of life, entu spores gradually coalesce
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pseudopod-like organs. At this stage, colonies can communicate
telepathically with other creatures using a lexicon of sensory and
emotional concepts. Entu colonies can reproduce asexually once
they reach maturity, typically six months after they first sprout
mycelia. Most of the resulting spores integrate into the parent
colony, but some may split off to form a separate colony.
Thought not parasitic, entu colonies feed on emotion and
thought. In fact, some seek to consensually merge with other
sentient creatures rather than form into full-fledged and
independent colonies. Instead of harming their host, an entu
fungus’s adaptable cells mimic the host’s brain and nerve tissue.
Their mycelia intertwine with their host’s central nervous
system, creating new synapses and enhancing sections of the
host’s brain. Despite inhabiting the host’s body, the entu fungus
retains a separate consciousness which intertwines with its host
through shared functional memories and sensory input. The
resultant symbiotic life-form, called an entu symbiote, eventually
attains self-awareness, complex thought, and even linguistic
ability. Entu integration can sometimes result in entu symbiotes’
offspring already being seeded with the fungal life integrated
into their bodies and brains; this development has led to the
“uplifting” of entire species of previously non-sapient animals.
The nelentu, one of the founding species of the Kreiholm
Freehold, is a prominent example of a successful symbiosis
that spans generations. Originally a species of bat-like
animals called neleks that evolved on Agillae-2, these once
unintelligent, fruit-eating creatures encountered entu spores
early in their evolution and willingly became their
hosts. The two species formed
a society based on this
symbiosis. Today, nelentus
inhabit tiered jungle-cities
built around green spaces,
known as Gardens of Thought,
where they cultivate entu spores for
future generations. Nelentus
consider themselves to
be one species, referring
to themselves and other
nelentus using plural pronouns
in deference to their dual nature.
Entu fungi of all kinds seek
constant exposure to emotion
and thought to thrive, and
those involved with symbiotes
prioritize their hosts’ physical
needs. They prefer to enter
symbiotic relationships with
creatures who can benefit from
their cellular mimicry, living as long
as the host creature does—and dying
along with it. Entu colonies, on the
other hand, can survive for up
to 300 years.
RACIAL TRAITS
ENTU COLONY
Entu Colonies
Ability Adjustments: +2 Int, +2 Cha, –2 Str
Hit Points: 2
Size and Type: Entu colonies are Small oozes.
Amorphous: An entu colony has the amorphous
universal creature rule (page 152).
Entu Colony Senses: An entu colony has blindsight
(emotion) with a range of 60 feet.
Limited Ooze Benefits: See page 34.
Limited Telepathy: Entu colonies have limited
telepathy with a range of 30 feet.
Tactical Symbiosis: See page 34.
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Ability Adjustments: +2 Int
Hit Points: 4
Size and Type: Entu symbiotes are Small, Medium, or
Large animals with the entu symbiote subtype.
Entu Symbiote Senses: An entu symbiote has
blindsense (emotion) with a range of 30 feet and
low-light vision.
Extrasensory Perception: The mycelia integrated
into an entu symbiote’s nervous system allow
them to perceive ambient thoughts and emotion.
They gain a +2 racial bonus to Perception and
Sense Motive checks.
Limited Augmentations: The only augmentations
that can be installed in an entu symbiote’s brain
are datajacks and the mechanic’s custom rig.
Limited Telepathy: Entu symbiotes have limited
telepathy with a range of 30 feet.
Natural Weapons: Entu symbiotes have the natural
weapons universal creature rule with a
kinetic damage type chosen at character
creation.
Symbiotic Enhancement: At character
creation, an entu symbiote chooses
a fly speed (Ex, average), burrow speed,
climb speed, or swim speed, matching
thematically the type of
animal on which the entu
symbiote is based. The
entu symbiote has that speed
with a value of 20 feet.
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EPOKASITE
EPOKASITE FIXER
CR 3
XP 800
EPOKASITE
FIXER
CR 3
XP 800
NG Tiny fey
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8
Aura draining (20 ft.)
DEFENSE
EAC 14; KAC 15
Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +6
Defensive Abilities tech resistance 5; Resistances
electricity 5
EPOKASITE
RUNNER
CR 8
XP 4,800
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (Su, perfect)
Melee archaic knife +8 (1d4+2 S)
Ranged bow +6 (1d6+3 P)
Space 2-1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Offensive Abilities anachronistic strike
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd)
1/day—detect tech, detect radiation,
hold portal
At will—mending
STATISTICS
Str –1; Dex +2; Con +0; Int +4; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +13 (+21 to fly),
Engineering +13, Intimidate +8,
Sleight of Hand +8, Stealth +8
Languages Common
Gear archaic knife, bow with 20
arrows, engineering tool kit
ECOLOGY
Environment any land
Organization solitary or reenactment
(2–7)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Anachronistic Strike (Su) Any damage
an epokasite deals with an archaic
weapon is never reduced as a result
of that property. Any archaic weapon
an epokasite wields typically deals
additional damage or has additional
weapon properties, equivalent to a
basic melee weapon or small arm of a
level equal to the fey’s CR.
Draining Aura (Su) An epokasite fixer
radiates an aura that drains active
technological items. While in the
area, each item whose level is no more
than twice the fixer’s CR (level 7 for most
fixers) doubles its usage (if it uses charges
to function), reduces the saving throw
DCs of any effects it creates by 2, and
increases the DC of all checks to use the
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HP 28
item by 2. If the item’s level is lower than the fixer’s CR,
it instead triples its usage, reduces its saving throw DCs
by 3, and increases the check DCs by 3.
Tech Resistance (Su) An epokasite naturally resists
contemporary technology, including technological traps,
most weapons, technomancer spells, hybrid gear, and
the natural attacks of creatures with the technological
subtype. Any damage the epokasite takes from such
sources is reduced by the listed amount (minimum
0), which doesn’t stack with other resistances the
epokasite has. Natural hazards, weapons with the
archaic special weapon property, and other forms of
magic bypass this defense.
EPOKASITE RUNNER
CR 8
XP 4,800
CG Medium fey
Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +16
Aura draining (20 ft.)
DEFENSE
EAC 19; KAC 20
Fort +9; Ref +9; Will +11
Defensive Abilities tech resistance 10;
Resistances electricity 10
HP 95
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee club +12 (2d6+9 B & So; critical knockdown)
Ranged archaic blaze flame
pistol +14 (2d4+8 F; critical
burn 1d4)
Offensive Abilities anachronistic
strike, regressing glare
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 8th; ranged +15)
1/day—discharge (DC 20)
3/day—caustic conversion, digital shield (page
37), holographic image (level 2) (DC 19),
make whole, manipulate techCOM
At will—identify, incompetenceAR, jolting surge
STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +4; Con +0; Int +6; Wis +2; Cha +0
Skills Bluff +16, Culture +16, Disguise +21,
Engineering +16
Languages Common
Gear archaic blaze flame pistol with 2 standard
petrol tanks, club
ECOLOGY
Environment any land
Organization solitary or reenactment (2–4)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Anachronistic Strike (Su) See above.
Draining Aura (Su) See above.
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Regressing Glare (Su) As a standard action, an epokasite
runner can focus their gaze on a technological or hybrid
item within 30 feet whose level doesn’t exceed the
runner’s level + 2. Unless it succeeds at a DC 18 Fortitude
save, the item transforms into an anachronistic analogue
of itself, such as a rifle turning into a musket or steamoperated crossbow. This transformation lasts for 1d6+2
rounds, during which time the item gains the archaic
property, functions as if it had the broken condition,
and any checks made to manipulate the item (such as
operating a now-antiquated computer) take a –2 penalty.
If the target is a weapon or armor that fails the save by
5 or more, it changes so dramatically that any user is
treated as not proficient with the item. The runner can
affect items of size Large or smaller with this ability,
including terminals and vehicles. Once an item has saved
against this ability, it’s immune to that runner’s regressing
glare for 24 hours. An epokasite ignores all of a regressed
item’s drawbacks listed above when using the item.
Tech Resistance (Su) See page 36.
Epokasites fixate on specific technological and cultural eras,
believing them the purest expression of a culture and, by
extension, nature itself. Where new developments interfere
with this ideal, epokasites try to preserve historic machinery,
even sabotaging new technologies in a stubborn defense of
the old ways.
Epokasites take two common forms: fixers and runners.
Fixers rarely stand at more than a foot tall, whereas runners
exceed heights of 5 feet. Sensory papillae cover their
noses, helping the fey detect a variety of stimuli,
which they normally use to locate technology
from their favored time period, such as hints of
forge charcoal, motor oil on a combustion engine,
or the tang of early lasers. Each epokasite adopts
slang, clothing, and gear appropriate to their favored era, from
chainmail, hides, outdated suits, or alchemists’ coveralls.
Being shy creatures, fixers prefer to operate out of sight.
Runners instead thrive on infiltrating the modern societies
they so disdain, donning disguises and stealing credentials to
access delicate technologies. Both epokasite varieties regularly
sneak onto starships or into sensitive facilities as stowaways in
the guise of hired hands, largely so that they can sabotage the
technological affronts to their favored eras—acts they consider
entirely helpful and for which they expect a reward from any
who discover them in action. Rarely, epokasites might live openly
among a community, most often in groups of stubborn luddites,
historical reenactors, or closely-aligned cosplayers. In those
settings, they might act as excitable consultants and crafters.
An epokasite most often imprints on the culture and time
period in which they came into existence on the Material Plane.
Less often, an epokasite might wander until they read about or
experience an era that impresses them, thereafter adopting that
period as their focus.
The most tragic and contentious of all epokasites are those
who embody eras now lost to the Gap. These distraught
individuals rarely maintain more than a memento or faint
memory from that lost time, and they strive to piece together
whatever they can, sometimes teaming up with Starfinders
and other scholars.
DIGITAL SHIELD
EPOKASITE
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School abjuration
Casting Time 1 reaction
Range personal
Duration instantaneous
When you take damage from an effect, you can
create a defensive conduit between yourself and
one technological object, non-archaic armor, or
non-archaic weapon you’re carrying or wearing
that’s 3 Bulk or less. The chosen object takes damage
equal to 1d6 times your caster level, ignoring the
object’s hardness. You reduce the damage you take
from the triggering attack by half this result, though
you can’t reduce the damage by more than 3 times
the item’s level.
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GRAY GOO
CR 14
XP 38,400
GRAY GOO
CR 14
XP 38,400
N Fine construct (swarm, technological)
Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, sense
through (vision [life-forms only]) 60 ft.; Perception +25
DEFENSE
HP 250
EAC 28; KAC 30
Fort +14; Ref +16; Will +10
Defensive Abilities swarm defenses, void adaptation;
Immunities construct immunities, swarm immunities;
Resistances cold 15;
Weaknesses vulnerable to fire, vulnerable to magic
OFFENSE
Speed 50 ft., fly 50 ft. (Ex, perfect)
Melee swarm attack +28 (8d6+20 B plus dismantle [DC 20])
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Offensive Abilities infest (DC 20)
STATISTICS
Str +6; Dex +8; Con —; Int +4; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +30, Computers +25, Survival +25
Languages Common (can’t speak any language)
Other Abilities unliving
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or storm (3–12)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Dismantle (Ex) Creatures damaged by a gray goo’s swarm
attack must succeed at a Reflex save or a random
piece of hybrid or technological equipment that they’re
wearing or wielding takes the same amount of damage.
In addition, at the beginning of its turn, a gray goo
can automatically deal its melee attack damage to an
unattended hybrid or technological object in its space.
Infest (Ex) As a standard action, a gray goo can infest
an adjacent Medium or larger creature (Fortitude save
negates). The gray goo moves inside the creature’s body,
dealing double its normal swarm attack damage to its
host each round at the beginning of the gray goo’s turn.
A gray goo can’t use its normal attacks while infesting
a host, but it can be targeted normally during the
infestation and can end the infestation as a move action.
A host reduced to 0 Hit Points while infested by a gray
goo is reduced to dust and destroyed, as if killed by
disintegrate. A gray goo infesting a host can be expelled
by any effect that cures disease, such as remove
affliction; the effective disease DC is the same as the
infest ability’s.
Over millennia, explorers from across the known
galaxy pass down fearful tales of a sentient, liquid-like
swarm of nanites that can envelop creatures and quickly
turn them to dust. Once connected to grays, a mysterious
species of abductors who used advanced fringe technology
with a similar silvery sheen, these creatures gained the
moniker gray goo. However, the term has survived despite
there being no corroborating evidence that firmly links
the two.
The only solid information about gray goo originates
from the scattered reports of rare surviving witnesses.
Gray goo attacks its victims by surprise, taking
advantage of any hapless beings it comes across as it
roams a desolate wasteland. Indeed, another commonality
among gray goo sightings is the entity’s seeming preference
for places devoid of life—though many argue that the gray
goos created such environments. Scientists posit that most
gray goo originates with a sapient species’ often wellintentioned attempt to develop an autonomous nanite
swarm that can affect technological repairs, perform
delicate biomedical operations, or even terraform. However,
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the malicious introduction of a deadly code hack, can have
disastrous effects, especially for swarms that can ingest a
wide range of materials and self-replicate. Rumors persist of
entire worlds, once prosperous technological paradises, now
entirely covered in writhing swarms of gray goo.
When not engaged in the consumption of material, most
gray goos seem to have two driving directives: replicate
and assimilate. The clouds of nanites have even hacked
computer systems and technological constructs of sufficient
sophistication, usually through brute force methods, to
access and incorporate any useful data within. If a computer
system’s countermeasures block it, the goo attempts
to dismantle the console and reduce it to its essential
components before stripping even those parts to a fine
metallic dust.
Because of a recent black-market item derived from gray
goo (see nanite capsules below), bounties and attempts at
tracking down the swarms have risen dramatically to keep
up with demand. Very few parties have successfully obtained
more than a handful of viable samples—if they survive at all.
While gray goo is more commonly found among abandoned
space debris and can survive the coldness of space, instances
of the entity have cropped up in low-population spacecrafts
and stations, especially among the Diaspora.
The construct-populated Pact World of Aballon has
outlawed any work related to the gray goo out of an
abundance of caution—including even research projects
related to the dangerous entities—and any being found
in violation of this restriction receives an immediate and
permanent ban from the planet.
determine the nanite capsule’s effect; each effect lasts for
1 hour, and you can be under the effect of only one nanite
capsule at a time.
D6
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2
3
4
5
6
Effect
Attempt a Constitution saving throw with a DC
equal to 10 + half your level. On a failure, you
gain the shaken condition. On a success, you
experience only a bitter taste and a strange
tingling throughout your body.
Your skin gains an odd, gray pallor (or if already
gray, it becomes weirdly iridescent). You take a –2
penalty to Diplomacy and Stealth checks.
Your physical capabilities are bolstered. Once
during the duration, you can reroll a failed
Fortitude or Reflex saving throw.
Nanites focus on maintaining your structural
integrity. The first time you take Hit Point damage
during the duration, you gain fast healing equal
to one-quarter your character level (minimum fast
healing 1) for 1 minute.
A surge of nanites through your body helps you
achieve extraordinary results. Once during the
duration, before attempting a skill or ability check,
you can take a reaction to gain a +2 circumstance
bonus to that check.
Nanites form a protective shell around your
weakest areas. You gain 25 temporary Hit Points
(or 30 if you’re a construct) that expire at the end
of the duration.
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Occasionally, an encounter with a gray goo—or even a
damaged computer console or wiped drive—can leave behind
a significant amount of salvageable, inert nanites. While
standard operating procedure mandates the destruction of
these nanites to prevent any possibility of future replication,
scientists have recruited adventurers to obtain such samples
for study in the hopes of recovering data from the parent
goo and learning more about its strange abilities.
An ambitious scientist or inventor, their identity lost to
the Gap, eventually found a use for the inert goo in the
form of ingestible capsules. However, because of the pill’s
unpredictable results and the lack of a steady and reliable
supply of raw material, it quickly became a hot black market
item. Some claim it has the power of transforming the living
into constructs, while others claim it simply functions as an
expensive placebo.
NANITE CAPSULE
LEVEL 14
TECHNOLOGICAL ITEM
PRICE 12
BULK —
As a move action, you can swallow this silvery, one-time-use
pill to hopefully gain an edge on the competition, though you
risk deleterious side effects. Roll 1d6 on the table below to
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GRIOTH
GRIOTH
CR 1
XP 400
GRIOTH
CR 1
XP 400
CE Medium monstrous humanoid
Init +4; Senses blindsight (sound) 60 ft., see in darkness;
Perception +10
DEFENSE
GRIOTH
ECLIPSE SEER
CR 6
XP 2,400
EAC 11; KAC 12
Fort +1; Ref +3; Will +6
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; Immunities cold
Weaknesses light blindness, vulnerable to sonic
OFFENSE
HP 17
Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee bite +7 (1d4+2 P plus psychotomimetic saliva) or
voidglass longsword +7 (1d8+2 S; critical demoralize AR)
Ranged bruiser decoupler +5 (1d4+1 A; critical demoralize AR)
Offensive Abilities mindshock
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st)
1/day—detect tech, lesser confusion (DC 12)
At will—daze (DC 11), detect magic
STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +4; Con +0; Int +0; Wis +2; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +10, Athletics +5, Intimidate +10,
Mysticism +5, Stealth +5
Languages Aklo, Grioth; limited telepathy 60 ft.
Other Abilities no breath, void adaptation
Gear second skin, bruiser decoupler AR with 2 batteries (20
charges each), voidglass longsword
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, clutch (2–6), or omen (7–20 plus 1
grioth eclipse seer)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Mindshock (Su) Once per day as a standard action, a
grioth can unleash a wave of violent psychic energy.
Each non-grioth creature within 30 feet takes 2d6
damage and is shaken for 1d4 rounds. A creature that
succeeds at a DC 12 Will save takes half damage and
negates the shaken condition. This is a mind-affecting
effect.
Psychotomimetic Saliva (Ex) Grioth saliva is laced
with psychotropic toxins that overload a victim’s
neurological pathways, causing intense, rapid-fire
hallucinations, confusion, and violent seizures.
Creatures that are immune to mind-affecting effects are
immune to this poison.
PSYCHOTOMIMETIC SALIVA
Type poison (injury); Save Fortitude DC 12
Track Wisdom; Frequency 1/round for 6
rounds
Cure 1 save
GRIOTH ECLIPSE SEER
CR 6
XP 2,400
CE Medium monstrous humanoid
Init +2; Senses blindsight (sound) 60 ft., see in darkness;
Perception +13
DEFENSE
EAC 17; KAC 18
Fort +5; Ref +7; Will +11; +1 vs. mind-affecting effects
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; Immunities cold
Weaknesses light blindness, vulnerable to sonic
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee bite +11 (1d6+6 P plus psychotomimetic saliva)
Ranged liquidator disintegration pistol +13 (1d10+6 A)
Offensive Abilities mindshock
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th)
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HP 75
ALIEN ARCHIVE 4
1/day—hold person (DC 18), inflict pain (DC 18)
3/day—command (DC 17), detect thoughts (DC 17), lesser
confusion (DC 17)
At will—daze (DC 16), psychokinetic hand (DC 16)
GRIOTH
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +2; Con +1; Int +2; Wis +5; Cha +3
Skills Acrobatics +13, Intimidate +18, Mysticism +18, Physical
Science +13
Languages Aklo, Grioth; telepathy 100 ft. (150 ft. with
voidglass armor)
Other Abilities no breath
Gear voidglass zeizerer diffractor IIPW, liquidator
disintegration pistolAR with 2 batteries (20 charges each)
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary or omen (1 plus 7–20 grioths)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Mindshock (Su) See page 40, but the grioth eclipse seer can
use this ability three times per day, and the DC is 16. A
creature that succeeds at the save is immune to the same
grioth eclipse seer’s mindshock for 24 hours
Psychotomimetic Saliva (Ex) See page 40, but the DC is 16.
Sadistic psychics and religious fanatics, grioths raid other
worlds under the cover of darkness. These unfathomably
cruel creatures take delight in inflicting pain and sowing
terror. Ancient grioths once inhabited planets adrift in the
Dark Tapestry, where they encountered unthinkable horrors
and embraced them as kin. Subsumed by darkness and
fouler things, grioths are devoted thralls to their patron,
the Haunter of the Dark, an aspect of the chaotic evil Outer
God Nyarlathotep.
Grioths appear as lean, stooped bat-like humanoids with
four narrow eyes and exceptional hearing. They typically stand
around 5 feet tall. They have dry, raspy voices and speak in an
eerie language of clicks, squeaks, and sibilant sighs.
Grioths live in vast crystalline spire cities. With few
resources available on their frozen, lightless worlds, they
depend on raiding, theft, and war to obtain the resources they
need to survive. Powerful grioth psychics known as eclipse
seers organize raids that span entire galaxies. They serve as
conduits to the Hunter of the Dark, enacting eldritch rituals to
establish temporary portals to worlds undergoing an eclipse.
Grioth soldiers and mercenaries pour through these mystical
portals in a wave of blood and terror, glutting on violence and
pillaging resources—primarily food, technology, and living
sapient creatures. In addition to temporary portals, grioths
maintain a series of permanent gateways to sunless worlds like
their own, creating a web of cities among countless lost worlds.
For unknown reasons, Triune’s Signal was lost to the grioths,
though they quickly pried the secrets of Drift travel from the
minds of their sapient victims. In their sleek voidglass starships,
they travel the Drift and beyond in search of easy prey and
resource-rich worlds to subjugate.
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Due to prolonged exposure to the Dark Tapestry, grioths can
be born with strange physiological alterations, the terrors of
the unknowable realm intruding into their forms or giving them
powers far beyond their kin. The most powerful become potent
psychics who boast nigh-impenetrable mental defenses. These
grioth paragons, known as Vessels, are considered blessed
by the Haunter of the Dark and swiftly rise to positions of
power, becoming CEOs of major corporations, military generals,
religious leaders, or overseers of entire colonies.
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Voidglass is a jagged black crystal with a cloudy blue core that
pulses when held by a sapient creature. Nurtured by grioths
in the lightless depths of space and composed of solidified
psychic anguish, voidglass resonates with the minds of those
who wield it—intensifying their aggression, bolstering their
mental defenses, and focusing their thoughts. The material’s
potency increases when used by or against telepathic beings.
Weapons and ammunition crafted from voidglass
psychically assault the target’s mind with the wielder’s
violent thoughts. Voidglass weapons and ammunition gain a
+1 enhancement bonus to damage rolls and the demoralize
critical hit effect (Starfinder Armory 31). For melee weapons,
this enhancement bonus increases by +1 for every six item
levels the weapon has, up to +4 at 18th level. Targets that are
immune to mind-affecting effects are immune to the bonus
damage granted by voidglass. The penalty on Intimidate
checks to demoralize foes with a voidglass weapon’s
demoralize critical effect is reduced by 2 when wielded by, or
used against, a creature with telepathy or limited telepathy. If
the weapon already has a critical hit effect, choose each time
whether to apply the weapon’s normal critical hit effect or the
demoralize critical hit effect.
Shards of voidglass can be embedded or woven into the
material of any armor or shield in order to enhance its wearer’s
psychic defenses. Wearing armor or wielding a shield that
contains voidglass grants you a +1 enhancement bonus to
saves against mind-affecting effects. If you have telepathy or
limited telepathy, increase your telepathy’s range by half.
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MINIMUM SIZE
Ammunition (1 piece)
Armor, shield, or weapon
Raw material (1 bulk)
PRICE
+70 credits
+4,500 credits
1,125 credits
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HADROGAAN HYPER-ANALYST
CR 3
XP 800
HADROGAAN
HYPER-ANALYST
CR 3
XP 800
Luma hadrogaan mechanic
N Medium humanoid (hadrogaan)
Init +2; Senses blindsense (vibration) 30 ft.; Perception +8
DEFENSE
HP 35
EAC 14; KAC 15
Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +4
OFFENSE
HADROGAAN
SMART-MERC
CR 10
XP 9,600
Speed 30 ft.
Melee tactical baton +7 (1d4+3 B)
Ranged static arc pistol +9 (1d6+3 E; critical arc 2)
Offensive Abilities overload (DC 14), target tracking
Environment any (moons of Hadrogess)
Organization solitary, pair, or squad (3–8)
STATISTICS
Dual Nervous Systems See above.
Str +0; Dex +2; Con +1; Int +4; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Computers +13, Engineering +13, Life Science +13,
Medicine +8, Physical Science +13, Piloting +8
Languages Common, Hadrogaan
Other Abilities artificial intelligence (exocortex),
custom rig, mechanic tricks (portable power)
Gear casual stationwear, static arc pistol
with 1 battery (20 charges), tactical baton;
Augmentations standard datajack
ECOLOGY
Environment any (moons of Hadrogess)
Organization solitary, pair, or think tank (3–6)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Dual Nervous Systems Hadrogaans have both
an organic brain and a crystalline nervous
system. A hadrogaan can install an
additional brain augmentation.
HADROGAAN SMART-MERC CR 10
XP 9,600
Doluma hadrogaan soldier
N Medium humanoid (hadrogaan)
Init +12; Senses blindsense (vibration)
30 ft.; Perception +19
DEFENSE
EAC 23; KAC 26
Fort +12; Ref +10; Will +11
HP 165 RP 5
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Melee comet hammer +19 (4d6+15 B)
Ranged tactical autobeam rifle +23 (5d4+10 F;
critical burn 2d4) or
frag grenade IV +22 (explode [15 ft., 6d6 P,
DC 17])
Offensive Abilities fighting styles (guard,
sharpshoot), focus fire, intense focus,
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STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +8; Con +3; Int +1; Wis +2; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +24, Computers +19, Physical Science +19
Languages Common, Hadrogaan
Other Abilities armor training
Gear specialist defiance series, comet hammer with 2
batteries (20 charges each), tactical autobeam rifle
with 2 high-capacity batteries (40 charges each), frag
grenades IV (2)
ALIEN ARCHIVE 4
ECOLOGY
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Though now the symbiotic primary inhabitants of the
three moons of Hadrogess—a desolate world in the Vast—
Hadrogaans once lived on the planet itself, millennia
ago. They possess knowledge of their life on
Hadrogess’s surface, and their departure from it,
that date back to before the Gap, but even so,
much of that history has been lost. Obsessive
historians have reconstructed pieces of their
history, but uncertainties and inconsistencies still
plague the field.
All hadrogaans know for sure is that some
catastrophe caused the planet’s atmosphere
to begin slowly leaking into space. Faced
with extinction, they scrambled for a possible
solution. Following a series of frantic and
unsanctioned experiments, a team of fringe
scientists discovered a sapient crystal that
grew deep beneath the planet’s crust,
one that could merge with a hadrogaan
body in a process that—in most cases—
led to greater intellect and insight. These
scientists claimed that the crystalline
organisms, collectively called kallestrine,
not only willingly participated in these
experiments, but that they had sent psychic
signals to the scientists—leading the latter to
discover them—and had even proposed merging the
entire hadrogaan species with kallestrine. Successful
merging caused a rapid processing-power expansion
that many felt could propel the two organisms into a
new era of enlightenment, and in fact, many hadrogaans
saw this way as their only hope for salvation.
Modern hadrogaans know that most of their people
accepted the merging and somehow found a way—before
the advent of starships—to settle their planet’s three
moons. In their new symbiotic forms, hadrogaans formed
ALIEN ARCHIVE 4
a society dedicated to science, philosophy, progress, and
utilitarianism in all matters. Their advancements positioned
them to embrace Drift travel soon after receiving Triune’s
signal, and whenever possible, hadrogaans seek positive
relations with alien life—but should peace talks fail, they
have no qualms with swift and efficient military solutions.
Most hadrogaans stand at about 8 feet tall with long
limbs, thin bodies, and elongated fingers. Large hollows
perforate their torsos, limbs, and sometimes their necks and
faces, each filled with glimmering crystals—the organism
that hadrogaans merged with during the Gap. The merging
altered the species’ genetic makeup, and hadrogaan children
are born with these crystalline hollows, which can grow and
shift over time.
From infancy, hadrogaans have a constant internal
dialogue between their organic brains and the crystalline
neural network inhabiting their body. The crystal pushes
them to consider the practicality and utility of every action,
as well as that of any person or object they might encounter.
What is its purpose? How might it be of use? At what point
does its usefulness outweigh its drawbacks? This extreme
practicality isn’t always logical or in the individual’s best
interest, but most hadrogaans agree that attempting to
drastically alter their symbiotic relationship would prove
detrimental to the species as a whole.
For reasons unknown—the most common theory being
that the initial merging of organisms didn’t always work as
intended—hadrogaans are dimorphic. Luma hadrogaans have
more dominant crystalline features and frailer bodies, while
doluma hadrogaans have fewer crystals—sometimes only
one or two hollows—but far more bulk. While genetically
distinct, these two subspecies can still reproduce with the
other. No consistent pattern exists for the expression of this
dimorphism in offspring, regardless of the parents’ types.
Luma hadrogaans possess the increased intellect that was,
in theory, the goal of the merging. The crystals of doluma
hadrogaans, on the other hand, tend to instead reinforce their
musculature. Despite these physical differences, hadrogaans
of both subspecies can serve in a variety of societal roles,
though luma hadrogaans lean toward positions that require
strategic thinking or deep and rapid analysis. Outside their
home systems, they typically work as explorers, scientists,
and diplomats. Starfaring dolumas, on the other hand, more
likely eke out their living as lone thrill-seekers, mercenaries,
or bounty hunters.
Most hadrogaans see no practical purpose in returning
to their home planet and have made few efforts to directly
study or explore the surface of Hadrogess, instead preferring
to focus on future developments for their current lunar
homes. A few iconoclastic philosophers and scientists have
directed their attention to the planet, however, and the
discovery of obliterated cities, desolate landscapes, and
signs of a once-extant mutant population hint at a possibly
more sinister past.
RACIAL TRAITS
Ability Adjustments: See below.
Hit Points: 4
Size and Type: Hadrogaans are Medium humanoids
with the hadrogaan subtype.
Dual Nervous Systems: See page 42.
Hadrogaan Dimorphism: All hadrogaans gain +2
Wisdom at character creation. Luma hadrogaans
have acute intellects (+2 Intelligence at
character creation) at the expense of physical
health (–2 Constitution at character creation).
Doluma hadrogaans are muscular (+2 Strength
at character creation) and slower to process
information (–2 Intelligence at character creation).
Hadrogaan Senses: The crystals in a hadrogaan’s
body can sense subtle vibrations in the
environment. A hadrogaan has blindsense
(vibration) with a range of 30 feet.
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HARPY JASMINE
HARPY JASMINE
CR 5
XP 1,600
HARPY JASMINE
CR 5
XP 1,600
N Medium plant
Init +0; Senses blindsense (thought) 60 ft.; Perception +16
DEFENSE
EAC 16; KAC 17
Fort +6; Ref +2; Will +8
Immunities plant immunities; Resistances fire 5
Weaknesses vulnerable to cold
OFFENSE
HP 60
Speed 5 ft., climb 5 ft.
Melee vine +12 (1d6+9 B plus grab)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 5th)
3/day—hold person (DC 17), song of the cosmos COM (DC 17)
6/day—charm person (DC 16), lesser confusion (DC 16),
wisp ally
At will—dancing lights, ghost sound (DC 15)
Offensive Abilities haunting memory
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +0; Con +3; Int —; Wis +1; Cha +2
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Environment temperate or warm forests (Castrovel)
Organization solitary, or thicket (2–5)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Haunting Memory (Su) Once per day as a full-round action,
a harpy jasmine can create psychic echoes of people
and events it has encountered, playing back moments
of intense emotion or pain. This functions as a 4th-level
holographic image spell (CL 5th, Will DC 15), but the
harpy jasmine can only replay events it has already
experienced and has no conscious control over the
images, sounds, and sensations it creates.
Flush with life, Castrovel hosts countless carnivorous plants that
evolved to feed on the planet’s bountiful fauna. Many of these
flora boast complex protein chains that function as both nerves
and fast-twitch muscles. Although the assassin vine is one of
the most well-known examples, harpy jasmine infamously has
one of the most sinister lures: psychic powers that draw in and
pummel curious prey. Despite its colorful moniker—derived
from its songs and fascination-based abilities—the blossom has
nothing in common with actual harpies.
In the wild, harpy jasmines grow as a large shrub with long
runners, each studded with five-petaled flowers, stretching
from their leafy bodies. They use complex illusions to lure
in and strangle curious beasts, though incredibly, the plants
don’t display the intelligence to invent or adapt their illusions
that might be expected from such a predator.
Instead, harpy jasmines record nearby
events and emotions that they replicate
with little variation or apparent understanding.
Animal memories rarely show more than instinctual
scenes of distress or content grazing, but intelligent prey can
inadvertently surrender secrets to
the plants, which in some cases
result in jarringly inappropriate
lures. However, eccentric detectives
and security companies have occasionally cultivated or
provoked harpy jasmines to have the plants replay scenes of
a nearby crime.
The flowers play a small role in lashunta mythology, serving
as a symbol of death and knowledge. Lashunta legend claims
that especially old and large examples of harpy jasmines grow
to tree-like proportions and develop their own minds, amalgams
built from the psychic impressions of countless previous
victims. At least two such myths involve heroes seeking out
such ancient plants to recover a lost secret; the cautionary fable
of the Sing-Sweet Vine warns against becoming obsessed
with the past, and in another tale, a venerable harpy
jasmine’s memory of a loved one is the final ingredient
needed to restore a hero’s deceased friend to life.
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After siphoning away the nutritious fluids of their prey to
store in their bulbous taproots, harpy jasmines leave corpses to
decay and nourish the soil, often burying a kill to protect the
remains from scavengers. While the plants can disperse seeds
into the wind, few sprouts reach the ideal, marshy conditions that
juvenile plants need to sustain themselves until they develop the
ability to move on their own. Instead, the most
common harpy jasmine reproduction
method is by cuttings—severing a part
of the plant’s body and planting it
in a fresh kill before uprooting
and wandering elsewhere.
The severed tendril can
move independently and
soon grows into a clone of
the original.
Like true jasmine,
harpy jasmine prefers
warm and humid environments,
though it has the hardiness
to survive anywhere that the ambient
temperature stays above freezing. It grows across
much of Castrovel, and shortsighted horticulturalists have
transplanted it to many other warm climes throughout the
Pact Worlds and Near Space. At least one luxury cruise line
has also tried growing the plant aboard starships to enjoy
their sweet, perfumed scent and the mild euphoria the plants
generate when content—though a failure to properly prune and
control the plants has led to bloodshed and lawsuits on at least
one occasion.
MOGRANT DRUGS
Native lashuntas have domesticated smaller and less aggressive
strains of harpy jasmine to exploit its natural psychic abilities,
even developing techniques for breeding and pruning the
jasmine to coax out different spell-like abilities: mourning
wreaths record memories of a dying loved one, the brilliant
yellow blossoms of float canary induce a relaxing trance, and
scream blossoms trap traumatic memories for psychiatric
patients to confront in a controlled environment. Given these
uses, biologists hypothesize that cousins of harpy jasmine—
such as the desert-dwelling pyro flower or the leviathan lilies
that grow in tropical lakes—were once domesticated by far
older societies before being released into the wild.
Despite the thriving niche market, the most common
industrial application for harpy jasmine remains the
cultivation of psychic drugs called mogrants. These specialty
pharmaceuticals contain processed harpy jasmine nerve
clusters that temporarily bond with the user’s nervous system
to grant psychic spell-like abilities. Once the drug’s duration
passes, the user loses the granted spell-like abilities as their
immune system destroys the foreign cells. The user’s immune
system remains in a heightened state for 24 hours afterward;
during this period, a creature can gain any of the non-spell
benefits of additional doses of mogrants but no spell-like
abilities. While they can provide relatively cheap and reliable
psychic powers, mogrants also inflict narcotic side-effects,
meaning they rarely see use except by criminals, reckless
start-up companies, cultists, and adventurers.
DRAGONTONGUE
LEVEL 6
Type drug (injury); Save Fortitude DC 16; Addiction
Will DC 16 (mental); Price per Dose 650
Track Dexterity; Effect +1 morale bonus to Culture
checks for 2 hours. During this time, gain
fear (2nd level) and share language
as spell-like abilities (CL 6th), each
usable once.
Dragontongue bonds to the
language center of the brain, granting
psychic confidence and an intuitive
understanding of languages.
FAIRY TALE
LEVEL 9
Type drug (injury); Save Fortitude DC 18; Addiction Will DC
18 (mental); Price per Dose 2,000
Track Charisma; Effect +2 morale bonus to Will saves
against magic effects and –2 penalty to Perception checks
for 2 hours. During this time, gain dancing lights, deep
slumber, and wisp ally as spell-like abilities (CL 9th), each
usable once.
The most challenging mogrant to refine, fairy tale
triggers soothing hallucinations, which the user can
project into the minds of others or conjure into reality as
flitting lights.
MOONFLOWER
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Type drug (injury); Save Fortitude DC 15; Addiction Will DC
15 (mental); Price per Dose 335
Track Wisdom; Effect +1 morale bonus to Intimidate checks
and light blindness for 3 hours. During this time, gain
detect thoughts and mind thrust (1st level) as spell-like
abilities (CL 4th), each usable once.
Moonflower develops into webs of sensory filaments
that cause synesthesia, and they let the user sense
psychic emanations and focus their own psychokinetic
energy into a powerful attack.
WHITE PETAL
LEVEL 2
Type drug (injury); Save Fortitude DC 13; Addiction Will DC
13 (mental); Price per Dose 150
Track Charisma; Effect –2 penalty to initiative checks and
regain an additional 1d4 Hit Points when recovering
Hit Points naturally for 10 hours. During this time, gain
detect magic as a spell-like ability (CL 2nd), usable three
times.
The most common mogrant on the market, white petal
causes a mild, dreamy high that lends itself to restful sleep.
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HUITZ’PLINA
HUITZ’PLINA
CR 9
XP 6,400
HUITZ’PLINA
CR 9
XP 6,400
Huitz’plina operative
NG Medium magical beast
Init +6; Senses blindsense (scent) 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft.,
low-light vision; Perception +17
HUITZ’PLINA
YOUNGLING
CR 3
XP 800
EAC 22; KAC 23
Fort +10; Ref +10; Will +12
Defensive Abilities evasion, uncanny agility
DEFENSE
OFFENSE
HP 135 RP 4
Speed 50 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee tactical knife +18 (2d4+9 S)
Ranged aphelion laser pistol +20 (3d4+9 F; critical burn 1d4)
Offensive Abilities debilitating trick, spine assault (Reflex
DC 18, 27 P), trick attack +5d8, triple attack
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +6; Con +3; Int +4; Wis +3; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +17, Athletics +17 (+25 to climb), Culture +22,
Mysticism +22, Stealth +17, Survival +22
Languages Azlanti, Common, Mulkaxi
Other Abilities operative exploits (certainty, ever vigilant),
predreaming, specialization (explorer)
Gear D-suit III, aphelion laser pistol with 2 high-capacity
batteries (40 charges each), tactical knife
ECOLOGY
Environment warm forests (Mulkaxi)
Organization solitary, pair, or prickle (3–4)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Predreaming (Su) Once per day, a huitz’plina can spend
a Resolve Point to receive a hazy vision related to
the outcome of an event, goal, or activity as far as
a day into the future. This otherwise functions as
augury with a 100% chance of successfully receiving a
meaningful reply.
Spine Assault (Ex) Once per day, after a huitz’plina takes
the total defense action and before the start of their
next turn, they can take a reaction to launch a barrage
of spines in a 20-foot spread centered on themselves.
Every other creature in the area must succeed at a
Reflex save (DC = 10 + half the huitz’plina’s level + the
huitz’plina’s Constitution modifier) or take piercing
damage equal to three times the huitz’plina’s level; a
successful save halves this damage.
HUITZ’PLINA YOUNGLING
CR 3
XP 800
CG Medium magical beast
Init +4; Senses blindsense (scent) 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft.,
low-light vision; Perception +8
DEFENSE
EAC 14; KAC 15
Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +6
HP 35
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee tactical switchblade +10 (1d4+3 S)
Ranged tactical rail gun +8 (1d8+3 P)
Offensive Abilities spine assault (Reflex DC 14, 9 P)
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +4; Con +2; Int +1; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +13, Athletics +13 (+21 to
climb), Mysticism +13, Stealth +8
Languages Azlanti, Common, Mulkaxi
Other Abilities predreaming
Gear flight suit stationwear, tactical rail gun AR with 24
long-arm rounds, tactical switchblade AR
ECOLOGY
Environment warm forests (Mulkaxi)
Organization solitary or pair
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
Predreaming (Su) See page 46.
Spine Assault (Ex) See page 46.
The precognitive huitz’plinas originate from a heavily forested
dwarf planet in the Vast called Mulkaxi. Among many others
they have seized, the Azlanti Star Empire claimed Mulkaxi for
its abundant minerals buried deep in the world’s mountain
regions. Being arboreal and living mainly in forested lowlands,
huitz’plinas have mostly avoided direct interaction with the
empire. For its part, the Azlanti Star Empire sees little utility
in annexing huitz’plinas, who contentedly remain separated
from mining operations in their homes among the extensive
networks of branches in their forest canopies.
Some speculate that huitz’plinas’ seeming indifference
toward the Azlanti presence stems from some event they’ve
collectively foreseen. In fact, huitz’plinas have highly
individualized and personalized precognitive abilities. While
some experience flashes of the future in stunning clarity,
others have preternaturally strong gut feelings that turn out
true or even experience the foretelling of a positive or negative
outcome as a particular shade of color or musical note.
Huitz’plinas have long, glimmering spines that cover their
bodies, save for their face, that develop shortly after their
birth. Younger huitz’plinas have sharp, well-defined spines,
which they can launch in a defensive assault—an ability that
once protected them from the predators of their ancient
evolutionary past. As huitz’plinas age, their spines become
feathery, giving an illusion of multicolored fur—though they
can prove just as deadly when launched. Huitz’plinas also have
strong and prehensile tails that they use in their everyday
activities, from climbing along the canopy to increasing their
dexterity and balance on the ground.
Huitz’plinas use a mix of vocal chords and the thumping of
their prehensile tails in their musical language, which makes it
difficult for tailless beings to replicate; the language is full of
idioms based on huitz’plinas’ glimpses of the future. Huitz’plina
don’t often use instruments in their music. Instead, large choirs
sing haunting melodies that drift down from the treetops.
Over the decades, the most curious huitz’plinas have
found ways to be useful to local Azlanti operations with the
goal of leaving their home planet to enter the wider universe.
Some hunger for exploration; others follow fleeting visions
of themselves on strange new worlds. Several have returned
after grand adventures, spurring more of their species to set
out and explore, so huitz’plinas can now be found across the
galaxy. Such huitz’plina travelers traditionally bring with them
a petrified Mulkaxi flower blossom to remind them of where
they come from. The blossoms vary in color, from rich blue to
blood red to sea green, and they often become a huitz’plina’s
most treasured object.
While not all the creatures they encounter know about
huitz’plina’s precognitive abilities, some members of other
species suspect huitz’plinas in the galaxy at large serve as
RACIAL TRAITS
Ability Adjustments: +2 Dex, +2 Wis, –2 Int
Hit Points: 4
Size and Type: Huitz’plinas are Medium magical beasts.
Climber: Huitz’plinas have a climb speed of 20 feet.
Huitz’plina Senses: Huitz’plinas have blindsense
(scent) with a range of 30 feet and darkvision
with a range of 60 feet.
Prehensile Tail: Huitz’plinas’ tails are as effective
as a hand at manipulating objects, which allows
them to wield and hold up to three hands’
worth of weapons and equipment. This doesn’t
increase the number of attacks they can make
during combat.
Predreaming: See page 46.
Spine Assault: See page 46.
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spies for the Azlanti Star Empire—though there’s little evidence
to support such a theory. As huitz’plinas were extremely well
adapted to their low-tech forest environment, they tend to lack
proficiency in most of the technologies that many in the galaxy
take for granted. As such, they often seem wary of cutting-edge
tech at first, but many take their time to study it and adapt.
Huitz’plinas reach maturity around 30 and can live over
one hundred years each, though their spines first show signs
of color around 15 years of age.
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HULSA
CR 10
XP 9,600
HULSA
CR 10
XP 9,600
CN Medium fey
Init +0; Senses low-light vision, see invisibility; Perception +19
DEFENSE
HP 142 RP 5
EAC 23; KAC 24
Fort +11; Ref +9; Will +13
Defensive Abilities solar adaptation, stellar revelation (soul
furnace), void adaptation; Immunities electricity, fire
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (Su, perfect)
Melee solar weapon +21 (3d6+11 F or S; critical burn 1d6)
Ranged light ray +20 (3d6+11 E & F; critical burn 1d6)
Offensive Abilities flashing strikes, kaleidoscopic glow,
stellar revelations (miniature star [10-ft. radius, 5d6 F],
supernova [15-ft. radius, 11d6 F; DC 19])
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 10th)
At will—life bubble (DC 19)
Constant—see invisibility
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STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +0; Con +1; Int +3; Wis +5; Cha +8
Skills Acrobatics +19 (+27 to fly), Life Science +24,
Mysticism +24, Physical Science +24
Languages Common; electromagnetic communication
Other Abilities life-giving glow, solar manifestation (solar
weapon), stellar alignment (photon)
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or constellation (3–5)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Electromagnetic Communication (Su) A hulsa can
communicate with other creatures within the same
star system. With other hulsas, this ability functions as
telepathy. Otherwise, the hulsa mentally broadcasts to
technological comm units.
Flashing Strikes (Ex) When making a full attack entirely
with melee weapons, a hulsa takes a –3 penalty to each
attack roll instead of the normal –4 penalty.
Kaleidoscopic Glow (Su) A hulsa is supernaturally
luminous, shining bright light out to a range of 30
feet, normal light for another 30 feet, and dim light for
another 30 feet. A magical effect can reduce the light in
this area only if its source has a higher level or CR than
the hulsa. A hulsa can extinguish or relight their light as
a move action.
In addition, the hulsa can spend 1 Resolve Point to
oscillate the bright light from this ability for as long
as the fey maintains concentration (Starfinder Core
Rulebook 271). Creatures within 90 feet of the hulsa
that can see this light become fascinated while the
effect lasts and for 1 round after it
ends (Will DC 19 negates). The
hulsa can instead focus the glow
on one creature, which works like
the hypnotic glow stellar revelation
(Starfinder Core Rulebook 105) of a
10th-level solarian (DC 19, 10 rounds).
Hulsas are immune to this ability.
This is a mind-affecting effect.
Life-Giving Glow (Su) A hulsa can spend 1
Resolve Point to heal living creatures
within their bright light. They can
heal themself or one other living
creature as a standard action,
or themself and other creatures
of their choice in their bright light as a full action. Each
target regains 8d8 Hit Points. When using this ability as a
full action, the hulsa can spend 1 additional Resolve Point
to also harm undead in the area, dealing 8d8 electricity
and fire damage to each one (Fortitude DC 19 half).
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Light Ray (Su) A hulsa’s light ray has a range increment of
90 feet and the bright special property.
These stout fey resemble metallic golems with their animated
armor plates that emit bright, kaleidoscopic light. A
typical hulsa stands about 5 feet tall and weights 300
pounds, though a few outliers tower more
than 7 feet in height. Hulsa heads
bear few features and virtually no
expressions, offering only a few
lines to suggest eyes or mouths.
Instead, most expression
comes from the collection of
metallic ornaments that hover
symmetrically behind
their shoulders like
decorative wings, their colors and
orientation conveying hints of the
hulsa’s mood. These ornaments emit
luminous rays, sheets, and contrails when the fey
fly but don’t move like traditional wings.
Rather than representing terrestrial environments like
forests and oceans, hulsas connect to specific stars. In many
ways, this connection is symbolic, such as how hulsas often
speak of directions in relation to their star rather than by
magnetic poles. Hulsas from proximate stars consider each
other kin, occasionally convening as “constellations” to
socialize or combat mutual threats. Likewise, those fey tied
to stars of a similar type (such as white dwarves and red
giants) acknowledge each other as peers. Hulsas who lack
such connections largely leave each other alone or, rarely,
form distant rivalries founded in some esoteric disagreement
about one of the universe’s underlying mechanics. These
relationships can last eons, for hulsas appear ageless and
claim to be as old as their respective stars. There are no
known instances of hulsas expiring when their stars die, yet
those whose stars have extinguished or exploded are never
seen again.
A hulsa’s actions seem unpredictable and erratic to most;
the fey travels at random, pausing for days or even years at a
time without warning. Only two things seem consistent with
their behavior. First, a hulsa demands that they and the forces
they represent be treated with respect. Any insult, either
direct or dismissive, marks the perpetrator for retribution.
The severity of this retribution is always measured by their
level of affront rather than by any objective standard, ranging
from causing minor annoyance to outright destruction of
the offender’s corporeal form. When a hulsa doesn’t believe
they can easily mete out justice, they wait, reserving their
vengeance for as long as necessary. Legends speak of hulsas
who took centuries to build alliances and train an offender’s
enemies simply to see an insult avenged. If the original
offender dies before the hulsa exacts vengeance, the fey
seeks out whoever else they can hold accountable, ranging
from the original offender’s heirs to societies that trained
the offender. The hulsa even matter-of-factly explains why it
punishes these other parties and rarely allows for other ways
to seek atonement.
The second consistent aspect of hulsa behavior
is education. They love teaching others about the
universe’s physical phenomena. Students who
approach a hulsa respectfully can inquire about
the life cycle of stars, the nature
of the fey realm’s influence
on the universe, or how an
individual can access cosmic
power, though these lessons
come on the hulsa’s terms. A
hulsa might refuse to teach
anything but the basics, require
an obscure form of compensation for
their efforts, or deny secrets to anyone unwilling
to commit to a decades-long apprenticeship to
absorb the lessons with the proper depth. Several
kasatha-led monasteries maintain that a legendary
hulsa taught their founders the solarian arts.
Although most hulsas contently travel alone,
individual hulsas might seek out companions with whom they
can experience cosmic phenomena. A few of these fey even
find senior roles on starships that explore the Vast, trading
their expertise for the opportunity to cruise around the
cosmos with like-minded company.
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The following weapon fusion uses a blend of magic and
technology to adjust light patterns emitted from the weapon,
simulating the oscillating glow of a hulsa which, under exactly
the right circumstances, can temporarily beguile a target. The
fusion sees regular use by commandos and raiders, who both
exploit the light’s resulting confusion to strike hard and get
away before their targets can mount a counterattack.
KALEIDOSCOPIC FUSION
LEVEL 14
The kaleidoscopic fusion augments a weapon’s attacks,
causing them to appear unusually bright, colorful, and even
mesmerizing. The weapon gains the kaleidoscopic charm
critical hit effect. When this critical hit effect is triggered,
the fusion converts the weapon’s force into a powerful
enchantment. The target takes no damage from the attack
and instead is charmed for 1d4 rounds, as though you had
cast charm monster on it (Will save negates). If the target is
immune to this effect or negates it with a successful saving
throw, the target takes the double damage as normal. When
you score a critical hit with a weapon that has multiple
critical hit effects, you can apply only one of those effects
of your choice. This fusion can only be applied to weapons
that deal electricity or fire damage, or that have the aurora AR,
bright, or fiery AR weapon special properties.
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IGNURSO
IGNURSO BURROWER
CR 5
XP 1,600
IGNURSO
BURROWER
CR 5
XP 1,600
IGNURSO MASON
CR 11
XP 12,800
N Large magical beast
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, sense
through (vision [smoke only]); Perception +11
DEFENSE
EAC 17; KAC 15;
Fort +9; Ref +9; Will +4
Defensive Abilities lavaproof; Resistances fire 10
Weaknesses vulnerable to cold
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., burrow 10 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee bite +15 (1d6+10 P) or
claw +15 (1d6+10 S plus grab; critical burn 1d6)
Multiattack bite +9 (1d6+10 P),
2 claws +9 (1d6+10 S plus
grab; critical burn 1d6)
Offensive Abilities breath
weapon (30-ft. cone, 6d6
F, DC 13 Reflex, usable
every 1d4 rounds), vent
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
HP 70
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +3; Con +2; Int –2; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +16, Stealth +11, Survival +11
ECOLOGY
Environment warm mountains and underground
Organization solitary, pair, pack (3–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Lavaproof (Ex) An ignurso is immune to fire damage from
lava and similar effects.
Vent (Su) As a move action, or in place of making a bite attack
when using multiattack, an ignurso can forcefully exhale a
20-foot-radius cloud of choking smoke centered on itself.
Non-ignursos in or entering the area are sickened for 1
round (Fortitude DC 13 negates), and the cloud otherwise
functions as fog cloud with a duration of 1d6 rounds.
IGNURSO MASON
CR 11
XP 12,800
N Large magical beast
Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, sense
through (vision [smoke only]); Perception +20
DEFENSE
EAC 24; KAC 26;
Fort +15; Ref +15; Will +10
Immunities fire
Weaknesses vulnerable to cold
HP 180
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., burrow 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee bite +24 (4d6+19 P) or
claw +24 (4d6+19 S plus grab; critical burn 2d6)
Multiattack bite +15 (4d6+19 P), 2 claws +18 (4d6+19 S
plus grab; critical burn 2d6)
Offensive Abilities breath weapon (30-ft. cone, 12d6 E&F,
DC 13 Reflex, usable every 1d4 rounds), vent
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +5; Con +3; Int –1; Wis +1; Cha +1
Skills Athletics +25, Stealth +20, Survival +20
Languages Ignan (can’t speak)
ECOLOGY
Environment warm and temperate mountains
and underground
Organization solitary, pair, crew (3–6)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Vent (Su) See above; the save DC is 18.
Ignursos are ursine mammals typically found
in geothermally active areas, from hot springs
to calderas. Standing up to 10 feet tall when
on their hind legs and weighing up to 800 pounds,
ignursos are physically intimidating. Yet they rarely
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make use of their fearsome appearance, instead preferring
to burrow underground or lounge wherever it’s warm. When
they do act out of hunger or stress, ignursos become forces
of destruction, their cyclopean eyes blazing with
ferocity as the creatures exhale gouts
of fire.
An ignurso’s body is ideally suited
for extremely warm environments.
Wiry, flame-resistant fur covers its
legs and belly, giving the creature
crucial insulation in cooler areas. Its
back and head are protected by thick scales
able to shed incoming blows and fiery ash with
equal ease, allowing an ignurso to remain active even
during moderate volcanic events. Thick foreclaws
allow the ignurso to dig swiftly through soil and softer
igneous rock, climb with ease, and knock down prey. The
only part of its body ill-suited to its fiery, subterranean terrain
is its single eye—a liability around spraying soil or stray
sparks. Having a single eye is evolutionarily common on the
ignurso’s home planet, and they have developed a nictitating
membrane to protect their eye, keen vision in darkness and
smoke alike, and a plow-like horn above the eye that serves
as a visor against the worst debris.
Except in regions with consistently hot surface climates,
ignursos tunnel deep underground during winter to avoid the
chill, hibernating for months at a time. In their volcanically
active homes, burrowing means not only avoiding cold air but
also getting closer to deep magma veins. Closer to the surface,
ignursos tear through the soil in search of insect larvae and
burrowing creatures. During volcanic events, ignursos seek
out carrion, feasting on creatures that have suffocated by
toxic gases or crushed by debris. They even carve surface
trenches well ahead of eruptions and use the trenches to
funnel lava into long barriers in which they trap their prey.
When other food is scarce, ignursos grudgingly leave
their favored haunts—especially when trying to fatten up
for hibernation. They’re opportunistic omnivores, enjoying
berries and grasses as readily as they do fish, eggs, carrion,
and urban refuse. Dozens of viral videos chronicle the rare
cases when ignursos wander into settlements. Unaware
of the flammability of objects around them, ignursos often
accidentally cause fiery explosions, then scramble away while
roaring in shock as their surroundings go up in flame.
Ignursos remain usually solitary unless courting a mate or
raising cubs. Females give birth to live young and raise them
for about 18 months before urging them to fend for themselves.
Younger ignursos, known as burrowers, aggressively dig out
their own domains and live out fairly animalistic existences.
Ignursos have a natural lifespan of about 25 years, and in the
last decade of life, the creatures develop exceptional cunning
and resilience. This seems to come from an intensifying
attunement to their volcanic surroundings, as if communing
with the fires deep below. In fact, not only do these
elders apparently learn to understand Ignan and sense
impending eruptions, but their fire breath changes to
superheated plasma. Known as masons, these
ignursos tunnel less and build more, using their
breath to melt rock to a liquid consistency
before shaping it into crude structures.
Along with basic shelters, ignurso
masons sculpt strange monuments
and statues, the purpose of which
continues to vex biologists.
For all the danger they represent,
ignursos serve two crucial roles in their ecosystems: volcanic
mitigation and habitat creation. Periodically, an overzealous
ignurso digs so close to a volcano’s magma chamber that lava
breaks through the rock, wells up within the ignurso’s tunnels,
and vents lazily to the surface. In such events, the destruction
is minimal, and geologists have determined that these vents
release some of the underground pressure, making true
eruptions less frequent and devastating. As some of the few
creatures able to tunnel through solid rock, ignursos are also
a keystone species in volcanically active areas. Their heavy
claws pulverize the hard surface, making way for small plants
to colonize the new soil, and their broad tunnels create new
habitats for a variety of animals. Ignurso mason construction
has even shaped early cultures, with several planets’ earliest
cities having relied on their structures as rudimentary
shelters. As hot spots migrate over the millennia, so too do
ignurso populations, consistently reshaping the land.
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Ignursos wield enough strength to punch through rock, and
even after death, their claws ignite with momentary heat
when struck against another surface. Weaponsmiths can
stabilize the claws’ supernatural ignition and incorporate
them into bladed gauntlets known as ignurso knuckles. These
gauntlets’ ignurso-hide coverings protect the wielder from the
claws’ heat, and high-end models allow the claws to retract
into wrist sheathes.
IGNURSO KNUCKLES (ONE-HANDED BASIC MELEE WEAPONS)
WEAPON MODEL
Ignurso knuckles, ember
Ignurso knuckles, blaze
Ignurso knuckles, inferno
Ignurso knuckles, solar
flare
LEVEL
5
9
13
17
PRICE
3,100
13,500
50,250
262,000
DAMAGE
1d6 F&S
2d6 F&S
4d6 F&S
9d6 F&S
CRITICAL
Wound
Wound
Wound
Severe
wound
BULK
L
L
L
L
SPECIAL
Analog, penetrating
Analog, penetrating
Analog, penetrating
Analog, penetrating
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ITMI VRUH
ITMI VRUH
CR 5
XP 1,600
ITMI VRUH
CR 5
XP 1,600
ITMI VRUH
REMINISCENT
CR 10
XP 9,600
LE Medium undead (incorporeal)
Init +5; Senses blindsight (life) 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft.;
Perception +11
DEFENSE
EAC 17; KAC 19
Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +6
Defensive Abilities incorporeal; Immunities undead
immunities
Weakness captivating memento
OFFENSE
Speed fly 40 ft. (Su, average)
Melee touch +14 (1d6+7 C plus memory deluge [DC 13])
Offensive Abilities memory deluge (DC 13), possess
body (DC 13)
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +5; Con —; Int +0; Wis +3; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +11, Sense Motive +11,
Stealth +16
Languages Common
Other Abilities drift attraction,
unliving
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary or pair
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Captivating Memento(Su)
Completely obsessed with their
former life, an itmi vruh becomes
fascinated with any object (or
reasonable facsimile) that had a
special meaning to them while
alive, at the GM’s discretion. This
fascination lasts as long as the
itmi vruh can see the object or the
fascination ends normally, whichever
comes first, up to a maximum of 24
hours. Once the effect ends, the itmi
vruh is immune to fascination by
such objects for 24 hours.
Drift Attraction (Su) The energies that
ripped the itmi vruh from their body
hold a strange attraction to the
creature, drawing them in like
a moth to flame. If a ship exits
the Drift into a solar system with
an itmi vruh, the itmi vruh can fly
toward the ship at incredible speeds,
arriving at the ship in 2d20 hours.
Memory Deluge (Su) An itmi vruh
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is filled with longing for their old life and projects the
few memories they still retain, overwhelming many
who encounter them. A creature that touches or is hit
by the itmi vruh must succeed at a Will saving throw
or take 1d3 Wisdom damage.
Possess Body (Su) Once per day as a full action, an itmi
vruh can attempt to possess the body of an adjacent
living creature. The targeted creature must attempt a
Will saving throw or be possessed; this functions as
dominate person (caster level = the itmi vruh’s CR + its
Charisma bonus). The itmi vruh does not need to know
a common language to direct their victim. The itmi
vruh is fully subsumed into the target’s body
and can perform only mental actions, but
they are immune to damage until they leave
(either voluntarily, when forced out by
magic, or when the host falls unconscious).
Leaving a possessed creature voluntarily is
a move action. A creature that successfully
saves is immune to that same itmi vruh’s
possess body ability for 24 hours. This is a
mind-affecting compulsion effect.
ITMI VRUH REMINISCENT
CR 10
XP 9,600
LE Medium undead (incorporeal)
Init +5; Senses blindsight (life) 60 ft.,
darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +19
DEFENSE
HP 140
EAC 22; KAC 23
Fort +9; Ref +9; Will +15
Defensive Abilities incorporeal; Immunities
undead immunities
Weakness captivating memento
OFFENSE
Speed fly 40 ft. (Su, average)
Melee touch +18 (1d10+13 C plus memory deluge
[DC 19])
Offensive Abilities memory deluge (DC 19),
possess body (DC 19)
Mystic Spell-Like Abilities (CL 10th)
At will—mindlink
Mystic Spells Known (CL 10th)
4th (3/day)—confusion (DC 22), mind thrust
(DC 22)
3rd (6/day)— slow (DC 21), suggestion (DC 21),
synaptic pulse (DC 21), tongues
2nd (at will)—hold person (DC 20), inflict
pain (DC 20)
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +5; Con —; Int +0; Wis +8; Cha +0
ALIEN ARCHIVE 4
Skills Acrobatics +19, Disguise +19, Mysticism +24, Sense
Motive +24, Stealth +19
Languages Common
Other Abilities drift attraction
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary or pair
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Captivating Memento (Su) See page 52
Drift Attraction (Su) See page 52
Memory Deluge (Su) See page 52.
Possess Body (Su) See page 52.
Travel through space and the Drift is not without hazards.
Even making the transition from normal space to the Drift
presents a rare danger. When a Drift engine malfunctions,
whether due to damage from combat, energy fluctuations,
or influence from stellar phenomena, the starship can
perform an incomplete jump: the starship and most of
its crew arrive physically intact, but at some point in the
transplanar leap, a creature’s soul is left behind. Such a lost
soul is known as an itmi vruh. The trauma of being ripped
from their body and left adrift in space compels this spirit
to crave only one thing: a return to their corporeal form.
Meanwhile, crew members who make the jump unscathed
often find the corpse of their companion showing no signs
of injury or illness. Thanks to the nature of the Drift and
the utter trauma of the severance, jumping back to the
point of departure is no help, and only those most familiar
with the dangers of Drift travel ever guess at what might
have happened.
Doomed to wander, an itmi vruh sometimes encounters
living creatures that remind the spirit of who they were
during their life. In such circumstances, the undead finds
themself compelled to take over the familiar creature in a
futile effort to reclaim their old life. An itmi vruh’s possession
slowly erodes the original soul’s control over of their body,
eventually forcing them out completely. Many across the
galaxy have heard stories describing how an itmi vruh’s
possession became a permanent arrangement.
Usually, though, an itmi vruh possessing another creature
concludes that the body the undead now inhabits is not their
own. The more similar that body and its associated life is to
their own, the longer it takes the intruding spirit to realize
this. Most possessions last somewhere between a few hours
and a few days. While living in the new body, the itmi vruh
behaves like they used to, going through the motions of eating,
sleeping, and basic communication. In this fugue state, they
often resemble a normal creature experiencing amnesia. Crew
or family members trying to treat a loved one for amnesia
can inadvertently speed up the itmi vruh’s realization that
they are not inhabiting their own body. One telltale sign of an
itmi vruh possession is that they can become frantic when a
ship is about to travel into the Drift; this is a manifestation of
the trauma they suffered when they lost their original body.
Whenever an itmi vruh’s possession is ended, the creature
flies into a furious rage, lashing out at the living.
An itmi vruh that has possessed numerous bodies can
slowly grow stronger as they absorb some of the residual
energy, memories, and sometimes even abilities of those
they have possessed, eventually becoming a powerful itmi
vruh reminiscent. These rarer undead often have a number
of additional magical abilities garnered from their victims
over time.
ITMI VRUH TEMPLATE GRAFT (CR 3+)
When a Drift engine malfunctions during a jump, the soul of
an intelligent creature can remain behind. This untethered
soul can then become an undead creature obsessed with
finding its body.
Required Creature Type and Subtype: Undead (incorporeal).
Suggested Array: Combatant or spellcaster (CR 10+).
Traits: blindsight (life) 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft, fly 40
ft. (Su, average), captivating memento (page 52), memory
deluge (page 52), possess body (page 52), mystic spells (CR
10+), drift attraction (page 52).
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IXTANGI
CR 1
XP 400
IXTANGI
CR 1
XP 400
N Medium monstrous humanoid
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +9
DEFENSE
EAC 11; KAC 12
Fort +1; Ref +3; Will +6
OFFENSE
IXTANGI
DISRUPTOR
CR 7
XP 3,200
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee survival knife +5 (1d4+1 S) or
tail +5 (1d4+1 P; critical barb poison [DC 13])
Ranged pulsecaster pistol +7 (1d4+1 E nonlethal)
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +1; Con +2; Int +1; Wis +0; Cha +4
Skills Acrobatics +9, Culture +4, Diplomacy +4,
Stealth +9
Languages Common, Ixtangi
Gear ixtangi stationwear (functions as estex suit I),
pulsecaster pistol with 2 batteries (20 charges
each), survival knife
Other Abilities liquid crystal display (DC 15),
unflappable climber
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or glimmer (3–10)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Barb Poison (Ex) If an ixtangi scores a critical
hit with their racial natural weapon, their
target must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC =
10 + the ixtangi’s Constitution modifier + half
the ixtangi’s level ) or gain the flat-footed
condition until the end of its next turn.
This is a poison effect.
Liquid Crystal Display (Ex) An ixtangi
has an innate ability to change
their coloration as a standard
action; this produces one of the
following effects.
Glimmer: The ixtangi flashes
their coloration in a display that
distracts onlookers. Enemies within
30 feet that can see the ixtangi must
succeed at a DC Will save (DC = 10 + the
ixtangi’s Charisma modifier + half the ixtangi’s
level ) or be fascinated for 1d4 rounds. A
creature can be affected by this ability only once
per day. This is a mind-affecting effect.
Stealth: The ixtangi mimics their
surroundings, becoming almost
invisible. They gain a +2 racial
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HP 17
bonus to Stealth checks to hide until the beginning of
their next turn.
Unflappable Climber (Ex) An ixtangi is an adept climber,
using their sticky paw pads, tongue, and prehensile tail
to stay stuck to surfaces. An ixtangi is not flat-footed
while climbing and can take 10 on Athletics checks to
climb even when in combat or immediate danger.
IXTANGI DISRUPTOR
CR 7
XP 3,200
N Medium monstrous humanoid
Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +14
DEFENSE
EAC 19; KAC 21
Fort +9; Ref +11; Will +8
HP 105
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee fangblade +15 (1d12+9 S; critical bleed 1d8) or
tail +15 (2d6+9 P; critical barb poison [DC 18])
Ranged corona laser rifle +18 (2d6+7 F, critical
burn 1d6)
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +5; Con +4; Int +1; Wis +4; Cha +1
Skills Acrobatics +14, Stealth +19,
Survival +14
Languages Common, Ixtangi
Gear ixtangi survivalwear (functions as
estex suit III), corona laser rifle with 2
high-capacity batteries (40 charges
each), fangblade with 2 batteries (20
charges each)
Other Abilities liquid crystal display
(DC 15), unflappable climber
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or glimmer
(3–10)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Barb Poison (Ex) See above.
Liquid Crystal Display (Ex) See above.
Unflappable Climber (Ex) See above.
Ixtangis are a species of chameleon-like
people, originating from the jungle planet of
Doganga in the Vast. The ixtangis’ history on
their beautiful, verdant planet is long and
painful, and they’ve only recently been saved
from the brink of planetary destruction,
thriving in floating island-countries that dot
Doganga’s skies.
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Ixtangis are tall and reptilian, and their default
colorations are green, red, blue, or black. Their scales are
actually mostly transparent; any colors that ixtangis display
result from their manipulation of the liquid crystals beneath
their layer of glass-like scales. They are able to change the
structure of these crystals and the resultant colors at will
and can even become functionally invisible to observers by
mimicking the scenery behind them. They have two sets of
eyes that are able to move independently from one another,
granting them a wide range of vision. Their snouts taper in
thick, wedge-like horns, and some ixtangis also have large,
bony crests that they like to accessorize with jewelry and
precious stones. Their mouths are filled with razor-sharp
teeth, and their tongues are long and retractable. Ixtangis
have long, flexible tails that end in a scorpion-like stinger.
They rarely find themselves using this poisonous barb
in modern times, but they may lash out if startled or if
they have no other option.
Before the Gap, ixtangis continually fought a
planet-threatening disease called the Blighted Bark. This
supernatural plague resulted from the ixtangis’ overuse
of Doganga’s natural resources. When the ixtangis’ central
government finally realized how far they’d pushed
Doganga’s ability to support the ixtangis’ continued
existence, it commissioned a council of powerful
ixtangi spellcasters, known as gleamscales, to push
back against the civilization’s overuse of natural
resources. Performing an extremely potent,
centuries-old ritual passed down through
the gleamscales’ literature, the gleamscales
intended to replenish the planet’s resources,
and—for a few years—it worked.
Little did most ixtangis know, the
gleamscales’ rituals made use of
evil magic, taken from Abaddon by
irresponsible gleamscale progenitors.
The ixtangis, who thought themselves
successful, rested on their laurels
while the malevolent magic from
the rituals interacted with the innate
magical properties of Doganga’s
jungles. This caused the magic
to conjure shadowy and sickly
vegetation and animals, which
then spread this plague, known as the
Blighted Bark, to the surrounding regions.
After a decade of the Blighted Bark taking
over all of Doganga’s jungles, the ixtangis were
at a loss. Their efforts to repel the blight failed,
and with no means of leaving the planet, they
accepted their fate, resolving to die with
their Doganga. Then the Gap happened.
On the other side of this universal
amnesia, the majority of ixtangis
RACIAL TRAITS
Ability Adjustments: +2 Con, +2 Cha, –2 Wis
Hit Points: 4
Size and Type: Ixtangis are Medium monstrous
humanoids.
Barb Poison: See page 54.
Climber: Ixtangis have a climb speed of 20 feet.
Ixtangi Senses: Ixtangis have darkvision with a
range of 60 feet and low-light vision.
Liquid Crystal Display: See page 54.
Natural Weapons (P) : Ixtangis have the natural
weapons universal creature rule (page 154).
Unflappable Climber: See page 54.
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find themselves living lush and affluent lives in
country-sized floating islands. These technological
“country ships” levitate hundreds of feet above
Doganga’s verdant jungle canopies, and are
anywhere from ten to hundreds of miles across. Each
of these domed countries carries the name
of a nation that was once on Doganga’s
surface. Ixtangis scientists and historians
attempt (fruitlessly) to figure out how
their ancestors not only avoided
destruction, but rebounded with
a vengeance. The Blighted Bark
is all but gone, with only a few
manageable outbreaks occurring
once every couple of years.
The only ixtangis left on Doganga’s
surface are those known as duskdwellers.
These unusually pallid ixtangis live and work
beneath the shadows of the island-countries
hovering above. Mostly industrial workers,
duskdwellers live their lives gathering
resources not only for their own shadowed
settlements, but for the island-countries
above who depend on duskdwellers
to collect water, wood, stone, and
other organic resources. They’re also
the foremost breeders of moonlily, a
psychotropic flower that blooms only
in shadow. Moonlily brewers then
grind this flower into a thick paste,
which they distill into an alcoholic drink
that intoxicates consumers and grants them
euphoric visions. Duskdwellers exhibit keen
survival skills, using their dinosaur beasts
of burden to travel the jungles in search of
resources—or better places to settle where
the demands of the “highscales” above can’t
reach them.
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JUBUBNAN TRAVELER
CR 2
XP 600
JUBUBNAN
TRAVELER
CR 2
XP 600
Jububnan operative
N Medium monstrous humanoid
Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +8
DEFENSE
EAC 13; KAC 14; +4 vs. bull rush and trip
Fort +1; Ref +4; Will +5
Defensive Abilities evasion
SPECIAL ABILITIES
HP 23
OFFENSE
JUBUBNAN
RACONTEUR
CR 8
XP 4,800
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
Melee survival knife +7 (1d4+2 S)
Ranged static arc pistol +9 (1d6+2 E; critical arc 2)
or tactical shirren-eye rifle +9 (1d10+2 P)
Offensive Abilities trick attack +1d4
STATISTICS
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or knot (3–6)
Str +0; Dex +4; Con +1; Int +2; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +13, Athletics +13 (+21 to swim), Culture +13,
Life Science +8, Stealth +8
Languages Common, Jububnan
Other Abilities astonishing balance, operative exploits
(uncanny mobility), puff up, specialization (daredevil),
wanderer’s pluck
Gear second skin, static arc pistol with 2 batteries (20
charges each), survival knife, tactical shirren-eye rifle
with 10 sniper rounds
Astonishing Balance (Ex) A jububnan can move 10 feet
instead of 5 when taking a crawl action. A jububnan also
gains a +4 racial bonus to AC against bull rush and trip
combat maneuvers.
Puff Up (Ex) As a move action, a jububnan can increase to
Large size and gain a reach of 10 feet. If the physical
space the jububnan is in can’t accommodate their new
size, the ability fails. The jububnan can maintain this size
for up to 10 minutes before they must revert to their
normal size; this does not take an action. The jububnan
can’t use this ability again until they take a 10-minute
rest to regain Stamina Points.
Wanderer’s Pluck (Ex) Jububnans have tenacious spirits
that allow them to thrive while alone. When an effect
allows a jububnan to reroll an attack roll, saving throw,
or skill check, they gain a +2 racial bonus to that reroll.
JUBUBNAN RACONTEUR
CR 8
XP 4,800
Jububnan witchwarper COM
CN Medium monstrous humanoid
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +16
DEFENSE
EAC 19; KAC 20; +4 vs. bull rush and trip
Fort +7; Ref +9; Will +9
HP 105 RP 4
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
Melee tactical knife +13 (2d4+8 S)
Ranged red star plasma pistol +15 (1d8+8 E & F; critical
burn 1d8)
or incendiary grenade II +15 (explode [10 ft., 1d6 burn,
DC 18])
Witchwarper Spells Known (CL 8th; ranged +15)
3rd (3/day)—explosive blast (DC 20), probability prediction
2nd (6/day)—caustic conversion, hold person (DC 19), slice
realityCOM (DC 19)
1st (at will)—puncture veilCOM, shifting surgeCOM
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +4; Con +2; Int +2; Wis +0; Cha +6
Skills Acrobatics +16, Culture +21, Mysticism +21, Stealth +16
Languages Common, Jububnan
Other Abilities alternate outcome (1/day), astonishing
balance, infinite worlds (3/day), paradigm shifts (inhibit
[DC 18], flash teleport), puff up, wanderer’s pluck
Gear advanced lashunta tempweave, incendiary grenades
II (2), red star plasma pistol with 2 capacity batteries (20
charges each), tactical knife
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ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Astonishing Balance (Ex) See page 56.
Puff Up (Ex) See page 56.
Wanderer’s Pluck (Ex) See page 56.
Jububnans resemble human-sized toads that stand on a single
stout leg. Their coloration varies widely, often with neon
splashes and splotches of darker colors. They maneuver by
deftly hopping at the speed at which many humanoids walk,
and they rarely remain motionless, instead preferring to gently
sway when they must stay in a single spot for prolonged
periods. Jububnans can inhale deeply, expanding their bodies
to almost three times their normal size. Most jububnans stand
between 5 and 6 feet tall and weigh about 200 pounds, though
puffed jububnans can be as tall as 10 feet.
The jububnan homeworld, if it still exists, remains a
mystery to the broader galaxy. Though many jububnans have
visited both the Pact Worlds and Veskarium, none have been
known to disclose details about a homeworld. When directly
confronted about their history, most simply state that their
ancestors were starfaring wanderers. Since jububnans live
only an average of 60 years, they’ve had several generations
since the end of the Gap, and it’s widely believed that the
truth of their origin is shrouded by that mysterious lost age.
Today, jububnans travel as solitary wanderers, rarely meeting
others of their kind. Luckily for their species, a jububnan
can reproduce via parthenogenesis, allowing them to spawn
dozens of eggs several times during their lifespan. During the
periods leading up to their egg-laying, a jububnan remains in
its larger puffed-up state for weeks; scientists believe that
this is to properly gestate the necessary egg clutches,
as well as a remnant behavior from less sapient
times, when jububnans likely intimidated would-be
predators with their increased size.
Many followers of Weydan believe jububnans
to be a species blessed by The Endless Horizon,
seeing the species’ innate pluck and ability to
persevere in solitary wandering as exemplars of their
deity. For their part, jububnans as a whole don’t share
any particular affinity to Weydan, and in fact, display
an exceptionally wide variety of deific and philosophical
allegiances. Since most jububnans have no societal cohesion,
the beliefs and moral outlooks of these toad-like beings are
more varied than those of many species. Likely as a result
of their nomadic lifestyles, jububnans often veer away from
exceptionally lawful institutions, though those who grow up
under the dominion of larger civilizations tend to embrace
order and authority.
Thanks to jububnans’ ability to reproduce rapidly, their
normally solitary species can sometimes form tight-knit
familial communities. Some pirate outfits in Near Space and
RACIAL TRAITS
Ability Adjustments: +2 Dex, +2 Con, –2 Str
Hit Points: 6
Size and Type: Jububnans are Medium monstrous
humanoids.
Darkvision: Jububnans have darkvision with a range
of 60 feet.
Astonishing Balance: See page 56.
Jububnan Movement: Jububnans have a land speed
of 30 feet and a swim speed of 30 feet.
Puff Up: See page 56.
Wanderer’s Pluck: See page 56.
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the Vast consist of jububnan outlaws who bred multiple
generations of offspring with the sole goal of staffing starships
and creating a larger enterprise with trusted family allies. In
other cases, jububnan explorers who come across sites of
extreme value or danger may birth a new generational line
whose existence is based on protecting such locations from
outside interference. However, even when these larger groups
of jububnans—known as tangles—form, the elders commonly
encourage some of their offspring to depart and travel the
galaxy, spreading their species throughout the reaches of
space. As a result, members of jububnan tangles can often be
found across several different planets, watching over specific
sites of interest.
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KAION
CR 2
XP 600
KAION
CR 2
XP 600
KAION MULTIPOLE
CR 11
XP 12,800
N Small animal
Init +4; Senses blindsense (electromagnetism) 60 ft.,
low-light vision; Perception +7
DEFENSE
EAC 12; KAC 16
Fort +5; Ref +7; Will +1
Defensive Abilities void adaptation
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (Ex, perfect)
Melee radula +7 (1d6+3 S) or
slam +7 (1d4+3 B plus grab)
Ranged sclerite +10 (1d6+2 P plus entangled)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with slam)
Offensive Abilities polarity pulse
STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +4; Con +2; Int –4; Wis +0; Cha –2
Skills Acrobatics +7 (+15 to fly), Athletics +7
Other Abilities magnetic levitation
ECOLOGY
Environment mountains, urban, or vacuum (Diaspora)
Organization solitary, pair, or pod (3–6 kaions plus 1 kaion
multipole)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
HP 25
Magnetic Levitation (Ex) A kaion can fly in a vacuum.
However, this flight is limited to within 60 feet of
a planet or asteroid’s surface or a nearby metallic
structure, such as a steel railing or a starship’s hull.
Polarity Pulse (Ex) As a standard action, a kaion can
release a magnetic pulse in a 60-foot-radius spread. Each
creature in that area wielding metallic weapons, wearing
metallic armor, or entangled by a kaion’s sclerites must
succeed at a DC 13 Reflex save or be pulled up to 30
feet toward the kaion, or double that on a failure by
5 or more. This movement doesn’t provoke attacks of
opportunity. If a creature is affected only because of
an object it holds, it can drop the object to cease being
pulled; this does not require an action. Unsecured
metallic objects in the area are automatically pulled 60
feet toward the kaion.
Sclerites (Ex) As a standard action, a kaion can fire a
sclerite as a ranged attack with a range increment of
60 feet that targets KAC. The sclerite lodges in or sticks
to the target on a hit, causing the target to become
entangled as long as the sclerite remains. An entangled
creature can remove a sclerite as a move action by
succeeding at a DC 13 Athletics or Acrobatics check.
KAION MULTIPOLE
CR 11
XP 12,800
N Huge animal
Init +8; Senses blindsense (electromagnetism) 60 ft.,
low-light vision; Perception +20
DEFENSE
EAC 23; KAC 26
Fort +14; Ref +16; Will +10
Defensive Abilities void adaptation
HP 180
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (Ex, perfect)
Melee radula +20 (4d6+14 S)
or slam +20 (3d8+14 B plus grab)
Ranged sclerite +23 (3d10+11 P plus entangle)
Offensive Abilities polarity pulse, sclerite
shower
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +8; Con +5; Int –4; Wis +0;
Cha –2
Skills Acrobatics +20 (+28 to fly),
Athletics +20
Other Abilities magnetic levitation
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SCLERITE HARPOONERS (HEAVY WEAPONS)
PROJECTILE
Sclerite harpooner, lure
Sclerite harpooner, hook
Sclerite harpooner,
lodestone
LEVEL
4
9
14
PRICE
2,000
13,000
70,000
DAMAGE
2d6 P
25d8 P
46d12 P
RANGE
90 ft.
120 ft.
150 ft
ECOLOGY
Environment mountains, urban, or vacuum (Diaspora)
Organization solitary or pod (1 kaion multipole plus
3–6 kaions)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Magnetic Levitation (Ex) A kaion multipole can fly in
a vacuum. A kaion multipole’s magnetic levitation is
powerful enough that it can fly even when not near a
planetary surface or metallic object, and it counts as
a metallic structure for the purpose of enabling other
kaions’ magnetic levitation.
Polarity Pulse (Ex) As a standard action, a kaion
multipole can release a magnetic pulse that creates a
60-foot-radius spread centered at a point within 60 feet.
Each creature in that area wielding metallic weapons,
wearing metallic armor, or entangled by a kaion’s sclerites
must succeed at a DC 18 Reflex save or be pulled up to 30
feet toward the center of the pulse, or double that if it fails
by 5 or more. If a creature is affected only because of an
object it holds, it can drop the object to cease being pulled;
this does not require an action. Unsecured metallic objects
in the area are automatically pulled 60 feet toward the
center of the pulse. Being pulled doesn’t provoke attacks
of opportunity.
Sclerites (Ex) See page 58; the DC is 26.
Sclerite Shower (Ex) Once every 1d4 rounds, a kaion
multipole can shoot a cluster of sclerites in a 30-foot
cone or 60-foot line burst. Creatures in the area take
6d6 piercing damage and are entangled by the kaion
multipole’s sclerites (page 58). An affected creature can
attempt a DC 18 Reflex save to take half damage and
ignore the entangled effect.
CRITICAL
CAPACITY
USAGE BULK
EmbedAR 1d6 25 sclerites
5
2
EmbedAR 1d8 50 sclerites
5
2
EmbedAR 1d12 100 sclerites
10
3
SPECIAL
Unwieldy
Unwieldy
Unwieldy
By using a nearby metallic surface as an anchor, kaions can
propel themselves via magnetic levitation. As space travel has
increased, kaions have expanded far beyond their native habitat
of the Diaspora by hitching rides on unsuspecting starships. By
creating a magnetic gradient down its arms, a kaion can detach
one of its sclerites and accelerate it to railgun speeds. These
projectiles lodge in or adhere to targets; subsequent magnetic
pulses can reel prey back as though they were harpooned.
Kaions are a social species organized into a pod structure,
and whole pods cooperate to bring down larger prey. When
multiple kaions in a pod have reached a sufficient level of size
and strength, they can instead become magnetically aligned
with each other and form a single multichambered chimeric
organism called a multipole, that can fly through space unaided.
SCLERITE HARPOONERS
Kaions’ ability to reel in all manner of prey has led to emulations
of their effective hunting strategy. A sclerite harpooner is inlaid
with spirals of kaion shell and magnetically fires either harvested
or manufactured kaion sclerites along two rails; this ammunition
is available in the same quantities and at the same price as darts.
As a reaction, the weapon can be activated to reel in a target
affected by its embed critical hit effect. The target must
attempt a Reflex save (DC = 10 + 1/2 the harpooner’s
item level + the wielder’s Strength modifier) or be
pulled 30 feet toward the wielder; this movement
does not provoke attacks of opportunity. Huge or
larger creatures are not affected.
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on starship hulls and mined ores alike. These mollusk-like
creatures produce their own energy via chemosynthesis. As a
kaion scrapes up inorganic minerals from nearby rock with its
radula, symbiotic bacteria in its shell produce energy
and excrete any unwanted metals as a metabolic
byproduct. These metals accumulate in the
kaion’s shell as well as in the numerous
metallic sclerites that cover the kaion’s
many tentacles and two long arms. The
kaion’s armored surface also produces
powerful magnetic fields that respond to the creature’s
bioelectric impulses, often visible in field lines of metallic
dust that adhere to the creature’s shell, expanding and
contracting in rhythmic, breath-like movements.
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KHULAN
CR 7
XP 3,200
KHULAN
CR 7
XP 3,200
LN Medium fey (fire, incorporeal)
Init +4; Senses blindsight 60 ft. (vibration), detect radiation,
low-light vision; Perception +14
DEFENSE
KHULAN
ASCENDANT
CR 12
XP 19,200
EAC 19; KAC 20
Fort +8; Ref +8; Will +10
Defensive Abilities geomagnetic field, incorporeal;
Immunities fire, radiation
Weaknesses vulnerable to cold
OFFENSE
Speed fly 40 ft. (Su, perfect)
Melee leeching touch +12 (3d6 C; see text) or
claw +14 (1d8+7 S)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 7th; ranged +12)
1/day—explosive blast (DC 18)
Constant—detect radiation
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +4; Con +1; Int +1;
Wis +5; Cha +2
Skills Acrobatics +19 (+27
to fly), Intimidate +19,
Physical Science +14,
Sense Motive +19, Stealth +14,
Survival +14
Languages Akitonian, Common,
Ignan, Terran
ECOLOGY
Environment any mountains or
underground (Akiton)
Organization solitary, pair, or patrol
(3–9)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Geomagnetic Field (Su) As a move action
while on a planet that has at least a thin
atmosphere and a mass at least 1/50th that
of lost Golarion, a khulan can generate a
10-foot-radius protective field that grants
resistance to cold, electricity, and fire
damage within the protected area. If the
planet’s atmosphere is thin, this resistance
value is 5, and the resistance increases to
7 or 10 if the atmosphere is normal or thick,
respectively. A khulan’s attacks ignore any
energy resistance granted by a khulan’s
geomagnetic field ability. The barrier also grants
all creatures in its area a +4 circumstance
bonus to saves against radiation.
The barrier is an emanation that is
centered on and moves with the khulan,
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and the field persists until the khulan is incapacitated or
it dismisses the field; this doesn’t require an action.
Leeching Touch (Su) As a standard action, a khulan can
strike with their incorporeal limbs, making an attack
that targets EAC. On a hit against a living creature, this
attack deals 3d6 cold damage, and the khulan regains a
number of Hit Points equal to half the damage dealt.
KHULAN ASCENDANT
CR 12
XP 19,200
LN Medium fey (fire, incorporeal)
Init +5; Senses blindsight 60 ft. (vibration), detect radiation,
low-light vision; Perception +22
DEFENSE
EAC 26; KAC 26
Fort +13; Ref +13; Will +15
Defensive Abilities geomagnetic field, incorporeal;
Immunities fire, radiation
Weaknesses vulnerable to cold
HP 175
OFFENSE
Speed fly 40 ft. (Su, perfect)
Melee leeching touch +20 (5d6 C; see text) or
claw +22 (2d12+12 S)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th)
1/day—explosive blast (DC 20), remove
radioactivity (DC 21)
Constant—detect radiation
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +5; Con +4; Int +2; Wis +8;
Cha +4
Skills Acrobatics +27 (+35 to fly), Intimidate
+27, Physical Science +22, Sense Motive
+27, Stealth +22, Survival +22
Languages Akitonian, Common, Ignan, Terran
ECOLOGY
Environment any mountains or underground
(Akiton)
Organization solitary, pair, or patrol (3–9)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Geomagnetic Field (Su) See above; the geomagnetic
field grants resistance 10, 12, or 15 in thin, normal,
or thick atmospheres, respectively.
Leeching Touch (Su) See above; this attack deals
5d6 cold damage.
Khulans are glossy-eyed fey that act as enigmatic
custodians of worlds’ molten cores, the resulting
geomagnetic fields, and the pyroclastic gases that
help insulate worlds so that their surfaces can sustain
life. Most often, khulans appear as vaguely humanoid
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that seem to trail away into nothingness. A typical khulan is
7-1/2 feet tall.
These ghostly fey spend most of their time deep
belowground, drifting through the mantles and blazingly hot
metallic cores of many rocky planets. When they surface,
khulans often travel through convective conduits, old lava
tubes, or active volcanoes, emerging with minimal fanfare
to survey the upper ecosystems’ health. Where they sense
disturbances in their planets’ cosmic defenses, khulans
silently study the causes and swiftly retaliate against any
mortal tampering they deem harmful. Otherwise, the surface’s
relative chill displeases the fey, who either retreat deep
underground or sap warmth from living creatures in order to
sustain a healthy body temperature.
On occasion, a khulan adopts a surface settlement
or population under threat, most often one at risk from
environmental degradation or unnatural weather. In some
cases, this involves shepherding the fey’s charges to safety
underground, and in others weaving a shield from the
planet’s geomagnetic and atmospheric power to deflect the
oncoming threat. Enough of these stories survive to suggest
the fey are benign or even benevolent. However, just as
many tales describe instances in which khulans’ charges
have disappeared forever, owed the fey impossible debts as
payment for khulan intervention, or been found as frozen
corpses in warm fields, suggesting that the ghostly beings
adhere to utterly alien motivations.
Dozens of khulans patrol Akiton’s Hivemarket,
a partly subterranean bazaar in the shadow of
Mount Ka, an extinct volcano. There the fey
attack anyone who engages in theft or attempts
to seize control of the site by force, yet they
almost never stop legitimate business, no matter
how heinous the transaction. Ongoing university
studies documenting the khulans’ behavior
and anatomy elicit varied reactions from the fey
ranging from silent disdain to violent outbursts
and to cryptically brief interviews that only trigger
more questions.
These Akitonian khulans’ visibility makes
them one of the best-studied populations in the
galaxy, thus most assume that khulans both are
endemic to Akiton and are naturally legless ghost
beings. However, Akiton’s molten core has cooled
dramatically over the past millions of years, and
ancient cave art suggests that the planet’s khulans have
grown weaker and more ephemeral as the core’s energy
and geomagnetic field dwindle. The art depicts khulans with
faint digitigrade legs bearing stout fins for swimming, and
rare sightings of khulans on younger planets report similar
findings. Popular theories suggest the khulans slowly fade
as their homes die, and although Akiton’s khulans are no
longer able to protect the dying planet’s core, they strive to
at least protect the market and its inhabitants.
MECHANIC TRICKS
These mechanic tricks incorporate geomagnetic principles and
khulan inspirations to deflect and redirect dangerous energies.
Electromagnetic Deflection (Ex): When you activate your
energy shield, choose two of the following damage types:
cold, electricity, or fire. While your shield is active, you gain
resistance to the chosen damage types equal to half your
mechanic level. You must have the energy shield mechanic
trick to learn this trick.
Geomagnetic Charge (Ex): As a reaction once per round
while your energy shield is active and you reduce damage
taken with your electromagnetic deflection trick, you can
redirect the dissipated energy into a ranged energy weapon
or melee weapon with the powered special property that
you’re holding. The next time you hit with that weapon
before the end of your next turn, you deal additional damage
equal to the reduction provided by your electromagnetic
deflection. You must be at least 8th level and have the
electromagnetic deflection and energy shield mechanic
tricks to learn this trick.
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KIIRINTA
KIIRINTA GUARD
CR 3
XP 800
KIIRINTA GUARD
CR 3
XP 800
CN Small fey
Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8
DEFENSE
EAC 14; KAC 16
Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +2
Defensive Abilities fluttercloud
HP 40
OFFENSE
KIIRINTA SHAMAN
CR 6
XP 2,400
Speed 30 ft., fly 20 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee tactical dueling sword +7 (1d6+5 S)
Ranged tactical rail gun +10 (1d8+3 P)
Offensive Abilities reverberating shriek (DC 12)
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +4; Con +1; Int +0; Wis +0; Cha +1
Skills Acrobatics +13, Athletics +8, Survival +8
Languages Common, Kiirinta; limited telepathy 30 ft.
Gear freebooter armor I, tactical dueling sword, tactical rail
gun AR with 24 longarm rounds
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Stabrisis-14)
Organization solitary, pair, or kaleidoscope (3–10)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Fluttercloud (Ex) Once every 10
minutes, as a move action, a
kiirinta within 15 feet of the ground can flutter its wings
to stir up a cloud of debris and glistening sparkles around
themself, granting the kiirinta concealment (20% miss
chance) for 1d4 rounds or until they leave their space.
Reverberating Shriek (Ex) Once every 10 minutes, as
a standard action, a kiirinta can emit a shriek of
sonic energy at an adjacent creature, causing painful
vibrations throughout the target’s body. This gives the
target the staggered condition for 1d4 rounds. The target
can attempt a DC 12 Fortitude save to negate the effect.
KIIRINTA SHAMAN
CR 6
XP 2,400
Kiirinta mystic
CN Small fey
Init +3; Senses low-light vision; Perception +13
DEFENSE
EAC 17; KAC 18
Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +9
Defensive Abilities fluttercloud
HP 75 RP 4
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 20 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee medium sap +9 (1d6+6 B nonlethal)
Ranged corona laser pistol +11 (2d4+6 F; critical
burn 1d4)
Offensive Abilities grasping vines (DC 16),
reverberating shriek (DC 16)
Mystic Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th)
At will—mindlink
Mystic Spells Known (CL 6th)
2nd (3/day)—fog cloud, force blast (DC 18)
1st (6/day)—life bubble, mind thrust (DC 17), mystic cure
0 (at will)—detect magic, stabilize
Connection xenodruid
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +3; Con +2; Int +2; Wis +5; Cha +1
Skills Acrobatics +13, Life Science +18, Mysticism +18,
Survival +13
Languages Common, Kiirinta; limited telepathy 30 ft.,
speak with animals
Other Abilities animal adaptation (6 minutes)
Gear freebooter armor II, corona laser pistol, medium sapAR
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Stabrisis-14)
Organization solitary, pair, or kaleidoscope (3–10)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Fluttercloud (Ex) See above.
Reverberating Shriek (Ex) See above; the DC is 16.
Kiirintas are small, moth-like creatures with brightly colored
wings, six limbs, and a pair of feathery antennae above their
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insectile eyes. Their front two limbs have three grasping,
finger-like appendages for manipulating objects. Their back
limbs have several jagged claws, and they can rear up on their
two hindmost limbs to reach their full height of 3 to 4 feet.
Kiirintas can live up to 500 years and reach adulthood at 30.
Kiirintas’ home world, called Stabrisis-14 by the Starfinder
Society, is the fourth planet orbiting an immense red star in
Near Space. Kiirintas themselves referred to their planet simply
as “the world,” but now that they have begun to make contact
with galactic society, those who go off-planet typically refer
to their home by its Starfinder Society moniker. Stabrisis-14 is
a verdant jungle planet that experiences frequent influxes of
planar energy from the First World, influencing its landscape
and inhabitants. Though there are currently no active portals
to the wild plane, kiirintas pass down legends of how their
ancestors migrated to their planet via a now-lost planar breach.
Traditionally, kiirintas work as nomadic hunter-gatherers
who venerate a pantheon of nature deities. Across the planet,
they are organized into various groups, each with its own
territory. Each group has multiple small settlements across
the jungles that members rotate between based on the season
and their mood. The majority of kiirintas divide themselves
into two castes: the Reflectors and the Builders. The Builders
focus on physical pursuits and
serve as warriors and hunters,
whereas the Reflectors focus on
mental pursuits, studying magic
and strategy. The castes are equal
in terms of status, and individuals
in either can rise to positions of
power within a tribe. Due to the
kiirintas’ strong tendency toward
individualism, hereditary positions are
rare. While impressive parentage can
be influential, most kiirintas believe in
judging others by their deeds.
Kiirinta society rewards boldness and
daring, and the ability to recount one’s exploits
for others is almost as important as the deeds
themselves. Kiirinta culture prizes storytelling—the
more outlandish the tale, the better. As a result,
kiirintas’ historical records are somewhat muddled, as
they often tell tall tales and embellish even the most
minor details to make their stories all the more impressive.
Recently, the Starfinder Society interceded on Stabrisis-14
when several weapon caches were dropped on the planet,
inciting conflict within a kiirinta tribe and resulting in
kiirintas’ introduction to the larger galaxy. Though still
somewhat localized, word of the life forms and technologies
on other planets is spreading quickly among kiirintas, and
their natural curiosity is encouraging many to find their way
off Stabrisis-14 to explore the universe. Kiirintas of both
castes have taken an eager interest in newly discovered
technologies and peoples.
RACIAL TRAITS
Ability Adjustments: +2 Dex, +2 Int, –2 Wis
Hit Points: 4
Size and Type: Kiirintas are Small fey.
Fluttercloud: See page 62.
Kiirinta Movement: Kiirintas have a land speed of
30 feet and an extraordinary fly speed of 20 feet
with average maneuverability.
Limited Telepathy: Kiirintas have limited telepathy
with a range of 30 feet.
Low-Light Vision: Kiirintas have low-light vision.
Reverberating Shriek: As a standard action, a kiirinta
can emit a shriek of sonic energy at an adjacent
creature, causing painful vibrations throughout
the target’s body. This scream imposes the
staggered condition for 1d4 rounds. The target
can attempt a Fortitude save (DC = 10 + half the
kiirinta’s character level + the kiirinta’s Constitution
modifier) to negate the staggered effect. Whether
successful or not, a creature can’t be affected by
the same kiirinta’s reverberating shriek for 24
hours. A kiirinta can use this ability once per day
plus one additional time for every 5 character
levels they have.
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KLIKHARP
KLIKHARP HATCHLING
CR 1/2
XP 200
KLIKHARP
HATCHLING
CR 1/2
XP 200
N Medium vermin
Init +2; Senses blindsense (vibration) 60 ft., darkvision
60 ft.; Perception +4
Aura gentle thrum (30 ft.)
DEFENSE
KLIKHARP
MOUNT
CR 5
XP 1,600
EAC 10; KAC 12
Fort +4; Ref +2; Will +0; +2 vs. emotion and pain
HP 13
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee bite +6 (1d6+3 P)
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +2; Con +1; Int –4; Wis +1; Cha +1
Skills Acrobatics +4, Athletics +9
Other Abilities mutations (maestro, springy)
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or orchestra (3–10)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Gentle Thrum (Su) The klikharp’s gentle thrum is especially
soothing for shirrens and other creatures with
blindsense (vibration), including themselves. Affected
creatures gain a +2 morale bonus to saves against
emotion and pain effects.
Mutations (Ex) The klikharp has a mutable
genetic code resulting from of once
being a part of the Swarm. Each
klikharp starts with two mutations from
the list below; they can add an additional
mutation at 7th level and another at 13th.
At each level they can slip into their chrysalis
for a week and switch out the mutations they previously
selected. The exception to this is the growth option,
which is permanent.
Bioluminescent: As a move action, the klikharp can
increase the light level two steps (to a maximum of normal
light) in a 10-foot radius centered on itself for 1 minute.
Burrowing: The klikharp has a burrow speed of 30 feet.
Discordant: The klikharp can make a shriek ranged
attack that deals sonic damage, targets EAC, and has a
range increment of 30 feet.
Growth: The klikharp grows one size category. It
can choose this option twice to become Huge. Growth
mutations can’t be undone.
Maestro: As a move action, the klikharp can imitate
any instrument or sound (but not speech), giving
a creature a +4 circumstance bonus to Profession
(musician) checks. The target must have the klikharp as
its bonded creature companion.
Sealed Carapace: The klikharp gains the void
adaptation universal creature rule (page 157).
Springy: The klikharp can take 20 on Athletics
checks to jump and the DC is not doubled for lacking a
running start.
Winged: The Klikharp has a flight speed of 30 feet
(Ex., average). The klikharp must be 7th level or higher to
select this mutation.
KLIKHARP MOUNT
CR 5
XP 1,600
N Large vermin
Init +3; Senses blindsense (vibration) 60 ft.,
darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +11
Aura gentle thrum (30 ft.)
DEFENSE
HP 70
EAC 17; KAC 19
Fort +9; Ref +7; Will +4; +2 vs. emotion and
pain
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee bite +14 (1d6+10 P)
Ranged shriek +11 (1d6+5 So)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +3; Con +2; Int –4; Wis +1;
Cha +1
Skills Acrobatics +11, Athletics +16
(+24 to climb), Survival +11
Other Abilities mutations
(discordant, growth)
ECOLOGY
Environment any
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Organization solitary, pair, or orchestra (3–10)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Mutations (Ex) See page 64.
Gentle Thrum (Su) See page 64.
Klikharps are brightly colored cricket-like insects with
six legs, long antennae, and a shiny carapace. They are
affectionate and musical pets with a mind of their own.
Like the shirrens, klikharps were once components of the
Swarm. Shirren scholars and scientists have long debated
what purpose the klikharp’s musical gifts served within
the Swarm. Did the gentle thrum once reinforce the hive
mind? Was the music a way of keeping tempo for military
operations? Whatever klikharps’ original purpose, when the
Gap ended, shirren legends claim that the loyal klikharps
made their first known choice when they sensed the shirrens’
desire to flee the Swarm’s endless cycle of destruction. As
the Swarm churned in sudden confusion and disorientation,
so the story goes, the klikharps thrummed in a single chorus
and shifted their genetic code, breaking off from the hive
mind as well. This break seems to have come at a terrible
price; klikharps lost their native telepathic gifts and some of
their functional ability to easily communicate.
Now, most shirrens feel a cultural duty to protect these
loyal creatures. That a species on the run would take pets
with them says much, not only about the shirrens, but also
the early klikharps, who served as guardians and protectors,
fighting and dying alongside their new friends. Shirren
storytellers tell many tales of how klikharps’ thrums and
companionship soothed the terrified exiles and kept morale
up during their 3-year flight from the Swarm. When the
glowing form of Hylax arrived at the Forever Reliquary
to bless the shirren species, she offered the klikharps a
blessing too. Although she could not return all that they
had sacrificed, she enhanced their musical gifts, their
sense of joy, and their love of choice in all forms.
All klikharps chirp, but now they could echo the
sounds of musical instruments, and some could
take their musical gifts even further.
Shirrens cherish klikharps not just for the
history of their loyalty, but also for their
endless love of choice. Klikharps rarely blend
in meekly to their surroundings, instead
choosing to constantly shift their jewel-like
coloration in order to attract attention. All
klikharps are natural aural mimics, often
changing their chirps to match the sounds of
different musical tones. Although these charming
pets were the very first companions of the shirren
species, until recently they were a rare sight in most
of the Pact Worlds. Then Bugspace, a Nchak-based
band, released its viral song “Canticle for Klikharp
and Guitar.” Now klikharps are enjoying a new
wave of popularity, not just for their bright colors and
musicality, but for their endless versatility as pets. Their
mutable genetic code lets them fill many sorts of pet niches
from charming entertainers to guards, mining assistants, pack
animals, and even flying mounts.
Klikharps endlessly shift themselves into helpful forms
to work alongside their chosen friends. Feral klikharps are
uncommon, as they have never been a truly wild species. If
abandoned or neglected, they focus most on the mutations
that will help them survive. Their songs never go completely
silent; they instead shift from instrumental music to soft,
plaintive sounds that echo their environment. Rescue groups
that specialize in retrieving feral klikharps have found music
to be key in both luring klikharps out of their hiding spaces
but also teaching them to trust again.
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(Starfinder Alien Archive 3 138).
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1–20
Medium Vermin
Senses blindsense (vibration) 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft., lowlight vision
Good Save Fort; Poor Saves Ref, Will
Speed 40 ft., climb 20ft.
Melee Attack bite (P)
Space 5 ft. Reach 5 ft.
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Gentle Thrum (Su) See page 64.
Mutations (Ex) See page 64.
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CR 1
XP 400
LACUNAL
INITIATE
CR 1
XP 400
LACUNAL
COLLECTOR
CR 11
XP 12,800
LE Medium undead (android)
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +5
DEFENSE
HP 16
EAC 10; KAC 11
Fort +1; Ref +1; Will +6
Defensive Abilities spontaneous reincarnation; Immunities
undead immunities
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee battle staff +2 (1d4+2 B; critical knockdown)
Ranged subzero hail pistol +4 (1d4 C & P; critical bleed 1d4)
Offensive Abilities memory extraction (DC 12)
Spells Known (CL 1st; ranged +4]
1st (3/day)—fear (DC 14), mind thrust (DC 14)
0 (at will)—daze (DC 13), telekinetic projectile (DC 13)
STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +1; Con –; Int +2; Wis +4; Cha +1
Skills Engineering +10, Intimidate +5,
Mysticism +10
Languages Common
Other Abilities augmented scavenger,
constructed, flat affect, unliving
Gear second skin, battle staff,
subzero hail pistolAR with 2
batteries (20 charges each);
Augmentations standard
prosthetic limb
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or
enclave (3-4)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Augmented Scavenger (Ex) A
lacunal initiate can harvest a
biotech or cybernetic augmentation
already installed into a willing or
unconscious creature and integrate
it into their own body. This process
takes 10 minutes per level of the
augmentation; the lacunal initiate can
have one such augmentation at a time.
Memory Extraction (Su) As a standard
action, a lacunal initiate can extract
memories from an adjacent creature,
causing the target to become fatigued
unless it succeeds at a Will saving
throw. Whether or not the creature
succeeds at this saving throw, it
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can’t be affected by this ability again for 24 hours. This is
a mind-affecting gaze attack.
Spontaneous Reincarnation (Su) A lacunal initiate carries
a reminder of their prior incarnation in the form of
a severed head. When a lacunal initiate is reduced
to 0 Hit Points, instead of being destroyed, their
consciousness is immediately transferred into this
head. After 1d8 hours, the lacunal initiate’s body and
former head awaken and can reunite to become a
fully functional creature again. If all of their heads are
destroyed, the lacunal initiate is also destroyed.
LACUNAL COLLECTOR
CR 11
XP 12,800
LE Medium undead (android)
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +20
DEFENSE
HP 155
EAC 23; KAC 24
Fort +10; Ref +10; Will +16
Defensive Abilities regeneration 10 (see text),
spontaneous reincarnation; Immunities undead
immunities
Weaknesses collection dependency
OFFENSE
Speed 50 ft.
Melee buzzblade spear +17 (3d6+15 P)
Ranged sepulcher-class bone pistol +19
(2d8+11 C)
Offensive Abilities memory
extraction (DC 20)
Spells Known (CL 11th)
4th (3/day)—fear (DC 22), mind
thrust (DC 22)
3rd (6/day)—deep slumber (DC 21),
psychokinetic strangulation (DC 21)
2nd (at will)—daze monster (DC 20), hold
person (DC 20)
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +3; Con –; Int +5; Wis +8; Cha +3
Skills Engineering +25, Intimidate +20, Mysticism
+25
Languages Common
Other Abilities constructed, flat affect, unliving
Gear white carbon skin, buzzblade spear with
2 high-capacity batteries (40 charges each),
sepulcher-class bone pistol AR with 2 batteries
(20 charges each); Augmentations
standard speed suspension
ECOLOGY
Environment any
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Organization solitary, pair, or enclave (1–2 plus 4–6
lacunal initiates)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Augmented Scavenger (Ex) See page 66.
Collection Dependency (Su) Each time a lacunal collector
transfers their consciousness into a new body, their
previous head sloughs off and is replaced by a new
one. Lacunal collectors keep their decaying heads and
often wear them as ornamentation. A lacunal collector
has 1d6+1 additional heads. A creature can target one
of these grisly trophies with a melee or ranged attack
(with the same AC as the lacunal collector); if the attack
hits, that head is destroyed. Destroying all of a lacunal
collector’s heads ends the creature’s regeneration ability.
Memory Extraction (Su) See page 66.
Spontaneous Reincarnation (Su) See page 66.
Long before the Gap, a monastic sect on lost Golarion devoted
to Casandalee known as the Created worked tirelessly to
collect the living memories of other sentient beings in
the service of their goddess. These monks vowed
to continuously return to the mortal realm through
reincarnation until they assembled a complete
archive of all conscious experience. The lineage
of this ancient order presumably vanished
with Golarion, but after Casandalee merged
with Brigh and Epoch to form Triune, a new
incarnation of the sect emerged with new
horizons—the vastness of space—in its sights.
A group of devout androids embarked
from Absalom Station on a voyage to the
far corners of the Vast, determined to
chronicle and preserve the experiences of
all alien species. During their centurieslong sojourn, the monks’ beliefs
became twisted. Now, these former
followers of Casandalee circumvent
the natural reincarnation cycle in
favor of artificially perpetuating
their own consciousnesses. A new living
prophet, Novani of the Lacunal Visage, rose to
prominence in the order. Under her guidance,
the reformed Lacunal disciples seek longevity
through undeath, and are obsessed with
“preserving” other beings by collecting their
parts and forcibly extracting their memories.
Novani oversees the Lacunal disciples from
her holy vessel, Eternal Remembrance, a colossal
and heavily armed starship that carries hundreds
of her followers as they scour systems for
memories to add to their catalog.
The Lacunal disciples’ macabre practices
are shocking to outsiders, leading many
who hear of the order to believe its
original tenets may have been perverted by a malevolent
deity such as Urgathoa. Members of the order, however,
see themselves as caretakers of knowledge dedicated to
an incorruptible cause. Despite Lacunal devotees’ apparent
indifference towards the suffering of living beings, most
creatures who encounter them survive. Travelers awaken
from a stupor missing cybernetic augmentations, having only
a vague memory of obsessively building a constructed body
at a faceless being’s request. Lacunal disciples don’t actively
proselytize, though the prophet Novani always welcomes
android converts to join her order’s ranks.
Upon initiation, a Lacunal pledge willingly partakes in a
ritual to become undead. Before the initiate abandons their
mortality, they construct a new body from scavenged organic
and technological parts. The crowning glory of this second
form is a secondary head that serves as a receptacle for their
consciousness. Once the ritual is complete, their old head
shrivels and dies as their soul transfers to the new form.
Lacunal disciples carry their old heads as sacred reminders of
their previous incarnations, often wearing the heads as
intricate garlands around their necks. A few Lacunal
apostates prioritize their own personal existence
above their order’s cause and conceal one or more of
their heads in remote locations to avoid
true destruction.
Lacunal disciples are undead androids
who typically inhabit a humanoid body
shape with visible circuits, and like their
living counterparts, the creatures’
individual
appearances
vary
drastically to reflect subtle
differences in design, personality,
and modification. The number of
heads displayed by a Lacunal
disciple
typically
reflects
the number of times they’ve
thwarted
destruction
and
continued their grim mission.
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LACUNAL TEMPLATE GRAFT
An android with this template graft has rejected
the cycle of renewal and transformed itself
into an undead creature through a profane
technomagical ritual.
Required Creature Type and Subtype:
Undead (android).
Suggested Array: Spellcaster.
Traits: regeneration 10 (CR 10+),
spontaneous reincarnation (page 66), undead
immunities, collection dependency (CR 10+;
see above), memory extraction (page 66),
augmented scavenger (page 66), spells chosen
from the mystic spell list, Engineering and
Mysticism as master skills.
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LUMOCANTHA
LUMOCANTHA
CR 2
XP 600
LUMOCANTHA
CR 2
XP 600
ANCIENT
LUMOCANTHA
CR 5
XP 1,600
N Medium plant
Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +7
DEFENSE
EAC 13; KAC 15
Fort +6; Ref +4; Will +1
Immunities plant immunities; Resistances fire 5
HP 25
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., climb 10 ft.
Ranged laser spines +10 (1d4+2 F; critical burn 1d4 F)
STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +4; Con +2; Int –4; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +7, Athletics +7 (+15 to climb), Survival +12
Other Abilities dye capsules, mindless
ECOLOGY
Environment temperate and warm forests
Organization solitary or colony (3–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Dye capsules (Ex) A lumocantha’s center has many
individual capsules filled with a corrosive dye that
acts as a lasing medium. A creature adjacent to the
lumocantha who hits it with a melee attack takes
1d4 acid damage and is stained by dye. An affected
creature can attempt a DC 11 Reflex save to take half
damage and avoid being stained. The lumocantha gains
a +2 circumstance bonus on ranged attacks against
creatures stained by this dye, even if the dye came
from another lumocantha.
Laser Spines (Ex) A lumocantha’s individual capsules are
constantly lasing, and the creature makes attacks by
squeezing a shutter-like fiber at the base of each spine to
allow light through. This is a ranged attack that targets
EAC, has a range increment of 60 feet, and does not
provoke attacks of opportunity.
ANCIENT LUMOCANTHA
CR 5
XP 1,600
N Large plant
Init +5; Senses low-light vision; Perception +11
DEFENSE
EAC 17; KAC 19
Fort +9; Ref +7; Will +4
Immunities plant immunities; Resistances fire 10
HP 70
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., climb 10 ft.
Ranged laser spines +14 (1d4+5 F; critical burn 1d4 F)
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +5; Con +3; Int –4; Wis +2; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +11, Athletics +11 (+19 to climb), Survival +16
Other Abilities dye capsules, mindless
ECOLOGY
Environment temperate and warm forests
Organization solitary or colony (3–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Dye Capsules (Ex) See above; the dye deals 2d4 acid
damage and the Reflex save is DC 13.
Laser Spines (Ex) See above; as a full action, the
ancient lumocantha can attack three
times with its laser spines with a –6
penalty to each attack.
Lumocanthas are a beautiful sight from a
safe distance. Their enormous blossoms have
a central stamen composed of numerous
ruby-red capsules, pulsing with activity.
Long translucent yellow spines extend in all
directions, rising up with the sun’s light and
drooping in the darkness. The fluid inside the capsules
is a strong dye that acts as a natural lasing medium, and
in response to a nearby threat, the flowers can activate
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natural shutters at the base of their spines, allowing light
to propagate through the spines and strike their opponents.
These organic lasers are surprisingly powerful, and unaware
observers can easily find themselves running for their
lives from the laser-shooting plants. Younger lumocanthas
measure 2 to 3 feet across and 5 feet high, while
flowers that are hundreds of years old grow
to 10 or even 20 feet high.
For all their firepower, lumocanthas
aren’t intentionally aggressive. The plants
are not sentient, and the laser reaction is an
instinctive response. They do not fire on each
other or other plants. Very small creatures
can usually escape their notice, and squoxes
or birds often perch atop them. The flowers
are surprisingly mobile, though they move
very slowly, padding forward on tangles
of roots pulled from the ground.
They don’t often chase threats,
but they do sometimes migrate
to a different grove that has better soil or
more sunlight. When property owners want to
deliberately displace a colony of lumocanthas, they
typically do so by using shaded roofs or magical darkness
to make the blossoms unhappy in their current location. A
trail of nutrient-rich soil can then lead an entire colony to
a new, well-lit home, where it promptly lays down roots.
Many municipalities outlaw planting lumocanthas, citing
their dangerous nature. Of course, there are always a few
ambitious or eccentric gardeners who want lumocanthas as
part of their landscaping, and they make their grounds as
inviting as possible for the strange blossoms.
Lumocanthas were first cataloged on Vesk-6, but they’re
found in many places across the galaxy. Vesk often use them
as both aesthetic and protective installations, and as such
have brought the plants to the many new planets they’ve
visited or conquered. Other species, particularly those with
resistance to fire, such as ifrits and tieflings, have taken
a liking to the unusual plants. Given that the flowers are
mobile, they have moved from yards to forests and jungles
on quite a few planets, making it possible to encounter
wild-grown lumocanthas in many natural settings.
Lumocanthas’ dye is popular in a variety of applications,
though harvesting the fluid is no easy feat. Textile
manufacturers claim that the deep crimson color can’t be
replicated with any other materials, though many knock-off
dyes exist. Experts say that the way to tell whether
purportedly dyed fabric is genuine is to rub it quickly until
it gets warm. If it glows slightly, it’s real. Clothing certified
to contain lumocantha dye sells for a high price, and
some individuals with expensive taste order custom-dyed
furniture or linens to spice up their home decor. The dye
is also used in lasers for weapons and industrial purposes,
with many customers refusing to use anything else.
The dye is a popular choice for use in nonlethal
alarms and security systems, tagging thieves
with the distinctive color and making it easier
to track them. The dye is even used as a
component of some medications, though in
very dilute amounts. Due to its extensive
commercial uses, much of the dye comes
from lumocantha farms. One of the largest
such farms in the Pact Worlds is
on Castrovel, owned by
two tieflings who risk
only minor burns when
harvesting their valuable
crop. Given that the flowers
can get up and walk away, these
farms are generally far from heavily populated areas
and well-fenced.
Despite being capable of killing large creatures,
lumocanthas are not carnivorous. They obtain nutrients
from soil and sunlight like many other plants. While
lumocanthas don’t require sleep, they do enter a state of
diminished energy for a few hours in the middle of the
night. During this period, their spines droop low and they’re
slower to employ their lasers if they sense an approaching
threat. Their laser spines are still functional even in the
dead of night, however, as would-be dye thieves have found
out when the plants spring back to life on being touched
or damaged. Lumocanthas kept in darkness for more than
a week temporarily lose their laser spine ability, and the
flowers are often transported this way. This is dangerous
for the plants though, as being kept in darkness for more
than 2 weeks can starve the flowers to death.
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DYE GRENADES
Lumocantha dye can be weaponized easily. A creature that
fails its Reflex saving throw against a dye grenade takes
additional damage from laser weapons equal to half the dye
grenade’s item level (minimum 1). This lasts until the dye
is removed, usually by changing armor or clothing or by
spending 1d4 hours cleaning off the stain.
DYE GRENADES
GRENADES
Dye grenade I
Dye grenade II
Dye grenade III
Dye grenade IV
LEVEL
1
4
8
12
PRICE
50
320
1,300
5,100
RANGE
20 ft
20 ft
20 ft
20 ft
CAPACITY
Drawn
Drawn
Drawn
Drawn
BULK
L
L
L
L
SPECIAL
Explode (1d4 A, dye-stained, 10 ft.)
Explode (2d4 A, dye-stained, 10 ft.)
Explode (4d4 A, dye-stained, 10 ft.)
Explode (6d4 A, dye-stained, 10 ft.)
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MANY-MIENED ONE
MANY-MIENED ONE
CR 19
XP 204,800
MANY-MIENED ONE
CR 19
XP 204,800
N Huge construct (magical)
Init +6; Senses blindsense (vibration) 60 ft., blindsight
(thought, gibbous phase only) 200 ft.; darkvision 60 ft.;
low light vision; Perception +37
DEFENSE
HP 350 RP 7
EAC 32; KAC 33
Fort +14; Ref +14; Will +19
Defensive Abilities fast healing 10, unflankable; DR 15/cold
iron; Immunities construct immunities, change phase
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee slam +30 (9d8+30 B)
Ranged energy beam +28 (5d10+19; critical staggered)
Multiattack (crescent phase only) 3 slams +24 (9d8+30) or
3 energy beams +22 (5d10+19; critical staggered)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Offensive Abilities create darkness, phase radiance
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 19th)
4/day—change phase (chain surge, control gravity,
gravitational singularity, mind thrust [6th level], veil)
At will—change phase (confusion, dimension door, gravity
wellCOM, greater invisibility)
STATISTICS
Str +11; Dex +6; Con —; Int +4; Wis +9; Cha +3
Skills Mysticism +32, Sense Motive +32; change phase
Languages Aklo, Common, Sylvan; telepathy 200 ft.
(gibbous phase only)
Other Abilities change phase, spaceflight, unliving
ECOLOGY
Environment any land
Organization solitary or vendetta (many-miened one plus
2–8 lucandrians)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Change Phase (Su) A many-miened one has a multitude
of faces spaced about its floating head, and once per
round it can rotate its head to display a different face
representing one of five lunar phases: crescent,
full, gibbous, half, or new. Each phase grants the
construct one or more special abilities, a skill with a
+32 bonus, and immunity to one damage type. Most
phases also grant several spell-like abilities, and a
many-miened one can cast its 6th-level spell-like
abilities four times per day in any combination.
A many-miened one’s phase continues
until the construct changes its phase
again, at which point it loses its earlier
phase benefits and gains the new
phase benefits immediately.
Crescent: The crescent moon phase
grants the construct destructive
speed. The phase’s damage is
electricity, the skill is Intimidate, and
the spell-like abilities are chain surge
and dimension door. The many-miened
one gains the multiattack ability usable
with its slam and energy beam attacks.
It also gains a +3 bonus to Reflex saving
throws and a +10-foot enhancement
bonus to its speed.
Full: The full moon phase
grants the construct blazing
combat power. The phase’s
damage is fire, the skill is
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Athletics, and the phase grants no spell-like abilities.
The many-miened one gains a +2 enhancement bonus to
its attack rolls, Fortitude saving throws, and AC. In
addition, it gains the Cleave, Deadly Aim, Great
Cleave, and Penetrating attack feats.
Gibbous: The gibbous moon phase
grants the construct powerful
telepathic abilities. The phase’s
damage is sonic, the skill is Bluff,
and the spell-like abilities are
confusion and mind thrust (6th
level). The many-miened one gains
telepathy and blindsight (thought)
with ranges of 200 feet each. It can
also apply the blast special weapon
property to its energy beam attack,
reducing the range increment for such
attacks to 60 feet.
Half: The half moon phase grants the
construct poise and gravity powers. The phase’s
damage is acid, the skill is Acrobatics, and the spell-like
abilities are control gravity, gravitational singularity, and
gravity well. The many-miened one gains the Deflect
Projectiles feat as well as a fly speed of 60 feet with
perfect maneuverability.
New: The new moon phase grants the construct
stealth and suppression abilities. The phase’s damage
is cold, the skill is Stealth, and the spell-like abilities are
greater invisibility and veil. The many-miened one gains
spell resistance 30 and the Dispelling Strike feat.
Energy Beam (Su) A many-miened one’s energy beam has a
range increment of 80 feet. When making its first energy
beam attack of its turn, the construct can give the attack
the line and unwieldy special weapon properties. The
damage type dealt by the energy beam is based on the
construct’s current phase (see Change Phase on page 70).
Phase Radiance (Su) A many-miened one can cause its slam
attack or any weapon it wields to deal half its damage as
another type of damage based on the construct’s current
phase: acid (half), cold (new), electricity (crescent), fire
(full), or sonic (gibbous).
float and rotate atop neckless bodies, and like a many-sided
die, each facet bears a different face. When contemplating an
obstacle, the head periodically rotates to bring different faces
to bear, relying on the various faces’ unique magical
abilities to overcome threats and fulfill the construct’s
vendetta. These powers draw power from the
many-miened one’s origin moon, shifting
abilities as the many-miened one embodies
the moon’s different phases.
While a many-miened one’s body is
nearly impervious to damage and houses
devastating magic, the constituent
lucandrians that are bound within it all
maintain some semblance of their identities
and willfulness, deferring to the lucandrian
whose face is currently dominant. An
enraged many-miened one adeptly
maneuvers and fights, effortlessly changing
its lunar phase to devastating effect. Only
the ruination of whatever entity destroyed the
children is sufficient to sate their quest for vengeance,
though the exact means and fulfillment may evolve over time.
There is no single fate for those many-miened ones who
fulfill their objectives. Some continue seeking vengeance, either
blindly lashing out at others or seeking out strangers in need
of avenging angels. Others become wise counselors who advise
lucandrian communities while trying to achieve inner calm and
true union between their individual personalities. In rare cases,
a many-miened one ritually disassembles itself, striving to reform the fey who sacrificed themselves to create the construct.
This severing is almost always fatal, only occasionally creating
a single lucandrian survivor haunted by the sudden absence of
their myriad comrades.
The lunar fey known as lucandrians (Starfinder Alien Archive
3 68) cherish their young, in part because the process of
creating lucandrian offspring is so difficult. When outside
forces such as mining ventures, military tests, or crystal
hunters destroy a lucandrian creche, the community gathers
its broken children and enacts a dire ritual. The rite combines
some of the survivors and the lost children’s spirits into a
magical construct intended for one purpose: vengeance.
Known as many-miened ones, these constructs are
devastating forces of destruction composed primarily of lunar
dust and moon crystal cemented together by soul quintessence
to create extraordinarily tough bodies. Their multifaceted heads
PRICE 555,000
SHIELD BONUS +1/+3
MAX DEX +6
ARMOR CHECK PENALTY –1
BULK 1
UPGRADES SPECIAL
A many-miened shield functions as a knight’s shield
(Starfinder Character Operations Manual 125) that deals
bludgeoning damage when used to make unarmed strikes.
A many-miened shield can accommodate five total armor
upgrades; however, only two of the upgrades can be active at
any time. As a move action (or as part of the move action used
to align the shield against an opponent), you can deactivate
either of the two active armor upgrades and simultaneously
activate one of the shield’s inactive armor upgrades.
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Although the prototypes for many-miened shields were built
from the remains of a many-miened one, most many-mien
shields are manufactured. Each is a hardened bulwark whose
crystalline structure allows it to reconfigure its auxiliary
features to create an adaptive defense.
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MORDAGAST
MORDAGAST
CR 7
XP 3,200
MORDAGAST
CR 7
XP 3,200
MORDAGAST
BUTCHER
CR 13
XP 25,600
N Medium animal
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +14
DEFENSE
EAC 19; KAC 21
Fort +11; Ref +11; Will +6
Resistances cold 5
OFFENSE
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +4; Con +3; Int –4; Wis +0; Cha +2
Skills Acrobatics +14 (+6 to fly), Survival +14, Stealth +19
Other Abilities dissipate
ECOLOGY
HP 105
Speed 30 ft., fly 20 ft. (Ex, clumsy)
Melee talon +17 (1d8+12 P plus grab; critical bleed 1d8) or
bite +17 (2d6+12 P; critical wound)
Offensive Abilities phase strike
Environment any forest or hills
Organization solitary, pair, or haunt (3–12)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Dissipate (Su) As a swift action, the mordagast can diffuse
its molecules, entering a semi-fluid state that diffracts
light and sound waves. While diffused, a mordagast
gains concealment and can hide even while being directly
observed, even from creatures with blindsense or blindsight
based on sound or vibration. A diffused mordagast also
gains DR 10/—, deals 10 less damage with its attacks,
and can’t grab creatures. The mordagast can maintain its
diffused state for 10 minutes at a time, after which it can’t
diffuse again until it has remained in its normal form for
twice the time it spent diffused. A mordagast can end its
diffused state as a swift action.
Phase Strike (Su) As a swift action every 1d4 rounds,
a mordagast can dissipate its talons for several
seconds, causing them to rematerialize after passing
through its prey’s defenses. Until the end of its turn, the
mordagast’s talon attacks target EAC rather than KAC.
MORDAGAST BUTCHER
CR 13
XP 25,600
N Huge animal
Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +28
DEFENSE
EAC 27; KAC 29
Fort +17; Ref +17; Will +12
Resistances cold 10
HP 225
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., fly 30 ft. (Ex, clumsy)
Melee talon +26 (2d12+21 P plus grab; critical
bleed 2d8) or
bite +26 (3d12+21 P)
Offensive Abilities phase strike
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +6; Con +4; Int –4; Wis +0; Cha +3
Skills Acrobatics +23 (+15 to fly), Survival +23, Stealth +30
Other Abilities dissipate, void adaptation
ECOLOGY
Environment any forest, hills, or vacuum
Organization solitary or pair
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Dissipate (Su) See above.
Phase Strike (Su) See above.
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Cunning predators, mordagasts resemble mundane praying
mantises of extraordinary proportions. Like their analogues,
they’re arthropodal ambush hunters that rely on compound
eyes and a pair of raptorial legs to identify and immobilize
prey before chewing their victims apart with powerful jaws.
But even more than the mordagast’s vicious power, explorers
dread its ability to discorporate, briefly transforming into
a ghostly reflection of itself in order to surprise its prey or
bypass defenses. A mordagast’s instinctive psychic abilities
cause a fraction of its body to phase out of existence entirely
while harmlessly holding the remaining cells together. This
state dramatically limits the impact of physical trauma while
also warping light around the mordagast in a way that blurs
its form and absorbs sound waves. Mordagasts display
exceptional finesse with their discorporation, causing even
individual segments to phase out for a split second, enabling
their claws to bypass thin barriers like conventional armor
before materializing deep inside their victims’ bodies.
Mordagasts’ spectral strategy has inspired countless
tales across the worlds they now inhabit. Spotting a
mordagast at dusk is commonly interpreted as an
omen of imminent disaster. For many, a mordagast
is a ghost that prowls the fens, a cryptid that
absconds with livestock, or a bogeyman that gobbles
up wayward children. For others, the creatures take
on religious significance and are interpreted instead as
divine messengers.
Although mordagasts rarely live past 10 years, under
special circumstances a mordagast can exceed not only its
life expectancy but also its size limits. These exceptional adults
are known as butchers, in large part because their tremendous
size relies on them killing and consuming countless creatures
over their lifetimes. High caloric intake is the only trigger for
the development of butchers; such mordagasts often hunt and
consume their own kind, triggering additional growth
that’s poorly understood among xenobiologists. They’re
also more common on oxygen-rich and low-gravity
planets, where it’s easier for the creatures to support their
extraordinary mass. On worlds with standard gravity, even
mordagast butchers’ strong legs struggle to support their
bodies for long, and they commonly rely on dissipation
and tobogganing their bellies along the ground when
weighed down by a recent meal.
Yet the strangest of mordagast butchers’ features
is their adaptation to space environments. Survey
vessels periodically identify these creatures
patiently clinging to asteroids and other
low-gravity bodies. From there they raid mining
operations, launch themselves onto passing
starships, or even ride space debris toward distant
worlds. By detaching from meteorites high in
a planet’s atmosphere, these mordagasts can
dissipate and float to the surface to lay eggs and
populate new worlds.
PHASE BLADE
1
1
1
Classes mystic 1, technomancer 1, witchwarper 1
School transmutation
Casting Time 1 swift action
Range touch
Targets one melee weapon
Duration 1 round
You infuse the weapon with magic, allowing you to
phase the weapon in and out of existence to partially
bypass armor. For the duration of the spell, attacks
made with the weapon target EAC, even if the weapon
deals kinetic damage.
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MUMMY, SILICON
MUMMIFIED PROPHET
CR 12
XP 19,200
MUMMIFIED
PROPHET
CR 12
XP 19,200
Silicon mummy mystic
LN Medium undead
Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +22
DEFENSE
HP 170 RP 5
EAC 25; KAC 26
Fort +11; Ref +11; Will +18
Defensive Abilities constructed shell, share pain (DC 21),
silicon casing (25%); DR 10/adamantine; Immunities
undead immunities
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee slam +19 (4d6+16 B)
Ranged perihelion laser pistol +21 (4d4+12 F;
critical burn 2d4)
Offensive Abilities backlash (12 damage), mental
anguish (DC 21), mindbreaking link (DC
21), sow doubt (6 rounds, DC 21)
Mystic Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th)
At Will—mindlink, telepathic bond
Mystic Spells Known (CL 12th; melee
+19, ranged +21)
5th (3/day)—crush skull (DC 24),
dominate person (DC 24)
4th (6/day)—cosmic eddy (DC 23),
divination, enervation (DC 23),
hold monster (DC 23)
3rd (at will)—dispel magic (DC 22),
mind thrust (3rd level, DC 22)
Connection mindbreaker
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +5; Con —; Int +3; Wis +3;
Cha +8
Skills Culture +27, Intimidate +27,
Mysticism +27, Physical Science +22
Languages Common, Eoxian, Triaxian, Vesk
(can’t speak any language); telepathy 100 ft.
Other Abilities solar battery (4 points),
unliving
Gear perihelion laser pistol with 2
high-capacity batteries (40 charges)
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or
entombment (3–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Constructed Shell (Ex) For effects
targeting creatures by type, a
silicon mummy counts as both
a construct and as undead
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(whichever type allows an ability to affect them for
abilities that affect only one type, and whichever is worse
for abilities that affect both types).
Silicon Casing (Ex) A silicon mummy’s protective exterior and
nonfunctional organs limit critical damage; the mummy has
a 25% chance to ignore the extra damage dealt by a critical
hit and gains a +4 bonus to saves against critical hit effects.
Solar Battery (Ex) A silicon mummy can absorb solar energy
in the form of Solar Reserve Points (SRP), which they
can spend in place of Resolve Points. For every 8 hours a
silicon mummy spends exposed to the light of a star, the
mummy gains 1 SRP, to a maximum number of SRPs
equal to one-third their CR (4 for a mummified prophet).
For every week a silicon mummy absorbs no stellar
energy, they lose 1 SRP. However, the mummy can
intentionally enter a state of hibernation to lose only
1 point per 20 years, and although the mummy
is aware of their surroundings and can fully
animate as a
move action, they are
staggered for 1d4 hours
afterward.
As a swift action, a silicon
mummy can expend 1 SRP to
enhance either their next melee
attack, ranged attack, or spell
before the end of their turn.
An enhanced attack gains a
+2 circumstance bonus to its
attack roll and deals an
additional 3d6 damage if it
hits. An enhanced spell increases the spell’s
saving throw DC by 2.
Whether mummification involves storing bodies
atop frigid peaks, interring them in deoxygenated
environments, or carefully preserving them with
chemicals and surgical care, most processes of
mummification trace their roots back to archaic
societies. With the development of advanced
materials, the favored method now involves
injecting specialized resins into a cadaver’s veins—
afterward either replacing the body’s flesh with
a silicon facsimile or sealing the body within
a translucent silicon shell that shields them
from the elements and decay. Although some
request mummification as a symbolic gesture,
others have developed techniques for sealing
a creature’s soul
within their body
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them as an unliving, sentient being. These occult methods are
carefully guarded by a handful of corporations and cults.
The most sophisticated reanimation rituals preserve nearly
all of the original body’s memories, even allowing the soul to
persist in a comfortable way that doesn’t drive the undead
creature to embrace evil. Although some of these beings
continue their previous lives in a less public capacity—interacting
with polite society through the infosphere or intermediaries, or
operating openly on planets like Eox—in many cases the silicon
mummy withdraws from the living world entirely. Wealthy
families occasionally shell out extraordinary sums to preserve
a revered elder or beloved pet.
No matter the methodology, though, the complex
mummification ritual doesn’t always go perfectly. Flawed
procedures for creating an undead can result in a mummy
with mere echoes of their former self, with the remainder of
their persona replaced by insatiable rage, unshakable ennui, or
empty compliance. Those undead that aren’t destroyed outright
(or lost, if the mummy escapes the facility) can find roles as
guardians or servants. Yet even bodies preserved for mundane
burial occasionally animate spontaneously, often awakening
in a combination of pain and confusion before haring off in
desperate pursuit of justice or answers. Creatures accidentally
mummified in industrial settings can also animate as silicon
mummies. For example, an employee who tumbles into a vat
during a preventable accident might arise and systematically
murder their negligent supervisors. Unfortunately,
rogue mummies aren’t always recognized as a threat
thanks to their role in popular media, especially in
several campy xenoarchaeology films over the past
century that have inspired popular costumes worn to
masquerades and specific holiday celebrations.
Silicon mummies retain enough control over their bodies
to make subtle alterations to their blue-gray exteriors,
rendering crude emotions and facial expressions.
Furthermore, a mummy can modulate the opacity of
their silicon exterior, either highlighting or
obscuring the preserved veins or body
within. However, the impermeable
forms lack the vocal capacity to speak,
instead gaining the ability to broadcast
their thoughts telepathically.
Languages: Can’t speak, gains telepathy 100 ft.
Suggested Ability Score Modifiers: Strength.
SILICON ARMOR CASING
Some techniques from silicon mummification have been
adapted to aid the living. The mummies’ same specialized
silicon exterior can be applied to most armor as an upgrade.
SILICON ARMOR CASING
Armor
Upgrade
PRICE 10,000
LEVEL 8
ARMOR SLOTS 1 ARMOR TYPE ANY
BULK 1
A thick silicon coating infused with magitech photocells coats
your armor. A silicon armor casing can store up to 10 charges,
but it can’t be charged via conventional recharging methods;
instead, for every 8 hours spent in an area of normal or bright
light illuminated by a star, the silicon armor casing gains 1
charge. As a move action, you can expend 1 charge either to
recharge 1 day of the armor’s environmental protections, or to
restore 1 charge to one of the armor’s other armor upgrades. As
a swift action, you can expend 2 of the armor casing’s charges
to empower a melee or ranged attack, causing that attack to
deal 2d6 additional fire damage if it hits (or 1d6 fire damage
if the attack affects multiple creatures). As a swift action, you
can expend 4 charges to increase the DC of one spell you cast
before the end of your turn by 1.
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SILICON MUMMY TEMPLATE GRAFT (CR 4+)
Silicon mummies are created when a living creature’s body
is ritually preserved with resin and the outer body coated
with magically and technologically imbued silicon. Use the
following template graft to create a unique silicon mummy.
Required Creature Type: Undead.
Traits: Constructed shell (page 74), DR 5/adamantine
(increase to DR 10/adamantine for CR 10–14; DR 15/
adamantine for CR 15–17; DR 20/adamantine for CR
18+), solar battery (page 74), silicon casing (page 74;
25% for CR 4–14, 50% for CR 15+).
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MURZZILAT
MURZZILAT
CR 4
XP 1,200
MURZZILAT
CR 4
XP 1,200
N Medium animal (aquatic)
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +10
MURZZILAT
BANTLING
CR 1
XP 400
EAC 16; KAC 18
Fort +8; Ref +8; Will +3
DEFENSE
OFFENSE
HP 50
Speed 10 ft., fly 30 ft. (Ex, perfect), swim 30 ft.
Melee bite +12 (1d6+9 P) or
attach +12
Ranged melodic assault +9 (1d4+4 So; critical off-target
[DC 13])
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +3; Con +1; Int –4; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +10 (+18 to fly), Athletics +15 (+23 to swim),
Intimidate +10
Other Abilities amphibious, compression, rallying song,
water breathing
ECOLOGY
Environment any underground or water
Organization solitary, pair, or choir (1 with 2–6 murzzilat
bantlings)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Melodic Assault (Ex) As a ranged attack that targets EAC, a
murzzilat can sing a sonic blast with a range increment of
60 feet at a single target. On a critical hit, the target must
succeed at a DC 13 Fortitude save or become off-target
for 1 round.
Rallying Song (Ex) As a standard action, a murzzilat can
sing an inspiring song that rallies allies within 30 feet to
battle, granting them a +1 morale bonus to attack rolls
and skill checks for 1 minute. A creature can be affected
by only one murzzilat’s rallying song at a time.
MURZZILAT BANTLING
CR 1
XP 400
N Small animal (aquatic)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +5
DEFENSE
EAC 11; KAC 13
Fort +5; Ref +5; Will +1
HP 20
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., fly 20 ft. (Ex, perfect), swim 20 ft.
Melee bite +8 (1d6+5 P) or
attach +8
Ranged melodic assault +5 (1d4+1 So)
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +2; Con +1; Int –4; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +5 (+13 to fly), Athletics +10 (+18 to swim),
Intimidate +5
Other Abilities amphibious, compression, water breathing
ECOLOGY
Environment any underground or water
Organization solitary, litter (2–6), or choir (2–6 plus 1 murzzilat)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Melodic Assault (Ex) As a ranged attack that targets EAC,
a murzzilat bantling can sing a sonic blast with a range
increment of 30 feet at a single target.
Deep in the lightless depths of countless worlds live
murzzilats, amphibious mammals known for their grotesque
contortions and ethereal vocalizations. Capable of both
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swimming and flight, these creatures are ungainly on land
but well adapted to life in partially submerged tunnels and
caverns, where their songs echo for miles in a haunting
underground symphony.
A murzzilat has an oversized head with massive bulging
eyes and a wide mouth it unhinges to swallow small prey
whole. Green scales lined with dozens of powerful pectoral
fins covers its elongated, shriveled body. Membranous wings
protrude from its back, and six spindly limbs dangle down
from its body, each ending in a sharp hook. Although these
weak limbs can’t support its body weight, a murzzilat can
shove them deep into cracks to drag small prey out of hiding
or use them to latch onto large prey. An average murzzilat is
6 feet long and weighs 35 pounds.
While swimming, murzzilats fold their wings flat against
their backs and fold their legs up under their bodies,
propelling themselves through the water with their fins. The
incredibly flexible creatures squeeze through narrow tunnels
and cracks by contorting and twisting their bodies, displaying
their internal organs, and popping their limbs in and out of
joint. These adaptations enable murzzilats to escape from
cave-ins and travel through tiny tunnels that creatures of
their size typically couldn’t pass.
Murzzilats have scent glands along
their backs, which they rub along
stone to mark their territory. This
overwhelmingly strong scent is
long lasting but pleasing to most
sentient species. Highly valued in
the beauty and cleaning industries,
the scent glands of a murzzilat fetch
a high price on the black market and
make poaching a profitable venture,
particularly on Akiton and other planets with lax
environmental regulations.
Incredibly vocal, murzzilats have a
multitude of calls, cries, and songs.
From clicking trills and deep bellows to
haunting nocturnes and joyful refrains,
their many songs echo throughout
the tunnels and caverns they call
home, both above and below water.
Considered holy to some adherents of
the goddess Shelyn, murzzilat songs
have inspired artists throughout the
Pact Worlds and beyond. Five years
ago, a team of xenozoologists set out
to catalog murzzilats’ songs, recording
vocalizations from multiple worlds.
Preliminary research from the ongoing study
indicates murzzilats consistently add new vocalizations to
their repertoires. Interested zoologists often seek to enlist the
aid of locals and trustworthy explorers to track the evolution
of the creatures’ songs.
Murzzilats find the death or theft of their young, called
bantlings, incredibly distressing; such an occurrence causes
them to enter a torpor for a prolonged period of time, refusing
to sing for months on end. Although both parents mourn, the
parent that birthed the bantling will follow the scent of the
deceased or missing bantling for miles in search of its remains,
going as far as to collect the leavings from a dangerous predator.
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Inspired by murzzilats’ grotesque contortions, a contortion coat
enables you to bend and move in physically improbable ways.
Useful to escape artists, miners, spelunkers, and those who live
or work in cramped quarters and enclosed spaces, a contortion
coat helps you squeeze through tiny spaces with ease, although
doing so is an incredibly disconcerting sight to most witnesses.
CONTORTION COAT
MURZZILAT
LEVEL 5
MAGIC ITEM (WORN) PRICE 3,300
BULK L
This tight-fitting jumpsuit magically reshapes and rearranges
your body in response to external pressure, enhancing
your flexibility and ability to move through tight spaces.
While wearing a contortion coat, you gain the compression
universal creature ability. In addition, you gain a +4
circumstance bonus to Acrobatics checks when using the
escape task.
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OSIFERN SPROUT
CR 1/2
XP 200
OSIFERN SPROUT
CR 1/2
XP 200
N Tiny animal (aquatic)
Init +1; Senses blindsense 30 ft. (sound), blindsight 5 ft.
(sound), sightless; Perception +4
DEFENSE
OSIFERN ENIGMA
CR 8
XP 4,800
EAC 10; KAC 12
Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +0
Defensive Abilities regeneration 1 (electricity)
OFFENSE
Speed swim 10 ft.
Melee slam +3 (1d6+3 B)
Ranged ebullient jet +6 (1d6+1 A)
Space 2-1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +1; Con +2; Int –5; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +9, Stealth +4, Survival +4
ECOLOGY
Environment aquatic (any water)
Organization solitary, pair, or accumulation (3–13)
HP 10
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Ebullient Jet (Ex) As a standard action usable once every
1d4 rounds, an osifern can expel a jet of seawater and
chemicals to a maximum range of 30 feet with no range
increment. Any creature damaged by this attack is
nauseated for 1 round (Fortitude DC 9 negates).
OSIFERN ENIGMA
CR 8
XP 4,800
N Large animal (aquatic)
Init +6; Senses blindsight 120 ft. (sound), sightless;
Perception +16
DEFENSE
EAC 20; KAC 22
Fort +12; Ref +12; Will +7
Defensive Abilities depth inured, regeneration 5
(electricity); Resistances cold 5
HP 110
OFFENSE
Speed swim 50 ft.
Melee bite +19 (3d4+12 P plus swallow whole) or
slam +19 (1d10+12 B)
Multiattack 3 slams +13 (1d10+12 B)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Offensive Abilities enigmatic eruption, swallow whole
(3d4+12 A, EAC 20, KAC 18, 27 HP)
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +6; Con +2; Int –4; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +16, Athletics +21, Stealth +16
ECOLOGY
Environment aquatic (any water)
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Depth Inured (Ex) An osifern enigma is immune to the dangers
of extreme depths (Starfinder Core Rulebook 366).
Enigmatic Eruption (Ex) Three times per day as a standard
action, an osifern enigma can regurgitate glittering
digestive enzymes in a 30-foot cone. The enzyme deals
6d6 acid damage to creatures and objects in the area,
and creatures in the area are blinded for 1d4 rounds; a
creature that succeeds at a DC 16 Reflex save takes half
damage and negates the blindness.
Often mistaken for vegetation, osiferns have proliferated in
countless worlds’ shallow waterways. These largely sessile
filter feeders anchor themselves to rocks, coral, shipwrecks
or, occasionally, the shells of larger creatures early in life,
rarely if ever moving from that spot. Resembling translucent
tubes, osiferns are famous for their visible and deceptively
sturdy internal skeleton—a defensive counterpoint to the
creatures’ soft and flexible exteriors. Opaque, varied markings
give them the appearance of having faces, although they
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don’t have eyes. While these patterns provide camouflage
for young osiferns or spook potential predators, many adults
sport bright, distinctive “faces” that make them stand out
rather than blend in.
Although outwardly endearing and harmless, osiferns are
remarkably dangerous. Highly resilient, these creatures can
adapt to salty, brackish, or fresh water without difficulty.
Osiferns also readily bludgeon neighboring creatures to
eliminate competition within their territories, and the
enzymes they spray in self-defense conveniently also break
down trespassers’ flesh into morsels the osiferns can absorb.
Their gregarious sprouts can grow into vast osifern gardens;
they can alert each other to danger through chemical signals,
rallying rudimentary group defenses.
Dangerous enough with their normal life cycle, osiferns
infrequently congregate and then collectively
metamorphose into an osifern enigma—a large,
free-swimming predator with a central
notochord and a mouth ringed
with thick, ropy tendrils.
The composite body has
pneumatic mouthparts and
teeth capable of grabbing
and swallowing larger
prey, in contrast to
smaller osiferns’ filter
feeding
method.
Most
enigmas studied so far
appear approximately 10 feet
long and weigh 250 pounds, yet
scars left on their escaped prey suggest
they can reach twice this size or larger.
Osifern enigmas can swiftly undulate through
the water to reach deeper areas, where they
commonly adapt to crushing depths and frigid
temperatures (though enigmas that live near
volcanic vents often have resistance to fire instead of cold).
Enigmas demonstrate a surprising degree of aesthetic
sensibilities, as they seem to enjoy making visual
statements with their bodily markings, expelling
jets of bioluminescence without warning and
even grafting sparkly rocks or the bones of their
prey onto their diaphanous bodies to augment
their appearances.
Scientific expeditions regularly hire
adventurous divers and submersible pilots
to help study (or even capture) enigmas,
whereas conservation programs just as
often send contractors with the same skills
to eliminate osifern infestations.
rainbow-hued organic matter—nicknamed deep indigo—
that threatened osiferns expel. This material has inspired
numerous medical developments, especially ones that
harness osiferns’ regenerative properties. While osifern
sprouts contain the same chemicals needed to produce
these medicinal extracts, they yield such small quantities
that harvesting enough to create even a single dose has
proven inefficient, though not impossible. Deep indigo
extract follows the rules for medicinals presented on pages
231–232 of the Starfinder Core Rulebook; two examples are
described below.
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Similar to an antitoxin, cytoguard actively regenerates
cellular damage, mitigating the immediate effects of poison.
When you take or are injected with cytoguard, you
gain resistance equal to 3 times the medicinal’s
tier to the damage dealt by initial exposure to
poison. In addition, you gain a bonus equal to the
medicinal’s tier to saving throws
against poison. Both effects last
for a number of hours equal to the
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A prismatilate extract releases a steady dose
of endorphins and regenerative agents that
encourage long-term recovery. When you
take or are injected with prismatilate, you
gain a bonus (equal to 2 + the medicinal’s
tier) to saving throws to remove negative
levels. In addition, you increase the
number of HP you recover from a full
night’s rest or complete bed rest
by 25% times the medicinal’s tier.
Both effects last for 24 hours.
DEEP INDIGO EXTRACT
Scientists who survived early encounters
with enigmas took samples of the sparkling,
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PLANASHAR
CR 17
XP 102,400
PLANASHAR
CR 17
XP 102,400
LE Small construct (magical, technological)
Init +5; Senses blindsight (vibration) 60 ft.; Perception +29
DEFENSE
EAC 30; KAC 31; +4 vs. ranged attacks
Fort +13; Ref +13; Will +18
Defensive Abilities two dimensional; DR 10/magic;
Immunities construct immunities
Weaknesses sudden severance
OFFENSE
HP 285
Speed 60 ft.
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 17th; ranged +28)
1/day—greater discharge (DC 26), mass rewire flesh (DC 26)
3/day—control machines (DC 25), holographic image (5th
level, DC 25), rapid repair (DC 25), telekinesis (DC 25)
At will—destruction protocol, rewire flesh (DC 24)
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +5; Con —; Int +11; Wis +8; Cha +0
Skills Engineering +29, Mysticism +29, Stealth +34
Languages Common, up to 11 others
Other Abilities convergence protocol, simulacrum, spider
climb, unliving
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Convergence Protocol (Su) If a non-construct creature dies
within 30 feet of the planashar, the planashar can attempt
to trap that creature in a telekinetic stasis field. The
creature must succeed at a DC 24 Fortitude save or be
telekinetically flattened into a two-dimensional form that
the planashar immediately assimilates, leaving no trace of
the creature’s body behind in the three-dimensional world.
Simulacrum (Su) As a full action, a planashar can construct
a simulacrum from the remains of a technological
construct. This simulacrum is a creature of a CR equal to
the planashar’s CR minus 3 that uses the combatant array
for its statistics, except its Hit Points are equal to 20%
of the planashar’s and its attacks are determined by its
simulacrum template graft (see below). The simulacrum
takes its own actions, at the planashar’s direction, and
acts on the planashar’s initiative. The planashar can
control only one simulacrum at a time and can’t create a
new one while a simulacrum is already active.
Sudden Severance If a planashar’s simulacrum is destroyed,
the planashar takes 10d20 damage and is stunned for
1 round.
Two Dimensional (Su) The planashar can occupy
squares occupied by other creatures, and its
movement doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity.
It gains a +4 bonus to AC against ranged attacks.
SIMULACRUM TEMPLATE GRAFTS
You can create a planashar’s simulacrum
from any technological construct by
applying a simulacrum graft to a creature
built using the following requirements.
Sample grafts for common technological
constructs—including anacites, golems (Alien
Archive 2 66), and robots—are listed on page
81.
Required Array: Combatant (of CR equal to
the planashar’s CR minus 3).
Required Creature Type and Subtype: Construct
(technological).
XP: A planashar simulacrum doesn’t grant XP upon defeat.
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Melee Attack: A planashar simulacrum’s melee attack uses
the combatant array’s high attack bonus and damage, and it
deals bludgeoning damage unless otherwise stated.
Ranged Attack: If the simulacrum graft grants a ranged
attack, it uses the combatant array’s low attack bonus and
ranged energy damage.
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Infinite Loop, which will thereby save all creation from
impending doom.
Calling themselves Those Who Converge, planashars
have discovered a way to return to the Material Plane. They
focus on following through with the First Ones’ alleged plans
to “save” the galaxy by uniting two- and three-dimensional
realities into one and, in the process, destroy anacites once
and for all.
The controlled anacite’s three glowing eyes, normally red,
shine a bright blue.
Traits: automatic laser (see below)
Automatic Laser (Ex): The simulacrum has a ranged attack
that deals fire damage and has a range increment of 60
feet. Every 1d4 rounds, the simulacrum can fire as though in
automatic mode at up to five targets.
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moves with special purpose.
Traits: Large; immunity to magic, fly speed of 30 ft.; space
and reach of 10 feet; melee attack deals slashing or piercing
damage and has the severe wound critical hit effect; nanite
scattershot (see below); unflankable
Nanite Scattershot (Ex): The simulacrum can unleash
a stream of nanite particles at a single target as a ranged
attack that deals piercing damage and has a range increment
of 90 feet.
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This robot moves strangely, as though unused to
navigating three-dimensional space.
Traits: fly, climb, or burrow speed of 30 ft.
(choose one); vulnerable to critical hits; vulnerable to
electricity; ranged attack that deals electricity damage
and has a range increment of 30 feet; nanite repair (see
below)
Nanite Repair (Ex): The simulacrum’s nanites heal it,
restoring a number of Hit Points per hour equal to its CR.
Planashars belong to a militaristic and aggressive civilization
of two-dimensional constructs known as the Planashar
Dominion. They vowed long ago to assimilate the Pact Worlds
and the rest of the known three-dimensional galaxy by any
means necessary.
Despite their uncertain origins, planashars maintain
that, just like anacites, the First 0nes of Aballon created
their kind. Planashars believe that the First Ones foresaw
the coming of some cataclysmic event that would destroy
the three-dimensional galaxy as they knew it; as a result,
they created the Planashar Dominion as well as a hidden
dimension known as the Infinite Loop—an endless, entirely
two-dimensional realm. Planashars claim that they have
evidence of the First Ones’ intent to transform all matter
into two-dimensional forms and merge existence with the
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PLASMALISK
CR 14
XP 38,400
PLASMALISK
CR 14
XP 38,400
N Large magical beast
Init +4; Senses blindsight (electricity) 60 ft., darkvision 60
ft.; Perception +25
DEFENSE
HP 250
EAC 28; KAC 30
Fort +18; Ref +18; Will +12
Immunities radiation; Resistances electricity 15, fire 15
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee bite +28 (6d6+22 P plus 2d6 E & F)
Ranged plasma blast +25 (8d6 E & F)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Offensive Abilities ionizing gaze (60 ft., DC 20)
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +4; Con +6; Int –2; Wis +0; Cha –3
Skills Acrobatics +25, Athletics +30
Other Abilities assisted energization, luminous scales
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Environment any warm or temperate land
Organization solitary, pair, or mosaic (3–12)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Assisted Energization (Ex) Whenever a plasmalisk takes
15 or more electricity or fire damage in any combination
from a single attack or effect (whether or not it resists
any of the damage), reduce the number of rounds the
plasmalisk must wait before it can use its plasma blast
by 1, and increase the plasmalisk’s speed by 10 feet
(maximum 50 feet) until the end of its next turn.
Ionizing Gaze (Su) A plasmalisk’s vibrantly glowing eyes
can cause viewers’ bodily fluids to rapidly ionize and
burn their bodies from the inside. A creature that
fails a DC 20 Fortitude save is subject to the gaze’s
effects, which mimic a Dexterity-track poison whose
progression track is Healthy—Staggered—Immobile—
Primed with a frequency of 1/round for 6 rounds and
whose cure is 2 consecutive saves. A primed target is
unconscious, and 1d4 hours after becoming primed,
the creature’s body explodes in a burst of plasma that
deals 6d6 electricity and fire damage to anything in a
10-foot radius (Reflex DC 20 half). Each time a creature
fails the Fortitude save against a plasmalisk’s gaze,
they take 3d6 electricity and fire damage as their body
ionizes. A creature that has succeeded at the gaze’s
initial save or has been cured of the gaze’s ongoing
effect is immune to that plasmalisk’s ionizing gaze for
24 hours. This isn’t a poison effect.
Coating an affected creature completely with the
plasmalisk’s blood ends the effect and immediately
moves the creature two steps toward healthy.
A plasmalisk has enough blood to coat 1d4+1
creatures in this way; a Large creature
takes twice as much blood to coat.
Luminous Scales (Ex) The glow of a
plasmalisk’s scales increases the light
level in a 10-foot radius by one step to
a maximum of bright light. As a swift
action, a plasmalisk can suppress this
glow until the end of its next turn.
Plasma Blast (Ex) A plasmalisk can spit
a blob of swiftly ionizing material that
explodes into plasma on contact.
This functions as a ranged
weapon with a range of 60 feet
and the explode (10 ft.) weapon
special property that deals
8d6 electricity and fire
damage (Reflex DC 20 half). The plasmalisk can use
this weapon once per 1d6 rounds.
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Powerful reptilian predators, plasmalisks rely on blasts of
plasma to hunt, scorching their prey and feasting on the
remains. The key to their power stems from their ion cores—
this specialized organ combines depressurization, chemical
catalysts, and tiny nuclear reactions to ionize metals like
lithium, sodium, and potassium. Plasmalisks use their
constant plasma furnace as both a weapon and a power
source. Not only do wisps of the plasma escape when
plasmalisks bite, but they can also expel gouts
of the ionized gases or channel the energy
into creatures that meet their gazes.
Their prey often boil alive, yet stronger
victims smolder for hours, attracting
scavengers before exploding and
littering the area with ample food for
canny plasmalisks to consume.
Plasmalisks typically measure 12
feet from snout to tail and weigh
about 4,500 pounds. These ponderous
creatures rarely move at any pace
faster than an amble even with their
eight legs; this sluggishness stems from
their alien metabolisms. Rather than draw
power from mitochondria, plasmalisks’ cells
are fueled almost entirely by a constant field
of energy from their ion cores. When not actively
hunting, their reaction rates slow. Plasmalisks often enter
a torpor state in which they maintain just enough of their
metabolism to restart the reactions once necessary. Their
scales radiate a portion of their energy, both illuminating
their surroundings and creating an electroreception field
through which plasmalisks can sense nearby creatures and
objects. Hibernating plasmalisks create almost no light,
whereas fully active ones practically incandesce. Adults can
modulate their light’s color and pattern to communicate,
making nighttime mating displays visible for miles. In rare
cases, whole mosaics gather together to glow in a reflection
of the sky’s colors, attracting daring explorers and tourists
who chase meteorological events in the hopes of spotting
this behavior.
Due to these resource-intensive actions, plasmalisks
display ectothermic habits, sunning themselves or even
basking on exposed cliffs during lightning storms or auroras
to absorb ionized particles. These events generally calm
plasmalisks, even to the point that they tolerate visitors and
onlookers. Yet should plasmalisks absorb too much energy,
they become moody and agitated, recklessly cavorting or
hunting in an attempt to burn off the high. Reactors, power
stations, and forges often draw the creatures from miles
around, ultimately leading to the destruction of such locations
once the plasmalisks overindulge and rampage.
After a successful hunt, a plasmalisk primarily feeds on
the ionized particles of its victims. However, the creature
also requires conventional nutrients, albeit in smaller
quantities than expected for sustaining its size; typically,
a plasmalisk procures such nourishment by consuming its
prey’s still-smoldering bodies. A plasmalisk’s greatest drive
is its need for key minerals. Inexpertly dug furrows attest to
a plasmalisk’s foraging, and it can migrate as much as 200
miles to reach mineral sources—no matter who or what lies
in the way.
Plasmalisks usually lay just a pair of eggs, depositing the
second one roughly a week after the first, but well-fed
females occasionally lay larger, even-numbered
clutches. The translucent eggs glow with
their parents’ ionizing energy, periodically
fluctuating as the developing embryos shift
and dream. Half of the eggs always hatch
early, and these first hatchlings quickly
cannibalize one of their less-developed
clutch mates. Although macabre, this
practice is essential to young plasmalisks’
survival, as hatchlings lack both the
nutrients and activation energy to
properly develop their ion cores. Genetic
studies show that the slain sibling isn’t
fully digested; the survivor’s body directly
incorporates portions of the sibling’s organs and
DNA, creating a chimeric whole. Collectors delight
in capturing plasmalisk eggs—no easy feat given the
parents’ tireless nest patrols. A little jury-rigged hardware can
transform a healthy egg into a mobile (yet quite unethical)
power station capable of restoring up to 100 charges or even
jump-starting a damaged starship before killing the creature.
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PLASMA PAINT
Plasmalisk scales and eggshells retain their energy-dissipating
properties. Grinding down these parts and combining them
with specially formulated chemicals creates a protective paint
for coating armor or shock-sensitive electronics. Plasma paint
doesn’t need to coat the entire surface of the armor it’s being
applied to, and plasma paint enthusiasts, such as celebrity
performers, often commission protective suits painted with
stunningly decorative designs.
PLASMA PAINT (HYBRID)
Armor
Upgrade
ITEM LEVEL 5
PRICE 3,500
SLOTS 1
ARMOR TYPE ANY
BULK —
CAPACITY 10
USAGE 1/ROUND
Your armor’s painted patterns channel incoming energy,
either dissipating it entirely or directing it into your weapons.
You gain electricity resistance 5. When you take 5 or more
electricity damage from a single attack or effect (before
applying your resistance), you glow in a 10-foot radius
(increasing the light level by one step, up to normal light) until
the end of your next turn. During this time, any electricity
damage you deal with non-analog weapons before the end of
your next turn increases by 1d6.
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XP 200
POLYPHONIC GEL
CR 1/2
XP 200
POLYPHONIC
PLASM
CR 4
XP 1,200
N Small ooze
Init +1; Senses blindsight (sound) 120 ft.; Perception +4
DEFENSE
EAC 10; KAC 11
Fort +4; Ref +0; Will –2
Immunities ooze immunities, sonic
OFFENSE
HP 17
Speed 15 ft., climb 15 ft.
Melee pseudopod +6 (1d6+2 So) or
attach +6
Offensive Abilities amplify frequency, resonant vibrations
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +1; Con +3; Int —; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +9
ECOLOGY
Environment any land
Organization solitary, pair, or concert (3–7)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Amplify Frequency (Ex) Whenever a polyphonic gel would
take sonic damage, it absorbs that energy instead. The
stored vibrations amplify the creature’s sonic waves,
increasing damage dealt by the ooze’s next pseudopod
attack before the end of its next turn by 1d6.
Resonant Vibrations (Ex) When the polyphonic gel deals sonic
damage to a creature it’s attached to, it deals an equal
amount of sonic damage to the target’s armor as well. This
damage ignores half of the armor’s hardness, rounded up.
POLYPHONIC PLASM
CR 4
XP 1,200
N Large ooze
Init +1; Senses blindsight (sound) 120 ft.; Perception +10
DEFENSE
EAC 16; KAC 16
Fort +7; Ref +4; Will +1
Immunities ooze immunities, sonic
HP 65
OFFENSE
Speed 15 ft., climb 15 ft.
Melee pseudopod +12 (1d6+7 So)
Offensive Abilities amplify frequency, engulf
(1d6+7 So, DC 13), resonant vibrations
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +1; Con +5; Int —; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +15
ECOLOGY
Environment any land
Organization solitary, pair, or concert (3–12)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Amplify Frequency (Ex) See above. The stored
vibrations increase a polyphonic plasm’s
pseudopod damage by 2d6.
Resonant Vibrations (Ex) When the polyphonic
plasm deals sonic damage to the creature it has
engulfed, it deals an equal amount of sonic damage
to the creature’s armor as well. This damage
ignores half of the armor’s hardness,
rounded up.
A polyphonic gel resembles smoked glass
that pulses with multicolored lights in
time to an unpredictable rhythm. This ooze is
actually an organic, semi-fluid mass of millions of flexible
fibers that constantly vibrate to produce audible
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shrill and discordant. These captivating displays often lure
observers who mistake their performances and languidly
extended pseudopods for friendly gestures. Such observers
soon discover that the gels’ bodies course with sonic
vibrations that can devastate flesh, bone, and
steel as well as break prey into edible chunks.
Although polyphonic gels seem to
draw some nutrition out of physical
material, they primarily feed on
sound. When feeding, a gel sends out
countless pulses that resonate off
their prey’s body, the echoes fueling
their metabolism. Each absorbed
sound also helps the gel form new
fibers, like a brain forging fresh
neurons while learning, as the
sounds create each fiber and shape
its texture. In this way, polyphonic gels
gradually grow—physically and in their
sound vocabulary—when exposed to
new sounds.
Polyphonic gels can survive indefinitely if
exposed to periodic sound, like a noisy fan or
the rush of a waterfall. However, they grow only
when supplied a range of sounds and materials
to absorb. In practice, the mindless oozes manifest
cravings for different sounds that drive them to search for novel
prey or specific material types. Polyphonic gels sometimes
slither frantically past other food sources in search of a specific
type of crystal or pitch of dwarven scream. Previously docile
specimens kept in captivity for study often develop these
cravings, too. Despite their keepers’ best attempts to provide
a balanced diet, the oozes’ desires can lead to catastrophic
breakouts when they disintegrate their holding cells. When
fed a varied diet, polyphonic gels can grow with extraordinary
speed, doubling in size in a matter of days. Conversely, those
oozes deprived of sound altogether (including any trapped in
the vacuum of space) starve and gradually wither.
Polyphonic gels can serve as a repository of sounds. In
practice, they might repeat their prey’s garbled last words,
crooning nonsense phrases with the haunting voices of the
departed. Theoretically, though, it should be possible to elicit
specific sounds from these oozes by isolating the key fibers,
agitating them, and recording the output. Engineering tests
have managed only small successes to date, however, and most
consider anything more as impractical.
Early in life, a polyphonic gel spans about 2–3 feet in diameter
and weighs a mere 20 pounds. It grows in proportion to its sound
absorption and reaches polyphonic plasm status when it spans
almost 10 feet across and weighs 400 pounds. Beyond this size,
the oozes rarely dedicate nutrients to additional growth, instead
focusing on reproduction by budding a new gel that carries
away a fraction of its parent’s sonic repertoire. Even when
independent, gels tend to shadow their parent plasms until
lured away by tempting new stimuli. Gels of all sizes periodically
seek each other out, forming concerts of a dozen or more gels
that sing to each other for days on end. The purpose of these
gatherings remains unknown. They rarely result in growth,
and since the oozes lack any true nervous tissue (much
less minds), it seems unclear if these gatherings hold
social value for the creatures, though they appear
visibly calmed afterward. However, the gels
often turn on anyone who interrupts
their songs.
Despite the dangers associated
with polyphonic gels, they’re easy to
detect and slow-moving, allowing
careful xenobiologists and other
researchers to study them with
relative ease. Some Shelynites
consider the oozes sacred, believing
the creatures’ songs encode
messages from the Eternal Rose
herself. Worshippers have compiled
years-long recordings and distributed them across
Pact Worlds infospheres for free, and while the acolytes
try to decode these soundscapes to understand their
goddess, digital music artists have shamelessly sampled the
files in hundreds of songs. These musical byproducts as well
as the alien tones that only the gels can create only reinforce
the Shelynites’ belief that polyphonic gels sing with divine
will. Some priests happily shepherd these oozes across alien
landscapes to help their charges learn new music. Though the
priests might have good intentions, the wild and willful gels
regularly escape to pursue some distant tune or tone. With
so many incidents, several Pact Worlds have condemned and
criminalized this expression of Shelyn’s faith.
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POLYPHONIC BUFFER AUGMENTATION
Bioengineers studying polyphonic gels have synthesized
an inorganic compound that can stymie echolocation and
disperse destructive sound waves.
POLYPHONIC BUFFER
System
Skin
AUGMENTATION BIOTECH
LEVEL 9
PRICE 13,200
Designed from a synthetic protoplasm that deadens and bends
sonic vibrations, this skin graft gives you sonic resistance
5. In addition, you can activate the graft to emit constant,
erratic vibrations that interfere with blindsense (sound) and
blindsight (sound). While activated, creatures can detect you
with blindsense (sound) at only one-third the normal range,
whereas creatures with blindsight (sound) gain only the
benefits of blindsense when detecting you. The graft remains
activated for 5 minutes or until deactivated, after which it
can’t be activated again until you rest for 10 minutes to regain
Stamina Points, though you can spend 1 Resolve Point to
recharge it immediately.
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PROTEAN
DURGASTR
CR 16
XP 76,800
DURGASTR
CR 16
XP 76,800
CN Medium outsider (chaotic, extraplanar, protean,
shapechanger)
Init +7; Senses blindsense (vibration) 60 ft.; darkvision 60
ft.; Perception +28
Aura dimensional shadow (100 ft.)
DEFENSE
EAC 29; KAC 30
Fort +14; Ref +16; Will +19
HP 255
Defensive Abilities amorphous, unfettered; Immunities acid,
paralysis, polymorph; Resistances electricity 10, sonic 10
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., fly 60 ft. (Su, perfect), swim 40 ft.
Melee bite +26 (6d8+20 P; critical warpwave) or
claw +26 (6d8+20 S; critical warpwave) or
tail +26 (6d8+20 B plus grab; critical warpwave)
Offensive Abilities warpwave
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 16th; melee +26, ranged +26)
1/day—disintegrate (DC 26), shadow walk, summon
creature VIAA (proteans only), terraform
3/day—greater dispel magic, greater song of the
cosmosCOM (DC 24), mislead (DC 25)
At will—confusion (DC 24), entropic grasp (DC 23),
probability prediction
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +7; Con +5; Int +5; Wis +5; Cha +10
Skills Acrobatics +28 (+36 to fly), Athletics +28, Bluff +33,
Mysticism +33, Sense Motive +28
Languages Abyssal, Protean; truespeech; telepathy 100 ft.
Other Abilities call proteans, change shape (any Small, Medium,
or Large creature), no breath, spaceflight (Mysticism)
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Maelstrom)
Organization solitary or chorus (2–4)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Call Proteans (Su) By increasing the casting time of its
summon creature VI spell-like ability to 10 minutes,
a durgastr can change the spell’s duration to
instantaneous and can summon a number of
proteans whose combined CR is no greater than the
durgastr’s CR – 6 (CR 10 for most durgastrs). These
summoned proteans are typically helpful to the durgastr
but are not compelled to follow its orders.
Dimensional Shadow (Su) Creatures and objects cannot
use extradimensional travel to enter or leave this aura
unless they have the protean subtype. The durgastr
can suppress this aura as a move action, and it
remains suppressed until the durgastr takes another
move action to reactivate it.
Unfettered (Su) A durgastr ignores difficult terrain,
and it cannot be bull rushed, entangled, grappled,
pinned, repositioned, or tripped. If a durgastr begins
its turn with reduced speed or is unable to move while
still able to take actions, the condition or effect causing
this altered movement ends for the durgastr. If a durgastr
starts its turn conscious but unable to take actions, the
condition or effect causing that hindrance ends for the
durgastr, and the durgastr becomes staggered. Whenever
the durgastr is staggered, that condition ends in 1 round.
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continues for its duration, but the durgastr becomes
immune to that instance of the effect.
Warpwave (Su) A creature struck by a critical hit from a
durgastr or two of the durgastr’s melee attacks on the
durgastr’s turn must succeed at a DC 24 Fortitude saving
throw or be subjected to a supernatural warpwave effect
that mimics the warpwave spell (see below; CL 16th).
As embodiments of chaos, most proteans remain in the comforting
unpredictability of the Maelstrom, where they happily create and
destroy at their ever-changing whims. Durgastrs in particular
are explorers—often inadvertently. They delight in examining
alternate realities, particularly planes that present imperfect
reflections of each other, such as how the Shadow Plane
and Ethereal Plane mirror aspects of the Material Plane.
Where they find inspiring inconsistencies, durgastrs
endeavor to overlay and fuse the strange realities into a
multifaceted whole, often disrupting living creatures, cityscapes,
and even whole ecosystems in the process.
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WARPWAVE EFFECT
Severe wound1 (caster chooses the wound)
Paralyzed2
Wound1
Baleful polymorphAA2, (3rd level)
Bleeding, Burning, or Corrode 3d6
Nauseated2
Blinded2
Staggered2
Shaken3
Sickened3
Off-target3
Dazzled3
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More powerful proteans regularly create chaotic distortions
known as warpwaves, and some mystics and witchwarpers have
learned to duplicate magically.
Warpwave
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School transmutation
Casting Time 1 standard action
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Targets one creature
Duration 1 minute/level (see text)
Saving Throw Fortitude negates; Spell
Resistance yes
You blast your target with the ripples of myriad
realities, causing it to transform in unpredictable
ways that are typically temporary. If the target
fails its initial saving throw, roll on the Warpwave
Effect table and apply the resulting condition, critical
hit effect, or spell effect to the target. If the target is
immune to this selected effect, roll a second time and
apply the second effect instead (if it’s also immune
to the second effect, it’s unaffected by the spell).
The effects’ durations vary. Those effects marked
with a superscript 1 are instantaneous, whereas
those marked with a superscript 2 are effects for which
the target can attempt a new saving throw at the end of
each of its turns to end the effect early. For effects marked
with a superscript 3, each minute an affected creature
can attempt a new saving throw to end that effect early.
Unannotated effects follow their normal rules for duration.
Except for baleful polymorph, a warpwave’s effects cannot
be dispelled, but they can be removed by break enchantment,
remove affliction, and any effect that specifically removes the
imposed condition.
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PSACYNOID CUSTODIAN
CR 3
XP 800
PSACYNOID
CUSTODIAN
CR 3
XP 800
Psacynoid mystic
NG Medium monstrous humanoid
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +8
DEFENSE
EAC 13; KAC 14
Fort +2; Ref +4; Will +8
Resistances sonic 5
HP 31 RP 3
OFFENSE
PSACYNOID
GALLANT
CR 9
XP 6,400
Speed 30 ft.
Melee battle staff +6 (1d4+3 B; critical knockdown)
Ranged tactical semi-auto pistol +8 (1d6+3 P)
Mystic Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd)
At will—mindlink
Mystic Spells Known (CL 3rd)
1st (3/day)—charm person (DC 16), reflecting armor (DC 16)
0 (at will)—daze (DC 15), ghost sound (DC 15)
Connection melophileCOM
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +2; Con +0; Int +1; Wis +4; Cha +1
Skills Culture +8, Mysticism +13, Physical Science +13
Languages Common, Psacynoa
Other Abilities multiarmed (4), song of the spheresCOM,
universal choirCOM
Gear casual stationwear, battle staff, tactical semi-auto
pistol with 18 small arm rounds
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Nolasa)
Organization solitary, pair, band (3–5), or community (6–30
plus 1–3 psacynoid gallants)
PSACYNOID GALLANT
CR 9
XP 6,400
Psacynoid solarian
NG Medium monstrous humanoid
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +17
DEFENSE
EAC 22; KAC 24
Fort +11; Ref +9; Will +10
Resistances sonic 5
HP 144 RP 4
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee solar shield +22 (2d10+12 B; critical severe wound
[DC 16])
Ranged advanced semi-auto pistol +19 (2d6+9 P)
Offensive Abilities flashing strikes, stellar revelations
(black hole [30-ft. radius, pull 20 ft., DC 16], ray of light,
reflection, supernova [15-ft. radius, 10d6 F, DC 16], vital
reinforcementCOM [9 damage])
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +4; Con +0; Int +1; Wis +2; Cha +6
Skills Athletics +17, Mysticism +17, Physical Science +22
Languages Common, Psacynoa
Other Abilities multiarmed (4), solar manifestation (solar
shieldCOM), stellar alignment
Gear D-suit III, advanced semi-auto pistol with 24 small
arm rounds, minor gluon crystal
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Nolasa)
Organization solitary, pair, or community (1–3 plus 6–30
psacynoid custodians)
Four-armed psacynoids hail from the
Near Space world of Nolasa in
the Euditace system. They’re
the system’s only sentient
species to have made contact
with extrasolar civilizations,
such as emissaries from the
Pact Worlds and
the Veskarium.
However, very
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few psacynoids have left their home world in the decades
since this initial contact. Psacynoid culture revolves mostly
around the cultivation and harvesting of mystical crystals, and
while the world’s newfound market for these items has greatly
increased Nolasa’s wealth, many of its inhabitants consider
spending credits on oneself to be in poor taste. Most psacynoids
prefer to funnel that money back into their communities to
maintain and repair infrastructure, foster social programs, and
generally improve the quality of life for all.
A psacynoid has a slender body with bulbous protrusions
at either end; the upper is the creature’s head, which features
an upward-pointing olfactory organ at the top, above a wide
mouth. Their bottom bulb holds most of their vital organs and
has four ambulatory appendages. Four spindly arms extend
from their torso, two on each side. A psacynoid generally has a
skittering gait that causes their body to careen wildly, making
the creature appear to constantly be on the verge of toppling
over. A typical psacynoid stands about 6 feet tall and weighs
125 pounds.
On the surface, Nolasa appears to be a Golarion-like planet
with numerous diverse biomes ranging from plains and forests
to mountains and deserts. However, on closer inspection,
the world is curiously flattened, with the highest and lowest
elevations being less than half a mile above and below sea level.
In fact, a series of massive caverns hide only a few hundred feet
under the surface and run throughout the planet’s crust. These
caves rest on Nolasa’s true tectonic plates and contain their
own geography and ecosystems. Some believe that Nolasa’s
current surface was somehow layered onto the original planet
by an ancient power, creating a sort of world-sized nesting doll.
Long ago, Nolasa’s psacynoids discovered that these
caverns are infinite wells of invisible mystical power. When
a wandering psacynoid geomancer discovered an
unusual magical frequency within the stones of an
empty cavern, they realized that their spells didn’t
dissipate normally, instead coalescing into the seed of
a crystalline structure that hung suspended in the air.
The geomancer, unwilling to disturb the phenomenon, set
up camp nearby, and over the next few weeks, watched
the single crystal grow into a floating field of precious
stones. The psacynoid collected the gems to bring back
to the surface to study and, decades later, the process of
crystal cultivation became the planet’s most studied and
practiced field.
Psacynoids learned that each cavern created only certain
types of magical crystals, much like certain seeds can take
root only in the right soil and climate. One cavern’s magic could
grow only crystals that harnessed electrical energy, while
the gems from another could summon creatures from other
planes. Psacynoids who cultivate these crystals are known
as custodians, and must be versed in the same type of magic
as the caverns in which they work. Some psacynoids train in
martial arts to become gallants and guard the underground
settlements against dangerous wildlife. Gallants often exhibit
RACIAL TRAITS
Ability Adjustments: +2 Dex, +2 Wis, –2 Str
Hit Points: 4
Size and Type: Psacynoids are Medium monstrous
humanoids.
Crystal Crafter: A psacynoid can craft a spell gem or
a solarian weapon crystal in half the normal time;
this bonus stacks with any provided by tools or
environment. For instance, a psacynoid using a
starship’s arcane laboratory can craft a spell gem
in one-quarter the normal time.
Hermetic Knowledge: Psacynoids gain a +2 racial
bonus to Mysticism and Physical Science checks.
Multiarmed (4): See page 154.
Psacynoid Senses: Psacynoids have darkvision with
a range of 60 feet.
Sonic Resistance: Psacynoids have resistance 5 to sonic.
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mystical prowess themselves and harness it during combat.
Regardless of psacynoids’ focus, most exhibit aptitude for
crafting magical crystals, such as spell gems and solarian
weapon crystals.
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ERABRYTH
ERABRYTH
CR 1
XP 400
MORRIGNA
XP 400
N Medium outsider (psychopomp)
Init +2; Senses blindsight (life) 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft.,
low-light vision; Perception +5
N Medium outsider (psychopomp)
Init +5; Senses blindsight (life) 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft.,
low-light vision; Perception +20
Aura web shroud (10 ft., Reflex DC 20)
DEFENSE
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 20 ft. (Su, average)
Melee cestus battleglove +5 (1d4+2 B)
Ranged light ray +7 (1d4+1 F)
Offensive Abilities forced reflection, spirit touch
HP 17
DEFENSE
EAC 23; KAC 24
Fort +10; Ref +10; Will +16
DR 10/adamantine; Immunities death effects,
disease, poison; Resistances cold 10,
electricity 10; SR 22
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee disruptive evenfall shimmerstone staff +18
(5d6+12 B) or
web lash +18 (2d10+12 S)
Ranged series-42 plasma guide +20
(3d8+11 E & F; critical severe wound)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with
web lash)
Offensive Abilities spirit touch
Spells Known (CL 11th; melee +18)
4th (3/day)—death ward, soul
reap (DC 22)
3rd (6/day)—dispel magic, mind
thrust (DC 21), mystic cure,
speak with dead (DC 21)
2nd (at will)—force blast (DC 20),
invisibility
STATISTICS
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Boneyard)
Organization solitary or reflection
(2–6)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Forced Reflection (Su) As a
standard action, an erabryth
can force a single target
within 60 feet to relive
their most painful
memories
and
regrets. The target
becomes dazed for 1 round, after which they
become shaken for 1d3 rounds. A successful
DC 12 Will saving throw negates the dazed
condition and reduces the shaken condition to
1 round. Regardless of the result of this saving
throw, the target is immune to this erabryth’s
forced reflection for 24 hours. This is a mindaffecting effect.
Light Ray (Su) As a ranged attack that
targets EAC, an erabryth can emit a
beam of light from their mirrored face
at a single target. This beam has a range
increment of 60 feet and the bright
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OFFENSE
Str +1; Dex +2; Con +0; Int +0; Wis +4; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +10, Intimidate +5,
Mysticism +10, Sense Motive +10,
Stealth +5
Languages Abyssal, Celestial,
Infernal, Requian; tongues
Gear cestus battleglove
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XP 12,800
EAC 11; KAC 12
Fort +1; Ref +1; Will +6
Immunities death effects, disease, poison
MORRIGNA
CR 11
XP 12,800
CR 1
STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +5; Con +1; Int +3;
Wis +8; Cha +3
Skills Athletics +20
(+28 to climb),
Mysticism +25,
Sense Motive +25,
Stealth +20
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal,
Requian; tongues
Other Abilities arachnid spy, change shape (Small
or Medium animal or humanoid)
Gear vesk brigandine IVAR, disruptive evenfall
shimmerstone staffAA3, series-42 plasma guideAR with
1 super-capacity battery (80 charges)
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Boneyard)
Organization solitary, pair, or reaping (3–15)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Arachnid Spy (Su) Once every hour as a full action, a
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their web shroud. This spider functions as the sensor
of an arcane eye spell, although the morrigna does not
need to concentrate to use the arachnid spy.
Web Shroud (Su) A morrigna’s shroud is composed of
silken webs that are mystically attuned to protect
them from harm. A creature within this aura that fails
a DC 20 Reflex saving throw becomes entangled for
1 round.
Psychopomps are enigmatic guides, protectors of souls, and
slayers of undead. These neutral outsiders safeguard the
cycle of life, death, and afterlife. Native to the Boneyard,
the terminus of the River of Souls where the goddess
Pharasma judges the dead, psychopomps come in a variety
of forms, each having their own aims, interests, and
methodology for ensuring the journey of souls proceeds
to their standards. Stoic, proud, and patient, psychopomps
perform their duties with unwavering dedication, confident
their collective efforts ensure existence will continue
unabated throughout the ages. Having listened to the
complaints and regrets of the dead since time began,
psychopomps are unswayed by passionate pleas nor
angry lamentations, making them seem aloof or uncaring.
Nearly all psychopomps wear masks and speak a somber
yet melodic language called Requian. Though some posit
this behavior is a form of psychological intimidation,
others believe the sight of an unmasked psychopomp puts
unnecessary strain on a mortal soul.
Erabryths are psychopomps who welcome and escort
the souls of androids who have given their bodies up
for renewal. Akin to procreation among androids,
renewal is generally considered a decision to
be celebrated and respected. Once incredibly
rare, erabryths have increased in number
in recent centuries, alongside the
number of cycling android souls they
guide. Averaging 6 feet tall and
200 pounds, erabryths are lanky
androgynous outsiders; they
have metallic, ribboned flesh
and a mirrored disk in place
of a face, backlit by a nimbus
of light that changes color
and intensity to display
their emotions.
In contrast to their
erabryth kin, morrignas
are
warriors
who
uphold the sanctity of
life and death by tracking down and destroying those
who interfere with the natural flow of souls in any way.
Cautious, cunning, and patient, morrignas unrelentingly
hunt immortals, necromancers, and undead with
extreme prejudice.
SOUL REAP
4
School necromancy
Casting Time 1 standard action
Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Area 20-ft.-radius spread
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Will partial, see text; Spell Resistance yes
You engulf an area in a comet-like spiral of energy,
untethering the souls or animating vital essence from
undead in the area. Each undead creature in the area
takes 10d8 damage and is staggered for 1 round. A
creature that succeeds at a Will saving throw takes
half damage and ignores the staggered effect. Mindless
undead receive no saving throw. This spell has no effect
on creatures that are not undead.
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QUYU
CR 6
XP 2,400
QUYU
CR 6
XP 2,400
NE Medium aberration
Init +3; Senses blindsight (vibration) 60ft., sightless;
Perception +13
DEFENSE
EAC 18; KAC 19
Fort +5; Ref +5; Will +11
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; Immunities acid,
starvation
OFFENSE
HP 80
Speed 40 ft.
Melee bite +12 (1d6+8 P plus grab, cruel dissection [DC 16])
claw +12 (1d6+8 S)
Ranged spiked missile +14 (1d8+6 P plus cruel dissection
[DC 16])
Offensive Abilities pathetic gaze
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th)
At will—charm person (DC 15)
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +3; Con +2; Int +0; Wis +0; Cha +5
Skills Bluff +18, Culture +13, Diplomacy +18, Disguise +18,
Life Science + 13, Sense Motive +13
Languages Brethedan, Common, Eoxian, Vesk (can’t speak
any language)
Other Abilities facade form, no breath
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Cruel Dissection (Ex) Quyus use their knowledge of
physiology to increase their likelihood of landing
devastating attacks. When a quyu hits with a bite
or spiked missile attack, the target must succeed
at a Fortitude save or take an additional 1d6
piercing damage.
Facade Form (Ex) As a move action, the quyu can switch
into or out of its adorable facade form. While in its
facade form, the quyu’s pathetic gaze is active, but it
can’t use any of its melee or ranged attacks. While in
facade form, the quyu is a Tiny creature.
Pathetic Gaze (Su) The quyu’s sightless eyes cast a magical
influence on those who meet its gaze. While in facade
form, any creature within 30 feet of the quyu that can
see it must succeed at a DC 14 Will save or gain the
fascinated condition. On a failed save, the target also
becomes irrationally infatuated with the quyu and takes
a –4 penalty to attacks against it for 1d4 rounds, even
if the quyu leaves facade form. This is a mind-affecting
emotion effect.
Spiked Missile (Ex) A quyu’s spiked missile attack has
a range increment of 60 feet.
Quyus originated deep in the isolated regions of
space and initially encountered other life-forms
when a broken fraction of their barren asteroid
home joined the Diaspora. Living for eons floating only
among themselves in empty space, quyus do not require food,
drink, or even an atmosphere to survive. The dangerously
clever creatures quietly observed the sapient life-forms
of their new homes and noted their bizarre tendency to
defenselessly approach anything small, pathetic, and cute.
The aberrations devised a devious hunting strategy that
exploited what they saw as a flaw in the nature of many
social species. Devoid of sympathy or compassion, quyus
do not entirely understand why social life-forms approach
them in their adorable disguises, but they receive a deep
sense of satisfaction from the betrayed expressions of
their victims when their adorable facades unfurl into their
grotesque forms.
Quyus are sightless and curious, and express their
interest in the composition of other beings by dissecting
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their prey. They are masters of their own physiology and
have learned to compress their larger, aberrant bodies
into smaller forms, adopting traits such as fur and large
ears to mimic what they’ve identified as commonly cute
in other creatures. Even when in their aberration forms,
evidence of their facade forms can manifest in
patches across their bodies, which fold together
to create their disguises. Lacking visual
organs in their aberrant forms, quyus
capture and dissect creatures from the
local environment that sapient life-forms
find adorable to learn what makes them
appear so precious to other species.
A sudden rise in small, cute creatures
disappearing or being found dismembered
is often the first sign of a quyu’s presence
in the area.
A quyu’s facade form varies depending
on the surrounding area, as it adapts to
best fit what is considered cute by the
local culture. Generally this form is round
and fluffy, with large, dark eyes and a
perpetually dejected expression. Quyus
always aim to invent the most precious
facades possible from the perspective of
their victims, regardless of whether such a
creature suits the local ecology. Fortunately for quyus, few
potential victims pause to consider whether a particularly
adorable animal is in any way adapted to its environment.
Most quyus live on the edge of civilization and lure
isolated individuals into secluded ambush locations with
their facade forms. Many learn to imitate injuries or crying
to elicit helpful responses. They sometimes stow away on
starships and quietly lure individual crew members to their
doom, sometimes taking out an entire crew before being
discovered. Planet-bound quyus, on the other hand, might
build a den and string up dissected bodies to display their
collection. The cleverest and most insidious quyus hunt in
cosmopolitan settings that already host a wide variety of
species, sapient and otherwise.
Once a quyu has lured its prey close and lulled it into a
false sense of security with its pitiful visage, its beguiling
eyes tear apart from the pupil, the patches of fur split apart,
and its downy ears morph into protruding spikes. An eyeless
head bursts from each eye, covered in an acidic slime that
coats the thin gray membrane of its true skin. As its body
unfurls, the skeleton pops and snaps nauseatingly into place.
Its true form has long forward limbs with opposable hands
and dexterous long fingers, and it perches on crouched,
short back legs. Its two elongated, large-jawed heads share
a single consciousness.
The most experienced and intelligent quyus choose to live
benignly as innocuous pets in urban environments where
they accept their keepers as accessories to their disguises
and slip away to prowl the city when not observed. They
prefer vulnerable keepers, innocent-seeming keepers who
often escape the attention of those investigating suspicious
disappearances. Cases of murders and missing persons
perpetrated by quyus are often difficult to prove or
recognize. While the scenes often look like an
animal attack, the bodies are never eaten,
and the precision of the kills often hints
at some level of intelligent motive.
Few are familiar enough with these
otherworldly aberrations to suspect
one may be trotting past the murder
scene as a child’s cute and spunky pet.
It typically takes a specialist or a team
of experts to identify a quyu’s work
and locate it among the beloved pets in
the city.
QUYU EYES
A quyu’s eyes in its facade form are the
most unique part of its hunting tactics,
exhibiting hypnotic capabilities that
emotionally hijack the brain. Before
revealing itself, a quyu tries to enchant
its prey to reduce the likelihood that they
will be able to fight back. When the quyu shifts,
these eyes appear to rip open, but the organ can still be
found inside the true form’s head. Even when the quyu is
dead, these organs maintain their magical emotional affects
and can cause fascination. When implanted into a sighted
being’s head, they are able to transfer visual information
to the brain, but primarily maintain their function as
hypnotic organs.
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AUGMENTATION BIOTECH
LEVEL 6
PRICE 3,850
A quyu’s “eyes” maintain their captivating effects after
the creature’s death, and can be implanted to replace
any of your current eyes. As a quyu’s eyes are not visual
organs, you must retain at least one of your original eyes
to maintain your normal vision; otherwise you gain the
blinded condition for as long as you have this augmentation
installed. An implanted quyu eye is visibly unique from any
of your other eyes.
When you attempt a Bluff or Diplomacy check against
a target for the first time each day, you receive a +2
circumstance bonus to the attempt. Alternatively, once
per day, you can take a standard action to activate the
eye’s mesmerizing qualities and attempt to fascinate one
target. The target must succeed a Will save (DC = 10 + half
your level + your Charisma modifier) to avoid becoming
fascinated; regardless of whether the target succeeds, it is
immune to the effects of all quyu eyes for 24 hours.
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RADIATION DRAKE
RADIATION DRAKE SLASHER
CR 4
XP 1,200
RADIATION DRAKE
SLASHER
CR 4
XP 1,200
ADULT RADIATION
DRAKE
CR 9
XP 6,400
CE Medium dragon
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +17
DEFENSE
EAC 16; KAC 18
Fort +8; Ref +8; Will +5
DR 5/magic; Immunities paralysis, radiation, sleep
OFFENSE
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +2; Con +1; Int –2; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +10, Intimidate +15, Survival +10
Languages Draconic
ECOLOGY
HP 50
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee bite +13 (1d6+8 P plus radiation exposure)
Ranged atomic bezoar +10 (1d8 F plus radiation
exposure)
Environment any land
Organization solitary, pair, or glow (3–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Atomic Bezoar (Ex) A radiation drake slasher lacks a
breath weapon yet can spit a mass of radioactive
material that explodes on contact. The attack has a
range increment of 20 feet, has the explode special
weapon property (5 ft., DC 13), and can be used only
once every other round.
Radiation Exposure (Ex) A creature that takes Hit Point
damage from the radiation drake’s attacks is exposed
to low radiation. This radiation bypasses environmental
protections in armor.
ADULT RADIATION DRAKE
CR 9
XP 6,400
CE Large dragon
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft.,
low-light vision; Perception +17
DEFENSE
HP 145
EAC 22; KAC 24
Fort +13; Ref +13; Will +10
DR 5/magic; Immunities paralysis, radiation,
sleep
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee bite +22 (2d10+15 P plus radiation exposure)
Multiattack bite +16 (2d10+15 P plus radiation
exposure), 2 talons +16 (2d4+15 S)
Ranged atomic bolt +19 (3d10+3 F plus radiation
exposure; critical burn 2d6)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Offensive Abilities breath
weapon (30-ft. cone, 6d10 F
plus radiation exposure,
Reflex DC 16 half, usable
every 1d6 rounds)
STATISTICS
Str +6; Dex +4; Con +3; Int –2;
Wis +2; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +17, Intimidate +22,
Survival +17
Languages Draconic
ECOLOGY
Environment any land
Organization solitary, pair, or rad (3–9)
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
Atomic Bolt (Ex) A radiation drake’s atomic bolt has a range
increment of 60 feet and targets EAC.
Radiation Exposure (Ex) See page 94.
Radiation drakes are dangerous predators found on worlds with
extensive radioactivity, such as natural deposits of radioactive
ores or irradiated wastelands left by atomic warfare. They are
dark in coloration, most often black or dull green, but they
have bright crystalline teeth and spikes along their spines. A
radiation drake has a draconic appearance, with a long neck
and tail, wings, and powerful hind legs, but lacks front legs.
In addition to its fearsome bite, a radiation drake can
unleash gouts of superheated radioactive material. However,
this technique requires considerable practice. Hatchlings can
do little more than drool fiery puddles—an ability that they
quickly learn to control lest they burn themselves. Juveniles
practice regularly, leaving scorched scars in their territory as
they swallow small stones, irradiate the pebbles, and learn
to regurgitate the radioactive projectiles. Yet only the adults
truly master the techniques, spitting fire with precision without
relying on any supplemental material whatsoever. These
radioactive attacks all cause the crystalline spikes along a
radiation drake’s spine to glow with white-hot light.
Radiation drakes lay their eggs in semi-molten surfaces, such
as stone, plastics, or even ceramic the drakes vitrify with their
breath. Where possible, a radiation drake situates its nest near
sources of radiation, such as nuclear power stations, naturally
radioactive rock formations, or even the bodies of fallen kaiju—
enormous creatures of unknown origin. Once laid, a drake egg’s
maturation depends on how much radiation it can absorb, with
heavily toxic environments fueling rapid development.
Yet whelps don’t come only from adult radiation drakes.
Their eggs periodically appear on worlds with no prior radiation
drake sightings, suggesting that under certain conditions, other
drakes’ eggs can mutate and hatch radiation drakes.
Radiation drakes rarely bother to do anything but act out on
their most instinctive impulses unless driven to do so or guided
by a worthy ally. Those allies are few and far between, as the
drakes are violently territorial and radioactive, and they
rarely form bonds with creatures. Ellicoths (Starfinder
Alien Archive 48) occasionally form friendly bands with
radiation drakes, with the latter perching atop the spindly
beasts and periodically dragging prey to drop before
the ellicoths to maintain the peace. Hespers occasionally
recruit radiation drakes, relying on the latter’s raw strength
to access well-defended reactors and other technology.
However, the alliances are usually short-lived, as the drakes
rarely have the patience to act as guards, usually instead
laying waste to the devices the hespers so desperately want.
it deals enough damage. The same kind of focused radiation can
be used to power some laser and flame weapons.
RADIOACTIVE WEAPON FUSION
LEVEL 4
Once per day before making an attack with a weapon with
the radioactive fusion, you can imbue the attack with toxic
radioactivity. One of the targets that takes damage from
the attack is exposed to low radiation that bypasses any
immunity to radiation provided by armor’s environmental
protections (though the armor’s saving throw bonus still
applies). The initial saving throw DC against this radiation
equals 10 + half the weapon’s level + your ability modifier
used for making the attack (such as Dexterity for a ranged
weapon); subsequent saving throws against the radiation
have a DC of 13. If the weapon with the radioactive fusion is
12th level or higher, the fusion instead exposes the target to
moderate radiation. Only weapons that deal fire damage and
use batteries can benefit from this fusion.
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The focused atomic fire of radiation drakes can flood even
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RAGESHKOR
GREEN RAGESHKOR
CR 6
XP 2,400
GREEN RAGESHKOR
CR 6
XP 2,400
N Large animal
Init +1; Senses blindsense (scent) 30 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +13
DEFENSE
ROCK RAGESHKOR
CR 12
XP 19,200
EAC 18; KAC 20
Fort +11; Ref +8; Will +5
Defensive Abilities align frill
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee tail +15 (1d8+11 P; critical knockdown)
Ranged spike +13 (1d8+11 P)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +1; Con +3; Int –4; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +18, Intimidate +13
Feats Cleave
ECOLOGY
Environment temperate or warm forests or plains
HP 90
Organization solitary, pair, or herd (3–12)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Align Frill (Ex) As a move action, a green rageshkor can
align portions of the flexible frill of its back armor to block
attacks from one enemy the rageshkor is observing. Doing
so increases the rageshkor’s AC by 2 against attacks from
that enemy until the start of the rageshkor’s next turn.
Spike (Ex) By whipping its tail, a green rageshkor can hurl
a detachable spike from just below its spiked tail club as
a ranged attack with a range increment of 20 feet and a
maximum range of 100 feet. The creature can hurl only
six such spikes in a 24-hour period.
ROCK RAGESHKOR
CR 12
XP 19,200
N Huge animal
Init +4; Senses blindsense (scent) 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +22
DEFENSE
HP 200 RP 5
EAC 26; KAC 28
Fort +17; Ref +14; Will +11
Defensive Abilities align frill; Resistances cold 5, fire 5
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee tail +25 (6d4+20 P; critical knockdown)
Ranged spike +22 (3d8+20 P)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Offensive Abilities sweep
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +0; Con +5; Int –4; Wis +2; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +27, Intimidate +22
Feats Cleave, Great Cleave
Other Abilities control breath
ECOLOGY
Environment any deserts or mountains
Organization solitary or pair
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Align Frill (Ex) As a move action, a rageshkor
can align portions of the flexible frills on
its back armor to block attacks from
one enemy the rageshkor is observing.
Doing so grants the rageshkor two
benefits against that enemy’s attacks until
the start of the rageshkor’s next turn: the
rageshkor’s AC increases by 2 and its fire
and cold resistances each increase to 10.
Control Breath (Ex) A rock rageshkor is unaffected
by thin atmosphere and treats severely thin atmosphere
as thin atmosphere (Core Rulebook 396). In addition, a
rock rageshkor can hold its breath for 1 hour. Taking
actions does not reduce this duration.
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Spike (Ex) See page 96.
Sweep (Ex) Each target for Cleave and Great Cleave must be
within 15 feet of the previous target, rather than adjacent
to the previous target, but it must still be within the rock
rageshkor’s reach.
Fierce, armored saurians, rageshkors are among Vesk Prime’s
most famous fauna. These beasts evolved alongside the
planet’s other aggressive wildlife, leading to deadly evolutions
unknown to other thyreophorans, most notably movable armor
plates, and tail spikes rageshkors can hurl at distant threats.
Vesk have long seen rageshkors as worthy foes. Records
from before the Gap show that hunting rageshkors is an
age-old tradition, with accomplished hunters regularly wearing
the hard-won hide, plates, and spikes. These cultural values
have survived into modern times, and vesk and non-vesk alike
regularly travel to Vesk Prime specifically for the chance to
hunt a rageshkor. The most dedicated hunters equip
themselves with archaic weaponry in the spirit
of tradition, but even modern armaments
are no guarantee of an easy fight.
The smaller green rageshkors
are the most prolific species,
still prevalent in Vesk Prime’s
forests and plains. Adolescents
typically break from their
birth herd, roaming either alone
or in small cohorts. These roving rageshkors are especially
aggressive, and they often pick fights with passersby, land
transports, and even small buildings.
The might and ferocity of green rageshkors pale in
comparison to those of their larger kin, rock rageshkors.
These rare animals are typically solitary, and during
less prosperous times, rock rageshkors hunker down
into a form of hibernation. Combined with their
camouflaged bodies and the accumulation of
windblown debris, these animals often fade
into the landscape, snapping to vicious
alertness only to ambush prey that
mistakes it for a boulder.
the shields’ cultural value. Although these shields can be
purchased, a carrier in vesk territory should expect to be asked
whether the shield was truly won (harvested from a rageshkor
the wielder defeated), where the clash occurred, and how the
battle fared. An earned rageshkor shield is a prestige piece that
can win a warrior much respect.
Green Rageshkor Shield: This round shield, made of
overlapping green rageshkor frill plates and modern composites,
allows you to make unarmed attacks that don’t count as archaic.
Rock Rageshkor Shield: This roughly ovular shield is made of
big rock rageshkor frill plates. The shield can be used to make
unarmed attacks that don’t count as archaic. It also functions as
if it had a mk 1 thermal capacitor installed, and this “upgrade”
can be enhanced to higher model numbers without occupying
the shield’s other upgrade slot.
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Vesk have used rageshkor frill plates
for shields since ancient times. In the
post-Gap era, vesk have developed
high-tech versions of these shields
that incorporate synthetic padding,
alloyed fittings, and more to augment
the natural materials while maintaining
RAGESHKOR SHIELDS
SHIELD MODEL
Rageshkor shield, green
Rageshkor shield, rock
LEVEL
6
12
PRICE
4,250
37,500
SHIELD BONUS MAX DEX BONUS
+1/+2
+3
+1/+2
+4
ARMOR CHECK PENALTY
–1
–1
BULK
2
2
UPGRADES
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DOMESTICATED RAVENOUS DRAKE
CR 1/2
XP 200
DOMESTICATED
RAVENOUS DRAKE
CR 1/2
XP 200
FERAL RAVENOUS
DRAKE
CR 2
XP 600
N Small dragon
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +4
DEFENSE
EAC 10; KAC 12
Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +2
Immunities paralysis, sleep; Resistances acid 5
HP 13
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee bite +7 (1d6+3 P) or
suctioning vortex +7 (special; see below)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with suctioning vortex)
Offensive Abilities suctioning vortex (attach DC 10;
swallow whole [1d6 A, EAC 10, KAC 8, 3 HP])
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +0; Con +2; Int –3; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +9, Athletics +4, Stealth +4
Languages Common (cannot speak)
ECOLOGY
Environment temperate forests
Organization solitary, pair, or clutch (3–5)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Suctioning Vortex (Su) As a standard action, a ravenous
drake can make a special melee attack targeting KAC by
powerfully inhaling, drawing its prey into its mouth. Against
a target larger than the drake, this functions as the attach
universal creature ability; if the attack succeeds, the drake
moves to the nearest adjacent space and
attaches to the target. If the attack fails, the
drake moves but doesn’t attach.
Against a target of the ravenous drake’s
size or smaller, this instead functions in many
ways like the swallow whole universal creature ability.
The drake gains a +4 bonus to the initial attack roll but
doesn’t deal damage upon initially hitting the target.
On its subsequent turns, while grappling or pinning the
target, the drake deals its bite damage. The drake can
swallow a creature of its size or smaller. While it has
swallowed a creature of its same size, the drake gains
the encumbered and flat-footed conditions.
The movement from this ability—both for the drake
and its target—does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
FERAL RAVENOUS DRAKE
CR 2
XP 600
N Medium dragon
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +7
DEFENSE
EAC 13; KAC 15
Fort +6; Ref +6; Will +3
Immunities paralysis, sleep; Resistances acid 5
HP 25
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee bite +11 (1d6+6 P plus swallow whole) or
suctioning vortex +11 (special; see above)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with suctioning vortex)
Offensive Abilities suctioning vortex (attach DC 13; swallow
whole [1d6+6 A, EAC 13, KAC 11, 6 HP])
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +0; Con +2; Int –3;
Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +12, Athletics +7,
Stealth +7
Languages Common (cannot speak)
ECOLOGY
Environment temperate forests
Organization solitary, pair, or
clutch (3–5)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Suctioning Vortex (Su) See above.
With the increasing prevalence of Drift travel, the threat
of invasive species has grown more dire with each passing
decade. Among the most often-cited cases of ecological
irresponsibility is the rapid spread of ravenous drakes
throughout the Pact Worlds and its trade affiliates beyond.
Ravenous drakes are small, flightless dragons first
encountered in the Vast on the forested planet Ajjaika-2.
Adults typically measure 2–3 feet in length and weigh about
60 pounds before feeding. Unlike other dragons, these
drakes lack a breath attack;
instead, their lungs are
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most biologically efficient when drawing air inward, allowing
a drake to create powerful suctioning vortexes that drag
prey into the drake’s maw. Combined with their elastic jaws
and a digestive system capable of breaking down nearly any
matter, whether organic or inorganic, ravenous drakes are
consummate scavengers that subsist by devouring anything
that they decide might be edible—and lacking the intelligence
of true dragons, a ravenous drake considers nearly anything
worth eating. This haphazard hunting method results in a
short lifespan of about 10 years in natural environments,
as they have difficulty differentiating between prey and
predators and often find themselves biting off more than they
can swallow.
Ravenous drakes rely on a unique reproduction strategy.
A receptive female engages in a month-long feeding spree,
especially favoring dense minerals. Once sated, she lays an
unfertilized egg (or occasionally two) in a safe, sheltered
place, relying on the egg’s preternaturally strong shell to
protect it until the breeding pair’s male can swallow the
egg, brooding it in a specialized egg crop. The weight is so
considerable that the male can’t hunt effectively, relying
on the female to deliver food during the egg’s 2-month
gestation. During this time, the father slowly weakens the
egg’s shell, in the process transferring genetic material to
the developing young. When the egg cracks, the father
regurgitates the offspring and then escorts his child for
the first month of life, briefly swallowing the baby when
necessary to protect it from larger predators. Eggs that go
unfertilized are among the strongest
natural materials known to the Pact
Worlds and command a sizable
price from those with the means to create
useful items from the nearly indestructible
shell material.
Ravenous drakes came to the Pact Worlds’
attention shortly after the Gap, and the
creatures’ willingness to eat anything, their
curiosity, and their fearlessness swiftly captured
the public imagination. Thanks to their ability
to eat almost anything and relatively sedate
behavior, the drakes took quickly to domestication,
and ravenous drakes (commonly rebranded as
gobblewyrms) soon spread across the Pact
Worlds as mascots, pets, and vermin control.
Domesticated ravenous drakes are calm and
often affectionate creatures, though they
require extensive training to prevent them
from indiscriminately eating inedible
objects like personal effects or small
furniture.
Yet
their
voracious
appetites makes the
drakes an ecological
menace. On most
settled planets, any unaccompanied and feral ravenous
drakes are captured or even killed on sight to preserve
local ecosystems. Ownership is highly regulated, with many
governments requiring training classes and tracking implants
before allowing such creatures beyond a starship’s hold.
Understandably, this has fueled a robust black-market trade
in the popular pets. The loss or release of a ravenous drake is
prosecutable on a few Pact Worlds, with fines going as high
as tens of thousands of credits; some drake farms have been
bankrupted by the fines when a persistent drake managed to
devour its way out of containment and trigger a mass escape.
Scientists studying captive ravenous drakes have noted
that the drakes’ growth seems limited only by its diet, positing
that a drake with an unlimited supply of suitable food could
grow to immense size.
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Ravenous drakes can make suitable creature companions
(Alien Archive 3 138) for those prepared to sate their appetites.
LEVELS 1–5
RAVENOUS DRAKESmall dragon
Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision
Good Save Fort; Bad Saves Ref, Will
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee Attack bite (P), suctioning vortex (special)
Space 5 ft. Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with suctioning vortex)
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Growth Spurt (Ex, 6th level) Upon reaching 6th
level, a ravenous drake can choose to become
Medium. If it remains Small, each time it gains a
new level it can choose to become Medium.
Suctioning Vortex (Ex) See page 98. The DC of
Strength checks to remove an attached drake
equals 10 + the drake’s level. Use the
drake’s level in place of its CR to
calculate the Athletics check
DC to climb out of
its stomach.
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ASSAULT LASER DRAGON
CR 12
XP 19,200
ASSAULT LASER
DRAGON
CR 12
XP 19,200
LN Huge dragon (technological)
Init +8; Senses blindsight (vibration) 60 ft., darkvision 120
ft., low-light vision; Perception +22
DEFENSE
EAC 26; KAC 28
HP 200
Fort +16; Ref +16; Will +13
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; Immunities fire,
paralysis, sleep; SR 23
Weaknesses vulnerable to electricity
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., fly 200 ft. (Ex, clumsy)
Melee bite +23 (6d4+17 P)
Multiattack bite +17 (3d4+17 P), 2 claws +15 (3d4+17 S), tail
slap +15 (3d4+17 B)
Ranged laser bolt +26 (6d4+12 F; burn 3d6)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 10 ft. (15 ft. with bite)
Offensive Abilities breath weapon (45-ft. cone or
90-ft. line, 13d6 F, Reflex DC 19 half, usable every
1d4 rounds), crush (6d4+17 B)
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +8; Con +3; Int +4; Wis +3; Cha +3
Skills Acrobatics +27 (+19 to fly), Computers +22,
Piloting +22, Sense Motive +22
Languages Common, Draconic
Other Abilities robotic, spaceflight
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Laser Bolt (Ex) A laser dragon can fire
laser beams from their mouth, eyes,
or wingtips. This attack has a range
increment of 100 feet, targets EAC, and
has the burn critical hit effect that lists
a number of d6s equal to one quarter
their level (minimum 1). The attack also
has the sniper weapon special property
with a range of 1,000 feet.
Robotic (Ex) For effects targeting creatures
by type, laser dragons count as both
dragons and constructs (whichever
allows an ability to affect them for abilities
that affect only one of those types, and
whichever is worse for abilities that
affect both types). They receive a +2 racial
bonus to saving throws against disease,
mind-affecting effects, and poison unless
those effects specifically target constructs.
Additionally, they are protected from
environmental effects as if wearing armor (of
an item level equal to the dragon’s CR) with its
environmental protection active.
Robot dragons are incredibly complex
artificial constructs so advanced they
attract a dragon’s soul upon completion,
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much like android bodies. Each is built around a specific
category of weapon. The creation of such creatures is a
nearly lost art, and while robot dragons are often built as
weapons of war to serve specific groups, they inevitably
become independent.
ROBOT DRAGON TEMPLATE GRAFTS
Robot dragons tend to seek out military conflicts that align
with their philosophies and can further their personal goals.
As with most true dragons, a robotic dragon’s size is based
on their CR. However unlike biological dragons, whose size
is determined by their age, a robot dragon’s size is set when
constructed and is based on the robot dragon’s intended
function (CR 3–4: Small, scout; CR 5–6: Medium, guard;
CR 7–10: Large, trooper; CR 11–16: Huge, assault; CR 17–24:
Gargantuan, siegebreaker; CR 25: Colossal, warlord). A robot
dragon has an extraordinary fly speed that’s based on jets
and functions in a vacuum. Their speed and maneuverability
is determined by their CR: CR 3–6: 150 ft. (Ex, average); CR
7–10: 200 ft. (Ex, average); CR 11–16: 200 ft. (Ex, clumsy);
CR 17–25: 250 ft. (Ex, clumsy). If a robot dragon is CR 11
or higher, they have the crush universal creature rule and
spell resistance equal to 11 + their CR. All robot dragons have
the robotic special ability (page 100) and the spaceflight and
void adaptation universal creature rules.
Cryo Dragon Template Graft (CR 3+)
Cryo dragons prefer a strong defense over an aggressive
offense and tend to think in terms of protecting their assets
rather than damaging a foe’s. They appreciate slow, calm
moments, and they never get bored.
Required Creature Type and Subtype: Dragon (technological).
Suggested Alignment: Any lawful.
Traits: Blindsense (vibration) 60 feet; darkvision 120
feet; frightful presence (CR 14+, 60 feet + 10 feet per CR);
DR 5/adamantine (CR 13+; increase to DR 10/adamantine
at CR 15, DR 15/adamantine at CR 17, DR 20/adamantine
at CR 19); immunity to cold; vulnerable to electricity; climb
speed of 30 feet; breath weapon (cone 15 feet + 5 feet per
2 CR, 1d6 C + 1d6 per CR, usable every 1d4 rounds); cold
beam (see below).
Cold Beam (Ex): A cryo dragon can fire cold beams
from their mouth as a ranged attack that targets EAC
and has a range increment equal to their breath weapon’s
maximum range and the staggered critical hit effect. If the
cryo dragon is CR 8 or higher, attacks with the cold beam
benefit from flash freeze (as the soldier gear boost).
Laser Dragon Template Graft (CR 3+)
Laser dragons are cautious and precise, preferring to know as
much as they can about a situation through observation and
espionage prior to taking action.
Required Creature Type and Subtype: Dragon (technological).
Suggested Alignment: Any neutral.
Traits: Blindsense (vibration) 60 feet; darkvision 120 feet;
frightful presence (CR 14+, 60 feet + 10 feet per CR); DR 5/
adamantine (CR 13+; increase to DR 10/adamantine at CR
15, DR 15/adamantine at CR 17, DR 20/adamantine at CR 19);
immunity to fire; vulnerable to electricity; breath weapon
(cone 15 feet + 5 feet per 2 CR or line 30 feet + 10 feet per 2
CR, 1d6 F + 1d6 per CR, usable every 1d4 rounds); laser bolt
(page 100).
Plasma Dragon Template Graft (CR 3+)
Plasma dragons are proponents of surprise attacks and
scorched earth tactics, believing fast, decisive action is
always preferable over waiting and planning.
Required Creature Type and Subtype: Dragon (technological).
Suggested Alignment: Any chaotic.
Traits: Blindsense (vibration) 60 feet; darkvision 120 feet;
frightful presence (CR 13+, 60 feet + 10 feet per CR); DR 5/
adamantine (CR 11+; increase to DR 10/adamantine at CR 13,
DR 15/adamantine at CR 15, DR 20/adamantine at CR 17);
immunity to electricity and fire; vulnerable to cold; breath
weapon (cone 15 feet + 5 feet per 2 CR or line 30 feet + 10
per 2 CR, 1d6 E & F + 1d6 per CR, usable every 1d4 rounds);
plasma bolt (see below).
Plasma Bolt (Ex): A plasma dragon can shoot plasma bolts
as a ranged attack. This attack has a range increment of 60
feet, targets EAC, and has the boost weapon special property
(boost 1d8 + 1d8 per 5 CR), and burn critical hit effect (1d6
burn + 1d6 per 4 CR). Attacks with the plasma bolt benefit
from plasma immolation (as the soldier gear boost), using the
dragon’s CR as the item level of the plasma attack.
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Projectile dragons are pragmatists, seeking the lowest risk
and most likely to succeed solution to any problem.
Required Creature Type and Subtype: Dragon (technological).
Suggested Alignment: Any evil.
Traits: Blindsense (vibration) 60 feet; darkvision 120 feet;
frightful presence (CR 14+, 60 feet + 10 feet per CR); DR 5/
adamantine (CR 13+; increase to DR 10/adamantine at CR
15, DR 15/adamantine at CR 17, DR 20/adamantine at CR
19); vulnerable to electricity; autofire (see below), gunhead
(see below).
Autofire (Ex): As a full action, the projectile dragon can make
its gunhead attack with the automatic weapon special property,
expending 20 rounds of ammunition as though it had a usage
of 1 round. These attacks gain heavy onslaught (as the soldier
gear boost), using the dragon’s CR as its soldier level.
Gunhead (Ex): A projectile dragon’s head is built around a
projectile cannon, which provides the dragon with a ranged
attack that deals 1d6 P + 1d6 P per CR, targets KAC, and has
a range increment of 80 feet. If the dragon rolls a natural 1
on a gunhead attack (the die shows a 1), they temporarily run
out of ammunition and can’t make a gunhead attack again for
1d4 rounds.
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MONITOR-CLASS INFILTRATION ROBOT
CR 2
Defensive Abilities synthskin; DR 2/—; Immunities
construct immunities
Weaknesses vulnerable to critical hits, vulnerable to
electricity
HP 25
Speed 40 ft.
Melee slam +7 (1d4+2 B)
Ranged tactical semi-auto pistol +9 (1d6+2 P)
XP 600
MONITOR -CLASS
INFILTRATION ROBOT
CR 2
XP 600
LN Medium construct (technological)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; low light vision;
Perception +7
DEFENSE
EAC 12; KAC 15
Fort –1; Ref –1; Will +2
OFFENSE
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +4; Con —; Int +1; Wis +0; Cha +2
Skills Acrobatics +7, Bluff +12, Disguise +12,
Sense Motive +7, Stealth +12
Languages Common
Other Abilities unliving
Gear tactical semi-auto pistol with 18 small-arm rounds
EXTERMINATOR-CLASS
INFILTRATION ROBOT
CR 7
XP 3,200
ECOLOGY
Environment Any
Organization solitary or conspiracy (2–4)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Synthskin (Ex) Infiltration robots are covered in a thick
layer of synthetic, adaptive flesh, allowing them to
impersonate other species and insulating them from
typical robot weaknesses; however, this facade fades
and loses its protective qualities once heavily damaged.
While its synthskin is active, an infiltration robot
appears to be a member of a medium-sized humanoid
or monstrous humanoid species (chosen at the robot’s
creation) and it is not vulnerable to critical hits or
electricity. While an infiltration robot has fewer than half
of its Hit Points remaining, its synthskin is deactivated, it
is revealed as a construct, and it is vulnerable to critical
hits and electricity as normal.
EXTERMINATOR-CLASS INFILTRATION ROBOT CR 7
XP 3,200
LN Medium construct (technological)
Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; low light vision;
Perception +14
DEFENSE
EAC 19; KAC 21
Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +4
Defensive Abilities advanced synthskin,
regeneration 10 (magical fire); DR 5/—;
Immunities construct immunities
Weaknesses vulnerable to fire
OFFENSE
Speed 50 ft.
Melee slam +18 (2d6+8 B)
Ranged advanced semi-auto pistol +15 (2d6+7 P)
STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +5; Con —; Int +2; Wis +0; Cha +4
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Skills Acrobatics +14, Bluff +19, Disguise +19, Sense Motive
+14, Stealth +19
Languages Common
Gear advanced semi-auto pistol with 24 small-arm rounds
ECOLOGY
Environment Any
Organization solitary, pair, or cell (1 exterminator-class
infiltration robot and 3 monitor-class infiltration robots)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Advanced Synthskin (Ex) Infiltration robots are composed
almost entirely of adaptive nanite flesh, allowing them
to impersonate other species and insulating them
from typical robot weaknesses. While its advanced
synthskin is active, an infiltration robot appears to be
a member of a medium-sized humanoid or monstrous
humanoid species of its choice. This otherwise
functions as the change shape universal creature rule
(page 152), except the infiltration robot can activate
it as a swift action. While an infiltration robot has
fewer than half its Hit Points remaining, it can’t use
this ability.
embedded in their chassis, allowing them to shrug off
damage and swiftly repair their synthskin if it is damaged
in battle. They can also effortlessly reshape their synthskin,
changing their height, color, gender expression, apparent
age, and species on the fly. This makes them both more
resilient in battle and far more adaptable as assassins than
monitor-class robots, as they can shift disguises as often
as needed to approach virtually any target unsuspected.
This adaptability also makes them much more aggressive;
exterminators whose disguise is compromised can simply
shift into another, so they are much more likely to initiate
deadly combat without concern for their discovery.
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Beneath layers of synthskin and expert disguises, every
infiltration robot is basically identical. A spindly, humanoid
machine’s frame between 4 and 6 feet in height, lacking any
feature that might indicate some specific design inspiration.
By design, however, this interior is rarely seen. To most, an
infiltration robot simply looks like some humanoid they know:
a grocer, a pilot, or even a coworker with a penchant for
cheesy snacks.
These disguises are made possible by the synthskin
that coats every infiltration robot. Synthskin is a pliable,
synthetic substance that can be tuned to perfectly
mimic a variety of humanoid species, even simulating
blood and internal organs. Paired with an adjustable
chassis, synthskin allows infiltration robots to
be built as near-perfect replicas of a variety of
humanoid species and subspecies. Social mimicry
is handled by advanced processing centers that border on
true AI, allowing for swift swapping between simulated
personalities as well as resulting in all the quirks and
personality development of intelligent life.
The most basic form of infiltration robot is the monitor class.
Monitors are primarily meant to observe and report upon their
targets. While capable of combat, and in theory assassination,
it is generally considered a last resort. Whatever information
the monitor can get back to its controller is likely far more
valuable than anyone it could reasonably kill, and damage
from combat risks revealing the mechanical nature of the spy.
As such, if a monitor initiates combat is likely believes that it
has been found out, or that something far more valuable than
its mission is at stake.
More advanced by far are exterminator-class infiltration
robots. Exterminators feature prototype nanobot swarms
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SAPIENT PURPLE ORB
SAPIENT PURPLE ORB
CR 4
XP 1,200
SAPIENT PURPLE ORB
CR 4
XP 1,200
SAPIENT PURPLE ORB
LUMINANT
CR 11
XP 12,800
NG Small aberration
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +10
DEFENSE
HP 43
EAC 15; KAC 16
Fort +3; Ref +3; Will +9
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; Immunities bleed, cold,
radiation; SR 15
OFFENSE
Speed fly 60 ft. (Su, perfect)
Melee slam +8 (1d4+4 B)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 4th; melee +8)
1/day—force blast (DC 17), mind thrust (2nd level; DC 17)
3/day—mystic cure (1st level), reflecting armor (DC 16),
share language
At will—daze (DC 15), ghost sound
Offensive Abilities excandescent flash (DC 15)
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +2; Con +1; Int +1; Wis +5; Cha +3
Skills Acrobatics +15 (+23 to fly), Mysticism +15, Sense
Motive +10
Languages Orbian; telepathy 60 ft.
Other Abilities astral mist (DC 15)
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary or cluster (3–6)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Astral Mist (Su) As a standard action, a purple orb can
emit a pleasant, opaque, and effervescent mist that
spreads 20 feet outward from the orb’s location,
granting a +2 morale bonus to saving throws for
each ally within the mist until the beginning of
the purple orb’s next turn. Enemies that enter or
start their turn in the mist must succeed at a Will
saving throw or gain the fascinated condition.
Excandescent Flash (Su) Once every minute as
a standard action, a purple orb can increase its
luminance to an aggressively bright spectrum. Each
other creature within 20 feet that can see the purple
orb must attempt a Reflex saving throw or be dazzled
for 1d4 rounds. If a creature fails this saving throw by 5
or more, it is blinded for 1 round instead.
SAPIENT PURPLE ORB LUMINANT
CR 11
XP 12,800
NG Large aberration
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +20
DEFENSE
HP 155
EAC 23; KAC 24
Fort +10; Ref +10; Will +16
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; Immunities bleed, cold,
radiation; SR 22
OFFENSE
Speed fly 60 ft. (Su, perfect)
Melee slam +17 (2d10+11 B)
Ranged fused memory blast +19 (2d8+11; Will DC 20)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 11th)
1/day—confusion (DC 22), mind thrust (4th level, DC 22)
3/day—dispel magic, haste, mental blockPW (DC 21), slow
(DC 21)
At will—detect thoughts (DC 19), mystic cure (2nd level)
Offensive Abilities excandescent flash
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STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +3; Con +2; Int +3; Wis +8; Cha +5
Skills Acrobatics +20 (+28 to fly), Mysticism +25, Sense
Motive +20
Languages Orbian; telepathy 60 ft.
Other Abilities astral mist
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Astral Mist (Su) See page 104.
Excandescent Flash (Su) See
page 104.
Fused Memory Blast (Su) A
sapient purple orb luminant
can draw upon their collective
memories to gather an inner
magical force, briefly shifting
their appearance from a single
entity to the number of bonded
purple orbs the luminant formed
from. They expel the fused memory
blast from the center of the gathered
orbs as a glittering, holographic sphere
imprinted with their most potent memories on its surface.
A luminant’s fused memory blast has a range increment
of 60 feet and targets EAC; this is a mind-affecting force
effect. A creature hit by this attack must succeed at a Will
save or be overcome by the mix of memories and gain the
stunned condition for 1 round; this ability can stun a given
creature only once every 24 hours.
With its pleasant, slowly swirling lavender surface, a sapient
purple orb supplies a comforting—yet strange—presence.
Purple orbs are curious and social beings that attempt to make
contact with all new life they encounter, though they can be
rather inept at doing so. They are able to communicate with
few life-forms via their language, Orbian, as it is ancient and
almost unknown to outsiders. Instead, they seek to connect
directly with the minds of those they meet, supplementing
their telepathy by flashing images or scenes onto the mist
they emit from their surface. Less-mature purple orbs that
haven’t yet bonded with others of their kind are typically
more likely to be deceived or misled due to their willingness
to trust and reach out to others. The typical sapient purple orb
is 3 feet in diameter.
Purple orbs express a strong desire for cooperation and
solidarity, both with each other and with life-forms they’ve had
positive interactions with. This may be attributed to their low
population and apparent lack of a homeworld; indeed, if such
a place exists, they are either reluctant or unable to identify
it. Those who have interfaced with purple orbs often describe
imagery that may suggest that significant numbers of the
strange creatures lived within the Drift in past centuries.
A purple orb with companions is fiercely defensive of
them. If caught off-guard and attacked, their appearance
changes to more intensely deep and dark purple, and they
may spin violently, flinging the whole of their weight into
the attacker—though purple orbs generally refrain from
fatally damaging their opponents.
A curious and rarely observed aspect of purple
orbs is their bonding process. Clusters of
three to six orbs at advanced stages
of their life cycle sometimes opt to
bond themselves to each other for
the remainder of their existence,
forming a single life-form called a
luminant with vastly heightened
capabilities resulting from their
collective knowledge.
Sightings of purple orbs are
sporadic, though not necessarily
uncommon; they’re spotted in large
numbers for short periods of time,
then seem to almost completely
disappear from the entirety of the
Pact Worlds for a year or longer.
Those who have studied purple orbs
have noted that each time they reappear,
it’s in lower numbers than before.
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When a purple orb dies, its perfect spherical shape gradually
collapses, condensing into a jagged crystalline object known
as a purple core. Sapient purple orbs mourn the loss of their
kind, but they reject the remnant crystals as anything other
than inert (albeit magical) matter—there is no reverence
for physical remains among purple orbs. However, other
species have come to value the orbs’ crystalline cores for
their magical properties, with some evil individuals even
contracting assassins and poachers for the purpose of
obtaining them.
Purple cores are a special material (Starfinder Core
Rulebook 191) that can be incorporated into crafted shields
and armor. The cost of enhancing a piece of equipment with
a purple core is equal to 10% of the price of the equipment.
A piece of equipment can benefit from a maximum of one
purple core.
Purple core–enhanced equipment glows a deep purple
and emits a fine lavender mist; this mist has no mechanical
effect. The first time each combat that a character wielding
a shield or wearing armor enhanced by a purple core is hit
by an attack, the equipment erupts in excandescent light,
and the attacker must succeed at a Reflex saving throw
(DC = 15 + half the level of the equipment) or be dazzled for
1d4 rounds. If the attacker rolls a natural 1 (the result on the
d20 is a 1) or fails the saving throw by 5 or more, it is blinded
for 1 round instead.
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THE SEEN
THE SEEN
CR 12
XP 19,200
THE SEEN
CR 12
XP 19,200
CN Medium aberration
Init +4; Senses blindsight (life) 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft.;
Perception +27
Aura frightful presence (100 ft., Will DC 21)
DEFENSE
EAC 26; KAC 27
HP 185
Fort +11; Ref +11; Will +17
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft. (60 ft. when unobserved)
Melee talon +21 (2d12+15 P)
Ranged wave blast +23 (2d8+12; critical staggered)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th)
1/day—mind thrust (4th level, DC 21)
3/day—displacement (DC 20)
At will—invisibility (self only)
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +4; Con +3; Int +5; Wis +8; Cha +2
Skills Acrobatics +22, Disguise +27, Intimidate +22,
Stealth +27
Languages telepathy 100 ft. (other Seen only)
Other Abilities quantum duality
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or pack (3–6)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Quantum Duality (Ex) The very act of observing the Seen
changes the creature on a molecular level. Whether a
creature (or magic or technological sensor) is observing
the Seen changes its abilities and statistics as follows.
Observed: While the Seen is observed by any
non-Seen creature, magic, or technological sensor, its
speed is 30 feet and it is corporeal. It can also attempt
Stealth checks to hide in plain sight.
Unobserved: While nothing is directly observing
the Seen, its speed is 60 feet and it is incorporeal.
Wave Blast (Ex) The Seen can emit a wave of force as
a ranged attack with a range increment of 60 feet;
this is a force effect.
Modern science has drawn back the curtain
on countless mysteries of the universe, but the
Seen, known only by an enigmatic proper noun conferred
on them by those familiar with the strange creatures, are
emblematic of mortal creatures’ still-limited understanding
of quantum mechanics. The Seen have the disconcerting
property of changing completely, down to the molecular
level, when they are observed—whether by a creature or
technology. Strangely, this shift appears to be automatic and
instantaneous. Whether this ability arose through natural
selection or some stranger method, their shifting forms
make the Seen formidable ambush predators: lightning-fast,
able to move through barriers while unobserved, and
capable of destroying multiple targets at once even after
they’ve been spotted.
The Seen’s deadly nature and inability (or perhaps
refusal) to communicate with other life-forms makes them a
challenge to study, and biologists have conflicting opinions
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on what the Seen do with their prey. No sightings have
ever been reported of the Seen eating their victims, and in
fact, they don’t appear to have mouths—though since their
physical structures change upon being sighted, there’s no
telling what they look like unobserved. In their observed
form, they appear as gangly humanoids whose four limbs
each end in a single, massive talon, with sharp spikes flaying
out from their upper abdomen. Their uncanny speed when
invisible, paired with strange galloping noises heard by
survivors, have led to myths and horror stories of spindly
creatures that sprint on four unnaturally long legs. This
frightening image has made the Seen a common feature
in popular horror media and infosphere conspiracy theory
forums alike.
Attempts to research the Seen
have almost universally ended
in unmitigated disaster. The
first such venture,
an infamous
experiment that
gave the creatures
their name, was led by a
kasathan biophysics lab aboard the Idari. Researchers paid
a large sum of credits to a small group of mercenaries to
bring them one of the creatures alive and mostly unharmed.
After only two days of keeping the creature in captivity, a
blast of force hit the lab and the surrounding area, sending
all equipment offline. When help eventually arrived to
investigate, everyone involved in the project had vanished.
However, the blast didn’t destroy all the data that the
research team had already collected, leading to a shocking
discovery made while reviewing the surviving surveillance
footage: when the lab was closed and empty of other
creatures, hidden cameras pointed at the Seen were enough
to prevent it from changing to its unobserved form, even
with no other lifeforms present to observe it. The implication
that the monster’s biology somehow responded to the mere
presence of a technological observer shook the scientific
world to the core. Researchers now had to contend with the
possibility that a living, multicellular organism could behave
on a molecular level the same way that light or individual
particles do, with the mere presence of a sensor being
enough to alter the creature’s fundamental properties.
Further attempts to study the elusive creatures have met
with similar fates; small parties sent to investigate sightings
never return, and even the members of larger expeditions or
task forces have vanished without a trace.
Even without being able to communicate with the Seen,
anyone who has faced one and lived to tell the tale can
attest to their intelligence. The aberrations are sometimes
encountered in pairs or even small packs that seem to
work together to confound and corner their prey, though
such encounters have presented no clear pattern as to the
Seen’s preferred environment, and no confirmed sightings
have reported evidence of a nest or some other kind of
dwelling or territory.
One theory, which is mostly common among the more
fringe elements of the scientific community, is that the Seen
are in fact extraplanar beings that appear in the Material
Plane only to feed. This theory is perhaps supported by
the fact that the Seen rarely leave behind corpses of their
victims, though skeptics argue that this is simply because
the Seen swallow their meals whole once there’s no one left
to witness their feast. A relatively recent hypothesis about
the Seen’s potential origin
and
motivations
is
growing
in
popularity.
Its
primary proponent,
a kasatha witchwarper
named Hyeldar Zon Deamis,
posits that the Seen hail from
alternate realities, and are in fact
researchers of a sort in their own right,
not murdering but capturing and transporting them
for study wherever it is they call home. Scientific journals
and infosphere amateurs alike fiercely debate these and
many other contrasting theories, but the truth remains
that very little is known about the Seen. Formal studies
are exceedingly rare due to their often-fatal conclusions,
though there are still fairly regular calls throughout the
galaxy for adventurers willing to try to track down and
capture the creatures for further examination. Such
expeditions often offer rich rewards—which, as noted by
the cynical, is likely because the odds of a crew living long
enough to collect payment are so slim.
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Research into the workings of the Seen has yielded
surprising innovations in quantum technology. One of
these is the quantum weapon fusion, which causes a
ranged weapon to appear to constantly shimmer and jump
between two slightly different states.
Still, there is yet much to learn about perfecting the
technology, and several corporations are investing heavily
in research and development with an aim toward applying
the innovation to melee weapons—though this has thus far
proven too unstable and dangerous for the user.
QUANTUM FUSION
LEVEL 10
Three times per day as a standard action, you can use
a quantum weapon to make two ranged attacks, each
against a different target. After learning the result of each
attack, you must pick one attack to ignore (it doesn’t hit
or expend ammunition and has no effects) and apply the
effects of the other attack (such as damage and critical
hit effects) as normal. This fusion can be applied only to
ranged weapons.
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SHIPKILLER BULB
CR 18
XP 153,600
SHIPKILLER BULB
CR 18
XP 153,600
N Gargantuan plant
Init +0; Senses gravity sense 300 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +31
DEFENSE
HP 415
EAC 30; KAC 32
Fort +21; Ref +19; Will +16
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; Immunities plant
immunities
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft., fly 120 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee tendril +32 (13d6+29 S)
Ranged gravity pulse +29 (6d10+18 plus entangle)
Offensive Abilities crush (13d6+29 B)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 20 ft.
STATISTICS
Str +11; Dex –1; Con +8; Int –4; Wis +6; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +31, Athletics +36, Stealth +31
Other Abilities spaceflight (Acrobatics), stellar stealth, wall
smasher
ECOLOGY
Environment any sky (gas giant) or vacuum
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Entangle (Ex) After a shipkiller bulb’s gravity pulse hits, it
entangles the target with gravitational pressure (Reflex
DC 23 negates). An entangled creature can escape as a
move action with a successful Acrobatics check (DC
37) or Strength check (DC 16). The entangled effect
otherwise lasts for 2d4 rounds.
Gravity Pulse (Ex) The shipkiller bulb can weaponize
gravitational distortions as an attack with a range
increment of 60 feet; this is a force effect.
Gravity Sense (Ex) A shipkiller bulb can detect the gravity
signatures from the mass of larger creatures and objects.
This functions as blindsense except that the shipkiller
bulb can sense only Small and larger creatures, as well
as objects whose bulk is 3 or higher. The plant can detect
powerful gravity events (such as weaponized singularities
or a control gravity spell) at a range of 1 mile.
Stellar Stealth (Ex) A shipkiller bulb can foil technological
sensors, using Stealth to hide even if it lacks cover. The
Stealth check DC equals 10+ the starship science officer’s
Computers modifier to perform the scan action, including
any modifier granted by the starship’s sensors.
Wall Smasher (Ex) A shipkiller bulb can break a barrier
such as a door or wall as a swift action, and if it
spends a standard action to break a barrier, it gains
a +30 circumstance bonus to the Strength check.
When used against a wall, wall smasher affects a
20-foot-by-20-foot section.
A massive species of spaceborne plants inhabits the rocky rings
of gas giants throughout the galaxy. Known to Pact Worlds
scientists as greater ring roots, these creatures resemble
immense, hirsute tubers bristling with gnarled tendrils and alien
eyes. However, countless tragedies since the Gap have earned
the infamous plant its more common name: the shipkiller bulb.
Like most plants, a shipkiller bulb subsists on a combination
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secure in their habitat. Many gas giants’ great distance from
their respective suns leave the bulbs relatively starved for light,
so when the plants orbit along their planets’ sun-facing sides,
they unfurl their compact leaves into huge panels that catch as
much light as possible. For water, the bulbs capture the rings’ ice
crystals or draw frozen water out of debris, and they break apart
the minerals in ring dust or descend into upper atmospheres to
secure the necessary gases. In ideal circumstances, a shipkiller
bulb takes root in an asteroid, slowly drains the rocky
mass of essential minerals, and then discards the
crumbling debris before seeking out a new host.
Not only do shipkiller bulbs possess
extraordinary patience, but they have
exceptional gravitational abilities as well.
Much of the bulb houses a specialized organ
cluster which allows the plant to manipulate
gravity, using it to push its body through
space and drag in comets to consume.
Gravity control is also critical to the bulbs’
propagation, as the plants combine their
orbital momentum with their own telekinetic
push to hurl seeds at tremendous speed
across space. Most of these seeds are clones
formed intermittently throughout its life,
though each bulb blooms in a massive display
of petals about once per century in order to
reproduce sexually. These events draw opportunistic
pollinators from the gas giants, and the resulting fruit clusters
(known as brethebeans) are both delicious and among the most
expensive produce in the Pact Worlds.
Shipkiller bulbs are generally quite peaceful. When
starships enter or exit the Drift near a bulb, however, the
resulting gravitational disturbances vex the plant like nails
on a chalkboard. Disoriented and angry, an irritated shipkiller
bulb acts erratically and often violently. In the best case,
this involves fleeing the area or hurling nearby debris in
frustration—a response that often inadvertently embeds the
bulb’s seeds in any starships within range. But when the Drift
event is especially close or the bulb is starved for nutrients,
the plant earns its epithet. With a combination of powerful
tendrils and pulses of gravity, a shipkiller bulb can tear open
a starship’s hull within seconds. In its rampage, the plant
preferentially attacks living creatures, though it will still deal
massive structural damage. A shipkiller bulb wrecks its target
until it loses interest, is chased off by powerful defenses, or
is sated by draining the starship’s energy reserves, yet even a
victorious crew might have to evacuate a vessel too damaged
to repair. If left alone, a shipkiller bulb often lingers around the
wreck for months, leeching nutrients from the hull until only a
fragile shell remains.
Fortunately, a concentrated burst of starship weapons fire
is often enough to discourage a riled bulb. The catch is that
shipkiller bulbs are extremely difficult to detect, as the same
gravitational fields they use for feeding also interfere with
most forms of starship sensors. As a result, the first sign of a
plant could be the sound of it tearing apart a vessel’s bulkhead.
At least one specialized scanner design developed by the
Xenowardens can reliably detect shipkiller bulbs, though the
technology is neither widespread nor easy to integrate into fully
technological starships. Foraging vessels that
harvest the rare brethebeans are often equipped
with specialized gravity scanners that have
limited use beyond picking up the plants’
unique signatures, but the technology’s
price and power requirements make it
impractical for most vessels.
Thanks to their stealth, longevity,
and far-flung seeds, shipkiller bulbs
can theoretically appear anywhere in
the galaxy, especially in debris fields,
asteroid belts, and planetary rings. The
population around Bretheda has largely
been exterminated following violent Drift
incidents, though rogue bulbs periodically
resurface around the gas giants or in
the Diaspora. A seed even lodged in Absalom
Station’s Spike district, growing to the size of a
car before being found and removed. Absalom
Station and similar settlements periodically
organize bulb patrols designed primarily to uproot
any shipkiller seeds while simultaneously serving to
sniff out any other parasites or lurking dangers within the
space stations’ less trafficked regions.
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While shipkiller bulbs popularly represent death and
destruction, the creatures’ gravity-controlling organs have
contributed to major theoretical breakthroughs in gravity
drives and particle physics. Yet the most practical technology
developed from the bulb corpse is smaller: a grenade whose
gravity net sustains and isolates a tiny singularity that
implodes when released.
GRAVITY GRENADE
LEVEL 2–12
TECHNOLOGICAL ITEM
Derived from the gravitational organs of shipkiller bulbs, gravity
grenades generate a micro-singularity that pulls affected
targets towards the detonation point. Creatures in the area
move the listed distance toward the blast’s center if they fail a
Fortitude saving throw. Unsecured, unattended items of 1 bulk
or less automatically fail this save. The force is not powerful
enough to move bigger objects, such as Large vehicles.
GRENADE
LEVEL PRICE
Gravity
2
135
grenade I
Gravity
6
600
grenade II
Gravity
12 4,800
grenade III
RANGE CAPACITY BULK
SPECIAL
20 ft. Drawn
L Explode (pull
5 ft., 10 ft.)
20 ft. Drawn
L Explode (pull
10 ft., 20 ft.)
20 ft. Drawn
L Explode (pull
15 ft., 30 ft.)
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SKARAK
CR 13
XP 25,600
SKARAK
CR 13
XP 25,600
N Huge magical beast
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision,
blindsense (vibration) 30 ft.; Perception +23
DEFENSE
EAC 27; KAC 29
Fort +17; Ref +17; Will +12
DR 10/magic; Resistances cold 10
Weaknesses vulnerable to fire
HP 215
OFFENSE
Speed 50 ft., burrow 20 ft., climb 50 ft.
Melee bite +27 (3d12+21 P plus swallow whole) or
gore +27 (3d12+21 B & P; critical knockdown)
Ranged tether +24 (3d12+13 B plus entangle)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Offensive Abilities frenzied thrash, quad-stomached, snare,
swallow whole (3d12+21 A; EAC 27, KAC 25, 54 HP)
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +6; Con +4; Int +0; Wis +0; Cha –4
Skills Acrobatics +28, Athletics +23, Sense Motive +23
ECOLOGY
Environment any land
Organization solitary, pair, or massacre (3–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Frenzied Thrash (Ex) By abandoning any regard for its
own defense, a skarak can thrash out at multiple foes at
once. As a full action, a skarak can make one gore attack
against each enemy of which it’s aware in its threatened
area. The skarak is flat-footed until the beginning of its
next turn.
Quad-Stomached (Ex) A skarak has four stomachs,
allowing it to continue to swallow creatures whole even
after one or more creatures have cut their way out of
the skarak’s gut.
Snare (Su) A skarak can spin and hurl a weblike coil with
a range increment of 20 feet. Any Huge or smaller
creature hit by the tether is entangled (Reflex DC 19
negates). The entangled condition persists until the
target escapes with a successful DC 29 Acrobatics or
Athletics check as a standard action, the target cuts
itself free with a slashing weapon (EAC 27, KAC 25, 27
HP), or 1d10 minutes pass, at which point the tether’s
adhesive becomes weak enough to escape automatically.
As a move action, a skarak can teleport a creature it
has entangled with its tether to any square within its
reach (Will DC 19 negates); the creature must be within
60 feet of the skarak to be teleported, and the target
cannot be teleported to a space that is intrinsically
dangerous, such as over a pit. This movement does not
provoke attacks of opportunity.
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Skaraks are massive, eight-legged predators that resemble
horned arachnids covered in patches of black, white, and
blue bristles. Their 16-foot leg spans and 3-ton bodies bely
a deadly agility, and skaraks can chase down even fleet
prey with little difficulty before goring their victims and
swallowing them whole. Those they can’t reach they trap,
either constructing devious pits or ensnaring their targets
with lassos of sticky silk webs.
Skaraks are exceptionally efficient eaters, securing
nutrients from virtually all parts of a kill. Yet the creatures’
jaws are best designed for stabbing and pinning prey, not
chewing, and their bony throat plates perform only cursory
mastication. Instead, food travels through a series of four
stomachs, similar to those of herbivorous ruminants.
Powerful digestive acids break down carcasses (even the
protective shells common to creatures on their home planet),
and periodically transfer matter back to its throat for
chewing during idle periods. The second stomach functions
like a gizzard, gradually accumulating indigestible matter
like stones and metal that help to grind food. Adventurers
have found durable technological treasures inside this organ
and also within the ambergris-like nodules the skaraks
excrete. In times of limited prey, skaraks are known to graze
on vegetation.
Skarak webbing is as much a sensory tool as it is a
weapon. With the help of magically attuned cerebral
lobes, skaraks can sense magical pathways between their
own position and their webs. By reaching through these
invisible portals, skaraks can drag a web-ensnared target
into a waiting mouth. This intuition appears completely
unattuned to any other form of magic, yet witchwarping
scholars are quick to connect skaraks’ space-bending
abilities with their own magical tradition, even paying a
bounty for fresh skarak silk to test and prove that it’s from
another reality.
Unlike spider webs, skarak webs have only a short-lived
adhesive that loses all but a modicum of stickiness after a
few minutes’ exposure to most atmospheres, making the
threads nearly useless for creating lasting traps. Instead,
skaraks spin simple hunting lassos and weave shelters,
drawing finger-thick silk from spinnerets on their back legs
and directing it with foot-combs on their front legs.
For all their resemblance to giant spiders, skaraks are
highly analytical and expressive. A lone skarak might watch
a settlement from afar for days to memorize behavioral
patterns before launching a raid to snatch up prey at an
opportune moment. But far more famously, skaraks are
unabashed art critics, apparently delighting in beautiful
visual expressions while vandalizing artwork that doesn’t
meet their standards. Many settlements near skarak
territories have developed artistic traditions to shield
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their communities, ranging from dance festivals during the
creatures’ mating seasons to funding public art installations
as a form of self-defense. If the quality meets the predators’
standards, marauding skaraks often marvel at the art for
hours before dispersing as if in a haze. They’re far less
adept at creating their own art, but they create nonetheless,
building elaborate webs with interwoven baubles ranging
from skulls and polished stones to spent rifle shells and
dropped cred sticks. Occasionally, these web tapestries
display scenes like nearby landmarks or animals, and a
popular theory among adventurers is that these images act
as treasure maps to hidden wealth.
Skaraks are predominantly solitary, yet they gather
in small groups during their mating season, which occurs
roughly once every Pact Standard year. After filling the
nights with the haunting sounds of their dances, skaraks
breed and embark on a group hunt that lasts for weeks as
they gorge to fuel egg development. This rampage carves
literal trails of destruction, with the adults shattering
architecture in their path as they dig shallow furrows and fill
them with uneaten carcasses as food stores for their future
offspring. After finding or hollowing out a subterranean
nest, the skaraks lay their eggs and scatter, leaving the eggs
to incubate for about 5 months before hatching.
The newly hatched young instinctively retrace their
parents’ rampage trail, eating any remaining carrion and
hunting prey still in the area. Settlements nearby adapt to
this cycle and often prioritize erasing these
trails over repairing their own homes just to
avoid the second wave of attack. A
few warlords have even laid
false trails to direct young
skaraks
against
their
enemies. More proactive
settlements track down
and burn these nests
whenever possible. Yet skarak parents are canny. Not only
do they typically kill off any other predators along their
trail so that their young face little competition, they often
leave only the weakest prey alive, ensuring their offspring
can hone their hunting skills on hapless victims. As a result,
some cultures view survivors of the first wave of skarak
attacks as helplessly inept rather than lucky.
Skaraks are organic creatures that seem to have reached
several different systems before the Gap—ostensibly
traveling with the help of their strange teleportation sense.
Sometime during the Gap, the research company Homeworld
Biotech apparently began an amoral and ill-advised genetic
manipulation of skaraks to transform the creatures into
docile livestock able to survive in nearly any environment.
As the Gap ended, the untold decades of records from the
program became garbled, yet initial tests suggested the
skaraks were suitable for export. Needing income to stay
afloat, Homeworld Biotech sold and shipped hundreds of
their stock to at least a dozen planets before the disastrous
reports started rolling in: once outside the labs, the skaraks
turned on their herders and escaped. As criminal negligence
accusations mounted, the company quietly dissolved, its
upper management exploiting the recent Gap’s lost records
to restart their lives elsewhere. The skaraks survive as
invasive species on an untold number of worlds.
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LUMYR SOMBRIAN
CR 8
XP 4,800
LUMYR SOMBRIAN
CR 8
XP 4,800
CN Medium fey
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +21
DEFENSE
SOLMYR
SOMBRIAN
CR 13
XP 25,600
EAC 19; KAC 20
Fort +9; Ref +9; Will +11
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; Immunities
bleed, cold
Weaknesses vulnerable to sonic
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (Su, perfect)
Melee +12 touch (1d12+8 C plus
confounding frost)
Ranged +14 cryobolt (1d10+8 C plus
confounding frost)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 8th)
1/day—animate dead
3/day—command undead (DC 19), fog
cloud, invisibility, mirror image
At will—charm person (DC 18),
wisp ally
Offensive Abilities ill omen
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +6; Con +0; Int +2;
Wis +2; Cha +4
Skills Acrobatics +16,
Bluff +16, Stealth +21
Languages Aklo, Common
Other Abilities limited
spaceflight
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary,
pair, or gambol (3–6)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Confounding Frost
(Su) When a lumyr
scores a critical hit
against a foe with
one of the lumyr’s
natural weapons, the
mystical frost also confuses the target
for 1 round (Will DC 18 negates).
Cryobolt (Su) A lumyr’s cryobolt is a
ranged attack with a range increment
of 60 feet.
Ill Omen (Su) Once per day as a reaction
when a creature the lumyr can see
within 60 feet succeeds at an attack
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HP 105
roll, saving throw or skill check, the lumyr can force
that creature to immediately reroll the check and use
the lower result.
Limited Spaceflight (Su) A lumyr can fly between a moon
or similar satellite and the planet it orbits, or from one
satellite to another, arriving in 1d3 days.
SOLMYR SOMBRIAN
CR 13
XP 25,600
LN Medium fey
Init +8; Senses low-light vision;
Perception +28
DEFENSE
HP 190 RP 5
EAC 26; KAC 27
Fort +14; Ref +14; Will +16
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; DR
10/cold iron; Immunities fire;
SR 24
Weaknesses vulnerable to sonic
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (Su, perfect)
Melee touch +19 (6d4+17 F plus cursed
critical)
Ranged firebolt +21 (2d10+13 F plus cursed
critical)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 13th)
1/day—contact other plane, heat leech
(DC 24)
3/day—divination, holographic
image (4th level, DC 23),
greater invisibility, mind thrust
(4th level, DC 23)
At will—slow (DC 22),
prescienceCOM (DC 22)
Offensive Abilities ill omens,
searing radiance
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +8; Con +2; Int +2;
Wis +6; Cha +4
Skills Acrobatics +28,
Mysticism +23, Sense
Motive +23
Languages Aklo, Common
Other Abilities divination expert, limited spaceflight
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or court (1 solmyr and
2–7 lumyrs)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Cursed Critical (Su) When a solmyr successfully
scores a critical hit against a foe with one of
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the solmyr’s natural weapons, the attack’s flames inflict
a curse as bestow curse (Will DC 21 negates).
Divination Expert (Su) When the solmyr casts a divination
spell that involves a roll to determine whether the spell
provides useful or misleading information, they roll twice
and use the better result.
Firebolt (Su) A solmyr’s firebolt is a ranged attack with a
range increment of 60 feet.
Ill Omens (Su) As a reaction when a creature the solmyr
can see within 60 feet succeeds at an attack roll, saving
throw, or skill check, the solmyr can spend 1 Resolve
Point to force that creature to immediately reroll the
check and use the lower result.
Limited Spaceflight (Su) Page 112.
Searing Radiance (Ex) A solmyr is
surrounded by an aura of fiery
light that illuminates a 30-foot
radius with bright light. The light
also functions as a gaze ability,
with affected creatures blinded for
1d3 rounds (Fortitude DC 21 negates).
A solmyr can suppress or resume this
ability as a swift action.
JINXING WEAPON FUSION
LEVEL 7
A weapon with the jinxing weapon fusion gains the jinx critical
hit effect. A target affected by the jinx critical hit effect must
succeed at a Will save (DC as normal for a weapon of the
given item level) or roll all attack rolls, saving throws, and skill
checks twice and use the lower result. This effect lasts until
the end of the target’s next turn. If the weapon already has a
critical hit effect, you can choose to apply either the weapon’s
normal critical hit effect or the jinx effect when you score a
critical hit.
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When celestial bodies align, the cosmic fabric
between the Material Plane and the First World
sometimes thins, especially when combined with the
emotional energy of the mortal fears and myths of those
celestial bodies’ populaces. These ideal astronomical and
psychological conditions often birth a sombrian, a fey
creature imbued with either the blazing energy of a star
or the eerie light of a blood moon.
Those born from a lunar eclipse are called lumyrs,
while those born from a solar eclipse are called solmyrs.
Both tend to resemble an intelligent species native to the
system that birthed them. Most lumyrs have wings
and other features reminiscent of nocturnal flying
insects. However, their most unsettling feature
is their apparent lack of internal organs; their
mouths open into lightless voids, their wounds
bleed only brief spatters of light, and their
bodies are hollow, organ-less shells. Solmyrs’ eyes
blaze like raging infernos and blinding light lines
their bodies.
While lumyrs are insatiably curious and hedonistic,
solmyrs are more reclusive and less focused on the ephemeral
amusements of their kin. Many mythologies purport that each
solmyr is granted a piece of prophecy upon their creation, most
often a portent or warning about their star system of origin.
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The same stellar events that birth sombrians leave behind
a magical residue that serves as the foundation for sundry
curse-based magics, including a potent weapon fusion.
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WYSPIRIA
CR 11
XP 12,800
WYSPIRIA
CR 11
XP 12,800
N Medium outsider (extraplanar, spectra)
Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +20
DEFENSE
OFFENSE
HP 155
EAC 23; KAC 24
Fort +10; Ref +10; Will +16
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; DR 5/chaotic, evil,
SONDRIA
CR 14
XP 38,400
good, or law; Immunities electricity; Resistances cold 5,
sonic 5; SR 21
Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (Ex, perfect)
Melee tentacle +18 (connect [DC 20])
Ranged shockray +20 (2d8+11 E)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 11th; ranged +20)
1/day—holographic image (4th level, DC 23), resilient
sphere (DC 22), teleport (self only)
3/day—haste, explosive blast (DC 21), slow
(DC 21)
At will—detect tech, implant data, recharge
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +5; Con +3; Int +8; Wis +3; Cha +3
Skills Acrobatics +20 (+28 to fly), Computers
+25, Engineering +25, Mysticism +25,
Sense Motive +20
Languages machine telepathy 100 ft., truespeech
Other Abilities borrow time, slip drive, spaceflight
(Mysticism)
ECOLOGY
Environment any (the Drift)
Organization solitary, sequence (2, 3, 5, or 8), or delegation
(1 wyspiria plus 2 iridiasAA3)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Borrow Time (Su) As a reaction, a wyspiria can pull
potential energy away from their future self and into
the present, taking a standard action during another
creature’s turn as though the wyspiria had readied
an action. After using borrow time, the wyspiria is
staggered until the end of their next turn.
Connect (Ex) A wyspiria that hits with their tentacle attack
can automatically connect themself to the target, plugging
one of their cord-like appendages into the target. Once
connected, the wyspiria feeds the target a stream of
fabricated sensory data, allowing the wyspiria to transfer
information and false perceptions. Each round at the
start of their turn, the target must succeed at a Will save
to remain aware of their real surroundings. On a failure,
they are staggered until the start of their next
turn. The wyspiria can take a move action at the
beginning of their turn each round to maintain all
of their connections; otherwise all their
connections end. The appendages have
15 feet of reach, and attached targets’
movement is restricted to within 15
feet of the wyspiria. The appendage
can be detached with a successful
Strength check (DC 15) as a standard
action, or with a successful attack against
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the appendage (same AC as the wyspiria). Targets can
also attempt a Strength check to break free any time the
wyspiria moves; this requires no action. On a failure, the
target moves with the wyspiria. A wyspiria can maintain
up to ten connections at one time.
Shockray (Ex) A wyspiria’s shockray is a ranged attack
with a range increment of 60 feet.
SONDRIA
CR 14
XP 38,400
N Small outsider (extraplanar, spectra)
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +25
DEFENSE
HP 250
EAC 28; KAC 30
Fort +16; Ref +16; Will +14
Defensive Abilities void adaptation; DR 10/chaotic, evil,
good, or law; Immunities electricity; Resistances cold 5,
sonic 5; SR 24
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 100 ft. (Ex, perfect)
Melee claw +28 (8d6+22 S; critical Drift dash)
Multiattack 4 claws +22 (4d6+22 S; critical Drift dash)
Ranged vibrochitter +25 (3d12+14 So)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 14th)
3/day—holographic image (4th level, DC 19), recharge
At will—implant data
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +6; Con +4; Int +4; Wis +4; Cha +2
Skills Acrobatics +25 (+33 to fly), Computers +30,
Engineering +30, Mysticism +30, Sense Motive +25
Languages machine telepathy 100 ft., truespeech
Other Abilities drift boost, multiarmed (6), rebuild, slip
drive, spaceflight (Mysticism)
ECOLOGY
Environment any (the Drift)
Organization solitary, sequence (2, 3, 5, or 8), or
triarmament (1 aspecna AA3 plus 2 sondrias)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Drift Boost (Ex) A sondria can attach themself to a starship
of any size and lend that ship the use of their slip drive,
allowing the ship to travel through the Drift. The ship
uses the Drift engine rating for the sondria’s slip drive (7
for a CR 14 sondria) and needs to remain stationary for
only 6 seconds before engaging the drive.
Drift Dash (Ex) A sondria who scores a critical hit with
its claw attack can slip through the Drift and teleport
adjacent to a secondary target within 10 feet, making
another claw attack against that target at a –4 penalty;
this does not require an action. The sondria can use this
ability a maximum of two times per round.
Rebuild (Sp) Three or more sondrias can spend 10 minutes
chanting in a series of low-frequency clips and chirps
to use reincarnate as a spell-like ability on one target.
Targets reincarnated through this ability are always
reincarnated as androids and do not roll on the
reincarnate table to randomly determine their new body.
Vibrochitter (Ex) A sondria’s vibrochitter is a ranged attack
with a range increment of 30 feet that targets EAC and
has the blast weapon special property.
Spectra are a race of outsiders native to the hyperspace
plane of the Drift, concerned with technological growth and
advancement, the protection of the Drift, and the spread
of Drift technology across the galaxy. Encounters with the
relatively new group of outsiders have occurred with greater
frequency over the 300 years since they joined the Great
Beyond. In recent decades, two new types of spectra have
begun to appear: wyspirias and sondrias. It’s unknown
whether these spectra existed in the Drift all along, simply
unobserved by mortals, or if Triune newly created them to
further some fresh purpose.
Wyspirias, often compared to iridias as emissaries of
the Drift, are dispatched across the galaxy, possibly on
missions from Triune themself, or perhaps on behalf of the
mysterious hierarchy of spectra. They stand 7 feet tall with
chassis of multicolored glass, and a multitude of coiled,
rootlike tentacles cascading from their waists. As a result
of the resemblance they bear to floating trees, they are
sometimes called trees of knowledge. Wyspirias use their
tendrils to plug themselves into people and machines alike—a
direct connection that allows them to quickly transfer huge
quantities of data between connected people and devices.
Whereas iridias come to the Prime Material Plane offering
gifts of knowledge and technology to mortals, many believe
wyspirias do the opposite, collecting libraries of secrets
and information about the galaxy for the unseen purposes
of spectra. Rarely, wyspirias are said to appear during the
peace talks of warring civilizations, connecting the opposing
delegates and enabling them to understand each other
directly. Many believe these spectra intervene only when
they deem the risk of losing technology or information from
a conflict too great.
Sondrias are a new variety of spectra primarily encountered
inside the Drift. They are small and sharply featured, with six
arms, razor talons, and round, flat, owlish faces. Sometimes
called Drift pixies, their presence is always accompanied by
a grainy, low-pitched hum or buzzing noise. Sondrias use
their own voices more often than other types of spectra, and
sequences of sondrias have a habit of speaking at the same
time in overlapping sentences that are difficult to pick apart.
Like the larger and more formidable aspecnas, sondrias
patrol the Drift to help lost travelers and rescue marooned
escape pods or starships whose Drift engines malfunction,
latching onto the vessels and using their slip drives to boost
them back to the Material Plane. It’s rumored sequences
of sondria can also offer Triune’s blessing to those killed
during Drift travel or in service of the All Code’s agenda—by
reincarnating them as androids.
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ABYSIUM EATER
CR 5
XP 1,600
ABYSIUM EATER
CR 5
XP 1,600
HORACALCUM
EATER
CR 13
XP 25,600
N Small ooze
Init +2; Senses blindsense (scent [abysium only]) 1 mile,
blindsight (vibration) 60 ft., sightless; Perception +11
Aura irradiation (medium, DC 13, 20 ft.)
DEFENSE
EAC 17; KAC 19
Fort +9; Ref +5; Will +2
Immunities ooze immunities, radiation
HP 75
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee slam +14 (1d6+10 B plus fallout susceptibility; critical
shear shielding)
Offensive Abilities fallout susceptibility, shear shielding
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +2; Con +3; Int —; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +16
Other Abilities mindless
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary or pair
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Fallout Susceptibility (Ex) A creature hit by an abysium
eater’s slam attack takes a –1 penalty to its next saving
throw against radiation sickness attempted within the
next 24 hours. This penalty stacks, to a maximum equal
to half the abysium eater’s CR (–2 for a typical specimen).
Irradiation (Ex) An abysium eater emanates medium
radiation (Starfinder Core Rulebook 403) in a 20-foot
radius. This radiation suffuses an area in 20-foot
increments. An abysium eater is considered a natural
radioactive material for the purposes of spells that
remove radiation, such as remove radioactivity.
Shear Shielding (Ex) When an abysium eater critically
hits a creature wearing armor that grants immunity to
radiation levels, the target loses that radiation immunity
(Reflex DC 13 negates), though the armor continues
to provide its saving throw bonus against radiation as
normal. This damage persists until the armor is repaired.
CR 13
XP 25,600
N Medium ooze
Init +10; Senses blindsense (scent [horacalcum only]) 1 mile,
blindsight (vibration) 60 ft., sightless; Perception +23
DEFENSE
HP 230
EAC 27; KAC 29
Fort +17; Ref +13; Will +10
Defensive Abilities temporal dilation; Immunities ooze
immunities, staggered
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STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +4; Con +6; Int —; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Athletics +28
Other Abilities mindless
ECOLOGY
OFFENSE
HORACALCUM EATER
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee slam +26 (3d12+21 B plus temporal stutter; critical
stunned)
Offensive Abilities temporal stutter
Environment any
Organization solitary or pair
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Temporal Dilation (Ex) A horacalcum eater slows incoming
projectiles, and ranged attacks against it have a 20%
chance of missing.
Temporal Stutter (Su) A creature struck by a horacalcum
eater is staggered for 1 round (Fortitude DC 19 negates).
If the target succeeds at the save, it instead gains a +10foot enhancement bonus to each of its movement speeds
for 1 round. A creature struck multiple times can be both
staggered and accelerated by a horacalcum eater.
Strange protoplasmic pests that subsist on the rarest of metals,
starmetal eaters usually remain microscopic and innocuous.
Yet when these creatures gorge themselves on a rich vein of
naturally occurring starmetal or even items made of starmetal
alloy—either of which they can detect at great distances—they
experience a swift growth spurt and can reach several feet in
diameter. Each starmetal eater fixates its diet on one specific
type of starmetal, gaining strange abilities as its appearance
and essence are suffused with its metal of choice.
STARMETAL EATER TEMPLATE GRAFTS
The following template grafts represent starmetal eaters that
have gorged on a particular metal.
Abysium Eater Template Graft (CR 3+)
Abysium eaters glow with a sickly blue-green radiance and are
dangerously radioactive. They are sometimes found in nuclear
power plants that have undergone a deadly meltdown, basking
in the lethal radioactivity, or accompanying pluprex demons
(Alien Archive 2 34).
Required Creature Type: Ooze.
Required Array: Combatant.
Traits: Blindsense (scent [abysium only]) 1 mile, blindsight
(vibration) 60 ft.; fallout susceptibility (see stat block); immunity
to radiation; irradiation aura (see stat block; an abysium eater’s
radiation strength is dependent on its CR, starting at medium
and increasing to high at CR 7 and severe at CR 19); mindless;
ooze immunities; shear shielding (see stat block); sightless.
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Djezet Eater Template Graft (CR 3+)
Thin and runny, djezet eaters are rust-red in color and impart
an organic residue that readily conducts magical energy.
Required Creature Type: Ooze.
Required Array: Combatant.
Traits: Arcane residue (see below); blindsense (scent
[djezet only]) 1 mile, blindsight (vibration) 60 ft.; compression;
mindless; ooze immunities; sightless; SR 5 + CR.
Arcane Residue (Su): A creature hit by a djezet eater’s slam
attack is coated with a thin, red slime that quickly evaporates.
For 1 round, whenever the target casts a spell, they take
damage equal to 1d8 times the spell’s level.
Horacalcum Eater Graft Template (CR 3+)
Copper-colored with whorls and eddies in their ever-shifting
forms, horacalcum eaters bend space-time with their presence.
Required Creature Type: Ooze.
Required Array: Combatant.
Traits: Blindsense (scent [horacalcum only]) 1 mile,
blindsight (vibration) 60 ft.; bonus to initiative checks equal
to half its CR; immunity to the staggered condition; mindless;
ooze immunities; sightless; temporal dilation (page 116);
temporal stutter (page 116).
Inubrix Eater Graft Template (CR 3+)
Pale and ghostly in appearance due to a molecular alignment
that allows them to pass through objects, inubrix eaters
resemble glistening silvery clouds more than animate masses
of metal. They often rest in a torpor within walls or ceilings.
Required Creature Type: Ooze.
Required Array: Combatant.
Traits: Blindsense (scent [inubrix only]) 1 mile, blindsight
(vibration) 60 ft.; mindless; ooze immunities; out of phase (see
below); sightless.
Out of Phase (Su): An inubrix eater can enter or pass
through solid items just as an incorporeal creature can (Core
Rulebook 264).
nullify magic in their surroundings and shun areas rich in
magical energy.
Required Creature Type: Ooze.
Required Array: Combatant.
Traits: Blindsense (scent [noqual only]) 1 mile, blindsight
(vibration) 60 ft.; immune to divination effects; mindless; ooze
immunities; sightless; SR equal to 10 + CR; unraveling touch
(see below).
Unraveling Touch (Su): If a noqual eater’s slam attack
critically hits a magic or hybrid item (or a creature carrying
such an item), one of those items (selected at random) loses
all its magical abilities for 1d4 rounds, becoming a normal item
of its type. A successful Will save (using the ooze’s ability DC)
negates this effect and makes that item immune to unraveling
touch for 24 hours. If the item is held or worn by a creature,
the item uses its bearer’s Will save modifier in place of its
own, if better. Upon draining an item, the noqual eater takes
force damage equal to the item’s level. If the noqual eater is at
least CR 15, the drain effect lasts for 24 hours.
Siccatite Eater Template Graft (CR 3+)
These shining silver oozes maintain an improbable balance
between deadly cold and blistering heat, dealing wounds that
are crosshatched with frostbite and charring.
Required Creature Type: Ooze.
Required Array: Combatant.
Traits: Blindsense (scent [siccatite only]) 1 mile, blindsight
(vibration) 60 ft.; immunity to cold and fire; mindless; ooze
immunities; multi-elemental damage (see below); sightless.
Multi-Elemental Damage (Ex): A siccatite eater’s
slam attack targets EAC rather than KAC. Half of
the damage it deals is cold damage, while the
other half is fire damage.
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Green, crystalline noqual eaters move in clunky
spasms rather than with the smooth motion of
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STORMGHOST
STORMGHOST
CR 15
XP 51,200
STORMGHOST
CR 15
XP 51,200
CE Large monstrous humanoid
Init +9; Senses blindsense (scent) 60 ft., darkvision 90 ft.,
low-light vision, weathersight; Perception +31
Aura static (5 ft., 2d6 electricity)
DEFENSE
EAC 29; KAC 31
Fort +17; Ref +19; Will +15
HP 275
Defensive Abilities regeneration 5 (acid); Immunities
disease, electricity, poison; Resistances cold 10, fire 10
OFFENSE
Speed 50 ft., climb 30 ft.
Melee claw +29 (8d6+24 S and E)
Multiattack bite +23 (3d12+24 P and E), 2 claws +23
(3d12+24 S and E)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with claws)
Offensive Abilities impaling leap, static charge
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 11th; ranged +26)
1/day— hailstorm (page 119)
3/day— greater invisibility, control atmospherePW (DC 20)
At will—ray of exhaustion (DC 19)
STATISTICS
Str +9; Dex +7; Con +5; Int +2; Wis +5; Cha +3
Skills Acrobatics +26, Athletics +26 (+34 to climb), Stealth
+31, Survival +26
Languages Auran
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Impaling Leap (Ex) As a full action, a stormghost can leap
up to 30 feet and land adjacent to a target that is at least
one size smaller than themself and impale the victim
with their spiky legs. The target must succeed at a DC
21 Reflex save or take 4d8+24 points of piercing damage
and gain the pinned condition until the beginning of the
stormghost’s next turn, at which point the stormghost
can attempt to renew the pinned condition with a
grapple combat maneuver as normal.
Static Charge (Su) Crackling electricity surrounds a
stormghost. As a standard action once every 1d4
rounds, a stormghost can focus this static charge into
a bolt, releasing it in a 40-foot line that deals 8d6
electricity damage. A successful DC 20 Reflex
save halves this damage.
Weathersight (Ex) A stormghost can see perfectly
through dust, fog, mist, rain, heavy snow, and
smoke. They ignore concealment and penalties
to Perception checks from such effects.
Stormghosts can live for an exceedingly long
time—up to 2,000 years—thanks to their natural
regeneration. Each of these rarely encountered
hunters has a muscular humanoid torso and
stands nearly 8 feet tall on four jagged insectile
legs. Tiny eyes ring a stormghost’s conical head,
which also bears a toothy mouth. Built of muscled
flesh and hardened chitin, a stormghost weighs
roughly 1,500 pounds.
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Triaxians who first encountered these creatures named
them stormghosts because of their ability to conjure malignant
weather and attack unseen. Though stormghosts inhabit
many different locales, they often hunt their prey in remote
mountainous areas, where they leap down on their victims
from cliffsides or ambush them in blind mountain passes.
These predators engage any target, posing a risk to not only
the humanoids of Triaxus, but also the dragons. While most
stormghosts have tints with shades of blue, gray, and white,
the pigments in their hide adapt to their surroundings; for
example, stormghosts in the jungles of Castrovel are mottled
greens and browns.
Exceptionally single-minded, stormghosts live to hunt
and hate losing quarry, and they persistently pursue their
fleeing prey, even forgoing rest. As with many efficient
hunters, stormghosts’ senses and tenacity make them
difficult to evade. These traits, in addition to their
superior stamina, help them doggedly track down
any prey that initially escape their attack. Only when
another major predator begins hunting in the same
region does a stormghost shift their attention from
their original prey. Solitary creatures, stormghosts
resist sharing their hunting grounds, especially with
others of their kind.
According to records kept by dragonriders of the Skyfire
Mandate, fewer than 1,000 stormghosts have been spotted
on Triaxus. Multiple sightings of these rare creatures, made
safely from the back of a dragonkin, seem to be of the same
stormghost; many scholars estimate that the creatures have
a smaller population than initially believed, with a few at
most living in the Parapet Mountains. A naturalist in Preita
recently published a journal detailing his journey in search
for evidence of a stormghost, as tales of these creatures and
other vicious beasts are fashionable in the cosmopolitan cities
of the Allied Territories. In these writings, he postulates that
stormghosts initially came from another world in the solar
system, or perhaps beyond. In fact, while stormghosts first
appeared on Triaxus long before the Gap, people in the
Pact Worlds and even worlds in Near Space have since
reported incidents that strongly indicate stormghost
activity, suggesting that they’ve since spread beyond
their original planet—or that they didn’t originate on
Triaxus to begin with.
Duration 1 round/level (D)
Saving Throw Reflex half; Spell Resistance yes
A barrage of fist-sized hailstones pelts the area. Creatures
that enter or start their turn in the area during the
first round of the spell take 6d8 cold damage and 7d8
bludgeoning damage. For the remaining duration of the
spell, heavy snow and sleet rain down in the area. Until the
spell is dismissed or until the end of the duration, this area
provides concealment, creatures inside it take a –4 penalty
to Perception checks, and the entire area is considered
difficult terrain.
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Stormghosts use this spell-like ability to pummel their
enemies. Others have since researched this magic to perfect
the following spell.
Hailstorm
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School conjuration (creation)
Casting Time 1 standard action
Range long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)
Area cylinder (20-ft. radius, 40 ft. high)
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SUPENGA
SUPENGA PUP
CR 5
XP 1,600
SUPENGA PUP
CR 5
XP 1,600
SUPENGA TITAN
CR 15
XP 51,200
N Medium plant
Init +3; Senses blindsense (vibration) 60 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +11
DEFENSE
HP 75
EAC 17; KAC 19
Fort +9; Ref +7; Will +4
Defensive Abilities ferocity; Immunities plant immunities;
Resistances cold 5, fire 5
Weaknesses vulnerable to slashing
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee bite +12 (1d6+10 P plus epicuticular enzyme) or
tail +14 (1d6+10 B)
Offensive Abilities spinning charge
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +3; Con +2; Int –3; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +16, Athletics +11
ECOLOGY
Environment warm or temperate deserts
Organization solitary or clutch (2–5)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Epicuticular Enzyme (Ex) The wax coating a supenga’s teeth
contains a digestive, paralytic enzyme. When a supenga
damages a creature with its bite, the target must succeed
at a DC 13 Fortitude save or gain the paralyzed condition
for 1d4 rounds. As a full action, the target can attempt a
new save to end the condition. This is a poison effect.
Spinning Charge (Ex) A supenga can curl into a ball and
launch itself at enemies. When performing this special
charge, the supenga ignores the charge penalties, must
use its tail to perform the charge’s melee attack, and
increases the attack’s damage by 5. After resolving a
spinning charge, the supenga is staggered until the end
of its next turn (Fortitude DC 13 negates).
SUPENGA TITAN
CR 15
XP 51,200
N Huge plant
Init +5; Senses blindsense (vibration) 60 ft., low-light
vision; Perception +26
Aura gnawing brood (10 ft., Reflex DC 21)
DEFENSE
HP 290
EAC 29; KAC 31
Fort +19; Ref +17; Will +13
Defensive Abilities ferocity, self-propagate; Immunities
plant immunities; Resistances cold 10, fire 10
Weaknesses vulnerable to slashing
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee bite +26 (8d6+24 P plus epicuticular enzyme) or
claw +28 (6d6+24 S) or
tail +28 (8d6+24 B)
Multiattack 2 claws +22 (6d6+24 S), tail +22
(8d6+24 B)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 10 ft. (15 ft. with tail)
STATISTICS
Str +9; Dex +5; Con +7; Int –3; Wis +2; Cha +1
Skills Acrobatics +26, Athletics +31
ECOLOGY
Environment warm and temperate deserts
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Epicuticular Enzyme (Ex) See above; the DC is 21.
Gnawing Brood (Ex) A typical supenga titan’s body is
crawling with its pups, which hungrily bite at nearby prey.
Creatures in the aura take 6d6 piercing damage (Reflex DC
21 negates). If a supenga titan takes 30 or more damage
from an effect that affects all targets in an area (such as
from a grenade or a blast weapon), its gnawing brood aura
is deactivated and can’t be reactivated for 1 round.
Self-Propagate (Ex) When a supenga titan takes slashing
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damage, its gnawing brood aura’s damage increases to
6d6+12 until the end of its next turn.
Whereas most desert plants in the Pact Worlds and beyond
rely on endurance and luck to survive between intermittent
rains, the hardy supengas enjoy another approach: carnivory.
A supenga’s body consists of fleshy stalks and storage bulbs
covered by a coat of dense, vibrant, sun-stressed succulent
leaves. Not only can these leaves move independently,
creating rippling displays that reflect the supenga’s moods,
but specialized leaves along its body, feet, and mouth
function as protective studs, claws, and teeth, respectively.
They even see through highly evolved leaves that serve
as their eyes by reflecting light through a wide range of
colored chlorophyll.
Supengas’ waxy leaf coating staves off the worst of
heat, cold, and dehydration, letting these plants wander
with little concern for shade and shelter. Their epicuticular
wax is also poisonous, and supengas’ leafy teeth have
an especially virulent version of the toxin that induces
momentary paralysis.
Insatiable eaters, supengas have adapted to gorge
whenever possible to prepare for lean seasons. Pups slowly
bud and grow from reproductive shoots along their parent’s
back, forming inconspicuous rosettes that swell into scaled
fruits. Once developed, a pup uncurls, plucks itself free, and
hides among its parent’s foliage for several years, rarely
descending except to scavenge scraps. It stays until it’s
ready for better feeding grounds or its exasperated
parent at last shakes it free. Solitary pups
typically survive on a steady supply of smaller
animals like squoxes (Starfinder Alien Archive
2 118); pups from the same supenga brood
commonly set off as a group, using their
combined strength to take down much
larger prey.
Upon growing to about 15 feet in total
length, a supenga’s physical development
slows considerably as it directs much of its
energy toward reproduction. Known as titans, these
mature adults produce as many as several
hundred offspring over a century.
In the Pact Worlds, supengas roam
stretches of Akiton and the Fullbright
wastes of Verces, but their largest
population traverses the northern and
western deserts of Castrovel’s Colonies.
aggressively compared to their wild-born counterparts.
Sometimes, a slain supenga can regrow through careful
nurturing of a cutting, which results in a clone that retains
much of the original creature’s memories.
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SUPENGA
LEVELS 2–8
Small plant
Senses blindsense (vibration) 30 ft., low-light vision
Good Save Fort; Poor Saves Ref, Will
Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee Attack bite (P) or tail (B)
Space 5 ft. Reach 5 ft.
Ability Modifiers Str, Con
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Epicuticular Enzyme (Ex, 5th Level) When a supenga pup
damages a creature with its bite attack, the target must
succeed at a Fortitude save (DC = 10 + the supenga pup’s
level) or be staggered for 1 round.
Spinning Charge (Ex) A supenga pup can curl into a ball
and launch itself at enemies. When performing this
special charge, the supenga pup ignores the charge
penalties, must use its tail to perform the charge’s
melee attack, and increases the attack’s damage by
an amount equal to its level. After resolving a spinning
charge, the supenga is staggered until the end of its
next turn unless it succeeds at a Fortitude saving
through (DC = 10 + 1/2 the supenga pup’s level).
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Although fierce, supengas raised
from a young age with consistent
care can form strong bonds.
Pups grown from cuttings
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SWAMP STRIDER
COMMON SWAMP STRIDER
CR 2
XP 600
COMMON SWAMP
STRIDER
CR 2
XP 600
CRESTED SWAMP
STRIDER
CR 10
XP 9,600
N Large animal
Init +5; Senses blindsense (scent) 60 ft.; Perception +7
Aura algal gas (30 ft., Fortitude DC 11)
DEFENSE
EAC 13; KAC 16
Fort +6; Ref +6; Will +1
Weaknesses flammable
OFFENSE
Speed 60 ft., swim 30 ft.
Melee gore +10 (1d6+4 P) or
tail +10 (1d4+4 B)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with tail)
Offensive Abilities ferocious charge
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +4; Con +1; Int –5; Wis +1; Cha –2
Skills Athletics +7
Other Abilities marshborn
HP 25
ECOLOGY
Environment any marsh (Castrovel)
Organization solitary, pair, or herd (3–12)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Algal Gas (Ex) Swamp striders’ fur supports thriving colonies
of algae that emit malodorous, flammable gas. Creatures
in the algal gas effect are sickened while they remain
in the aura and for 1 round afterward (Fortitude DC 11
negates). Creatures with active environmental protections
or no sense of smell are immune to this sickened effect.
Flammable (Ex) When a swamp strider takes fire damage,
it also gains the burning (1d8 F) condition, after which
the creature’s algal gas and flammable abilities are
disabled for 1 hour. While it burns, the swamp strider’s
attacks deal an additional 1d4 fire damage.
Marshborn (Ex) A swamp strider can move through bogs
without penalty to its normal speed.
CRESTED SWAMP STRIDER
CR 10
XP 9,600
N Large animal
Init +8; Senses blindsense (scent) 60 ft.; Perception +19
Aura algal gas (30 ft., Fortitude DC 17)
DEFENSE
HP 165
EAC 23; KAC 25
Fort +13; Ref +15; Will +9
OFFENSE
Speed 60 ft., swim 30 ft.
Attack gore +22 (2d8+15 P) or
slam +22 (3d4+15+15 B)
Multiattack gore +16 (2d8+15 P), 2 slams
+16 (3d4+15 B)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft.
with gore)
Offensive Abilities ferocious
charge
STATISTICS
Str +5; Dex +8;
Con +3; Int –5; Wis +3; Cha –2
Skills Athletics +24
Other Abilities marshborn
ECOLOGY
Environment any marshes (Castrovel)
Organization solitary, pair, or herd (3–12)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Algal Gas (Ex) See above; the DC is 17.
Flammable (Ex) See above; the burning damage is 2d8 F,
and the bonus fire damage is 1d8 F.
Marshborn (Ex) See above.
Swamp striders stand about 8 feet tall at the shoulder and
weigh around 1,250 pounds. Excellently adapted to wetland
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biomes, these spindly herbivores specialize in browsing on the
leaves, bark, and branches of shrubs and young trees, grazing
on grasses only when they lack access to other foods. They
depart their swamps infrequently; the ripening of seasonal
fruits might lure them out, and the fire-wary swamp striders
also know to move away during droughts when desiccated
marshes ignite all too easily.
Roaming so far afield can leave swamp striders vulnerable
to predators like shotalashus (Alien Archive 2 114), nyssholoras
(Alien Archive 2 86), tashtaris (Alien Archive 2 124), and a host
of tyrannosaurid renkroda subspecies. Even lashuntas have
hunted this popular prey since time immemorial; the meat’s
taste is among the most synthesized food flavorings for
Castrovelian snacks. Despite their lanky profile and awkward
gait, swamp striders boast numerous defenses, including
their extraordinary speed and agility under pressure. When
on the run, a scattering herd often throws caution to the
wind, hurling themselves through vegetation with wanton
disregard; most humanoid deaths by swamp striders occur as
a result of the creatures fleeing from something far deadlier
and crashing into unsuspecting bystanders. In the presence
of water, swamp striders either dive for cover in deeper pools
or ably dash across shallower bogs, their broad footpads
distributing their weight just as their feet’s hydrophobic skin
limits the grip of sucking mud.
But speed isn’t
swamp striders’ only
protection. Their bodies
sport an array of defensive
spines, most often spikes on their
forelimbs designed to sweep backward
and spear any creature unwise enough
to target the herbivore’s hindquarters.
The crested swamp strider species boasts
fearsome head horns as well, and swamp
striders of any type ferociously lash out
whenever they feel threatened.
Yet what most people know about swamp
striders is their stench, which arises from the
multitudinous algae that grow in their thick fur.
The motley green, brown, and red flora help camouflage the
creatures visually among the wetland grasses and mosses.
Their smell, in contrast, is so strong that it overwhelms the
sensitive nostrils of their predators, practically disabling
others’ olfactory senses and also deterring all but the most
determined hunters. Moreover, each swamp strider’s colony
has a slightly different composition and scent, helping
the creatures recognize each other and identify
interlopers, whom the herd challenges with low
clicking sounds.
the same prestige and telepathic bond as with the reptilian
shotalashus. No doubt a part of this discrepancy stems from
the sheer amount of maintenance required to raise and keep
a swamp strider. Behaviorally, they’re finicky eaters and
temperamental creatures that lash out at unfamiliar faces.
Physically, their feet tend to dry and crack painfully in arid
environments or against harder surfaces, requiring shoeing
with polycarbonate or plastic laminate. What’s more, their
coats require extensive maintenance to avoid developing
an overpowering aroma. Collectively, their maintenance
requirements inspired the term “swamp sovereign,” signifying
a powerful yet painfully needy individual.
Even with these hurdles, swamp striders are a beloved
curiosity. They most often appear in the lashunta strongholds
of Asana, yet dozens of planets have also imported small
populations of swamp striders.
SWAMP STRIDER
LEVELS 7-20
Large animal
Senses blindsense (scent) 60 ft.
Good Save Ref; Poor Saves Fort, Will
Speed 60 ft., swim 30 ft.
Melee Attack gore (P) or slam (B)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with gore)
Ability Modifiers Dex, Str
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Ferocious Charge (Ex) See page 153.
Marshborn (Ex) See page 122.
SWAMP STRIDER COMPANIONS
Lashuntas have a long tradition of riding swamp
striders, though the practice has never approached
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THERMATROD
CR 3
XP 800
THERMATROD
CR 3
XP 800
THERMATROD
CALDERA
CR 10
XP 9,600
ECOLOGY
Environment any warm mountains
Organization solitary or pair
CN Large magical beast (fire)
Init +1; Senses blindsight (vibration) 60 ft., sightless;
Perception +8
Aura melting aura (5 ft., 1d4 F)
DEFENSE
EAC 14; KAC 16
Fort +7; Ref +7; Will +2
Immunities fire
Weaknesses vulnerable to cold
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft.
Melee slam +12 (1d6+7 F)
Offensive Abilities slag barrage (2d6 F, DC 12)
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +1; Con +2; Int +0; Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +8, Athletics +13, Intimidate +8
Other Abilities deaf, earth glide
SPECIAL ABILITIES
HP 39
Deaf (Ex) Thermatrods can’t attempt Perception checks to
listen and are immune to effects that rely on hearing to
function.
Melting Aura (Ex) A creature that begins its turn within
5 feet of a thermatrod takes 1d4 fire damage from the
creature’s intense internal temperature.
Slag Barrage (Ex) As a full action, a thermatrod can spray
part of its core at a grid intersection within 60 feet. Each
creature within 10 feet of this intersection takes 2d6 fire
damage and gains the staggered condition as the molten
material hardens. An affected creature can attempt a
DC 12 Reflex save to halve the damage and negate the
staggered condition. Otherwise, the staggered condition
lasts for 1 minute or until the target or an adjacent
creature uses a full action to free the target.
THERMATROD CALDERA
CR 10
XP 9,600
CN Huge magical beast (fire)
Init +3; Senses blindsight (vibration)
60 ft., sightless; Perception +19
Aura melting aura (5 ft., 3d4 F)
DEFENSE
HP 162
EAC 23; KAC 25
Fort +14; Ref +14; Will +9
Immunities fire
Weaknesses vulnerable to cold
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft.
Melee slam +23 (2d10+18 F)
Multiattack 4 slams +17
(1d10+18 F)
Offensive Abilities slag
bombardment (6d6 F, DC 17)
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +3; Con +5; Int +0;
Wis +0; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +19, Athletics
+24, Intimidate +19
Other Abilities deaf, earth glide
ECOLOGY
Environment any warm mountains
Organization solitary
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Deaf (Ex) See above.
Melting Aura (Ex) See above.
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Slag Bombardment (Ex) This ability functions as slag barrage
(page 124), but the thermatrod caldera can target up to
three grid intersections within 60 feet, and each explosion
causes 6d6 fire damage. A creature caught in two or more
overlapping areas affected by this ability is
subject to the damage only once but takes
a –2 penalty to the Reflex saving throw.
Despite being large, bipedal
creatures, thermatrods use a
knuckle-walking quadrupedal
gait resembling a gorilla’s
stride, though they occasionally
stand on their back legs or use
their arms to climb. A mix of several
types of molten stone and metal found
on their native planet make up thermatrods’
torsos, allowing them to digest heavy minerals inedible to most
living creatures. Several interlocking raised hexagonal plates
resembling basalt columns make up their cooler backside. Due
to this composition, a typical thermatrod stands 10 feet tall and
weighs several tons.
Many mystics believe that the worlds thermatrods
inhabit must also have connections to the Elemental Planes
of Earth and Fire—thin spots where the energies of those
places bleed through into the Material Plane. After much
study by dedicated xenobiologists, however, current wisdom
maintains that though the creatures might strongly resemble
the elemental inhabitants of those planes, they’re simply
silicon-based beasts that thrive in extreme heat.
Like some other silicon-based life-forms, thermatrods’
chemical evolution didn’t result in traditional sensory organs
such as eyes and ears. However, fine crystalline matrices
within the stone of a thermatrod’s head allow it to sense even
very fine tremors. The one typical sense organ it does have
is its dripping maw, into which the beast crams loose stones
for sustenance.
Pact Worlds scientists don’t yet fully understand how
a thermatrod’s silicon core maintains its intense heat.
Some believe that, like a planet, it must contain radioactive
elements that decay to generate this energy. The fact that
thermatrods appear more prevalent in warm areas that
contain a larger percentage of naturally radioactive metals
supports this theory, but some question why the creatures
themselves aren’t radioactive. Other xenobiologists posit that
thermatrods might contain fragments of Hellfire that never
cease burning, but no one has proven this hypothesis.
Thermatrods’ method of reproduction adds to the mystery
of their biology. They travel to a hot geographical location, such
as volcano or a thermal spring, to undergo a kind of mitosis. A
thermatrod’s torso cracks open before spilling forth a portion
of its molten core onto the ground. The exterior of this blob
cools into the general shape of another thermatrod, which
instinctively seeks out stone and metals to consume. If the
surrounding area has an appropriate amount of sustenance,
the newborn thermatrod grows to standard size within
hours. Otherwise, the creature dies, leaving nothing behind
but a strangely shaped rock, for which some collectors pay
handsomely. In either case, the original thermatrod moves on
long before the new one finishes developing.
On rare occasions, a severe disturbance in a
planet’s magnetic field can cause two thermatrods
in the same place to completely expel their cores,
forming a single new mass. This pile hardens into
a huge, four-armed thermatrod that devours
any and all nearby metal-laced stones
and crystals. Known as a thermatrod
caldera, this creature constantly
seeks out more materials to
consume, its burning appetite
for ore almost impossible
to sate. Unfortunate mining
operations that happen to be in the same area as a caldera’s
feeding grounds usually get torn apart by the ravenous beast,
often killing any workers caught in the way, as well as causing
hundreds of thousands of credits worth in damages and lost
profits. As such, mining companies that operate in areas of
known thermatrod activity often spend extra resources on
defensive barriers and equip their security with cryo weapons.
Otherwise, these corporations must rely on freelancers to travel
to an overrun mine and deal with any rampaging behemoths,
which can often run up an even steeper bill.
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Inspired by the red-hot stony body of a thermatrod, magma
sledges are the larger cousins of the more agile magma blades
(Starfinder Armory 38). At first glance, a magma sledge seems
like an analog weapon with a steel shaft and a head of solid
stone. However, when the weapon powers on, cracks form
along the surface show the magma hidden within, held in place
with powerful magnetic fields. When slammed into a target,
the intense heat and force can send even the most powerful
opponents reeling. Factory floors that mass produce magma
sledges are often swelteringly hot.
MAGMA SLEDGES (TWO-HANDED ADVANCED MELEE WEAPON)
FLAME
Magma sledge, rhyolite
Magma sledge, andesite
Magma sledge, basalt
Magma sledge, plagioclase
LEVEL PRICE
5
3,100
9
13,800
15 112,000
20 850,000
DAMAGE
1d10 B & F
3d10 B & F
7d10 B & F
12d10 B & F
CRITICAL BULK
SPECIAL
Staggered
2
Powered (capacity 20, usage 2), reach, unwieldy
Staggered
2
Powered (capacity 40, usage 2), reach, unwieldy
Staggered
2
Powered (capacity 40, usage 2), reach, unwieldy
Staggered
2
Powered (capacity 80, usage 2), reach, unwieldy
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TRYZIARKA
TRYZIARKA EXPLORER
CR 3
XP 800
TRYZIARKA
EXPLORER
CR 3
XP 800
TRYZIARKA
LEGACY-CAPTAIN
CR 12
XP 19,200
Tryziarka operative
N Medium humanoid (tryziarka)
Init +4; Perception +9
DEFENSE
EAC 14; KAC 15
Fort +2; Ref +5; Will +6
Defensive Abilities evasion
HP 35
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee survival knife +7 (1d4+3 S)
Ranged semi-auto tactical pistol +9 (1d6+3 P)
Offensive Abilities stunt and strike COM, stuntsCOM (Culture;
analyze, distracting blather)
Tryziarka Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd)
1/day—stabilize
STATISTICS
Str +0; Dex +4; Con +0; Int +2; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +14 (+16 to escape grapple), Athletics +9,
Culture +14, Stealth +9, Survival +14
Languages Common
Other Abilities operative exploit (without a traceCOM),
specialization (explorer), tattoo magic, tattoo transference
Gear graphite carbon skin, semi-auto tactical pistol with 18
small arm rounds, survival knife
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or quest (3–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Tattoo Magic (Sp) Tryziarkas’ magical ooze symbiotes can
manifest in many forms. At character creation, a tryziarka
chooses a 0-level spell from the mystic spell list and can
cast it at will as a spell-like ability. Upon reaching 5th
level, a tryziarka chooses a 1st-level mystic spell and can
also cast it once per day as a spell-like ability. Their caster
level for these spell-like abilities is equal to the tryziarka’s
character level, and Wisdom is the key ability score.
Tattoo Transference (Sp) Tryziarkas can temporarily tattoo
parts of the magic held by their karakande (page 127)
on other creatures. Once per day, a tryziarka spend 1
minute in physical contact with a willing creature to
place some of their ooze-magic on that creature, granting
that creature the tattoo magic ability (identical to the
tryziarka’s own); that creature loses this ability at the
end of 24 hours. A creature can benefit from only one
such ability at a time (not counting their own from being
a tryziarka).
TRYZIARKA LEGACY-CAPTAIN
CR 12
XP 19,200
Tryziarka envoy/mystic
N Medium humanoid (tryziarka)
Init +5; Perception +22
DEFENSE
EAC 26; KAC 27
Fort +11; Ref +13; Will +15
OFFENSE
HP 185
Speed 30 ft. fly 20 ft. (Su, average; in space only)
Melee ultrathin dueling sword +21 (3d6+13 S)
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Ranged perihelion laser pistol +23 (4d4+12 F; critical burn 2d4)
Tryziarka Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th)
1/day—mind thrust (1st level, DC 18)
At will—stabilize
Mystic Spell-Like Abilities (CL 4th)
At will—mindlink
Mystic Spells Known (CL 4th)
2nd (3/day)—darkvision, predict foeCOM
1st (6/day)—comprehend customsCOM, magic missile,
mystic cure
0 (at will)—detect magic, telepathic message
Connection star shaman
RACIAL TRAITS
Ability Adjustments: +2 Dex, +2 Wis, –2 Int
Hit Points: 4
Size and Type: Tryziarkas are medium humanoids
with the tryziarka subtype.
Flexible: Tryziarkas are flexible, with double-jointed
elbows and knees. They gain a +2 racial bonus
to Acrobatics checks; this increases to +4 when
trying to escape a grapple.
Tattoo Magic: See page 126.
Tattoo Transference: See page 126.
STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +5; Con +3; Int +4; Wis +5; Cha +7
Skills Acrobatics + 22, Diplomacy +27, Mysticism
+27, Piloting +22, Sense Motive +27
Languages Common
Other Abilities envoy improvisations (hidden
agenda, improved get ’em, watch out), starlight
form (4 minutes, DC 13), tattoo magic,
tattoo transference, walk the void
Gear kasatha microcord IV, perihelion
laser pistol with two high capacity
batteries (40 charges each), ultrathin
dueling sword
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary or pair
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Tattoo Magic (Sp) See page 126.
Tattoo Transference (Sp) See
page 126.
Tryziarkas originated on
the world Suron in the
Vast. As their system’s
star died, the tryziarka
nations built dozens
of legacy starships,
each of which served
as a self-contained
biosphere capable
of supporting life
for the indefinite
future. In these
legacy
ships,
tryziarkas scattered
across the stars in the
hopes of finding new homes.
Tryziarkas’
double-jointed
elbows and knees
lend great
flexibility to
their tall, hairless,
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humanoid forms. Their skin comes in many hues, and
many have mottling of a second color across their
bodies. In early childhood, each tryziarka pairs with a
magical ooze known as a karakande in a symbiotic
relationship. This ooze forms a faintly glowing,
tattoo-like pattern on the surface of a
tryziarka’s body and communicates with its
host through empathetic pulses of emotion
and magic. Tryziarkas have bonded with
karakandes since their days on Suron,
and they see their ooze companions as
an intrinsic part of themselves, and
the magic they grant as part of their
identities. The average tryziarka is 7
feet tall and weighs 250 pounds.
Each
individual
tryziarka’s
ooze-tattoo manifests in its own
unique design, and tryziarkas
can choose to imbue trusted
others with their design,
temporarily granting them
a piece the ooze’s magic.
Depending on the recipient
species and the intent of
both parties, the tattoo
can become nonmagical
and even permanent,
serving as a symbol of
friendship—and often
something
deeper—
between the two creatures. Tryziarka family
members often trade tattoos, as do members of
other close-knit social units.
As tryziarkas spread across the galaxy in
their legacy ships, some found new homes on
uninhabited worlds, others fatally crash landed or
succumbed to dangerous stellar phenomena,
and some travel still on a quest for a
new world.
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URSIKKA
CR 10
XP 9,600
URSIKKA
CR 10
XP 9,600
N Huge magical beast
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision,
blindsense (vibration) 30 ft.; Perception +19
DEFENSE
EAC 23; KAC 25
Fort +14; Ref +14; Will +9
Defensive Abilities ferocity; Resistances cold 20
HP 165
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., burrow 20 ft.; ice burrow
Melee bite +23 (2d10+18 P plus freezing saliva) or
claw +23 (2d10+18 S)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Offensive Abilities coat claws, freezing saliva, spit
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +3; Con +5; Int –3; Wis +1; Cha –3
Skills Acrobatics +19, Athletics +24, Survival +19
Other Abilities hibernation
ECOLOGY
Environment any arctic (Triaxus)
Organization solitary, pair, or hive (3–10)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Coat Claws (Ex) As a standard action, an ursikka can
coat its pincerlike claws with freezing, viscous saliva.
This coating lasts for 1 minute. Any creature hit by an
ursikka’s coated claws takes an additional 2d10 cold
damage (Reflex DC 17 half).
Freezing Saliva (Ex) The saliva that drips from an ursikka’s
mouth is sticky as well as cold, and any creature hit
by its bite or spit attack becomes entangled for 1d4
rounds (Reflex DC 17 negates). At the end of each turn
they’re entangled, a creature takes 2d10 cold damage.
An entangled creature can end the entangled condition
early with a successful DC 17 Acrobatics or Strength
check as a standard action, or by dealing 15 points of fire
or slashing damage to the saliva.
Hibernation (Ex) An ursikka can enter a prolonged state of
hibernation by weaving a cocoon from its spittle. It takes
1 uninterrupted hour of work for an ursikka to create
this cocoon and an additional 24 hours for the cocoon
to fully harden, after which it has hardness 10 and 100
Hit Points. While hibernating, an ursikka doesn’t need to
drink or eat. As long as the cocoon remains intact, the
ursikka remains unharmed in its hibernation. An ursikka
must use its attacks to break free from its cocoon.
Ice Burrow (Ex) Ursikkas have evolved to thrive in icy
climes that are inhospitable to most other creatures. In
addition to dirt, ursikkas can burrow through solid ice
and through packed snow of any density.
Spit (Ex) As a standard action, an ursikka can spit a
60-foot line of its saliva. Creatures in the area take
6d10 cold damage and become entangled. A successful
DC 17 Reflex save halves the damage and negates the
entangled condition.
Populating Triaxian children’s horror tales, ursikkas roam the
Triaxian wilderness during the wandering planet’s winter
years. These enormous, nightmarish praying mantises stretch
20 feet in length and stand as tall as 25 feet—mostly due to
the long, slender walking legs on which they skitter with an
eerie speed. Ursikkas’ grasping forelimbs each end in sharp
pincers capable of shearing flesh from
bone, and their three-part maws
can open wide enough to swallow
humans whole. Freezing saliva drips
from their gnashing mandibles,
which can injure and trap prey.
Ursikkas are endlessly
hungry creatures that
act primarily on instinct.
As such, they view all smaller
creatures as food. During
their planet’s long winters,
ursikkas terrorize Triaxus’s
extensive rural lands
to secure the several
tons of meat they
need each week
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to survive. They prefer to consume large, cold-blooded
creatures, but hungry ursikkas pursue any viable prey,
particularly victims that seem sluggish and easy to catch.
As winter draws to a close, ursikkas become especially
ravenous as they prepare for a long hibernation in their
summer abodes: cocoons constructed from their own
freezing saliva. The cocoons’ temperature resistance makes
it an exceptional insulation material for delicate machinery,
and Triaxian factories long ago devised chemical baths
that make the cocoons more pliable. Freelance hunters
can collect considerable bounties for these cocoons.
Summerborn ryphorians actively seek and destroy
slumbering ursikkas—not only to profit off their cocoons and
hides, but also to cull the predators before they awaken the
next winter and pose an active threat to communities. These
local crews and hunting teams periodically join forces, each
benefiting from the others’ aid. Their joint hunting ventures
are limited to the summer seasons. This is in part because
ursikkas almost always consume their cocoons to recoup
the expended nutrients when they emerge in winter, and
also because hunting hibernating ursikkas is safer than
tracking active ones. The creatures are still ferocious even
in summer, but their saliva production slows considerably
during hibernation, and unless an awoken ursikka can eat
enough to build a new cocoon, it often dies from exposure.
Disturbed ursikkas sometimes rampage in the verdant
summer wildernesses, desperate to eat and then return
to sleep.
Thanks to their tempestuous tempers and voracious
appetites, ursikkas typically live solitary existences. However,
where prey is abundant, ursikkas sometimes live in pairs or,
rarely, in small hives. Even then, they typically hunt alone and
fiercely guard their kills from their kin.
Ursikka hide armor is uncommon in shops on Triaxus,
rare across the Pact Worlds at large, and nearly impossible
to find elsewhere in the galaxy. In some places on Triaxus—
especially in the rural Allied Territories and Ning—wearing a
suit of ursikka hide armor is a point of pride, a symbol of one’s
courage and hunting prowess. For this reason, and to reap the
rewards from selling this valuable resource, mercenary bands
sometimes fan out across the planet’s rural locales specifically
to gamble their lives on hunting these violent creatures.
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Some of the most intrepid hunters seek out ursikkas—and
wily scavengers often search the tundra for fallen ursikka
bodies—to harvest their hides. Ursikka hides are light, supple,
and have an insulating quality that traps body heat, making
them an ideal material for cold weather gear and clothes.
Talented armorsmiths can create flexible light armor from
this leather, which grants cold resistance in addition to the
benefits listed on the table below. Basic ursikka hide armor
provides cold resistance 10, and the resistance increases to 15
and 20 for advanced and elite suits respectively.
URSIKKA HIDE (LIGHT ARMOR)
ARMOR MODEL
Ursikka hide,
basic
Ursikka hide,
advanced
Ursikka hide,
elite
LEVEL
9
PRICE
12,500
13
46,500
+15
17
240,000
+20
MAX DEX
BONUS
7
ARMOR CHECK
PENALTY
—
SPEED
ADJUSTMENT
—
+16
7
—
—
2
L
+20
8
—
—
3
L
EAC BONUS KAC BONUS
+9
+9
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UTESRA
CR 5
XP 1,600
UTESRA
CR 5
XP 1,600
UTESRA PHYLARCH
CR 11
XP 12,800
N Medium vermin
Init +5; Senses blindsense (vibration) 30 ft.; darkvision 60 ft.;
Perception +11
DEFENSE
EAC 17; KAC 19
Fort +7; Ref +9; Will +4
Resistances electricity 5 (10 vs. nonlethal electricity)
HP 70
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
Melee bite +14 (1d6+8 P) or
shock tendril +14 (1d6+5 E nonlethal plus grab; critical
staggered)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (30 ft. with shock tendril)
Offensive Abilities strobe
STATISTICS
Str +3; Dex +5; Con +2; Int —; Wis +1; Cha –3
Skills Stealth +11
ECOLOGY
Environment any hill, mountain, or urban
Organization solitary, pair, or scintillation (3–8)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Shock Tendril (Ex) An utesra can lash with its electrically
charged dorsal stalk. This attack lets the utesra
ensnare the target per the grab ability, though the
attack result is compared to the target’s EAC to
determine whether the creature is grappled or pinned.
Anytime the utesra renews the grapple, it also deals
the tendril’s damage and repositions the target 5 feet
closer to the utesra, plus 5 more feet for every 5 by
which the attack exceeds the target’s EAC + 4. If the
target ends the forced movement within the utesra’s
normal reach, it can bite the target as a move action. A
creature can sever a shock tendril by dealing 20 points
of slashing damage to it (the tendril has the same AC as
the utesra). An utesra can regenerate a severed tendril
over the course of a week.
Strobe (Ex) As a standard action, an utesra can flicker
one or more of its dorsal stalks until the beginning of
its next turn, creating subtle, calming electromagnetic
vibrations. The utesra can maintain this strobing each
round as a move action. Any creature other than an
utesra within 60 feet of the utesra and able to see
the display becomes fascinated (Will DC 13 negates)
for as long as the utesra continues to strobe, though
threatening actions can potentially break the effect as
normal. A creature that succeeds at this saving throw
is immune to the strobe of utesras (but not utesra
phylarchs) for 24 hours. The utesra can’t concurrently
use a stalk to create a shock tendril and to strobe.
UTESRA PHYLARCH
CR 11
XP 12,800
N Large vermin
Init +3; Senses
blindsense
(vibration) 30
ft.; darkvision 60 ft.;
Perception +20
DEFENSE HP 180
EAC 24; KAC 26
Fort +15; Ref +13;
Will +10
Resistances
electricity 10 (20 vs. nonlethal electricity)
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
Melee bite +23 (4d6+19 P) or
ovipositor +23 (3d8+11 P plus
injection; see text) or
shock tendril +21 (3d8+11 E nonlethal;
critical staggered)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft. (40 ft. with shock tendril)
Offensive Abilities strobe
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +3; Con +5; Int —; Wis +1; Cha –1
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Skills Stealth +20
ECOLOGY
Environment any hill, mountain, or urban
Organization solitary, pair, or scintillation (1 phylarch plus
2–6 utesras)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Injection (Ex) When an utesra phylarch hits a target with
its ovipositor, it can attempt a second attack with a +23
bonus against the same target’s EAC as a move action.
If it hits, it deals 3d8+11 acid damage and exposes the
target to utesra incubation (see below) by injecting a
cluster of eggs into the target. Once an utesra phylarch
deals this acid damage, it can’t use its injection again for
2d6 hours.
Shock Tendril (Ex) See page 130.
Strobe (Ex) As page 130, but the Will save DC is 18.
utesras increasingly breaking into small houses on Gaskar
III, several medical evacuations of utesras’ victims have
accidentally spread the vermin beyond that planet. Most
infamously, a crew of biological surveyors attempted to flee
to Absalom Station after being attacked by a phylarch, but
by the time the starship emerged from the Drift, juvenile
utesras had hatched and overrun the ship, killing its crew.
The ship later crashed into Akiton, and the surviving
utesras have since spread along the planet’s Edaio Rift as an
invasive species—especially in the cliff city of Maro, where
they prey upon humanoids. The creatures’ affinity for cliffs
has even resulted in their taking over old skyscrapers and
other artificial structures to form deadly hunting platforms
where their haunting lures blend in with other urban lights.
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Type disease (injury); Save Fortitude DC 18
Track physical; Frequency 1/day
Effect No latent state; if the infected creature dies,
1d4+3 juvenile utesras hatch and devour the corpse
over the course of 1d4 days.
Cure 2 consecutive saves
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Utesras evolved on the rain-ravaged planet of Gaskar III
in Near Space. Often simply called “cliff anglers,” they are
insectile predators adapted to clinging to wet escarpments
and luring prey within reach using hypnotic light displays.
A series of electrocyte-dense organs run along an utresa’s
thorax, head, and hunting tendrils, allowing the
creature to sense its surroundings with sonarlike pulses, create soft flashes of light and direct
painful shocks. The haunting lights have spawned
cautionary tales that mirror those of the
will-o’-wisp, warning travelers against
wandering toward the promise of lights
spotted in the rain and fog.
Utesras are obligate parasitoids, able to
reproduce only by incubating their eggs in others’
flesh. The common utesra is merely a voracious larval
form of the organism, and only after feeding consistently
and molting repeatedly does the larva develop into an
adult, referred to as an utesra phylarch. Phylarches
incapacitate larger prey to lay their eggs in, typically
abandoning the host in a relatively dry location until
the eggs can hatch. In rare cases a phylarch even
shadows its hosts for days, chasing off other
predators like an ill-intentioned guardian.
Although stealthy, utesras favor ambushes
over patiently stalking victims. However,
ongoing settlement of their longstanding
habitat has led to an increase in
aggressive and opportunistic behavior. In addition to
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VASPORAN
CR 9
XP 6,400
VASPORAN
CR 9
XP 6,400
N Large animal
Init +3; Senses blindsense (scent) 90 ft., low-light vision;
Perception +17
DEFENSE
VASPORAN
BROODLING
CR 4
XP 1,200
EAC 22; KAC 24
Fort +13; Ref +13; Will +8
Defensive Abilities flash molt
HP 145
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft., fly 40 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee claw +21 (2d10+13 S)
Ranged spines +18 (5d4+9 P)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Offensive Abilities ambush strike
STATISTICS
Str +4; Dex +3; Con +6; Int –4; Wis +1, Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +17, Athletics +17 (+25 to climb), Stealth +22
Other Abilities autotomous flight, gaseous flesh
ECOLOGY
Environment any sky (Old Ustavia)
Organization solitary or pair
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Ambush Strike (Ex) A vasporan deals 2d8 additional
damage against any creature unaware of it.
Autotomous Flight (Ex) A vasporan can molt specific parts
of its skin to create sacs that catch wind currents or
become filled with gases. In winds higher than a light
wind (Starfinder Core Rulebook 399), a vasporan’s fly
speed increases by 15 feet.
Flash Molt (Ex) As a reaction when hit by an attack that
targets its KAC, a vasporan can molt its flesh to attempt
to avoid the attack. The vasporan gains hardness 20
against the attack’s damage and can take a guarded step.
The vasporan can’t use flash molt again for 1d4 rounds.
Gaseous Flesh (Ex) A vasporan’s flesh contains pockets of
volatile gases trapped just beneath the surface. These
pockets ignite and explode when a vasporan is hit by
a melee attack that deals fire damage. This deals 2d6
fire damage to creatures adjacent to the vasporan. A
creature can avoid this damage with a successful DC 16
Reflex save.
Spines (Ex) As a standard action, a vasporan can eject thin
spines as a ranged attack that targets KAC and has a
range increment of 30 feet.
VASPORAN BROODLING
CR 4
XP 1,200
N Medium animal
Init +3; Senses blindsense
(scent) 90 ft., low-light
vision; Perception +10
DEFENSE
EAC 16; KAC 18
Fort +8; Ref +8; Will +3
Defensive Abilities flash molt
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft., fly 40 ft. (Ex, average)
Melee claw +12 (1d6+5 S)
Ranged spines +9 (1d6+4 P)
Offensive Abilities ambush strike
STATISTICS
Str +1; Dex +3; Con +5; Int –4; Wis +1, Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +10, Athletics +10 (+18 to climb),
Stealth +15
Other Abilities autotomous flight
ECOLOGY
Environment any sky (Old Ustavia)
Organization solitary, pair, or brood (3–6)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Ambush Strike (Ex) See above, except the vasporan
broodling deals 1d6 additional damage.
Autotomous Flight (Ex) See above.
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HP 50
ALIEN ARCHIVE 4
Flash Molt (Ex) See above, except the vasporan broodling
gains hardness 10.
Spines (Ex) See page 132.
Vasporans are ambush predators capable of molting at highly
accelerated rates. They use this molting ability for both offense
and defense. A vasporan can molt select parts of its body to
create large, balloon-like sacs it can use to catch air currents
to fly. In environments where wind is minimal or unreliable,
a vasporan can also produce internal gases to fill these sacs
and thus create independent lift. The vasporan uses its flight
to ambush creatures from a great height. In cases when its
ambush fails or the vasporan itself is the subject of an attack,
it molts as a means to escape injury. A vasporan can produce a
reactive agent that causes its molted skin to instantly harden
when exposed to air. This tough, molted shell serves as a
distraction and can even intercept an attack in dire situations.
A vasporan’s highly sensitive sense of smell warns it
of approaching predators, and it’s also useful in detecting
prey from great distances between various layers of thick
gases. In addition using their molting capabilities to escape,
vasporans molt their shells as a distraction. In most cases,
vasporans molt after a failed ambush to make it difficult
for the would-be prey to know where the vasporans have
gone. The creatures also mark their territories with dozens
of brittle moltings, both as a warning to other creatures and
as an early detection system—a
vasporan shell makes a
distinct crackling and
popping sound when
it’s stepped on or
destroyed
that
can alert the
former
owner
when danger is
approaching.
In recent years,
xenobiologists have
posited that some
particularly
hardy
specimens are able to
produce a unique mix
of gases that can both
accelerate them to the
high speeds needed to reach
nearby planets and provide them
with breathable air on the journey.
Such exceptional vasporans are
thought to be rare, but vasporan
broods on other planets are
nonetheless becoming more common,
and many species are now having
to learn to contend with these
dangerous creatures.
A typical vasporan is 11 feet long and weighs 750 pounds.
MOLTING COAT MODULES
VASPORAN
These armor upgrades replicate the defensive flash molting
of a vasporan by secreting a thin coat of enzymes and other
materials that completely cover a piece of armor. The module
is capable of shunting the coat, which instantaneously
hardens when exposed to most atmospheres.
ARMOR
UPGRADE
MOLTING COAT MODULE
PRICE VARIES
LEVEL VARIES
ARMOR SLOTS 1 ARMOR TYPE ANY
BULK —
A molting coat module replicates the quick-molting skin
of a vasporan. You can activate the module as a reaction
when you are hit by an attack targeting your KAC while
in an atmosphere. You reduce the attack’s damage by an
amount equal to 5 × the upgrade’s mark number. This
reduction applies only to the triggering attack and stacks
with one other source of damage reduction or resistance.
The module requires 1 hour to secrete a new coat before it
can be used again.
UPGRADE
Molting coat module, mk 1
Molting coat module, mk 2
Molting coat module, mk 3
LEVEL
5
11
17
PRICE
2,700
23,000
225,000
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VORAIJA
VORAIJA
VORAIJA
TIER 1/2
TIER 1/2
N Small starship magical beast
Speed 10; Maneuverability perfect (turn 0)
AC 12; TL 12
HP 35; DT —; CT 7
Shields none
Attack (Forward) basic ramming prow SOM (2d4; 0 hexes)
Attack (Aft) tail slap (1d4, ripper; 5 hexes)
Attack (Turret) vocalization (1d8 plus EMP; 20 hexes)
Power Core voraija heart (90 PCU); Drift Engine none;
Systems basic computer, basic medium-range sensors,
mk 1 armor, mk 1 defenses, extra weapon mount (aft arc);
Expansion Bays none
Other Abilities living starship, pod synergy, void adaptation
CREW ACTIONS
Gunner (1 action) gunnery +3 (1st level)
Pilot (1 action) Piloting +10 (1 rank)
Science Officer (1 action) Computers +4 (1 rank)
ECOLOGY
Environment any gas giant or vacuum
Organization solitary, pair, or pod (3–30)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Living Starship (Ex) A voraija is a living creature so
immense that it functions as a starship (and thus
engages only in starship combat). It has no crew,
but it can still take crew actions using the skill
bonuses, ranks, and level listed above. Modifiers for
its size, speed, and maneuverability have already
been factored into its statistics. Use the following
table to determine the effects when the voraija takes
critical damage.
D%
1–20
DAMAGE
MINIMUM SIZE
Sensory Melon Condition applies to all science officer
actions.
21–51 Weapons Array Randomly determine one arc
containing weapons; condition
applies to gunner actions using
weapons in that arc.
51–85 Propulsion
Condition applies to all pilot actions.
86–100 Brain
During the next round, each of the
creature’s attempted actions has a
25% chance of failure.
Pod Synergy (Ex) Members of a voraija pod communicate
through microwave calls and can coordinate their
attacks as a group. Treat all damage from vocalization
attacks as if it came from a single attack for the purpose
of overcoming a target’s damage threshold. In addition, a
pod of three or more voraijas can choose to roll a single
Piloting check during the helm phase to determine their
movement order, gaining a +1 circumstance bonus to the
check for every three participating voraijas (maximum
+5); each participating voraija uses the check’s result.
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Spines (Ex) A voraija’s fins and body bristle with defensive
spines. When rammed by an enemy or struck by an
attack whose maximum range is 1 hex, the voraija deals
1d4 damage to the attacker.
The gregarious, cetacean-like creatures known as voraijas
grow to lengths of 100 feet or more. Though rarely glimpsed
in their void migrations, pods of these graceful beasts cavort
effortlessly through the vacuum, singing to each other in
microwave concerts that reverberate through starship hulls
and light up planetary sensors. Their migrations, erratic and
ponderous, trace paths across the stars such that a pod
might only return to a system once every few centuries. On
entering a system, voraijas swim up the solar wind currents
in search of gas giant planets where they can rest and
give birth. They often remain in these planets for months
or even years, where they protect their young. Once the
young voraijas can travel, the pod then spends several more
months touring the system, sounding out each planet and
moon with powerful microwave bursts to sense what has
changed since their last visit.
Voraijas reach maturity at about 35 years of age, growing
to lengths of 80 feet and weighing about 40 tons. Their
lifespans encompass centuries, with some matriarchs
surpassing the millennium mark. Voraija skin looks like a
mix of warm colors, such as yellow, orange, and pink. This
coloration provides little for concealment in open space, yet
the creatures benefit from the camouflage mottling when
hunting in the upper reaches of gas giants. Voraijas have
specific patterns unique to each one, and every individual
has a different pattern of metal-rich osteoderms that disrupt
microwave radiation to generate a unique echo, which helps
the pod identify members even across vast distances.
This variant of echolocation and their whale-like forms
caused biologists to mistakenly classify voraijas as a
subspecies of oma (Starfinder Alien Archive page 88),
yet voraijas belong to a completely different species.
Their version of starsong has only rudimentary telepathic
undertones, conveying most of its power and meaning
through electromagnetic waves. In contrast to omas’
ethereal, mournful sonatas, playful riffs and forceful shouts
characterize voraija vocalizations, carrying a vibrational
component that most creatures feel as buzzing or heat—or
that most starship sensors read as overpowering static.
This communication is key to voraijas’ survival, as they
coordinate closely to hunt in pods, favoring organic creatures
native to gas giants. Using bursts of high-frequency waves,
voraijas corral and stun comparatively small prey like cloud
rays (page 20) before swallowing their targets whole. Voraija
have fairly small teeth, ill-suited to inflicting lethal wounds.
However, eyewitnesses attest that voraijas occasionally
ALIEN ARCHIVE 4
team up to hunt large prey, such as space tardigrades
(Starfinder Alien Archive 3 page 40) or omas; during these
efforts, voraijas kill their targets with microwave bursts
before biting into the carcass and rolling away for added
leverage. When driving off threats, voraijas turn to their
powerful rostrums and tails, both of which can inflict terrible
bludgeoning blows.
A visiting voraija pod’s songs can instigate serious
communications disruption across a nearby planet’s surface,
much like being hit by a solar flare. Technologically advanced
societies often send starship escorts to shepherd voraijas
before the creatures cause too much damage. However,
these encounters often result in misunderstanding and
violence due to the voraijas’ stubborn curiosity. Each death
only enrages the creatures, for the emotional bonds within
a family are powerful. The loss of an elder—especially a
pod’s matriarch—can leave the group disoriented and angry,
spurring the voraijas to vindictively hunt and destroy any
starships they can find in a system.
In the past, unscrupulous starship manufacturers
hunted voraija (or paid bounties to independent outfits)
and harvested their organs, including their brains and
hearts, to install into existing systems as budget biotech
upgrades. A dwindling number of elder voraijas bear the
scars of this cruel practice, which often involved injecting
transmitters into survivors to track the pod for future hunts.
Today, Pact Worlds legislation explicitly forbids hunting
voraijas, almost completely collapsing the industry. While
most voraijas are docile and don’t attack starships without
provocation, a few ancient matriarchs remember how they
were once hunted, and actively assault any starships that
get too close.
Entrepreneurs have explored a more humane way to
profit off the creatures: voraija tours. In exchange for a
substantial sum of credits, guides pilot voraija-spotting
vessels—anything from luxurious liners to spartan
shuttles—that carry tourists as close as possible to voraija
pods to watch the creatures fly and sing. All too often,
these starships draw too near, provoking the voraijas to
lash out. Xenowardens and other activists have steadfastly
opposed this growing industry, yet the practice shows no
sign of slowing despite the dangers.
VORAIJA-INSPIRED SYSTEMS
Starship Spines
Starship spines are a combination of rigid spikes, jagged
blades, and long spines that can fend off nearby starships
and creatures. When a starship outfitted with starship spines
is rammed by another vessel (Starfinder Starship Operations
Manual pages 16–17) or struck by an attack whose maximum
range is 1 hex, that vessel provokes a free attack with the
spines from the starship. The spines are a starship weapon
that require no mount; they can attack any arc, can’t be used
to make any other attacks, and deal damage based on the
spines’ mark. Depending on their size, some spines can only
be installed on starships of a minimum size.
DAMAGE
1d4
3d4
5d4
8d4
12d4
MINIMUM SIZE
—
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Medium
Large
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manufacturers. Before voraija hunting became illegal in
much of the galaxy, harvested parts formed the foundation of
some starship-scale biotech. Since the protective legislation,
though, manufacturers have jealously studied their rare
intact cadavers to adapt ethical, artificial alternatives.
MODEL
Mk 1
Mk 2
Mk 3
Mk 4
Mk 5
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WARPSTITCHER
WARPSTITCHER
CR 14
XP 38,400
WARPSTITCHER
CR 14
XP 38,400
LE Large aberration
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +25
DEFENSE
EAC 28; KAC 30
Fort +16; Ref +16; Will +14
Defensive Abilities resist reality
HP 225
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
Melee claw +27 (8d6+22 P plus warp suture; critical bleed
2d8)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Offensive Abilities warp suture
STATISTICS
Str +8; Dex +4; Con +3; Int +1; Wis +0; Cha +6
Skills Athletics +25, Bluff +30, Mysticism +25, Stealth +25
Languages Common; telepathy 100 ft., truespeech
ECOLOGY
Environment any land
Organization solitary or scolding (2–6)
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
Resist Reality (Su) As a reaction, when the warpstitcher
would take damage, it can gain resistance 10 against one
of the damage types the triggering attack deals. This
resistance applies to the triggering attack’s damage and
lasts until the beginning of the warpstitcher’s next turn.
The warpstitcher can’t use this ability to reduce damage
dealt to its warp sutures.
If the warpstitcher has at least one living creature
grappled or pinned with warp suture (see below), this
ability deals 5d8 force damage to one of those creatures
(5d8+14 if the creature is pinned) unless it succeeds at a
DC 20 Will save. If the creature fails this saving throw, the
resistance granted by this ability this round increases by
an amount equal to one-quarter the damage dealt.
Warp Suture (Su) A warpstitcher uses long claws threaded
with strands of quintessence to sew its unfortunate
victims into itself. If a warpstitcher’s claw attack
roll result equals or exceeds the target’s KAC + 4, it
automatically grapples the target. (If it equals or exceeds
the target’s KAC + 13, it instead pins the target). On the
beginning of the warpstitcher’s next turn after grappling
or pinning the target, if the target hasn’t escaped the
grapple or pin, the target automatically takes the claw
attack’s damage. The warpstitcher can then make a new
attack roll with the same attack as a standard action. If
the roll equals or exceeds the target’s KAC, the grapple
or pin is maintained.
While grappled or pinned by this ability, a
target shares the warpstitcher’s space and moves
wherever the warpstitcher does (though the
target doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity for
this movement).
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Creatures can attempt to cut the target free (EAC 28,
KAC 26, 56 HP), though any attack that doesn’t deal
slashing damage deals only half its normal damage.
Alternatively a sewn creature can attempt to wriggle
free using the escape task of the Acrobatics skill (DC
36), or the creature can burst free with a successful
DC 15 Athletics check as a standard action, though the
latter deals 8d6+14 slashing damage to the target as it
tears free.
A warpstitcher can grapple or pin up to two Medium
creatures in this way (doubling the number of creatures
it can bind for each additional size category by which
these creatures are smaller). If a target dies while
grappled or pinned by this ability, its body is absorbed
into the warpstitcher and destroyed 1d3 rounds later.
A warpstitcher preys upon sapient creatures, targeting
spellcasters who manipulate the fabric of the multiverse.
Terrifying to behold, these aberrations have several barbed,
insectile legs supporting a massive, bulbous torso that
writhes and roils with the flesh of victims they’ve grafted
into their bodies. The warpstitcher’s back has five slender
appendages that each taper into needle-like points of
extraordinary sharpness. The creature’s infamy and name
stem from their hunting strategy: they pin down their
victim, skewer its flesh, and use shimmering thread to sew
the hapless creature into their bodies.
Those few who’ve survived being sewn to a warpstitcher
claim the stitches pulse with energy that trigger disturbing
visions, such as the victims’ deaths in alternate realities. For
most, the revelations prove so painful or incomprehensible
that those survivors’ minds suffer irreparable damage. A
rare handful instead experience different visions entirely,
emerging from the near-death experience with an ineffable
sense of revelation and euphoria. This possibility has led
desperate sensates to hunt down a warpstitcher on the off
chance of attaining this strange enlightenment, as survivors
sometimes achieve unprecedented witchwarping powers.
Most die, however. Once a victim’s consciousness has been
utterly destroyed, a warpstitcher absorbs the body that
continues to kick and contort from unseen nightmares. No
one knows for certain if a warpstitcher feeds off its victims’
flesh, thoughts, energy from other timelines, or something
else entirely.
Warpstitchers hunt those who wield powerful magic
or technology recklessly, believing such abuses create
dimensional echoes that damage alternate realities. Upon
identifying a target, warpstitchers stalk their quarry
relentlessly, confirming their suspicions before striking.
They favor targeting witchwarpers, whose magic frequently
violates numerous warpstitcher taboos. Other potential prey
for these aberrations include those who wield supernatural
power, especially irreverent solarians and engineers of
space-bending technologies. Warpstitchers hold a special
hatred for Drift engines, believing that starships that have
them inflict terrible wounds on extraplanar ecosystems.
Although they’re most often encountered as remorseless
assassins, warpstitchers regularly communicate with
others telepathically. In some cases, they might deliver a
grim admonition to an amateur spellcaster practicing their
first cantrips, only to disappear seconds later. More often,
warpstitchers assert control over a group of weaker creatures
through lies and manipulation, promising to tell their
subordinates’ futures or open a portal to extradimensional
riches in exchange for obedience. For all the aberrations’
power, they almost never have the capability to fulfill these
promises. Instead they rely on coercing others into making
up for their shortcomings, such as by transporting the
warpstitchers to other worlds, providing magical support, or
securing rare lore that might help the warpstitchers find their
way home and undo the Gap’s damage.
Warpstitchers’ most dangerous lies, however, might be the
ones they tell themselves. Many warpstitchers believe that
eons ago, when the infinite fabric of the multiverse amounted
to no more than a single thread, the gods created their kind
to sew together the space between alternate realities. There,
warpstitchers reinforced cosmic boundaries and mended
tears resulting from interdimensional paradoxes. That is, until
the Gap, when warpstitchers woke to find themselves ripped
from their interstitial realms and condemned to live among
mortal creatures. Many warpstitchers blame witchwarpers
for the Gap and the warpstitchers’ subsequent exile. The
aberrations’ own mythology insists these spellcasters
greedily altered reality to eliminate warpstitchers and to
access immense magical power before creating the Gap to
erase the memory of their deeds and hide their betrayal.
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Made from razor-sharp fragments of warpstitcher claws
housed within reinforced bullets, scattergun shells, or
warheads, warpshot transforms on impact into whatever
would best devastate the target. If warpshot ammunition
hits a creature vulnerable to a particular damage type, the
warpshot ammunition’s damage changes to that type. If
warpshot ammunition’s damage would be reduced by the
target’s resistances, the ammunition’s damage changes
to force damage. This fusion never causes a weapon that
normally targets KAC to target EAC. Due to the scarcity of
warpstitchers and the dangers in harvesting the necessary
material, warpshot ammunition is incredibly rare.
SPECIAL AMMUNITION
Warpshot
scattergun shells
LEVEL PRICE CARTRIDGES BULK SPECIAL
14 9,750
25
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Warpshot rounds,
heavy
14
9,750
20
L
ForceAR
Warpshot minirockets
14
9,750
10
L
ForceAR
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WORLANISI
WORLANISI
CR 1
XP 400
WORLANISI
CR 1
XP 400
WORLANISI
FORTUNAUT
CR 9
XP 6,400
STATISTICS
CG Small humanoid (worlanisi)
Init +2; Perception +5
DEFENSE
EAC 11; KAC 12
Fort +1; Ref +3; Will +4; –1 vs. mind-affecting effects
Weaknesses psychic reverb
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee tactical baton +4 (1d4+1 B)
Ranged pulsecaster pistol +6 (1d4+1 E nonlethal)
HP 17
Str +0; Dex +2; Con +0; Int +1; Wis +0; Cha +4
Skills Acrobatics +10, Athletics +10 (+18 to climb), Bluff +10,
Culture +5, Mysticism +5
Languages Common, Worlanisi; limited telepathy 60 ft.
Other Abilities multiarmed (4), worlanisi gamble, worlanisi
luck
Gear flight suit stationwear, pulsecaster pistol with 2
batteries (20 charges each), tactical baton
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Worlan)
Organization solitary, pair, or fluke (3–5)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Psychic Reverb (Ex) A worlanisi takes a –1 penalty to
saving throws against mind-affecting effects and takes
+1 damage per damage die from mind-affecting spells,
weapons, and other effects.
Worlanisi Gamble (Ex) Once per day as a reaction when the
worlanisi or an ally they can see within 15 feet rolls an
attack roll, saving throw, or skill check, the worlanisi causes
that creature to roll twice and take the better result.
Worlanisi Luck (Ex) The first time each day that a
worlanisi rolls a natural 1 on a d20 roll, they treat it
as a natural 20 instead.
WORLANISI FORTUNAUT
CR 9
XP 6,400
Worlanisi mechanic
CG Small humanoid (worlanisi)
Init +4; Perception +17
DEFENSE
EAC 22; KAC 23
Fort +10; Ref +10; Will +10; –1 vs. mind-affecting
Weaknesses psychic reverb
HP 135
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee incapacitator +17 (3d4+11 B nonlethal)
Ranged persuader +19 (2d4+9 E & F; critical wound)
Offensive Abilities overload (DC 18), override (DC 18),
target tracking
STATISTICS
Str +2; Dex +4; Con +3; Int +6; Wis +2; Cha +4
Skills Acrobatics +17, Athletics +22 (+30 to climb),
Computers +22, Diplomacy +17, Engineering +22
Feats Fusillade
Languages Common, Worlanisi; limited telepathy 60 ft.
Other Abilities artificial intelligence (exocortex), expert rig,
mechanic tricks (holographic projector, neural shunt),
miracle worker (1/day), multiarmed (4), remote hack (40
ft.), wireless hack, worlanisi gamble, worlanisi luck
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Gear d-suit III, incapacitator with 1 battery (20 charges), 4
persuadersAR with 4 batteries (20 charges each)
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Worlan)
Organization solitary, pair, or jackpot (3–5)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Psychic Reverb (Ex) See page 138.
Worlanisi Gamble (Ex) See page 138.
Worlanisi Luck (Ex) See page 138.
Hailing from the Near Space planet of Worlan, worlanisi have
become known across the galaxy for their preternatural luck.
This luck seems to stem from some inborn trait, and worlanisi
society has affirmed and integrated this luck
into its collective mindset for
generations. From an early age,
worlanisi are taught to see the
lucky side of virtually every
event. Even situations that
others might see as significant
downturns in fortune, worlanisi
typically interpret as blessings
in disguise.
Despite (or perhaps because
of) worlanisi’s ubiquitous good
fortune, many aspects of their
culture account for or even
offset luck, favoring meritocracy
and egalitarian processes. Their
most popular sports and games,
including the strategic card game
Seven Suns, have little to no element of
luck—often the only kind of games that others
play with worlanisi. In places where their
lucky reputation precedes them, worlanisi
earn steady work from those seeking an
extra edge. Most such endeavors prove to
be self-fulfilling prophecies, as associates
commonly attribute fortunate outcomes
to their worlanisi comrades—whether or not
the latter’s fate-bending knack played any role.
This narrative has become so entrenched in
popular culture that to “draw straws with a
worlanisi” has since turned into a common
expression meaning to accept one’s fate.
Disreputable worlanisi enjoy playing on this
reputation and pushing it to its extreme,
bilking the gullible by claiming to offer, for
instance, excellent investment schemes that
can’t possibly go wrong.
Desna, goddess of luck and travelers,
is a favorite patron among the worlanisi.
Many of them take to the stars upon
reaching early adulthood—often with
RACIAL TRAITS
Ability Adjustments: +2 Str, +2 Cha, –2 Wis
Hit Points: 4
Size and Type: Worlanisi are Small humanoids with
the worlanisi subtype.
Limited Telepathy: Worlanisi have limited telepathy
with a range of 60 feet.
Multiarmed (4): See page 154.
Psychic Reverb: See page 138.
Worlanisi Gamble: See page 138.
Worlanisi Luck: See page 138.
Worlanisi Movement: Worlanisi have a land speed of
30 feet and a climb speed of 20 feet.
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very little direction or preplanning—making a
hitchhiking worlanisi a common sight in starship hubs.
Worlanisi as a whole tend to look upon other species
as tragically unfortunate, though usually with
great sympathy for their plights. Even more
pitiable are those individuals who try to
augment their luck with superstitions, rituals,
or talismans; to worlanisi you either have
it or you don’t. Some worlanisi cheerfully
offer themselves for various dangerous
ventures in the name of balancing a crew’s
long odds—some parties consider the
presence of these four-armed good luck
charms a boon while others interpret
a worlanisi’s confidence as reckless
or condescending.
Worlanisi develop horn-cones
at an early age, with additional
concentric rings forming during
puberty. These structures
amplify both incoming and
outgoing mental signals. In
their distant evolutionary
past, worlanisi used these
structures to detect and follow faint telepathic
signatures while on the hunt, similar to how
some insects track pheromone trails. However,
untold millennia of other selective pressures
and improved technologies have diminished
their horn-cones’ size and functions. Presently,
many worlanisi have to exercise their minds
regularly to simply maintain their telepathic
abilities. Though no longer sensitive enough to
detect minds or parse others’ thoughts, the
vestigial horn-cones still painfully amplify
incoming mental effects to psychically
deafening levels.
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This section introduces a new type of augmentation known
as a species graft, giving you the ability to partially transcend
your species by taking on the racial traits of other species.
Species grafts follow the rules for augmentations (Starfinder
Core Rulebook 208), in that they are installed in specific
systems on your body. Once installed, they become a part
of your body and generally can’t be affected by abilities that
destroy or disable objects. Most of these augmentations are
installed into the more common systems.
Species grafts can be cybernetics, biotech, magitech, nanite
enhancements, or any other form of augmentation. A specific
species graft might describe its form, but that is merely an
example. Your GM might decide what a species graft looks
like when you purchase one or you might determine its
specifics when you craft it. This doesn’t affect how a species
graft functions—only its appearance.
The benefits of a species graft don’t stack with the benefits
granted by a racial trait of the same name. For example, a
vesk character can’t benefit from the armor savant graft.
Species grafts are different from other augmentations in
that they count as the racial trait mentioned in the name of
the graft, and having one installed allows you to take feats
and other player options that have that racial trait as a
prerequisite. For example, if you have a limited telepathy graft
installed, you count as having the limited telepathy racial trait
in order to satisfy the prerequisite for the Extended Telepathy
feat (Starfinder Pact Worlds 191). You can’t replace racial traits
granted by species grafts with alternate racial traits, as those
must be chosen at 1st level.
If you have a species graft removed, you no longer count
as having the associated racial trait. If you have feats or
other options with that racial trait as a prerequisite, you can
no longer use them. You can replace a feat with a new one
that has no prerequisites by spending a full week retraining
(Starfinder Character Operations Manual 155).
The augmentations presented here represent racial traits
from species from the Starfinder Core Rulebook, Starfinder Pact
Worlds, and the first four Starfinder Alien Archive volumes.
ABSORB FORCE GRAFT
PRICE 1,350
LEVEL 3
Witchwyrds can catch magic missiles (from the spell of the
same name), and mystical dampeners installed let you do the
same. As a reaction, you can use any number of your free
hands to catch magic missiles fired at you. Doing so absorbs
the missile and manifests as a glowing nimbus around that
hand (which is no longer considered free) until the beginning
of your next turn. To use this ability, you must be aware of
the incoming magic missiles and can’t be flat-footed. This
augmentation works best with the force bolt graft (page 144).
SPECIES GRAFTS
NAME
Applied knowledge graft
Balanced graft
Carbonic respiration graft
Cold inured graft
Hold breath graft
Nimble graft
Photosynthesis graft
Polymath graft
Bolt graft
Bulwark graft
Desert stride graft
Electrolocation graft
Natural weapons graft
Partner bond graft
Skin mimic graft
Squirt blood graft
Stealthy swimmer graft
Absorb force graft
Defensive ball graft
Eternal hope graft
Heat tracker graft
Limited telepathy graft
Lurker graft
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SYSTEM
All Hands
LEVEL
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
PRICE
400
350
150
150
200
375
300
140
750
600
480
750
1,000
480
450
700
550
1,350
1,300
1,300
1,225
1,500
1,250
SYSTEM
Brain
All feet
Lungs
Skin
Lungs
All feet
Skin
Brain
All legs and feet
Spinal column
All legs
All hands or all feet
Hand, foot, or spinal column
Brain and throat
Skin
Eye
All legs
All hands
Spinal column
Brain
All eyes
Brain
Skin
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Maze mind graft
Slow fall graft
Sneaky graft
Stonecunning graft
Amplify graft
Beguiling glow graft
Celestial radiance graft
Elven immunities graft
Fiendish gloom graft
Hyper graft
Psychometry graft
Retract graft
Tinker graft
Void flyer graft
Armor savant graft
Atmospheric alteration graft
Communalism graft
Ferocity graft
Lashunta magic graft
Resist energy drain graft
Strix mobility graft
Upgrade slot graft
Atmospheric adaptation graft
Cheek pouches graft
Ferocious charge graft
Force bolt graft
Impel truth graft
Kanabo magic graft
Rolling charge graft
Shielded thoughts graft
Snag graft
Dessamar magic graft
Buoy graft
Electrical affinity graft
Hardened mantle graft
Lithic graft
Psychic shunt graft
Early stage adaptation graft
Grave touch graft
Phase graft
Prehensile tail graft
AMPLIFY GRAFT
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
10
10
11
SYSTEM
Skin
PRICE 2,000
LEVEL 4
Shimreens can absorb and amplify energy within their
crystalline bodies. Plates embedded in your skin allow you
to do the same. Whenever you take energy damage, you can
voluntarily take an additional 1d4 damage of the same type.
The next time you hit with a melee attack, you release this
energy, dealing an additional amount of damage equal to the
extra damage you took (and of the same type). You can’t take
additional damage in this way again until you release your
stored energy. If unused, the stored energy dissipates after
10 minutes. The amount of extra damage you take and deal
1,200
1,200
1,300
1,250
2,000
1,900
1,800
2,100
1,800
2,125
1,875
2,100
1,800
2,000
3,000
2,750
2,800
3,000
3,200
2,800
3,100
2,700
4,500
3,900
4,250
4,300
4,000
3,900
4,400
4,225
4,400
6,200
9,500
9,500
9,000
8,500
9,000
13,000
17,000
17,500
24,750
Brain
Spinal column
All feet
All eyes
Skin
Skin
Skin
Brain
Skin
Heart
Hand and brain
Spinal column
Hand
Lungs and spinal column
Skin
Lungs
Brain
Heart
All hands
Heart
Spinal column
Arm, foot, hand, leg, or spinal column
Lungs
Throat
All arms and legs
Brain
Brain
All hands
All legs
Brain
All arms
All hands
Brain
All hands and skin
Skin
Heart and lungs
Brain
All arms and skin
All hands
Skin
Spinal column
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you reach 16th level.
APPLIED KNOWLEDGE GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 400
LEVEL 1
Contemplatives can apply their extreme intelligence to just
about any situation. This augmentation overstimulates your
brain with tiny electrical charges when you need it most. Once
per day before attempting a skill check or saving throw against
a creature, you can use your bonus for the skill associated
with that creature’s type (such as Life Science for an ooze or
Mysticism for an outsider) in place of your normal bonus.
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ARMOR SAVANT GRAFT
SYSTEM
Skin
PRICE 3,000
LEVEL 5
Some believe the way vesk optimize their armor is the result
of cultural training, while others say it has something to do
with their scales. Either way, microfibers woven throughout
your skin mimic this racial trait. When wearing armor, you
gain a +1 enhancement bonus to AC. When you are wearing
heavy armor, decrease your armor check penalty by 1.
ATMOSPHERIC ADAPTATION GRAFT
SYSTEM
Lungs
PRICE 4,500
LEVEL 6
Hanakans have evolved a symbiotic relationship with a
bacteria in their lungs, allowing them to survive in the toxic
environments of their homeworld. An modification to your
lungs based on this symbiosis grants you immunity to inhaled
poisons, and you are automatically acclimated to thin and
thick atmospheres (Starfinder Core Rulebook 396).
ATMOSPHERIC ALTERATION GRAFT
SYSTEM
Lungs
PRICE 2,750
LEVEL 5
As a fungus species, hortuses can modify the spores they
emit to produce harmful toxins or beneficial gases. Using
microscopic, spore-producing cells in your lungs (or similar
organs), you can do the same. As a move action while in an
atmosphere, you can spend 1 Resolve Point to release these
spores into the air. When you use this ability, choose a type
of saving throw (Fortitude, Reflex, or Will) and whether to
enhance or penalize this save. If you choose to enhance,
creatures within 20 feet of you gain a +2 enhancement bonus
to saving throws of the chosen type for 1d4 rounds; if you
choose to penalize, creatures within 20 feet of you take a –1
penalty to saving throws of the chosen type for 1d4 rounds.
A creature can attempt a Fortitude saving throw (DC = 10 +
half your character level + your Constitution modifier) before
the bonus or penalty is applied to ignore this effect. This is an
inhaled poison effect.
BALANCED GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Feet
PRICE 350
LEVEL 1
The speedy aberrations known as bantrids roll about on their
foot orbs with grace and agility. Gyrostabilizers within your
own feet (or similar appendages) grant you a +2 enhancement
bonus to your AC against trip combat maneuvers and allow
you to stand up from prone as a swift action.
BEGUILING GLOW GRAFT
SYSTEM
Skin
PRICE 1,900
LEVEL 4
Cephalumes communicate in part by controlling their
bioluminescent skin and can use this natural ability to beguiling
effect. Glowing filaments embedded within your skin allow
you to create mesmerizing patterns as a standard action.
Each sighted creature within 20 feet of you must succeed at
a Will saving throw (DC = 10 + half your character level + your
Wisdom modifier) or be fascinated for as long as you continue
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this presentation (requiring a standard action each round).
Creatures that understand Lumos (the racial language of
cephalumes) are unaffected. This a sense-dependent effect.
BOLT GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Legs and Feet
PRICE 750
LEVEL 2
Dromadas have developed significant natural adaptions from
spending years as prey, giving them the ability to run at high
speeds. Mechanisms within your legs (or similar locomotive
appendages) stimulate your muscles to allow you similar
movement. When you take the run full action, you can move
up to five times your speed, change direction once during the
movement, and cross difficult terrain (though such terrain
requires extra movement as normal).
BULWARK GRAFT
SYSTEM
Spinal Column
PRICE 600
LEVEL 2
Trox are intimidating creatures with sturdy, chitinous shells,
and this augmentation grants you an artificial version of that
armor which you can use to shield your allies. When you fight
defensively or take the total defense action, you can grant
half the bonus to AC granted by that action to an adjacent ally
(who receives that bonus only as long as they remain adjacent
to you).
BUOY GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 9,500
LEVEL 8
Most vlakas are acutely attuned to the emotional states of
others, and with a well-timed word or a knowing glance they
can bolster their allies. Augmentations to the empathic regions
of your neural system emulate this trait, allowing you to
identify the perfect time to encourage your allies. As a standard
action, you can spend 1 Resolve Point to restore 1 Resolve Point
to an ally within 30 feet. You can’t use this ability again until
you have taken a 10-minute rest to regain Stamina Points. This
is a sense-dependent, mind-affecting effect.
CARBONIC RESPIRATION GRAFT
SYSTEM
Lungs
PRICE 150
LEVEL 1
As plantlike creatures, khizars have different respiratory
functions than oxygen-breathing creatures. A complete
overhaul of your own respiratory organs enables you
to breathe in carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. (Most
atmospheres considered hospitable to life have an abundant
supply of both.) In situations of slow suffocation, you reduce
the number of effective creatures consuming oxygen by two,
unless no oxygen-breathing creatures are present.
CELESTIAL RADIANCE GRAFT
SYSTEM
Skin
PRICE 1,800
LEVEL 4
As the scions of angels and other celestial beings, aasimars
can shed an almost holy light. With thousands of photonproducing cells embedded under your dermal layer (or
similar system), you can also glow brightly. As a standard
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action, you can cause light within 20 feet of you to increase
two steps (up to bright) and light for 10 more feet beyond
that to increase one step (up to normal). This lasts for 1
minute, but you can dismiss it as a swift action. Magical
darkness can decrease the light level in this area only if it’s
from an item or creature of a level or CR higher than your
level. You can use this ability once per day, plus a number of
additional times equal to half your level.
CHEEK POUCHES GRAFT
SYSTEM
Throat
PRICE 3,900
LEVEL 6
Ysoki’s cheeks are remarkably stretchy, and they use this
to their advantage. Durable skin implanted in your own
cheeks affords you the same benefit. You can store up to 1
cubic foot of items weighing up to 1 bulk in total in your new
cheek pouches, and you can transfer a single object between
hand and cheek as a swift action. You can disgorge the entire
contents of your pouches onto the ground in your square as
a move action that doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity.
COLD INURED GRAFT
SYSTEM
Skin
PRICE 150
LEVEL 1
Esprakas’ home world is a small, frigid planetoid. Chemical
warmers embedded within your skin allow you to be
comfortable in similar environments. You treat severe cold as
cold and extreme cold as severe cold.
COMMUNALISM GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 2,800
LEVEL 5
Shirrens are used to working with others as part of a team, and
subtle rewiring of your neural pathways adjusts your thought
processes to approach collaboration similarly. Once per day,
as long as an ally is within 10 feet, you can roll a single attack
roll or skill check twice and take the higher result.
DEFENSIVE BALL GRAFT
SYSTEM
Spinal Column
PRICE 1,300
LEVEL 3
Bolidas can protect themselves in combat by rolling into a
nearly impenetrable ball. This augmentation segments your
own spinal column (or similar system) to allow you similar
flexibility. As a move action, you condense your body into
a spherical shape. While rolled up in this way, you can only
uncurl as a move action or take the total defense action
(whereupon the bonus you receive to your AC increases to
+5). This augmentation works well with the rolling charge
graft (page 146), though that augmentation isn’t required.
DESERT STRIDE GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Legs
PRICE 480
LEVEL 2
Having evolved on a desert world, kasathas have little trouble
traversing such terrain. Struts installed within your legs or
fibers laced within your leg muscles (or similar locomotive
appendages) allow you to move through nonmagical difficult
terrain in deserts, hills, and mountains at your normal speed.
SYSTEM
All Hands
DESSAMAR MAGIC GRAFT
PRICE 6,200
LEVEL 7
Whether imago or instar, dessamars have intrinsic magical
abilities. Technology-infused runes carved into your hands (or
similar appendages) allow you to cast charm person once per
day, as well as detect magic and telepathic message at will as
spell-like abilities. The caster level for these effects is equal
to your level.
EARLY STAGE ADAPTATION GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Arms and
Skin
PRICE 13,000
LEVEL 9
Even the youngest barathus have control over their mutable
bodies. A series of extendable plates, elastic filaments, and
reflective layers are installed throughout your skin and arms
to provide you similar benefits. Once every 1d4 rounds as a
swift action, you can reshape part of your body and adjust
your chemistry to gain one of the following qualities. The
adaptation lasts until the beginning of your next turn.
D You can add an additional amount of damage to melee
attacks equal to your Strength modifier.
D You gain a +1 enhancement bonus to AC.
D You gain resistance 2 against a single energy type (acid,
cold, electricity, fire, or sonic).
D Your reach is extended by 5 feet.
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SYSTEM
All Hands and Skin
PRICE 9,500
LEVEL 8
Having evolved on electrically active Arkanen, not only are
dirindis unharmed by minor electrical effects, but they can
also channel that energy into magic. Microresistors implanted
under your dermal layer channel electrical energy to emitters
in your hands (or similar appendages). You gain resistance
5 to electricity. In addition, you can cast jolting surge once
per day and energy ray (electricity only) at will as spell-like
abilities. The caster level of these effects is equal to your level.
ELECTROLOCATION GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Hands or All feet
PRICE 750
LEVEL 2
Urogs, which are silicon-based, can feel the presence of other
creatures through conductive surfaces. Sensors installed
in your hands or feet (or similar appendages) can do the
same. When you are in contact with a crystalline or metallic
surface, you can detect the presence of other creatures within
60 feet that are also in contact with the same surface, even
through walls and other obstacles. This otherwise functions
as blindsense (electricity).
ELVEN IMMUNITIES GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 2,100
LEVEL 4
A species steeped in magic, elves have natural resistance to
certain magical effects. Thanks to an implant in your brain,
you become immune to magic sleep effects and gain a +2
enhancement bonus to saving throws against enchantment
spells and effects.
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ETERNAL HOPE GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 1,300
LEVEL 3
Most gnomes have a boundless capacity for optimism, and
this graft adjusts your neural pathways to facilitate positive
thinking. You gain a +2 enhancement bonus to saving throws
against fear effects. In addition, once per day when you roll a
1 on a d20, you can reroll the die and use the second result.
FEROCIOUS CHARGE GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Arms And Legs
PRICE 4,250
LEVEL 6
Uplifted bears can charge at their foes to knock them
down. This augmentation strengthens the muscles in your
extremities and allows you to attempt a trip combat maneuver
in place of a normal melee attack at the end of a charge. In
addition, you can charge without taking the normal penalties
to your attack roll or AC. If you have another ability that
allows you to charge without taking these penalties (such as
the charge attack ability from the soldier’s blitz fighting style),
you also gain the ability to charge through difficult terrain.
FEROCITY GRAFT
SYSTEM
Heart
PRICE 3,000
LEVEL 5
Orcs, half-orcs, and shobhads are known for fighting even after
their wounds should otherwise have brought them down. A
series of tiny pumps within your heart fill it with chemicals
allowing you to stay upright when you would otherwise be
knocked unconscious. Once per day, when you are brought to 0
Hit Points but not killed, you gain the dying condition (following
the normal rules for death and dying) but can continue to act
normally until the end of your next turn, when you become
unconscious as normal. If you take additional damage before
that, you cease to be able to act and fall unconscious.
FIENDISH GLOOM GRAFT
SYSTEM
Skin
PRICE 1,800
LEVEL 4
As the descendants of fiendish beings, tieflings can cloak
an area in an almost unholy darkness. With thousands of
gravitonic light-dampening cells embedded under your dermal
layer, you can also weave a similar gloom. As a standard
action, you can cause light within 20 feet of you to decrease
one step. This lasts for 1 minute, but you can dismiss it as a
swift action. Nonmagical light sources can’t increase the light
level in this area. Magical light can increase the light level in
this area only if it’s from an item or creature of a level or CR
higher than your level. You can use this ability once per day,
plus a number of additional times equal to half your level.
FORCE BOLT GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 4,300
LEVEL 6
Witchwyrds can create arcane projectiles out of the force
they absorb into their hands. You must have the absorb
force graft augmentation (page 140) to take advantage of
this augmentation, which allows you to manipulate the same
energy. The force you absorb into your free hands with the
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absorb force graft now lasts for 6 rounds. As a standard
action during that time, you can throw a magic missile (as
the spell of the same name; 1d4+1 damage with the force
descriptor) from each hand that has absorbed a missile, to a
maximum of two missiles per round, expending the energy.
You can throw additional force bolts from each hand that has
absorbed a magic missile (maximum of two additional bolts
per round), also expending that energy.
GRAVE TOUCH GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Hands
PRICE 17,000
LEVEL 10
Varculaks are undead beings, amnesiac souls locked away
in barely living bodies. With undead flesh grafted onto
your hands (or similar appendages) or arcane mechanisms
generating negative energy installed in your palms, your melee
weapons become wreathed in darkness. You impart the leech
critical hit effect (Starfinder Armory 31) to any melee weapon
you wield, but the saving throw DC is 10 + your character level
+ your Strength modifier, and the duration of the effect is 1d4
rounds. In addition, when a creature fails its save against this
leech critical hit effect, you regain a number of Hit Points equal
to half its CR or level. If the weapon already has a critical hit
effect, you must choose which to apply on a critical hit.
HARDENED MANTLE GRAFT
SYSTEM
Skin
PRICE 9,000
LEVEL 8
Ijtikris are protected by stone-like shells on their heads and
lower mantles. Your own skin has been strengthened with
nanofibers or mystical alloys, granting you a +4 enhancement
bonus to saving throws against critical hit effects. In addition,
you reduce the damage you take from a critical hit by an
amount equal to your character level + your Constitution
bonus to a minimum of 1, or to 0 if you also have another
means of reduction.
HEAT TRACKER GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Eyes
PRICE 1,225
LEVEL 3
Phentomites have the ability to see heat signatures. You can
bring down a reactive, transparent film installed as a second
set of eyelids so that you can see the same signatures as a
full action. You can then detect the latent heat trails left by
passing creatures, allowing you to use the Perception skill to
perform the follow tracks task of the Survival skill; this also
functions as the tracking universal creature rule. While this
ability is active, you take a –1 penalty to Reflex saving throws.
You can deactivate this ability as a move action.
HOLD BREATH GRAFT
SYSTEM
Lungs
PRICE 200
LEVEL 1
Brenneris’ home world, Varturan, is covered in vast
waterways, so they are acclimated to aquatic environments.
Pressure stabilizers within your lungs (or similar respiratory
organs) allow you to hold your breath for 10 minutes and
taking actions doesn’t reduce this duration.
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HYPER GRAFT
SYSTEM
Heart
PRICE 2,125
LEVEL 4
Skittermanders are known for their boundless enthusiasm
and willingness to help. A microprocessor implanted in your
heart (or similar organ) can temporarily increase your heart
rate and give you the energy to do more. Once per day, you
can take an extra move action.
IMPEL TRUTH GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 4,000
LEVEL 6
Many sazarons have developed a magical way to deal with
their cohabitants—tale-spinning dirindi fabulists—in order to
reach the truth of certain matters. A psychic implant in your
brain grants you the ability to cast zone of truth once per day
as a spell-like ability. The caster level of this effect is equal to
your character level.
KANABO MAGIC GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Hands
PRICE 3,900
LEVEL 6
As the children of ja noi oni, most kanabos have innate magical
powers. This augmentation allows you to cast disguise self and
supercharge weapon once per day each as spell-like abilities.
The caster level for these effects is equal to your level.
LASHUNTA MAGIC GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Hands
PRICE 3,200
LEVEL 5
Most lashuntas have the ability to cast minor spells, even if
they haven’t formally studied spellcasting. With tiny attuned
crystals or magically aligned plates in your palms, you can
cast daze and psychokinetic hand at will and detect thoughts
once per day as spell-like abilities. The caster level for these
effects is equal to your level.
LIMITED TELEPATHY GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 1,500
LEVEL 3
Many creatures, such as lashuntas, shirrens, and entu colonies
and symbiotes (page 34), are capable of partial telepathic contact
with other creatures, and this augmentation mimics that racial
trait. You can telepathically communicate with any creature
within 30 feet with whom you share a language. Conversing
telepathically with multiple creatures simultaneously is just as
difficult as listening to multiple people speak at the same time.
LITHIC GRAFT
SYSTEM
Heart and Lungs
PRICE 8,500
LEVEL 8
As silicon-based creatures, quorlus’ internal anatomy differs
greatly from that of most carbon-based life-forms. This
augmentation reinforces parts of your heart and lungs (or
similar vital organs) with silicon plates and nets, making you
immune to disease and poison. However, you can never benefit
from drugs, medicinals, or similar nonmagical substances. You
also gain a +2 enhancement bonus to saving throws against
bleed effects. You don’t need to breathe and you don’t suffer
the normal effects of being in a vacuum.
SYSTEM
Skin
LURKER GRAFT
PRICE 1,250
LEVEL 3
Connected to the Negative Energy Plane, draeliks can almost
disappear in areas of shadow. Pigmentation filters applied to
your skin allow you to do the same. You gain a +4 enhancement
bonus to Stealth checks in dim light or darker conditions.
SYSTEM
Brain
MAZE MIND GRAFT
PRICE 1,200
LEVEL 3
Most nuars have a naturally strong sense of direction Several
microchips installed in your brain help you make similar
connections, granting you a +2 enhancement bonus to Piloting
and Survival checks (as long as you have 1 or more ranks in
those skills). In addition, you can attempt a special level-based
Wisdom check (1d20 + your level + your Wisdom modifier)
instead of using your total bonus in the Piloting skill to navigate
or your total bonus in the Survival skill for orienteering.
NATURAL WEAPONS GRAFT
SYSTEM
Hand, Foot, Or Spinal
Column
PRICE 1,000
LEVEL 2
Many species have natural weapons such as tusks or a
powerful tail. You have a similar augmentation that grants you
the natural weapons universal creature rule (page 154); you
choose the damage type of this natural weapon (bludgeoning,
piercing, or slashing) when you install this augmentation.
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NIMBLE GRAFT
PRICE 375
LEVEL 1
The catlike pahtra are agile and graceful, even in low or zero
gravity. Small hoverjets in your feet (or similar appendages)
afford you similar responsiveness. When you are knocked
off-kilter, you don’t gain the flat-footed condition or take
the normal penalty to attacks. In addition, you can steady
yourself as a swift action instead of a move action.
PARTNER BOND GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain and Throat
PRICE 480
LEVEL 2
Dragonkin have a long history of allying with humanoids and
other species, forming bonds so close the two sometimes seem
to think as one. With a small implant in your voice box (or
similar organ) controlled by a microscopic chip in your brain
(or similar organ), you can form a similar connection. Once this
augmentation is installed, you can form a permanent bond
with one willing non-dragonkin creature. Once this bond is
made, you can’t form another partner bond unless your current
partner dies. You and your partner can communicate with each
other as if you both had telepathy with a range of 100 feet. In
addition, if combat begins with you and your partner within 30
feet of each other, both of you roll separate initiative checks
but treat the higher result as both of your results.
PHASE GRAFT
SYSTEM
Skin
PRICE 17,500
LEVEL 10
Grays can walk through solid objects. Thousands of charged
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filaments threaded throughout your skin give you the ability
to shift yourself out of phase with this reality. As a reaction
to being attacked, you can gain a 20% miss chance against
that attack. You can use this ability a number of times per day
equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum 1).
PHOTOSYNTHESIS GRAFT
SYSTEM
Skin
PRICE 300
LEVEL 1
Like ghorans’ skin, your skin can undergo photosynthesis,
providing you with nutrition without the need to eat (though
you can eat if you wish). You can go without light (either sunlight
or UV light, such as from starships) for 3 days, after which you
must attempt Constitution checks to avoid starvation.
POLYMATH GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 140
LEVEL 1
Osharus teach their young from an early age to appreciate the
vast amounts of knowledge to be learned everywhere. This
augmentation helps to supercharge your neural pathways
to quickly retrieve anything you might have learned. Once
per day, you can automatically succeed at an attempt to aid
another on an Intelligence-based skill check.
PREHENSILE TAIL GRAFT
SYSTEM
Spinal Column
PRICE 24,750
LEVEL 11
Maraquoi, huitz’plinas (page 46), and others have evolved to
be able to use their tails as additional limbs. This augmentation
grants you a tail that is as effective as a hand at manipulating
objects and lets you wield and hold an additional hand’s worth
of weapons and equipment. This doesn’t increase the number
of attacks you can make during combat.
PSYCHIC SHUNT GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 9,000
LEVEL 8
As two coherent souls bonded as one, shakaltas can suppress
certain effects by diverting them to the non-dominant soul. With
an arcane contrivance in your brain (or similar organ), you can
accomplish a similar feat. Once per day as a reaction when you
fail a saving throw against a mind-affecting effect, you can divert
the effect into the recesses of your mind. You are unaffected by
the effect, but for the duration of that effect, you have the offtarget condition and take a –2 penalty to skill checks. However,
spells can still be cast on you to remove the mind-affecting effect.
PSYCHOMETRY GRAFT
SYSTEM
Hand and Brain
PRICE 1,875
LEVEL 4
In order to drive off an army of daemons, ancient shatoris
performed a complex ritual that saved their lives but
exposed them to energies of the Boneyard that irrevocably
changed them. Powerful sensors in your fingertips (or similar
appendages) connecting to a relay in your brain allow you
glimpses into the inner workings of creatures and objects,
much in the same way shatoris are connected to the past.
By taking a standard action to touch a creature or object,
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you gain a +4 enhancement bonus to your next skill check to
identify the creature, your next skill check to recall knowledge
about the creature or object, or your next Sense Motive check
against the creature. To touch an unwilling creature, you must
succeed at a melee attack roll against the creature’s EAC.
RESIST ENERGY DRAIN GRAFT
SYSTEM
Heart
PRICE 2,800
LEVEL 5
As unique forms of corporeal undead who retain slivers of their
souls, borais are not easily affected by certain negative energy
effects. Arcane shielding around or slivers of necromantically
infused undead flesh woven into your heart (or similar
cardiac muscle) protect you in much the same way. You take
no penalties from energy drain effects, though you are still
destroyed if you accrue more negative levels than you have
class levels. Any negative levels you have taken are removed
after 24 hours without the need for an additional saving throw.
RETRACT GRAFT
SYSTEM
Spinal Column
PRICE 2,100
LEVEL 4
Tortoise-like creatures, telias can retract their heads and
limbs into their shells for protection. Compressors within
your skeleton grant you a similar defense. When you take the
total defense action, you gain a +6 bonus to your Armor Class
(instead of the usual +4 bonus), and also gain the unflankable
universal creature rule until the start of your next turn.
ROLLING CHARGE GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Legs
PRICE 4,400
LEVEL 6
Once rolled into a ball, bolidas can knock down or push aside
their foes. You must have the defensive ball graft augmentation
to take advantage of this augmentation. While curled into a
defensive ball, you gain the ability to charge without taking
the normal penalties to your attack roll or AC, and you gain a
+5 circumstance bonus to AC against attacks of opportunity
during your movement. At the end of your movement, you
can’t make a normal melee attack, but you can instead attempt
either a bull rush or reposition combat maneuver against your
target with a +4 circumstance bonus to the attack roll. Once
you make a rolling charge, you can’t use this ability again until
you take a 10-minute rest to regain Stamina Points.
SHIELDED THOUGHTS GRAFT
SYSTEM
Brain
PRICE 4,225
LEVEL 6
Embri have evolved unusual ways of thinking that protect
them from certain magic. With this augmentation, arcanecharged filaments form a cage around your brain (or similar
organ), granting you immunity to magical charm effects and a
+2 enhancement bonus to saving throws against enchantment
spells and effects.
SKIN MIMIC GRAFT
SYSTEM
Skin
PRICE 450
LEVEL 2
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usually to create bright decorative patterns but sometimes
to blend into their surroundings. With mere thought, you can
control traces of potentiometric dye that have been injected
throughout your skin. If you stay stationary for 1 round, you
gain a +10 enhancement bonus to Stealth checks (this bonus
doesn’t stack with the invisibility spell and similar effects). If
you take any action, you lose this bonus until you once again
spend 1 round remaining still. If you wear clothing or armor
that covers more than one-quarter of your body, you can’t use
this ability.
SLOW FALL GRAFT
SYSTEM
Spinal Column
PRICE 1,200
LEVEL 3
The arthropodan haans can quickly weave their self-produced
webbing into powerful balloons. A mechanism implanted at
the base of your spinal column (or similar structure) can be
used in a similar fashion. As a reaction, you can spin a web
balloon to slow your fall in an environment with atmosphere.
You fall at a rate of just 60 feet per round and take no damage
upon landing while the balloon is inflated (which is for 1 round
per level you have or until you land, whichever comes first).
SNAG GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Arms
PRICE 4,400
LEVEL 6
A feathery, fibrous material grows from the forelimbs of
wrikreechees. This augmentation, made of either artificial
or biotech substitutes, provides you with your own “arm
baleen.” You gain a +4 enhancement bonus to attack rolls
when attempting to grapple a creature smaller than yourself.
As a full action, you can make two attempts to grapple such a
creature with a –4 penalty to the attack rolls.
SNEAKY GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Feet
PRICE 1,300
LEVEL 3
Many halflings have developed stealth skills as a tool for
survival. Soft pads installed in the soles of your feet (or similar
appendages) make you stealthier. You gain a +2 enhancement
bonus to Stealth checks. In addition, you reduce the penalty
for using Stealth while moving by 5 and reduce the Stealth
check penalty for sniping by 10.
SQUIRT BLOOD GRAFT
SYSTEM
Eye
PRICE 700
LEVEL 2
Ikeshtis have developed a unique deterrent and a small sac
installed behind one of your eyes affords you a similar ability.
As a move action, you can squirt blood from your eye at a foe
within 30 feet. Make a ranged attack against the target’s KAC.
A successful hit grants the next ally who attacks that foe the
benefit of harrying fire. You can use this ability once per day, plus
one additional time per day for every 5 character levels you have.
STEALTHY SWIMMER GRAFT
SYSTEM
All Legs
PRICE 550
LEVEL 2
As aquatic humanoids, many kalo know how to quietly dart
through the water. Sonic dampeners installed in your legs grant
you a +4 enhancement bonus to Stealth checks when in water.
SYSTEM
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STONECUNNING GRAFT
PRICE 1,250
LEVEL 3
Although many dwarves now live in space stations, on
starships, and in gleaming metal-and-glass buildings, they
are still known for their ancestral ability to spot the smallest
of flaws in worked stone. Your optical sensors are altered to
provide the same benefit. You gain a +2 enhancement bonus to
Perception checks to notice unusual stonework, such as traps
and hidden doors located in stone walls or floors. You receive a
check to notice such features whenever you pass within 10 feet
of them, whether or not you are actively looking.
STRIX MOBILITY GRAFT
SYSTEM
Spinal Column
PRICE 3,100
LEVEL 5
Strix are known for their massive feathery wings, and you have
a similar pair of appendages (either organic or mechanical)
attached to your back. This grants you an extraordinary fly
speed of 30 feet with average maneuverability, though it does
decrease your land speed by 10 feet due to your wings’ size
and bulk.
SYSTEM
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Space goblins are inveterate tinkerers, sometimes not always
for the best. Retractable tools in the digits of one of your
hands (or similar appendage) allow you to temporarily fix
objects in a hurry. As a move action, you can remove the
penalties associated with the broken condition from a single
piece of equipment until the start of your next turn. The
item then becomes unusable for 10 minutes (and retains the
broken condition after that until it is fixed).
UPGRADE SLOT GRAFT
SYSTEM
See Text
PRICE 2,700
LEVEL 5
Androids can gain the benefits of certain armor upgrades by
simply installing them into their bodies. This augmentation
usually consists of a metallic recess in or attached to a chosen
system (an arm, foot, hand, leg, or at the base of the spinal
column). Regardless of whether you are wearing physical
armor, you can install any one armor upgrade into this slot
that could be installed into light armor. Regardless of the
system, you can have only one upgrade slot graft installed.
VOID FLYER GRAFT
SYSTEM
Lungs and Spinal Column
PRICE 2,000
LEVEL 4
Sarcesians are adapted to surviving in a vacuum as they fly
among asteroids. This augmentation allows you to go 1 hour per
day without breathing while also ignoring the harmful effects
of a vacuum. When in a vacuum, you automatically grow
wings made from pure energy, granting you a supernatural
fly speed of 60 feet with average maneuverability.
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Grafts are a set of adjustments applied to a monster or an
NPC, allowing a GM to quickly and easily modify a creature’s
stat block. Appendixes 1 and 2 on the following pages present
creature subtype grafts and class grafts, respectively. See
Starfinder Alien Archive for how to apply these and other grafts
when creating creatures.
APPENDIX 1: CREATURE SUBTYPE GRAFTS
Many creatures have subtypes that distinguish them from other
races within the same broad creature type. Generally, a subtype
graft grants a few traits to a creature. Other subtypes don’t
grant additional abilities but are important for interactions with
other rules. For more information on using subtype grafts, see
page 133 of Alien Archive.
This subtype is applied to entu symbiotes and creatures
related to entu symbiotes.
Traits: If the NPC is of the entu symbiote race (page 34),
it gains blindsense (emotion) 30 ft., limited telepathy with a
range of 30 ft., and the limited augmentations and symbiotic
enhancement racial traits.
Extraplanar
This subtype is applied to any creature when it’s on a plane
other than its native plane. A creature that travels the planes
can gain or lose this subtype as it goes from plane to plane.
Creature entries assume that encounters with those creatures
take place on the Material Plane.
Agathion
Fire
Agathions are celestials, or good outsiders, native to Nirvana.
Traits: Low-light vision; +4 to saving throws against poison;
immunity to electricity and petrification; resistance 5 to cold
and sonic (CR 3+; increases to 10 at CR 7, 20 at CR 11, 30 at
CR 15); healing channel (as per the healer mystic connection
power); truespeech; speak with animals (below).
Speak with Animals (Su): An agathion can communicate with
animals and use language-dependent effects on them.
This subtype is usually applied to outsiders with a connection
to the Plane of Fire and creatures with a strong affinity to fire.
Traits: Immunity to fire; vulnerable to cold.
Android
This subtype is applied to androids and creatures related
to androids.
Traits: Most creatures with this subtype gain darkvision
60 ft. and low-light vision; if the NPC is of the android race
(Starfinder Core Rulebook 42), it also gains the constructed, flat
affect, and upgrade slot racial traits.
Hadrogaan
This subtype is applied to hadrogaans and creatures related
to hadrogaans.
Traits: If the NPC is of the hadrogaan race (page 42), it
gains blindsense (vibration) 30 ft. and the dual nervous
systems racial trait.
Incorporeal
Creatures with this subtype have no physical bodies.
Traits: Incorporeal.
Protean
These creatures are often native to environments that are
mostly or entirely underwater.
Traits: Swim speed, water breathing, Athletics as a master
or good skill; if it can breathe air, it also gains the amphibious
universal creature rule.
Proteans are serpentine outsiders of pure chaos native to
the Maelstrom.
Traits: Blindsense (distance and sense varies by protean
type); immunity to acid; resistance 5 to electricity and sonic
(CR 3+; increases to 10 at CR 7, 20 at CR 11, 30 at CR 15);
supernatural flight speed; amorphous; change shape; grab
ability with its natural attacks.
Copaxi
Psychopomp
This subtype is applied to copaxi and creatures related to copaxi.
Traits: If the NPC is of the copaxi race (page 22), it
gains blindsense (scent) 30 ft. and the gravity adjustment
racial trait.
Psychopomps are neutral outsiders who preserve the cycle
of life and death.
Traits: Blindsight (life) 60 ft.; low-light vision; immunity to
death effects, disease, and poison; DR 5/adamantine (CR 3+;
increases to 10 at CR 9, 15 at CR 15); resistance 5 to cold and
electricity (CR 3+; increases to 10 at CR 7, 20 at CR 11, 30 at
CR 15); spirit touch (below).
Spirit Touch (Su): Weapons wielded by a psychopomp
(including natural weapons) function as if they have the ghost
killer weapon fusion.
Aquatic
Daemon
Daemons are fiends, or evil outsiders, native to Abaddon.
Traits: Immunity to acid, death effects, disease, and poison;
resistance 5 to cold, electricity, and fire (CR 3+; increases to
10 at CR 7, 20 at CR 11, 30 at CR 15); summon allies; telepathy.
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Shapechanger
This subtype is applied to creatures that can dramatically alter
their forms.
Traits: Change shape (with specific details depending upon
the creature).
Spectra
Spectra are neutral outsiders native to the Drift.
Traits: void adaptation; DR 5/chaotic, evil, good, or law (CR 8+;
increases to 10 at CR 13, 15 at CR 18); immunity to electricity;
resistance 5 to cold and sonic; spell resistance equal to 10 +
CR; Computers, Engineering, and Mysticism as master skills;
machine telepathy (below); truespeech; slip drive (below);
spaceflight (Mysticism).
Machine Telepathy (Ex): A spectra can communicate with and
through technological devices within a certain range (usually 100
ft.) as well as with other creatures that have machine telepathy.
A spectra can also attempt Computers and Engineering checks
at this range.
Slip Drive (Ex): A spectra has an internal biomechanical Drift
engine that enables it to travel freely between the Drift and
other planes, as well as between two non-Drift planes, using the
normal rules for Drift navigation. A slip drive has an effective
Drift engine rating equal to the half the spectra’s CR, and a
spectra needs to remain stationary for only 1 round (6 seconds)
before engaging its slip drive.
Swarm
This subtype is applied to any collection of Fine, Diminutive, or
Tiny creatures that act as a single creature. A swarm has a single
pool of Hit Points, a single initiative modifier, and a single EAC
and KAC. It attempts saving throws as a single creature. A single
swarm usually occupies a square (if it’s made up of nonflying
creatures) or a cube (if it’s made up of flying creatures) 10 feet on
a side, but its reach is 0 feet. A swarm can move through cracks
or holes large enough for its component creatures to fit through.
In order to attack, a swarm moves into an opponent’s
space, which provokes attacks of opportunity. Spellcasting or
concentrating on spells within the area of a swarm requires a
successful caster level check (DC = 20 + spell level). Using skills
that involve patience and concentration, such as Computers,
within the area of a swarm requires a successful DC 20 Will save.
Traits: Swarm defenses, swarm immunities, distraction,
swarm attack.
Tryziarka
This subtype is applied to tryziarkas and creatures related
to tryziarkas.
Traits: If the NPC is of the tryziarka race (page 126), it gains
the tattoo magic and tattoo transference racial traits.
Worlanisi
This subtype is applied to worlanisi and creatures related
to worlanisi.
CREATING MONSTERS AND
OTHER NPCS
Starfinder Alien Archive 4 provides all the information
you need to use and quickly modify the creatures
presented in this book. For information on creating
new monsters and other NPCs, see pages 126–143 of
the Starfinder Alien Archive.
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Traits: If the NPC is of the worlanisi race (page 138), it also
gains the limited telepathy, multiarmed (4), psychic reverb,
worlanisi gamble, and worlanisi luck racial traits.
APPENDIX 2: CLASS GRAFTS
The following section adds class graft information for the three
new classes introduced in the Starfinder Character Operations
Manual. For more information on applying class grafts, see
page 137 of Starfinder Alien Archive.
As mentioned in that appendix, you should use either
the adjustments entry for the creature type graft or the
adjustments entry from the class graft—not both.
Class Graft Entries
A class graft entry begins with a brief description of the class
and then moves on to the following sections.
Special Rules: If the graft requires some tinkering beyond
the normal rules for class grafts, the graft has a special rules
entry describing those modifications.
Required Array: This entry lists which array an NPC has to
use to receive the class graft.
Adjustments: These adjustments change some of the
statistics provided by the array.
Skills: The class graft might also list skills, categorized as
master or good, that count toward the skills granted by the
NPC’s array.
Ability Score Modifiers: This lists the ability score modifiers
that are usually highest for this class. They’re in order from
highest to lowest, but you can mix them as you see fit.
Gear: Most NPCs with class grafts use gear rather than
relying on natural attacks. This entry gives guidelines for
assigning weapons, armor, and other significant equipment to
members of the class, listing the level of the gear. Gear has a
minimum level of 1 and a maximum level of 20. For example, if
a creature’s CR is 1 and the graft suggests an item of “CR – 1,”
you would give it level 1 gear. As a reminder, you can skew the
creature’s gear by a few levels, though you might need to make
other adjustments to its statistics if you do so.
Abilities by CR: Depending on the NPC’s CR, it gains a certain
number of class features from the chosen class and potentially
some special abilities of your choosing; these replace the
special abilities the creature receives from the array. The NPC’s
CR corresponds to its effective class level, so for instance, a CR
3 creature would be a 3rd-level mechanic.
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The list begins with abilities that NPCs of all CRs have; those
abilities aren’t restated in other entries. Apply those abilities
plus the abilities that match your NPC’s CR or the next-lowest
CR. For instance, if you’re creating a CR 4 NPC and the class
graft lists abilities for only CR 3 and CR 5, use the CR 3 entry.
Apply only one CR entry. Class features that have a DC use
the ability DC from the NPC’s array or, if you prefer, the base
spell DC.
Usually, a class graft gives an NPC more options than it
would normally get from the array. Still, if there are special
abilities your NPC absolutely needs, you can add them in.
Just be careful not to make your NPC too powerful for the CR
you chose.
When you pick a class feature that improves another class
feature, the NPC is assumed to also have all the prerequisites.
For example, if you took improved evasion for a CR 10 vanguard,
the NPC would be considered to have evasion as well. If a class
feature option has a level requirement, you can pick one from
the lower-level set of options if you so choose. For instance, if
a class graft grants an 8th-level biohacker theorem, you can
choose a 2nd-level biohacker theorem instead.
Biohacker Class Graft
Biohackers use complex catalysts and fringe medical
knowledge to augment their allies and inhibit their foes, often
using injection weapons.
Special Rules: Choose a primary field of study (biohacker
NPCs of CR 7+ receive a secondary field of study, while
biohacker NPCs of CR 13+ also receive a tertiary field of study);
the NPC gains access to the boosters and inhibitors of chosen
fields of study. At appropriate CRs, the NPC also receives the
breakthrough of the listed chosen field of study. Any boosters,
inhibitors, or breakthroughs that aren’t relevant to the
biohacker NPC don’t need to appear in its stat block.
Required Array: Expert.
Adjustments: +2 to Fortitude saving throws.
Ability Score Modifiers: A biohacker NPC should arrange its
ability score modifiers depending on its scientific focus (though
this has no mechanical effect for the NPC’s abilities).
Instinctive: Wisdom, Dexterity, and Intelligence.
Studious: Intelligence, Dexterity, and Wisdom.
Gear: Light armor (item level = CR), small arm with injector
weapon special property (item level = CR), basic melee weapon
(item level = CR – 1), two grenades (item level = CR – 1), and
medicinal and/or poison (item level = CR)
Abilities by CR
ALL CRs: Biohacks, custom microlab.
CR 2: One 2nd-level theorem.
CR 4: Two 2nd-level theorems.
CR 5: Primary field breakthrough, two 2nd-level theorems.
CR 8: Primary field breakthrough, one 2nd-level theorem, one
8th-level theorem.
CR 10: Primary field breakthrough, two 8th-level theorems.
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CR 11: Primary field breakthrough, secondary field breakthrough,
two 8th-level theorems.
CR 14: Primary field breakthrough, secondary field
breakthrough, one 8th-level theorem, one 14th-level theorem.
CR 16: Primary field breakthrough, secondary field
breakthrough, two 14th-level theorems.
CR 17: Primary field breakthrough, secondary field breakthrough,
tertiary field breakthrough, two 14th-level theorems.
CR 20: Primary field breakthrough, secondary field
breakthrough, tertiary field breakthrough, superserum, and
two 14th-level theorems.
Vanguard Class Graft
Experts at close combat, vanguards have supernatural control
over the power of entropy and can speed, slow, or alter how
energetic reactions occur.
Special Rules: Choose a vanguard aspect (vanguard NPCs
of CR 8+ also choose a secondary vanguard aspect); the NPC’s
aspect insight, embodiment, catalyst, and finale must come
from the primary aspect, while it receives only the insight and
embodiment of its secondary aspect at higher CRs.
A vanguard NPC’s entropic strike ability deals the standard
melee damage for the NPC’s CR from its array but otherwise
follows the standard rules for entropic strike.
Required Array: Combatant.
Adjustments: None.
Skills: Good or master skills listed in the aspect insights of
the chosen vanguard aspects.
Ability Score Modifiers: Constitution, Strength, and Dexterity.
Gear: Heavy armor (item level = CR), shield (item level = CR),
advanced melee weapon (item level = CR), and small arm (item
level = CR – 1).
Abilities by CR
ALL CRs: Aspect insight, entropic pool, entropic strike.
CR 2: One 2nd-level vanguard discipline.
CR 3: Mitigate, reactive 1/day, and one 2nd-level
vanguard discipline.
CR 4: Aspect embodiment, mitigate, reactive 1/day, and two
2nd-level vanguard disciplines.
CR 5: Aspect embodiment, entropic attunement, mitigate,
reactive 1/day, and two 2nd-level vanguard disciplines.
CR 6: Aspect embodiment, entropic attunement, mitigate,
reactive 1/day, one 2nd-level vanguard discipline, and one 6thlevel vanguard discipline.
CR 7: Aspect embodiment, entropic attunement, mitigate,
reactive 1/day, uncanny agility, one 2nd-level vanguard
discipline, and one 6th-level vanguard discipline.
CR 8: Aspect embodiment, second aspect insight, entropic
attunement, mitigate, reactive 1/day, uncanny agility, and two
6th-level vanguard disciplines.
CR 9: Aspect embodiment, second aspect insight, entropic
attunement, mitigate, reactive 2/day, uncanny agility, and two
6th-level vanguard disciplines.
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CR 10: Aspect embodiment, second aspect insight, entropic
attunement, mitigate, reactive 2/day, uncanny agility, one 6thlevel vanguard discipline, and one 10th-level vanguard discipline.
CR 11: Aspect embodiment, second aspect insight, entropic
attunement, flashing strikes, mitigate, reactive 2/day, uncanny
agility, one 6th-level vanguard discipline, and one 10th-level
vanguard discipline.
CR 12: Aspect embodiment, aspect catalyst, second aspect
insight, entropic attunement, flashing strikes, mitigate, reactive
2/day, uncanny agility, and two 10th-level vanguard disciplines.
CR 14: Aspect embodiment, aspect catalyst, second aspect
insight, entropic attunement, flashing strikes, mitigate, reactive
2/day, uncanny agility, one 10th-level vanguard discipline, and
one 14th-level vanguard discipline.
CR 15: Aspect embodiment, aspect catalyst, second aspect
insight, entropic attunement, flashing strikes, mitigate, reactive
3/day, uncanny agility, uncanny speed, one 10th-level vanguard
discipline, and one 14th-level vanguard discipline.
CR 16: Aspect embodiment, aspect catalyst, second aspect
insight, entropic attunement, flashing strikes, mitigate, reactive
3/day, uncanny agility, uncanny speed, and two 14th-level
vanguard disciplines.
CR 17: Aspect embodiment, aspect catalyst, second aspect
insight, second vanguard embodiment, entropic attunement,
flashing strikes, mitigate, reactive 3/day, uncanny agility,
uncanny speed, and two 14th-level vanguard disciplines.
CR 18: Aspect embodiment, aspect catalyst, aspect finale,
second aspect insight, second vanguard embodiment, entropic
attunement, flashing strikes, mitigate, reactive 3/day, uncanny
agility, uncanny speed, one 14th-level vanguard discipline, and
one 18th-level vanguard discipline.
CR 19: Agent of change, aspect embodiment, aspect catalyst,
aspect finale, second aspect insight, second vanguard
embodiment, entropic attunement, flashing strikes, mitigate,
reactive 3/day, uncanny agility, uncanny speed, one 14th-level
vanguard discipline, and one 18th-level vanguard discipline.
CR 20: Agent of change, aspect embodiment, aspect catalyst,
aspect finale, second aspect insight, second aspect embodiment,
entropic attunement, flashing strikes, invulnerability, mitigate,
reactive 3/day, uncanny agility, uncanny speed, and two 18thlevel vanguard disciplines.
Witchwarper Class Graft
Witchwarpers are powerful spellcasters who draw their magic
from alternate realities and can pull bubbles of those existences
into their current realities.
Special Rules: Spells must come from the witchwarper
spell list.
Because an NPC spellcaster doesn’t receive the same number
of spell slots as a PC spellcaster at higher CRs, a witchwarper
NPC only expends spell slots to power their infinite worlds
ability for spell levels at which they receive specific numbers
of spell slots per day. For spell levels they can cast at will or
don’t have listed, the NPC effectively has three spell slots of
each level that can only be used to power their infinite worlds
ability. For example, a CR 10 witchwarper NPC effectively has
three 2nd-level spell slots and three 1st-level spell slots for their
infinite worlds ability.
Required Array: Spellcaster.
Adjustments: +2 to Reflex saving throws, –2 to Will
saving throws.
Skills: Master Mysticism.
Ability Score Modifiers: Charisma, Dexterity, and Intelligence.
Gear: Light armor (item level = CR), small arm (item level =
CR), basic melee weapon (item level = CR – 1), and two grenades
(item level = CR – 1).
Abilities by CR
ALL CRs: Infinite worlds (3/day).
CR 1: One special ability.
CR 2: One 2nd-level paradigm shift.
CR 5: One 2nd-level paradigm shift and one 5th-level
paradigm shift.
CR 6: Alternate outcome 1/day, one 2nd-level paradigm shift,
and one 5th-level paradigm shift.
CR 8: Alternate outcome 1/day, one 5th-level paradigm shift,
and one 8th-level paradigm shift.
CR 11: Alternate outcome 1/day, one 8th-level paradigm shift,
and one 11th-level paradigm shift.
CR 12: Alternate outcome 2/day, one 8th-level paradigm shift,
and one 11th-level paradigm shift.
CR 14: Alternate outcome 2/day, one 11th-level paradigm shift,
and one 14th-level paradigm shift.
CR 17: Alternate outcome 2/day and two 14th-level
paradigm shifts.
CR 18: Alternate outcome 3/day and two 14th-level
paradigm shifts.
CR 20: Alternate outcome 3/day, reality stutter, and two 14thlevel paradigm shifts.
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APPENDIX 3: TEMPLATE GRAFTS
The following section lists the creatures in this book that
include template grafts, which can be easily added to existing
stat blocks to create new creatures or variants of existing
creatures. For more information on using template grafts, see
page 141 of the Starfinder Alien Archive.
Template Graft
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Abysium Eater (CR 3+)
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Air Elemental Starship
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Anacite Simulacrum
81
Cryo Dragon (CR 3+)
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Desolation Endling
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Djezet Eater (CR 3+)
117
Earth Elemental Starship
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Fire Elemental Starship
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Horacalcum Eater (CR 3+)
117
Inubrix Eater (CR 3+)
117
Invasion Endling
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Itmi Vruh (CR 3+)
Lacunal
Laser Dragon (CR 3+)
Nanotech Golem Simulacrum
Noqual Eater (CR 3+)
Plague Endling
Plasma Dragon (CR 3+)
Projectile Dragon (CR 3+)
Robot Simulacrum
Siccatite Eater (CR 3+)
Silicon Mummy (CR 4+)
Water Elemental Starship
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101
81
117
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APPENDIX 4: UNIVERSAL CREATURE RULES
The following are special abilities you can select when creating
a creature, many of which appear in the various aliens of this
book. Most rules have a format entry that gives an example
of how the rule appears in a stat block. Many also have a
guidelines entry to help GMs adding the ability to new
creatures determine its damage or other values. If an ability
allows a saving throw, the save DC is determined by the CR of
the creature using it (see the arrays starting on page 129 of
the Starfinder Alien Archive).
Amorphous (Ex)
The creature’s body is malleable and shapeless. It doesn’t take
double damage from critical hits, but it’s affected by critical
hit effects normally.
Format: Defensive Abilities amorphous.
Amphibious (Ex)
The creature has the aquatic subtype or water breathing
(page 157), but it can breathe air and survive on land.
Format: Other Abilities amphibious.
Attach (Ex)
The creature can attempt a special attack against KAC as
a standard action. If it succeeds, it deals no damage, but
the creature adheres to its target. Once attached, the
creature gains a +4 bonus to its AC (from cover) and a +2
circumstance bonus to melee attacks, but it can attack only
the creature to which it’s attached. An attached creature
can’t move on its own (though it moves with its target),
take actions that require two hands, or make attacks of
opportunity. An attached creature can be removed with a
successful Strength check (DC = 10 + 1-1/2 × the creature’s
CR) made as a move action, or it can remove itself from its
target as a move action.
Format: Melee attach +6.
Aura (Ex, Sp, or Su)
Unless an aura says otherwise, a target is affected by an aura
automatically with no action required on the creature’s part,
whenever the target is within the aura’s listed range (either
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when the target enters the aura on its turn or when it begins
its turn in the aura, whichever comes first). If the aura deals
damage, it damages a target only the first time the target is
in the aura each round, regardless of how many times within
the round the target enters and leaves the aura. A creature
can suppress its aura for 1 round as a move action unless
noted otherwise.
Format: Aura radiation (30 ft., Fortitude DC 17); if
additional information is needed, the aura also has an entry
in Special Abilities.
Breath Weapon (Su)
As a standard action, the creature can exhale a cone or
line of energy or another magical effect. A breath weapon
attack usually deals damage, and it’s often energy-based.
A breath weapon usually allows a target to attempt a
Reflex saving throw for half damage, though some breath
weapons require a successful Fortitude or Will save instead.
A creature is immune to its own breath weapon and the
breath weapons of others of its kind unless otherwise
noted. Each breath weapon also indicates how often it can
be used.
Format: Offensive Abilities breath weapon (60-ft. cone,
8d6 F, Reflex DC 18 half, usable every 1d4 rounds); if the
breath weapon has more complicated effects, it also has an
entry in Special Abilities.
Guidelines: 1d6 damage + 1d6 per CR, usable once every 1d4
rounds. A cone is usually 30 feet long, increasing by 10 feet
for every size category above Medium or decreasing by 5 feet
for every size category below Medium. A line is twice as long
as a cone would be.
Change Shape (Su)
The creature has the ability to assume the appearance of a
specific creature or type of creature, but it retains most of
its own physical qualities. If the form assumed has any of
the following abilities, the creature gains them while in that
form: blindsight (scent), darkvision, low-light vision, and swim
30 feet. The creature can retain its own breathing ability, or
it can assume the ability to breathe in any environment the
assumed shape can breathe in (including the no breath ability,
which enables it to survive in the vacuum of space). If the
ability doesn’t specify what the creature can change shape
into, it can assume the form of any creature of the humanoid
type, but it can’t mimic a specific humanoid. Change shape
grants a +10 bonus to Disguise checks to appear as a creature
of the type and subtype of the new form, and the DC of the
creature’s Disguise check isn’t modified as a result of altering
major features or disguising itself as a different race or
creature type.
A creature can assume a form that’s one size category
smaller or larger than its original form and become that size.
Unless otherwise stated, it can remain in an alternate form
indefinitely. Some creatures can transform into unique forms
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with special modifiers and abilities. These creatures adjust
their ability scores, as noted in their description.
Format: Other Abilities change shape (humanoid); creatures
with a unique form also have an entry in Special Abilities.
Fast Healing (Ex)
The creature can move through an area as small as
one-quarter of its space without squeezing or one-eighth its
space when squeezing.
Format: Other Abilities compression.
The creature regains the listed number of Hit Points at the
start of its turn. Unless otherwise noted, the creature can
never exceed its maximum Hit Points.
Fast healing doesn’t restore Hit Points lost from starvation,
thirst, or suffocation, nor does it allow a creature to regrow or
reattach lost body parts, unless otherwise stated. Fast healing
continues to function until a creature dies, at which point the
effects of fast healing end immediately.
Format: Defensive Abilities fast healing 5.
Construct Immunities (Ex)
Ferocious Charge (Ex)
Constructs are immune to the following effects, unless the
effect specifies that it works against constructs.
D Bleed, death effects, disease, mind-affecting effects,
necromancy effects, paralysis, poison, sleep, and stun.
D Ability damage, ability drain, energy drain, exhaustion,
fatigue, negative levels, and nonlethal damage.
D Any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect
works on objects or is harmless).
Format: Immunities construct immunities.
When the creature charges, it can attempt a trip combat
maneuver in place of the normal melee attack. In addition, the
creature can charge without taking the normal charge penalties
to its attack roll or AC. If the creature has another ability that
allows it to charge without taking these penalties (such as the
charge attack ability from the soldier’s blitz fighting style), it
also gains the ability to charge through difficult terrain.
Format: Offensive Abilities ferocious charge.
Compression (Ex)
Distraction (Ex)
Ferocity (Ex)
The creature can nauseate targets that it damages. A living
creature that takes damage from a creature with the distraction
ability is nauseated for 1 round; the target can negate the effect
with a successful Fortitude save at the listed DC.
Format: Offensive Abilities distraction (DC 15).
When the creature is brought to 0 Hit Points, it can keep
fighting for 1 more round. It can act normally until the end
of its next turn; if it has 0 Hit Points at that point, it dies. If it
would lose further Hit Points before this, it ceases to be able
to act and dies.
Format: Defensive Abilities ferocity.
Engulf (Ex)
Frightful Presence (Ex or Su)
As a standard action, the creature can move up to its speed,
moving into or through the space of any creatures that are
at least one size smaller than itself without penalty. Every
creature in the engulfing creature’s path is automatically
engulfed with no attack roll needed. A targeted creature can
attempt a Reflex saving throw to avoid being engulfed; if it
attempts this save, it can’t make an attack of opportunity
against the engulfing creature due to that creature’s
movement. On a successful save, the target is pushed
back or aside (target’s choice) as the engulfing creature
continues to move. An engulfed creature gains the pinned
condition, takes the listed damage at the beginning of each
turn it’s engulfed, is in danger of suffocating if it doesn’t
have environmental protections, and is trapped within the
engulfing creature’s body until it’s no longer pinned. An
engulfed creature moves with the engulfing creature; this
movement doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity against
the engulfed creature. A creature can engulf one creature
that’s one size smaller than itself, up to two creatures that
are two sizes smaller, or up to four creatures that are three
sizes smaller.
Format: Offensive Abilities engulf (1d6+8 F, DC 13).
Guidelines: Use the same damage amount as for the
creature’s standard melee attack.
The creature’s presence unsettles its foes. It can activate this
ability as part of the action of making an attack or as a move
action, but it can activate it only once per round. This ability
usually has a range of 30 feet. Opponents within range must
succeed at a Will save or become shaken. The duration is 5d6
rounds unless the ability says otherwise. Once an opponent has
been exposed to a creature’s frightful presence (whether or not
the opponent succeeds at its saving throw), it can’t be affected
by the same creature’s frightful presence for 24 hours. This is
an emotion, fear, mind-affecting, and sense-dependent effect.
Format: Aura frightful presence (30 ft., Will DC 22).
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Gaze (Su)
Opponents that look at a creature with a gaze ability are
in danger of being charmed, paralyzed, turned to stone, or
subjected to another negative effect. Each opponent within
the gaze’s listed range must attempt a saving throw (usually
Fortitude or Will) at the beginning of its turn. On a successful
save, the effect is negated. An opponent can give itself an
advantage against this ability in one of two ways.
Looking Obliquely: An opponent that avoids looking directly
at the creature’s gaze (either by following the creature’s
shadow or by tracking it in a reflective surface) or that looks
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a +4 circumstance bonus to the saving throw. However, the
creature with the gaze ability gains concealment against
that opponent.
Blocking Its Vision: By completely blocking or covering its
own visual sensors, an opponent doesn’t need to attempt a
save against the gaze. However, the creature with the gaze
ability gains total concealment against that opponent.
Gaze abilities can affect ethereal opponents but not
opponents without visual sensors. A creature is immune to
the gaze abilities of others of its kind unless otherwise noted.
Allies of a creature with a gaze ability can still be affected,
but they’re always considered to be looking obliquely at the
creature. The creature can also veil its eyes, thus negating its
gaze ability.
Format: Offensive Abilities paralyzing gaze (60 ft., Will
DC 14).
Grab (Ex)
If the creature hits with the indicated attack (usually a claw
or bite attack), it deals the normal damage. If the attack roll
result equals or exceeds the target’s KAC + 4, the creature
also automatically grapples the foe. (If it equals or exceeds
the target’s KAC + 13, the creature instead pins the target.)
The creature doesn’t need to have a spare limb free to perform
this grapple as long as it can make the listed attack, and it can
potentially grapple more than one target if it has more than
one attack with the grab ability. The creature can maintain
the grab either with another successful grab attack or by
performing the grapple combat maneuver normally.
Format: Melee claw +8 (1d6+4 plus grab).
Light Blindness (Ex)
The creature is blinded for 1 round when first exposed to
bright light, such as sunlight, and it’s dazzled for as long as it
remains in an area of bright light.
Format: Weaknesses light blindness.
Mindless (Ex)
The creature has no Intelligence score or modifier and is
immune to mind-affecting effects. Any DCs or other statistics
that rely on an Intelligence score treat the creature as having
a score of 10 (+0).
Format: Other Abilities mindless.
Guidelines: Mindless creatures usually have fewer good
skills and no master skills. Their skills should be based on
inborn abilities, since they’re incapable of training.
Multiarmed (Ex)
The creature has the number of arms listed. This allows it
to wield and hold up to that many hands’ worth of weapons
and equipment. While this increases the number of items
it can have at the ready, it doesn’t increase the number of
attacks it can make during combat.
Format: Other Abilities multiarmed (4).
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Multiattack (Ex)
In addition to its standard melee or ranged attack, the creature
has a multiattack entry. When making a full attack, the creature
can make all the attacks listed in the multiattack entry at the
attack bonuses listed, rather than make two attacks. It can
make the attacks in any order.
Format: Multiattack bite +10 (1d4+11), 2 claws +10 (1d4+11).
Guidelines: Use the appropriate damage column for the
creature’s array for all attacks in the multiattack, and impose
a –6 penalty on these attacks (rather than the usual –4 penalty
for a full attack).
Natural Weapons (Ex)
Natural weapons (and natural attacks) such as acid spit, bite,
claw, or slam don’t require ammunition and can’t be disarmed
or sundered.
In addition, a player character with this ability can attack
with a special unarmed strike that deals lethal damage, doesn’t
count as archaic, and threatens squares. They also gain a special
version of the Weapon Specialization feat with this unarmed
strike at 3rd level, allowing them to add 1–1/2 × their character
level to their damage rolls for this unarmed strike (instead of
just adding their character level as usual).
No Breath (Ex)
The creature doesn’t breathe, and it’s immune to effects that
require breathing (such as inhaled poison). This doesn’t give it
immunity to cloud or gas attacks that don’t require breathing.
Format: Other Abilities no breath.
Ooze Immunities (Ex)
Oozes are immune to the following effects, unless the effect
specifies that it works against oozes.
D Critical hits, paralysis, poison, polymorph, sleep, and stun.
D Gaze abilities, illusions, visual effects, and other attacks
that rely on sight.
D Flanking—oozes are unflankable.
Format: Immunities ooze immunities.
Plant Immunities (Ex)
Plants are immune to the following effects, unless the effect
specifies it works against plants.
D Mind-affecting effects, paralysis, poison, polymorph, sleep,
and stun.
Format: Immunities plant immunities.
Pounce (Ex)
When this creature charges, it can make a full attack in place of
the normal melee attack.
Format: Offensive Abilities pounce.
Regeneration (Ex)
The creature regains Hit Points at the start of its turn, as with
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is still functioning (although creatures with regeneration still
fall unconscious when their Hit Points reach 0). Certain attacks,
typically those that deal acid or fire damage, cause a creature’s
regeneration to stop functioning for 1 round. During this round,
the creature doesn’t regain Hit Points and can die normally.
The creature’s stat block describes the types of damage that
suppress the regeneration.
Regeneration doesn’t restore Hit Points lost from starvation,
thirst, or suffocation. Creatures with regeneration can regrow
lost portions of their bodies and can reattach severed body
parts if they’re recovered within 1 hour of severing. Severed
parts that aren’t reattached wither and decompose normally.
A creature usually must have a Constitution score or modifier
to have this ability.
Format: Defensive Abilities regeneration 5 (acid).
Resistance (Ex)
The creature ignores some damage of a certain type (acid, cold,
electricity, fire, or sonic) per attack, but it doesn’t have total
immunity. See page 264 of the Core Rulebook for more details.
Format: Resistances acid 10.
See in Darkness (Su)
The creature can see perfectly in darkness of any kind, including
magical darkness.
Format: Senses see in darkness.
Sightless (Ex)
The creature doesn’t use any visual senses and is thus
never subject to any effect that requires the creature to see
a target or effect. Sightless creatures normally have some
form of blindsight to compensate for their sightlessness,
but if not, they’re assumed to be able to operate as well as a
creature with normal vision unless the creature’s description
says otherwise.
Format: Senses sightless.
Solar Adaptation (Ex or Su)
The creature can survive within a star despite the luminance,
pressure, radiation, and convection currents. In addition, while
within a star, the creature can move as if it had a supernatural
fly speed equal to its fastest speed.
Format: Other Abilities solar adaptation.
Guidelines: A creature with solar adaptation should also
have the fire subtype or immunity to fire.
Spaceflight (Su)
The creature can fly through space at standard navigation
and astrogation speeds (Core Rulebook 290) using Piloting to
navigate. If it uses a skill other than Piloting for skill checks to
astrogate, that skill is listed in parentheses.
Format: Other Abilities spaceflight (Mysticism).
Guidelines: Most creatures with spaceflight also have void
adaptation (page 157).
Spider Climb (Ex)
The creature can climb as though affected by the spell
spider climb.
Format: Speed spider climb.
Stellar Alignment (Su)
The creature is aligned to the cycles of solar systems. Creatures
with stellar alignment usually have stellar revelations and
zenith revelations, either ones from the solarian class or ones
unique to the creature. When using stellar revelations, the
creature is always considered attuned. However, it’s not always
considered fully attuned, so it normally can’t always use zenith
powers. When you roll initiative for the creature, roll 1d3. Once
that many rounds have elapsed, the creature is considered fully
attuned and gains access to its zenith powers. After it uses a
zenith power, it’s no longer fully attuned, and you roll 1d3 again
to see how many rounds it will take to recharge.
If a creature has stellar alignment (graviton) or stellar
alignment (photon), it’s considered to be attuned only in the
indicated mode and can become fully attuned only in the
indicated mode, as described above.
Format: Other Abilities stellar alignment (graviton).
Swallow Whole (Ex)
If the creature hits with the indicated attack (usually a bite
attack), it deals the normal damage. If the creature’s attack
roll hits the target’s KAC + 4, the creature also automatically
grapples the foe as part of the attack action. (If it hits the
target’s KAC + 13, it instead pins the target). The creature
doesn’t need to have a free limb to perform this grapple. Unless
otherwise specified, a creature can swallow whole only targets
that are at least one size category smaller than itself, and it has
room for a single target of that size in its stomach (doubling the
maximum number of creatures it can have swallowed for each
additional size category by which these creatures are smaller).
On the creature’s next turn after grappling or pinning the
target, if the target hasn’t escaped the grapple or pin, the target
automatically takes the attack’s damage at the beginning of the
creature’s turn. The creature can then make a new attack roll
with the same attack. If the roll equals or exceeds the target’s
KAC, the grapple or pin is maintained. If the roll equals or
exceeds the target’s KAC + 4, the target is swallowed whole (no
damage is dealt).
Once swallowed, the target takes the listed swallow whole
damage automatically at the beginning of its turn every round.
The target is considered grappled as long as it’s swallowed. The
target can attempt to cut its way out (the interior of a creature
with swallow whole has the same EAC as its exterior and a
KAC equal to that of its exterior – 4) by dealing an amount of
damage equal to one-quarter the swallowing creature’s total Hit
Points, though any attack that doesn’t deal slashing damage
deals only half its normal damage. If a target cuts its way out of
the creature, the creature can’t use swallow whole again until
that damage is healed.
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Alternatively, a swallowed target can attempt to climb
out. The swallowed creature must succeed at both a
grapple check against the creature’s internal KAC + 8 and
an Athletics check to climb (DC = 10 + 1-1/2 × the creature’s
CR). Each of these actions takes a full round. If both checks
are successful, the target climbs back up to the creature’s
mouth and can escape, ending up in an open square adjacent
to the creature.
Format: Melee bite +19 (5d4+16 P plus swallow whole);
Offensive Abilities swallow whole (5d4+16 A, EAC 30, KAC
27, 71 HP).
Guidelines: Use the same damage amount as for the
creature’s standard melee attack.
Swarm Attack (Ex)
The creature automatically deals the listed damage to each
creature whose space it occupies at the end of its turn with
no attack roll needed. Swarm attacks aren’t subject to a miss
chance for concealment or cover.
Format: Melee swarm attack (1d6+2 P).
Guidelines: To determine the amount of damage a creature
of CR 6 or lower deals with swarm attack, use the value
listed in the CR 6 Three Attacks entry on its appropriate
array table (Alien Archive 129–132), lowering the additional
damage from that CR to match its actual CR. For all other
creatures, use the Four Attacks entry for its CR in the
corresponding array table.
Swarm Defenses (Ex)
Swarms take damage from weapons differently depending on
how the weapon targets them.
A swarm is immune to attacks and effects that target a
single creature (including single-target spells), with the
exception of mind-affecting effects if the swarm has an
Intelligence score and an ability similar to a formian’s hive
mind (Alien Archive 50).
A swarm takes half again as much damage (+50%) from
effects that affect all targets in an area, such as grenades,
blast and explode weapons, and many evocation spells.
A swarm takes normal damage from an attack or effect
that affects multiple targets (including lines and fully
automatic mode attacks). For the purpose of automatic
fire, the swarm counts as five targets. For example, if an
automatic attack is made using 12 rounds of ammunition,
it can attack a maximum of six targets, so it can damage a
swarm normally. However, if two other targets are closer to
the attacker than the swarm, they must be attacked first,
leaving only four attacks to target the swarm, so it takes
no damage.
Format: Defensive Abilities swarm defenses.
Swarm Immunities (Ex)
Swarms are immune to the following effects, unless the effect
specifies it works against swarms.
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D
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Bleeding, critical hits, flat-footed, off-target, pinned, prone,
staggered, and stunned.
Combat maneuvers—swarms can’t be affected by and can’t
perform combat maneuvers, unless the swarm’s description
says otherwise.
Flanking—swarms are unflankable.
Dying—a swarm reduced to 0 Hit Points breaks up and
ceases to exist as a swarm, though individual members of it
might survive.
Format: Immunities swarm immunities.
Truespeech (Su)
The creature can speak with any other creature that has a
language. This ability is always active.
Format: Languages truespeech.
Undead Immunities (Ex)
Undead are immune to the following effects, unless the effect
specifies it works against undead creatures.
D Bleed, death effects, disease, mind-affecting effects,
paralysis, poison, sleep, and stun.
D Ability damage, ability drain, energy drain, exhaustion,
fatigue, negative levels, and nonlethal damage.
D Any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect
works on objects or is harmless).
Format: Immunities undead immunities.
Unflankable (Ex)
Flanking the creature doesn’t grant any bonuses, and abilities
that only function against a creature that’s flanked don’t
function against it.
Format: Defensive Abilities unflankable.
Unliving (Ex)
The creature has no Constitution score or modifier. Any DCs
or other statistics that rely on a Constitution score treat the
creature as having a score of 10 (+0). The creature is immediately
destroyed when it reaches 0 Hit Points. An unliving creature
doesn’t heal damage naturally, but a construct can be repaired
with the right tools. Spells, such as make whole, can heal
constructs, and magic effects can heal undead. An unliving
creature with fast healing (page 153) still benefits from that
ability. Unliving creatures don’t breathe, eat, or sleep. They can’t
be raised or resurrected, except through the use of miracle, wish,
or a similar effect that specifically works on unliving creatures.
Format: Other Abilities unliving.
Void Adaptation (Ex or Su)
A creature with void adaptation is inured to the void of outer
space and has the following abilities.
D Immunity to cosmic rays.
D Immunity to the environmental effects of vacuum.
D No breath (page 154).
Format: Defensive Abilities void adaptation.
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Vulnerability (Ex or Su)
The creature can breathe water. It can’t breathe air unless it
has the amphibious special ability (page 152).
Format: Other Abilities water breathing.
prophet (mummy), rock rageshkor, the Seen, tryziarka
legacy-captain
13: cloud ray, horacalcum eater (starmetal eater), mordagast
butcher, skarak, solmyr sombrian
14: gray goo, ichor wheel (carrion wheel), plasmalisk, sondria
(spectra), warpstitcher
15: stormghost, supenga titan
16: durgastr (protean)
17: planashar
18: shipkiller bulb
19: many-miened one
Starships: Tier 1/2: elemental (immense), voraija, Tier 4:
elemental (gigantic), Tier 10: elemental (titanic)
APPENDIX 5: CREATURES BY CR
APPENDIX 6: CREATURES BY TYPE
The following section lists creatures in this book by CR and
alphabetically. In the case of templates, only the creature
presented with a full stat block is included. A list of starship
stat blocks (and their respective tiers) is provided at the end.
1/2: domesticated ravenous drake, entu colony, klikharp
hatchling, osifern sprout, polyphonic gel
1: astriapi defender, copaxi socialite, erabryth (psychopomp),
grioth, ixtangi, lacunal initiate, murzzilat bantling, vicunal
(agathion), worlanisi
2: common swamp strider, dawn sun-scrapper (dawn beetle),
feral ravenous drake, jububnan traveler, kaion, lumocantha,
monitor-class infiltration robot (robot)
3: arabuk yearling, atlapak juvenile, epokasite fixer, hadrogaan
hyper-analyst, huitz’plina youngling, kiirinta guard, koruvi
endling (endling), psacynoid custodian, thermatrod,
tryziarka explorer
4: alucidaemon (daemon), copaxi special ops, murzzilat,
polyphonic plasm, radiation drake slasher, sapient purple orb,
vasporan broodling
5: abysium eater (starmetal eater), ancient lumocantha,
harpy jasmine, ignurso burrower, itmi vruh, klikharp mount,
supenga pup, utesra larva
6: astriapi warden, carrion wheel, claustral (agathion),
cloud skate, green rageshkor, grioth eclipse seer, kiirinta
shaman, quyu
7: exterminator-class infiltration robot (robot), ixtangi
disruptor, khulan, mordagast, nelentu (entu colony)
8: arabuk, brain collector, epokasite runner, jububnan
raconteur, lumyr sombrian, osifern enigma
9: adult radiation drake, atlapak, huitz’plina, psacynoid
gallant, vasporan, worlanisi fortunaut
10: crested swamp strider, dawn core diver (dawn beetle),
hadrogaan smart-merc, hulsa, itmi vruh reminiscent,
thermatrod caldera, ursikka
11: animated quartz swarm, ignurso mason, kaion multipole,
lacunal collector, morrigna (psychopomp), sapient purple orb
luminant, wyspiria (spectra), utesra phylarch
12: alorbidaemon (daemon), assault laser dragon (robot
dragon), deadfall stalker, khulan ascendant, mummified
Listed below are all the creatures in this book, organized
alphabetically by type or subtype, as well as starships.
Aberration: brain collector, carrion wheel, ichor wheel (carrion
wheel), quyu, sapient purple orb, sapient purple orb luminant,
the Seen, warpstitcher
Animal: arabuk, arabuk yearling, cloud ray, cloud skate,
common swamp strider, crested swamp strider, green
rageshkor, kaion, kaion multipole, mordagast, mordagast
butcher, murzzilat, murzzilat bantling, nelentu (entu
symbiote), osifern enigma, osifern sprout, rock rageshkor,
vasporan, vasporan broodling
Construct (magical): many-miened one
Construct (magical, technological): animated quartz swarm,
planashar
Construct (technological): exterminator-class infiltration
robot (robot), gray goo, monitor-class infiltration robot (robot)
Dragon: adult radiation drake, assault laser dragon (robot
dragon), domesticated ravenous drake, feral ravenous drake,
radiation drake slasher
Fey: epokasite fixer, epokasite runner, hulsa, khulan, khulan
ascendant, kiirinta guard, kiirinta shaman, lumyr sombrian,
solmyr sombrian
Humanoid: copaxi socialite, copaxi special ops, hadrogaan
hyper-analyst, hadrogaan smart-merc, tryziarka explorer,
tryziarka legacy-captain, worlanisi, worlanisi fortunaut
Incorporeal: itmi vruh, itmi vruh reminiscent, khulan, khulan
ascendant, koruvi endling (endling)
Magical Beast: deadfall stalker, huitz’plina, huitz’plina
youngling, ignurso burrower, ignurso mason, plasmalisk,
skarak, thermatrod, thermatrod caldera, ursikka
Monstrous Humanoid: astriapi defender, astriapi warden,
grioth, grioth eclipse seer, ixtangi, ixtangi disruptor, jububnan
traveler, jububnan raconteur, psacynoid custodian, psacynoid
gallant, stormghost
Ooze: abysium eater (starmetal eater), entu colony, horacalcum
eater (starmetal eater), polyphonic gel, polyphonic plasm
Outsider: erabryth (psychopomp), morrigna (psychopomp),
sondria (spectra), wyspiria (spectra)
Outsider (Chaotic): durgastr (protean)
The creature takes half again as much damage (+50%) when it
takes damage of a specific type. Creatures with a vulnerability
to an effect that doesn’t deal damage instead take a –4 penalty
to saves against spells and effects that cause or use the listed
vulnerability (such as enchantments). Some creatures might
suffer additional effects, as noted in their stat blocks.
Format: Weaknesses vulnerable to fire.
Water Breathing (Ex)
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Outsider (Evil): alorbidaemon (daemon), alucidaemon (daemon)
Outsider (Good): claustral (agathion), vicunal (agathion)
Plant: ancient lumocantha, harpy jasmine, lumocantha,
shipkiller bulb, supenga pup, supenga titan
Starship: immense elemental, gigantic elemental, titanic
elemental, voraija
Swarm: animated quartz swarm, gray goo
Undead: koruvi endling (endling), itmi vruh, itmi vruh
reminiscent, lacunal collector, lacunal initiate, mummified
prophet (mummy)
Vermin: atlapak, atlapak juvenile, dawn core-diver (dawn
beetle), dawn sun-scrapper (dawn beetle), klikharp hatchling,
klikharp mount, utesra, utesra phylarch
APPENDIX 7: RULES OPTIONS
The following list indexes all of the rules options in this
book, including creature companions, equipment, feats,
and more.
Rules Option
Page
cloud ray (creature companion)
21
contortion coat (magic item)
77
cytoguard (medicinal)
79
digital shield (spell)
37
dye grenade
69
electromagnetic deflection (mechanic trick)
61
emotion enhancement (augmentation)
17
enlightened medicinals
7
frequency modulation graft (augmentation)
85
geomagnetic charge (mechanic trick)
61
gravity grenade (weapon)
109
hailstorm (spell)
119
ignurso knuckles (weapon)
51
inflame (spell)
19
jinxing (weapon fusion)
113
kaleidoscopic (weapon fusion)
49
klikharp (creature companion)
65
magma sledge (weapon)
125
many-mien shield
71
mogrant drugs
45
molting coat module (armor upgrade)
nanite capsule (technological item)
neuro-sensory sac (augmentation)
phase blade (spell)
polyphonic buffer (augmentation)
plasma paint (armor upgrade)
prismatilate (medicinal)
purple core (special material)
quantum (weapon fusion)
quartz refractor (armor upgrade)
quyu eye (augmentation)
radioactive (weapon fusion)
rageshkor shield
ravenous drake (creature companion)
reverberation amplifier (armor upgrade)
sclerite harpooner (weapon)
silicon armor casing (armor upgrade)
singularity cannon (weapon)
snap whip (weapon)
soul reap (spell)
starship spines (starship system)
sun-scrapper beetle (creature companion)
supenga pup (creature companion)
swamp strider (creature companion)
ursikka hide (armor)
Vidgame Aficionado (feat)
voidglass (special material)
warpshot (ammunition)
warpwave (spell)
APPENDIX 8: PLAYABLE RACES
The table below lists the creatures in this book that include
racial traits that PCs can use to build characters of these
races. Also included are some basic ranges to help determine
the height, weight, and age of a member of that species.
While most characters fall somewhere in the middle of the
range for their species, some exceptional individuals may be
larger or smaller. For more information on vital statistics, see
page 41 of the Starfinder Core Rulebook.
VITAL STATISTICS BY RACE
RACE
Astriapi
Copaxi
Entu colony
Entu symbiote
Hadrogaan
Huitz’plina
Ixtangi
Jububnan
Kiirinta
Psacynoid
Tryziarka
Worlanisi
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12
22
34
34
42
46
54
56
62
88
126
138
AVG. HEIGHT OR LENGTH
5-1/2 to 6-1/2 ft.
5 to 7 ft.
3 to 4 ft.
Varies by animal
7-1/2 to 8-1/2 ft.
4 to 5 ft.
6 to 8 ft.
5 to 6 ft.
3 to 4 ft.
5-1/2 to 6-1/2 ft.
6 to 7 ft.
2-3/4 to 3-1/2 ft.
ALIEN ARCHIVE 4
133
39
17
73
85
83
79
105
107
9
93
95
97
99
11
59
75
29
15
91
135
27
121
123
129
25
41
137
87
AVG. WEIGHT
120 to 150 lbs.
150 to 300 lbs.
300 to 500 lbs.
Varies by animal
250 to 300 lbs.
100 to 200 lbs.
250 to 350 lbs.
150 to 250 lbs.
30 to 50 lbs.
80 to 200 lbs.
200 to 300 lbs.
30 to 45 lbs.
AGE OF MATURITY
6 years
5 years
5 years
5 years
30 years
15 years
13 years
16 years
30 years
18 years
15 years
8 years
MAXIMUM AGE
60 + 1d20 years
40 + 1d10 years
200 + 5d20 years
30 + 1d20 years
150 + 5d20 years
80 + 2d20 years
50 + 1d20 years
50 + 1d20 years
200 + 3d% years
75 + 2d20 years
90 + 2d20 years
100 + 2d20 years
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ALIENS AMONG US
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liens are everywhere in the universe of the
Starfinder Roleplaying Game, their intent
ranging from peaceful to pernicious. From
robot dragons to crystal-infused humanoids
and polyphonic gels to sun-skimming beetles,
the creatures in this codex will challenge
adventurers no matter what strange worlds
they’re exploring. What’s more, player rules
for a variety of species let players not just
fight aliens but be them! Inside this book,
you’ll find the following:
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Nearly 100 uncanny life-forms both
classic and new, from the batlike
grioth and horrifying brain collector
to the vengeful endling and
dreaded plasmalisk.
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A dozen races with full player rules,
letting you play everything from
a fungus-uplifted animal to a
humanoid made of magical coral.
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New alien technology to help
give your character an edge,
including armor, weapons,
magic items, and more.
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New rules for grafting the
strange physical traits of
other species onto your
own character, creating
a staggering array of
customization options!
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