History Characters / PathfinderSpirits

Rakshasa as a whole have been have been one of the most affected by the Remaster. Prior to it they followed a similar model to DungeonsAndDragons as Fiends with inverted hands. After it, they have been made into unholy primordial spirits. For the sake of easy understanding, they are divided between their post and pre Rmaster.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Despite Alignment not being a thing anymore, they still usually follow this rule. Rakshasas are primordial, divine beings who serve as incarnations of all that is foul within creation. It is their divine purpose to exemplify the profane, in the same way that a stage play must have an actor to play the villain. There is a element of tregedy to it, as they cannot choose otherwise, as such actions would defy their nature.

!! Post-Remaster

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Rakshasas are born from the first conceptions of evil, created to incarnate the evils of the world. Their animalistic appearance comes from when the first humans attributed malice and cruelty to wild animals around them.
* EvilFeelsGood: Most rakshasas enjoy their role as villains, in the same way an actor enjoys delivering a masterful performance. The few who don't are doomed to an existence of misery as they are compelled to commit evil deeds whether they want it or not.

!! Pre-Remaster
* AmnesiacDissonance: Rarely, rakshasas who reincarnate will not retain all their memories, and as a result may be neutral or even ''good''. Whether or not it sticks if they recover their memories is up in the air.
* DeathlessAndDebauched: Actually born from a desire for this trope; the first of their kind was so devoted to earthly pleasures that he resolved to continue it for all eternity, becoming the progenitor of a race of materialistic evil spirits blessed with BornAgainImmortality - and in a few rare and powerful cases, CompleteImmortality. Gluttony is a running theme among rakshasas, to the point that one of the lowest rungs of their society is occupied by those who have been designated simply as ''food.''

* FantasticCasteSystem: There are seven castes in rakshasa society: pagala (traitors), goshta (food), adhura (novices), darshaka (servants), paradeshi (rakshasa-kin), hakima (lords) and samrata (lords of lords). They encompass not just all of rakshasa society, but all of life, although only rakshasas can attain the stations of darshaka, hakima and samrata.
* AGodAmI: Rakshasas see themselves as the only thing worthy of worship from the mortal races -- raja rakshasas take this to such degrees that they cannot even stand mortals worshipping more powerful rakshasas.
* MonsterOrganTrafficking: Rakshasa eyes can be used to stand in for the spell ''true seeing'' when crafting magic items.
* PetTheDog: Rakshasa normally don't care for their spawn, but the spawn who do their duties well are bestowed less tasks, or even ''favours'', which is as good as a rakshasa can be.
* RedRightHand: Pre-Remaster, an easy way to tell if you're dealing with a rakshasa and not your average BeastMan or CatFolk is to see if their hands and lower joints are reversed.
* {{Reincarnation}}: When a rakshasa dies, its spirit seeks a new host to be reborn in.
* SemiDivine: New rakshasas come into being via the coupling of a rakshasa and a non-rakshasa or, rarely, that of two non-rakshasas, if a previously slain rakshasa can reincarnate into the world by usurping the unborn offspring's body.
* VillainCred: Rakshasas put evil non-rakshasas that are powerful enough to be considered worthy of respect into the paradeshi (rakshasa-kin) caste, which ranks above the most common castes for both rakshasas and non-rakshasas alike.
* WasOnceAMan: Rakshasas were originally evil spirits of mortal manipulators, traitors and tyrants obsessed with materialistic evil. Purely from stubborn hate, these spirits do not pass into the Boneyard upon death; instead, they take shapes that better reflect the baseness of their lives and are reborn as rakshasas.

[[folder:Birelu]]
->'''Level:''' 10
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium

* PrimalStance: A birelu seems to be both bipedal and quadrupedal at the same time, its form shifting and flowing incomprehensibly between the two poses.
* TransformationOfThePossessed: A humanoid or beast possessed by a birelu undergoes a physical transformation, growing either more beastlike or more humanlike.

[[folder:Etiainen]]
->'''Level:''' 1

* DejaVu: An etiainen sometimes forges an involuntary connection with a creature that allows it to perform actions in advance of the linked creature, leading to bizarre cases of déjà for those nearby.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Rakshasas are primordial, divine beings who serve as incarnations of all that is foul within creation. It is their divine purpose to exemplify the profane, in the same way that a stage play must have an actor to play the villain.

* EvilFeelsGood: Most rakshasas enjoy their role as villains, in the same way an actor enjoys delivering a masterful performance.

[[folder:Tsukumogami]]
->'''Level Adjustment:''' + 2
->'''Alignment:''' Any
->'''Size:''' Same as base creature

* AnimateInanimateObject: Tsukumogami are intelligent, mobile objects formed from the union between a 100-year-old object and a kami.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tulpa]]
->'''Level Adjustment:''' + 2
->'''Alignment:''' Any
->'''Size:''' Same as base creature

Beings of pure thought made physical by powerful minds.

* {{Tulpa}}: Beings of pure thought, tulpas are made physical by a powerful mind that is either psychically attuned or has some amount of latent psychic power.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Algriever]]
->'''Level:''' 9
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium

* GiantSpider: These spider-like spirits are far bigger than any spider in real life.
* GuardianEntity: Algrievers appoint themselves guardians of forgotten places of worship, defending the sanctity of discarded faiths and tending sites that have no caretakers. Some mourn the loss of those who once attended their ward. Others are filled with frustration and rage, viewing any who stumble upon their shrine as lapsed at best or blasphemers who deserve punishment at worst.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Aoandon]]
->'''Level:''' 12
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil

* OneGenderRace: Aoandons are universally female.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: An aoandon waits for her chance to seek revenge on those who wronged her in her mortal life, and acts out her delusions with unrelenting vindictiveness. If that person is dead, she finds a surrogate, who reminds her of the wrongdoer.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Birelu]]
->'''Level:''' 10
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral

* PrimalStance: A birelu seems to be both bipedal and quadrupedal at the same time, its form shifting and flowing incomprehensibly between the two poses.
* TransformationOfThePossessed: A humanoid or beast possessed by a birelu undergoes a physical transformation, growing either more beastlike or more humanlike.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Etiainen]]
->'''Level:''' 1
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral

* DejaVu: An etiainen sometimes forges an involuntary connection with a creature that allows it to perform actions in advance of the linked creature, leading to bizarre cases of déjà for those nearby.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Manitou]]
->'''Level:''' 15
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralGood
->'''Size:''' Huge

* DetectEvil: Manitou have it as a constant spell-like ability...
* {{Invisibility}}: ...And ''greater invisibility''
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: ...As well as ''speak with animals''.
* TrueSight: ...And ''true seeing''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Screaming Sulfur]]
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->'''Level:''' 10
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
->'''Size:''' Huge

* DeadlyGas: A screaming sulfur comes into being when toxic gases, released by geological phenomena and having built up beneath large bodies of water, escape the water, expand into massive clouds and end thousands of lives in an instant.
* MergerOfSouls: Souls killed when toxic gases are released from a large body of water amass into a screaming sulfur.

[[folder:Aoandon]]
->'''Level:''' 12
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil

* OneGenderRace: Aoandons are universally female.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: An aoandon waits for her chance to seek revenge on those who wronged her in her mortal life, and acts out her delusions with unrelenting vindictiveness. If that person is dead, she finds a surrogate, who reminds her of the wrongdoer.

[[folder:Birelu]]
->'''Level:''' 10
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral

* PrimalStance: A birelu seems to be both bipedal and quadrupedal at the same time, its form shifting and flowing incomprehensibly between the two poses.
* TransformationOfThePossessed: A humanoid or beast possessed by a birelu undergoes a physical transformation, growing either more beastlike or more humanlike.

[[folder:Etiainen]]
->'''Level:''' 1

* DejaVu: An etiainen sometimes forges an involuntary connection with a creature that allows it to perform actions in advance of the linked creature, leading to bizarre cases of déjà for those nearby.

!!Dosojin
->'''Level:''' 7
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralGood

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* MakeMeWannaShout: The hantu denai can unleash a loud animal cry to scare off nearby creatures.

* {{Teleportation}}: A jinushigami can teleport at will to any spot within the area it watches over.

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->'''Level:''' 2

[[folder:Daitengu]]
->'''Level:''' 10
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral

* {{Tengu}}: The daitengu is a powerful, mystical variant of the common tengu that resembles the traditional long-nosed, red-skinned humanoid of Japanese myth.

[[folder:Etiainen]]
->'''Level:''' 1
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium
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* DejaVu: An etiainen sometimes forges an involuntary connection with a creature that allows it to perform actions in advance of the linked creature, leading to bizarre cases of déjà for those nearby.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kami]]

* NatureSpirit: The kami were originally created as wardens and protectors of nature and the wild places of the world. Many still serve this purpose, serving as embodiments and guardians of plants, waterways and natural phenomena, but others have adapted to the growth of civilization and have shifted their protection and attentions to artificial structures, communities and other products of civilization.
* {{Telepathy}}: Kami are natural telepaths, and can read the thoughts of anyone within a certain the distance of themselves -- the more powerful the kami, the greater the distance.

!!Shikigami
->'''Level:''' 2
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulNeutral
->'''Size:''' Tiny

Small, stony kami that watch over milestones, domestic statues, public art and other small but valued objects crafted by people.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Shikigami are particularly skilled at using object they might have handy as a thrown or melee weapon.

!!Fukujin
->'''Level:''' 2
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulNeutral
->'''Size:''' Tiny

!!Dunagh
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_dunagh_kami.PNG]]
->'''Level:''' 4
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium

Attracted by a family’s or clan’s intense devotion to a single structure or holding, the dunaghs serve as guardians of family homes, watchful protectors of both the structures and those who live within them. They're the most common type of kami found outside of Tian-Xia, as they would follow the families they were bound to as they travelled to new lands. Their stats can be found in '"Daughters of Fury'' or online [[http://www.aonprd.com/MonsterDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Dunagh here]].

* AnonymousBenefactor: They like to remain unknown as they go about their good deeds for the family.
* {{Curse}}: A dunagh can bestow the Dunagh's Curse with a touch, which turns any [[CriticalHit natural 20's]] rolled by the cursed creature into [[CriticalFailure critical 1's]].
* FingerPokeOfDoom: Their only attacks is a simple touch attack. This attack is incorporeal (which means it passes through armor), deals cold damage (which few players will have resistance to at level 4), and inflicts the Dunagh's Curse, making it a very effective way to ruin someone's day.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: When not merged with their ward, a dunagh appears as a ghostly version of a member of the family they protect.
* HouseFey: Not an actual fey, but a dunagh hits a lot of the same points.
* {{Telepathy}}: They have it and prefer it to speech, as they don't have to reveal themselves to use it.
* VengefulGhost: Not actually ghosts, but if the entire family a dunagh serves dies off they will become sullen and depressed, reacting with violence towards anyone else who tries to move into the home or trespasses on the property.
* WindsOfDestinyChange: Pretty much their whole deal. They have a twenty foot radius Aura of Fate that lets allies roll twice on any d20 roll and take the better option, while enemies roll twice and must take the worse.

!!Kodama
->'''Level:''' 5
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Small

Faceless kami who stand watch over individual trees in the wilderness.

* TheFaceless: Their faces are devoid of any facial features save for two shallow indentations where their eyes would be.

!!Zuishin
->'''Level:''' 10
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulGood
->'''Size:''' Medium

Floating, humanoid kami who protect gates, passageways and shrines, preventing evil forces from entering or desecrating them.

* HealingShiv: While their arrows work normally by default, they can cause them to carry any of a variety of healing effects -- such as direct hp restoration or the removal of sicknesses or curses -- to be delivered to whoever they hit.

!!Toshigami
->'''Level:''' 15
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralGood
->'''Size:''' Medium

Some of the few kami to watch over cultivated plants, the blossom kami protect cherry trees and cherry orchards in the hearts of cities.

* CherryBlossoms: Toshigami -- in addition to watching over cherry trees and being known as blossom kami -- are particularly associated with cherry flowers' association with life and death. They're strongly associated in-universe with the passage of time, and often stand as the last sentinels of long-abandoned cities. They are also capable of making other creatures age with a touch.
* HornedHumanoid: They have branches shaped like antlers growing from their heads.
* PlantPerson: Toshigami appear as women made out of the wood, bark and blossoms of the cherry trees they protect.
* RapidAging: Their ''Touch of Ages'' special ability can make other creatures age years in mere moments.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: They can transform themselves into cherry trees.

!!Jinushigami
->'''Level:''' 20-25
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Gargantuan

Immensely powerful kami who serve as guardians for natural wonders and vast tracts of unspoiled nature.

* BackFromTheDead: Jinushigami can bring one creature back from the dead every day, even if their body has been destroyed or is otherwise not present.
* ElementalEmbodiment: They're for all intents and purposes living embodiments of the areas they oversee, and their appearances and powers reflect this once they become especially old and powerful -- an elder jinushigami that protects a glacier might be made of rough-hewn blocks of ice and have magic themed around ice and cold, one that watches over a great ocean reef might be made of coral blocks and seaweed and be able to control water, one that rules over a volcano might be made of rocks and lava and have magical control over fire and molten stone, and so on.
* GreenThumb: All jinushigami have the ability to control and speak with plants and to magically shape and alter wood.
* {{Teleportation}}: A jinushigami can teleport at will to any spot within the area it watches over.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Manitou]]
->'''Level:''' 15

* DetectEvil: Manitou have it as a constant spell-like ability...
* {{Invisibility}}: ...And ''greater invisibility''
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: ...As well as ''speak with animals''.
* TrueSight: ...And ''true seeing''

!!Dosojin
->'''Level:''' 7
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralGood
->'''Size:''' Medium

!!Suijin
->'''Level:''' 14
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Large

!!Kaminari
->'''Level:''' 17
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
->'''Size:''' Huge

[[folder:Tsukumogami]]
->'''Level Adjustment:''' + 2
->'''Alignment:''' Any
->'''Size:''' Same as base creature

[[folder:Tulpa]]
->'''Level Adjustment:''' + 2
->'''Alignment:''' Any
->'''Size:''' Same as base creature

Beings of pure thought made physical by powerful minds. This template can be applied to any corporeal creature, changing its creature type to outsider.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Aoandon]]
->'''Level:''' 12
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
->'''Size:''' Medium
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Birelu]]
->'''Level:''' 10
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Daitengu]]
->'''Level:''' 10
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Etiainen]]
->'''Level:''' 1
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Manitou]]
->'''Level:''' 15
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralGood
->'''Size:''' Huge

* DetectEvil: Manitou have it as a constant spell-like ability...
* {{Invisibility}}: ...And ''greater invisibility''
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: ...As well as ''speak with animals''.
* TrueSight: ...And ''true seeing''
[[/folder]]

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[[/folder]]