History Characters / StarfinderPlayerRaces

!!Starfinder Society
[[folder:Copaxi]]
->'''Type''': Humanoid

Inhabitants of a dying world, they applied for admission to the Pact Worlds through the Starfinder Society. Whether by fleeing their homeworld or by gaining admittance, they contribute to the galaxy at large.

* StarfishAliens: They're a collection of papules inhabiting a coral-like body that's rough to the touch.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Their lifespans are relatively short at only 40 standard years.

[[folder:Morlamaw]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mor.jpg]]
->'''Type:''' Monstrous Humanoid (Aquatic)
->'''Size:''' Large

A sentient species resembling walruses with opposable claws on their side flippers, morlamaws are pre-spaceflight natives of the cold, watery planet Arniselle. While the majority of the race remains on their home world, a few adventurous souls have joined the crews of starships to see the universe.

!!Core Races

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!!Golarian Races

!!Additional Races
[[folder:Astrazoan]]
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->'''Type:''' Aberration (shapechanger)

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Astrazoans maintain their shapeshifted forms not to deceive or even out of fear, but out of consideration for their neighbors, as they understand that their natural form can be disturbing to humanoids.
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Astrazoans can form both male and female reproductive organs and are effectively hermaphroditic.
* NotSoExtinct: Astrazoan DNA samples are suspiciously similar to that of the ilee, the original natives of Apostae that supposedly went extinct.
* StarfishAliens: In their natural form, astrazoans look like seven-limbed, human-sized starfish with cartilaginous skeletons and jelly-like flesh.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Astrazoans can assume the appearance of almost any creature of the same size.

[[folder:Bantrid]]
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->'''Type:''' Aberration
->'''Size:''' Small

* BizarreAlienLocomotion: They roll on a single sphere-shaped foot.
* {{Keet}}: They're very hyperactive; they literally cannot sit still for any length of time or else they start to experience a sensation similar to claustrophobia that causes them to hyperventilate and pass out.
* StarfishAliens: A bantrid is a single column head/torso mounted on a spherical, rolling foot, with two sets of hand-like tentacles extending from either side of their bodies. They also have no sense of smell at all.
* ThrillSeeker: They're always in search of new experiences.
* TrulySingleParent: They reproduce via budding.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Barathu]]
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->'''Type:''' Aberration

The barathu are natives to the gas giant Bretheda. Resembling floating, tentacled brains, barathus are capable of modifying their own genetic code and combining together into larger, more powerful collective entities. Early stage barathus are about the size of a human and enjoy wandering, exploring other cultures and societies.

* AdaptiveAbility: They can adapt their bodies at will, gaining more powerful options as they mature.
* AsteroidsMonster: Larger barathu can split off some of their composite beings, usually to serve as representatives for the larger entity.
* FusionDance: They can combine into larger beings that have their own intelligence. Barathu "corporations" can be made of hundreds of smaller barathu.
* LivingGasbag: They vaguely resemble something like a giant jellyfish or sea squirt, with no discernible external features save for long, trailing tentacles and filled for the most part with lighter-than gases that allow them to float through the endless skies of their gas giant homeworld.
* PromotedToPlayable: Brethedans in ''Pathfinder'' were considered just another race of monsters. In ''Starfinder'', they received rules as player characters in the first Alien Archive.
* StarfishAliens: They look like floating, translucent masses of gelatin, with clusters of tentacles trailing from their undersides. They are adapted for living in the endless skies of gas giants, and can modify their own genetic code to suit their needs and join together in large numbers to form enormous, hyper-intelligent shared consciousness.
* SuddenNameChange: The barathus were originally just called Brethedans after their home planet in ''Pathfinder'', as no one on Golarion knew their racial name back then.
* UndergroundMonkey: In The Ruined Clouds, the fourth part of the Dead Suns AP, the daelns (a barathu-like race native to Nejeor VI) are treated as variant barathus by the game itself despite being unrelated species that live on completely different planets.

[[folder:Borai]]
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->'''Type:''' Undead

* TechnicallyLivingZombie: Despite being considered undead, borais are only mostly dead bodies that still have a sliver of the soul inside, usually because of a botched resurrection or because the borai was too stubborn to die. They still need to breathe, eat and sleep like normal living people.

[[folder:Contemplative]]
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->'''Type:''' Monstrous humanoid
->'''Size:''' Medium

The contemplatives of Ashok were once a humanoid race native to Akiton. Upon achieving psychic powers, they allowed their bodies to wither as they fed their minds and are now little more than floating brains carrying vestigial bodies.

* MyBrainIsBig: So big that they make up almost all of their body mass!
* ProudScholarRaceGuy: They're a society of scientist-monks.
* SquishyWizard: They're brilliant and make excellent spell casters, but their bodies are incredibly frail.

[[folder:Copaxi]]
->'''Type''': Humanoid

Inhabitants of a dying world, they applied for admission to the Pact Worlds through the Starfinder Society. Whether by fleeing their homeworld or by gaining admittance, they contribute to the galaxy at large.

* StarfishAliens: They're a collection of papules inhabiting a coral-like body that's rough to the touch.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Their lifespans are relatively short at only 40 standard years.

[[folder:Draelik]]
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/draelik.jpg]]
->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Draelik)

Long ago an amphibious race, the draeliks hail from a now-arid world called Great Shadar. Many follow a religion headed by beings from the negative energy plane, who preach that entropy is the natural order of things. Though they almost exclusively create devices that increase this entropy, often through the use of negative energy, they look down on those who would hurry existence to its final state like children who want to skip to dessert rather than experience the full meal.

* DarkIsEvil: They practice shadow magic and worship the concept of entropy, and lean towards evil alignments.
* TheReptilians: They look reptilian, though they have some amphibian traits.

[[folder:Dragonkin]]
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->'''Type:''' Dragon
->'''Size:''' Large

A race native to Triaxus, dragonkin resemble humanoid dragons. They are capable of forming a permanent bond with a partner, a deep and meaningful connection that ends only with death.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Dragonkin have all the same varieties as both Chromatic and Metallic Dragons.
* DraconicHumanoid: Dragonkin can stand on their hind legs much more easily than true dragons, and have opposable thumbs that allow them to wield weapons as humanoids do.
* PromotedToPlayable: In ''Pathfinder'', they were considered effectively a type of monster, albeit one close to humanoids. ''Starfinder'' allows you to play as one, size and all.
* PsychicLink: [[TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} Back in the day]], dragonkin linked with ryphorians, whom they then allowed to [[DragonRider ride them]]. In modern times, there is far less need to riding a dragon into battle, but the link still makes them excellent copilots.

[[folder:Drow]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Elf)
->'''Size:''' Medium

The dark cousins of elves, the drow have taken to Apostae as their new homeworld. Dwelling in subterranean caverns, drow have a strictly matriarchal society where families constantly strive to backstab and outmaneuver each other in their constant climb for power.

* EvilCounterpartRace: To the elves.
* {{Irony}}: They're actually somewhat more well integrated into Pact World society than baseline elves are, acting as arms dealers and developers, while elves have become far more isolationist. It's mentioned that elven extremists who launch attacks against them are actively condemned by Pact World governments.

[[folder:Elebrian]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Elebrian)
->'''Size:''' Medium

Sentients native to Eox, most turned to undeath when the backlash from a superweapon decimated their world. A few survived in their normal, living forms.

* MyBrainIsBig: Their enlarged craniums signify their advanced intelligence.
* TheNecrocracy: Undead elebrians now far outnumber living ones, ruled by the bone sages.
* RubberForeheadAliens: They resemble humans with enlarged craniums.
* SuddenNameChange: The elebrians were originally just called Eoxians after their home planet in ''Pathfinder'', as no one on Golarion knew their racial name, or that they were a distinct race from humans, back then.
* UndeadLaborers: The undead elebrians know that they won't age or weaken, there's no concept of retirement, and an elebrian tasked with guarding a wall knows that in 3 centuries, the wall will still be standing and the elebrian capable of doing so.

[[folder:Ferran]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ferran.jpg]]
->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Ferran)
->'''Size:''' Small

A stout race from a world consumed by a black hole. They now live on their moon, still floating just outside of the event horizon.

* DyingRace: Their planet being consumed by a black hole has put them in a precarious position, and they're currently one natural disaster away from being effectively extinct.
* RubberForeheadAliens: They look like stout yellow-skinned humans or, alternatively, yellow dwarves.

[[folder:Formian]]
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->'''Type:''' Monstrous humanoid

Found primarily on Castrovel within the Pact Worlds, the formians are a communal insectoid race divided into castes for different roles.

* ArchEnemy: They've been at war with the lashuntas for thousands of years, with peace only taking effect in the last few decades.
* BeePeople: They have a structures social system dominated by queens.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Formian hives tend to run for miles underground, leaving vast swathes of surface wilderness untouched.
* InsectoidAliens: They're quadrupedal ant people that live in hives.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Some formians don't agree with the strict social systems of the formian hives. There are several organizations dedicated to helping habilitate these formians for independent life.
* PromotedToPlayable: Formian warriors are another monster race of monsters from the original ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' that became playable in the Alien Archive of ''Starfinder''. The worker caste remains unplayable, while the myrmarch and queen haven't been statted up yet and aren't likely to become playable either.

[[folder: Ghibrani]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Ghibrani)

* AfterTheEnd: Their homeworld, Elytrio, was devastated by nuclear war, with a portion of the survivors living in a protected dome city while the rest eek out a living in a harsh, radioactive wasteland.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Ghbrani are dimorphic, but this is due to environmental factors, with the membrane ghibrani living in comfort and luxury growing soft but retaining their ability to fly, while the husk ghibrani have adapted to life in a radioactive wasteland, becoming hardier but losing their wings.
* InsectoidAliens: They're humanoid beetles.
* NiceGuy: Their "affable" trait gives them a racial bonus to diplomacy checks.
* ScamReligion: The husk ghibranis who live outside the domed city of Arkeost do so because hundreds of years ago, the ancestors of the membrane ghibranis told them the goddess Mother Touloo had declared them her chosen people and had a promised land for them in the wasteland. Problem being that Mother Touloo is entirely fictitious, invented for this purpose to save Arkeost from overpopulation. Centuries later, the membrane ghibrani have completely forgotten their own deception.

[[folder:Gray]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Gray)
->'''Size:''' Small

An enigmatic race, the few who know of their existence know them as infiltrators and spies. What their end goals are, or if they even have any, are unknown to all but themselves.

* TheGrays: They are a malevolent race of alien humanoids with grey skin, long, willowy limbs and a bulbous head with oversized black eyes. They have a habit of abducting people and have infiltrated several societies throughout the Pact Worlds, pursuing complex agendas of manipulation and espionage aimed at goals only they know of.
* IntangibleMan: They can phase partially out of reality, making it harder to hit them.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: They use memory expungers to wipe memories of their actions.
* MindRape: They have telepathic abilities they use to this effect.
* TheSpook: Very little is known about them or their goals.

[[folder:Haan]]
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->'''Type:''' Monstrous humanoid
->'''Size:''' Large

An arthropodan species native to Bretheda. They weave balloons from webs which they use to float through the air and can spit fire to defend themselves. Their society forbids all but the most basic of tools and those who leave home to venture the stars are considered dead by their kin.

* AcePilot: Those who do leave Bretheda find themselves adept pilots.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: They're insects bigger than most humanoids.
* IHaveNoSon: The haan who venture off world are considered dead to their families.
* MixAndMatchCritters: They combine aspects of bombardier beetles, spiders, and eurypterids (sea scorpions).
* {{Technophobia}}: Almost all haan consider technology taboo.

[[folder:Ikeshti]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Ikeshti)
->'''Size:''' Small

The ikeshti are a reptilian race native to Akiton with an unusual life cycle. Born as little more than ravenous mouths, they develop into an adolescent stage that lasts between one and two decades before entering their adult stage. They become composed to mate and after doing so engage in battle to the death, with the surviving mate settling into the final stage of their life to tend for the young. Those who are unable to secure a mate regress into savage beasts that care for nothing but battle and food.

* LizardFolk: They're human-sized, bipedal reptiles with rust-red scales.
* WasOnceAMan: The riveners are ikeshti who weren't able to mate and had their minds and bodies overwhelmed by a flood of hormones. They're much larger than their still-sentient brethren and care for little more than killing and eating.

[[folder:Ilthisarian]]
->'''Type:''' Monstrous Humanoid

* BizarreAlienBiology: They've got multiple heads and multiple sets of redundant organs.
* GeniusBruiser: Large sized, and with racial bonuses to both strength and intelligence.
* MadeOfIron: Large and hearty, they've also got multiple sets of redundant organs.
* ManBitesMan: Ther multiple sets of powerful jaws and sharp teeth allow them to bite enemies and hold on and grapple enemies once bitten.
* MultipleHeadCase: They have one primary head, but have several (artwork depicts both six and seven) other, smaller heads that look like snakes sprouting from their neck ad shoulders. Their language is particularly hard to master because all of these heads speak together in a way that isn't easy to immitate, to the point that many other races choose to send whole teams of diplomats trained to speak together as a chorus to deal with the ilthisarians.
* SnakePeople: They're serpent-like aliens with a humanoid torso, but with a snake's tail as a lower body that forks into two tips at the end.

[[folder:Kalo]]
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->'''Type:''' Monstroud humanoid (Aquatic)
->'''Size:''' Medium

Natives to the Brethedan moon of Kalo-Mahoi, the kalo are an aquatic species that cannot survive out of the water without specialized gear. Resembling a cross between a fish and a bat, they place an emphasis on tradition, using ancient titles and names for modern positions.

* ActionFashionista: They're famous for both their fierce and valorous hunters, and their cutting edge fashion.
* HumanoidAliens: They're capable of bipedal movement, but they're primarily adapted to life underwater.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: They're an aquatic race and as such are perfectly capable of breathing water. Unfortunately, breathing air is an impossibility.

[[folder:Khizar]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Khizars) (Plantlike)
->'''Size:''' Medium

* BizarreAlienBiology: They're masses of roots and vines arranged in the structure of a bipedal humanoid with a glowing seedpod where the head would be.
* NatureHero: They're big on preserving nature and the natural world from the constant encroachment of industrialization.
* PlantAliens: Technically they're humanoids so physically and mentally they're a lot closer to other humanoid species than the ghorans of Golarion, despite looking more alien.

[[folder:Kish]]
->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Kish)
->'''Size:''' Medium

Primitive descendants of the kishalee, an advanced civilization that once ruled the stars, the kish live among the ruins of their former glory, ignorant of the power their people once held. They are humanoids with skull-like faces, mandibles, and digigrade feet.

* ExtraEyes: They have a literal third eye on their foreheads.
* FuturePrimitive: They're at a largely stone age level of development even though they're the descendants of a star-faring people.

[[folder:Maraquoi]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Maraquoi)

Natives to the Brethedan moon Marata, the maraquoi resemble humanoid monkeys. Their unique reproductive system has seven genders, all of which are necessary to reproduce, and as a result many are highly averse to killing, so as not to prevent reproduction altogether.

* BizarreAlienSexes: They have ''seven'' sexes, all of which are necessary to reproduce. For the curious, they are:
** Three "fathers", the Ilsha (earth-sire), Qsha (sky-sire), and Susha (water-sire), who contribute genetic material.
** The Uisha (sharer), a "conceptual mother" who takes in the sires' DNA, conceives the fetus, and passes it on to...
** The Klsha (bearer), similar to the Shirren Host gender, who carries the child to term, then passes the newborn child to...
** The Mesha (cradle), who nurses the child in a marsupial-like pouch.
** And among all these is the Zysha (facilitator), who for some reason has to effectively oversee all this and somehow still contributes to the child's DNA like the other six despite having no apparent physical contact in the process.
* HumanoidAlien: They look like monkeys with insectoid compound eyes.

[[folder:Morlamaw]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mor.jpg]]
->'''Type:''' Monstrous Humanoid (Aquatic)
->'''Size:''' Large

A sentient species resembling walruses with opposable claws on their side flippers, morlamaws are pre-spaceflight natives of the cold, watery planet Arniselle. While the majority of the race remains on their home world, a few adventurous souls have joined the crews of starships to see the universe.

* IntelligentGerbil: An alien race that is, for all intents and purposes, a species of blue talking walruses.
* WarmHeartedWalrus: They tend to be good-natured.

[[folder:Nuar]]
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nuar.jpg]]
->'''Type:''' Monstrous humanoid

A rare race, nuars resemble minotaurs and claim to originate from Golarion. Their culture draws from bits and pieces of many others, particularly orcs.

* ALoadOfBull: Nuars are minotaur-like creatures with formidable frames and roughly bovine faces, hooves and horns and claim to be distinct from their bigger, less smart minotaur relatives. They have natural grasp of complex patterns and shifting connections.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Most people assume nuar are stupid because of their bestial appearance. Most people are very wrong; on average, nuar are smarter than humans.
* TransformingWeapon: Their signature technology, the maze-core, allows one to build these.

[[folder:Reptoid]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reptoid.jpg]]
->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Reptoid and Shapechanger)

Shapeshifting reptilians, reptoids infiltrate societies to further their unknown goals.
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* TheReptilians: In their true form, they're lizardlike humanoid aliens.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: They can switch between their own form and that of a particular humanoid. They can change who their false form is, though this often requires staging the death of the old identity.

[[folder:Ryphorian]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Ryphorian)

Natives to Triaxus, ryphorians appear in three subtypes depending of which centuries-long season their world is currently in. Though ryphorians are born to the winter type, modern technology allows them to change into whichever subtype they wish.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Ryphorians have three appearances depending to their planet's season at birth, even when off-world. In winter, they grow short fur over their bodies, while in summer they are hairless and have larger eyes. The third form is for those born just before or during the transition between seasons.
* DragonRider: In the old days, the ryphorians of the Skyfire Mandate and other Allied Territories could form links with dragonkin, large {{Draconic Humanoid}}s who allowed their smaller allies to ride them. Few Ryphorians ride Dragonkin nowadays, but they still enjoy the bonds, and many partner up as co-pilots.
* RubberForeheadAliens: They look like elves with some feline features.
* SuddenNameChange: In [[TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} pre-Gap Golarion]], the name "ryphorian" was unknown and everyone called them Triaxians.

[[folder:Sarcesian]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sarcesian.jpg]]
->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Sarcesian)
->'''Size:''' Large

A tall species native to one of the planets that now makes up the Diaspora. They are capable of surviving in space for up to an hour, suppressing their breathing and growing solar wings to glide through the void.
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* ColdSniper: They make excellent snipers, especially since they can take up position outside of a space station or starship to fire on targets inside.
* GrowingWings: They can manifest wings of pure energy, but only in a vacuum.
* NoodlePeople: They're incredibly tall, with long spindly limbs.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: In ''Pathfinder'', the sarcesians' heads look like those of the Muun from ''Franchise/StarWars'': tall and thin with a tiny face. Now they look more like large-eyed hairless elves.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scyphozoan]]
->'''Type:''' Aberration

* BioPunk: Scyphozoan technology depends on genetically manipulated organisms that function similar to mechanical and electronic devices.
* TheFederation: The most advanced and powerful economic and military force on Primoria is the Council States, a commercial and defensive confederation of scyphozoan city-states and tribes.
* FunnyAnimal: Scyphozoans are a race of civilised jellyfish that can breathe air as well as water, has two prehensile tentacles ('arms') and multiple ambulatory tentacles to walk on land.
* PoisonousPerson: Scyphozoans can secrete corrosive acid with their tentacles.
* XRayVision: The scyphozoan's bell and tentacles are sensitive to vibrations in the air or water, allowing them to sense nearby creatures even if they can't see them.

[[folder:Selamid]]
->'''Type:''' Ooze

* BaseOnWheels: Selamids build their cities called megadoplexes upon the backs of their gentle, half-mile-long cousins called megadolorids.
* BlobMonster: The first playable race of oozes in ''Starfinder'', selamids have mutable, flexible bodies made of protoplasm.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Selamids can eat nearly any organic matter.
* NoBiologicalSex: Since they reproduce asexually via binary fission, selamids have no concept of biological sex, and game material refers to them by the pronoun 'it'.
* OneSizeFitsAll: Invoked: equipment and armour of the appropriate size never needs to be adjusted to allow a selamid to use it.
* TrulySingleParent: Selamids reproduce by dividing into two identical ones at the end of their lifespan.

[[folder: Seprevoi]]
->'''Type:''' Monstrous Humanoids(Seprevoi)

* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: Due to the scarcity of resources they have access to, they've become very proficient with archaic weapons and receive bonuses to them.
* BizarreAlienLocomotion: They have four legs, but rather than being arranged in a centaur-type configuration, it's more like if you had two legs coming out of either socket in your hip.
* TheExile: A whole race exiled from their homeworld by a virus that will kill them if they go back. Unfortunately for them this happened before the advent of drift travel, when they were confined to a single system. And perhaps more unfortunately, their homeworld is the only planet in their system that sustains life.
* FutureImperfect: Knowledge of exactly what it was that caused them to flee their planet has been lost to them and most believe that it was some crime against the gods for which they are being punished for all eternity.
* KillerSpaceMonkey: Well not especially killer given that they aren't particularly hostile or warlike, anymore so than anyone else. But they are a race of aliens who resemble simians, though with four legs.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Self-imposed by the Exilytes, a cult like organization that permeates every level of Seprevoi society. They believe that their race must pay eternal penance for some forgotten crime, and no technology or magic can ever bring them back to their homeworld.
* SpaceStation: They are confined to a series of them in orbit around their home planet, which they can no longer go to.
* TheVirus: They created a biological weapon that only targets their own race. Unfortunately it got loose and became air born, rendering their entire planet uninhabitable for their species, though other races are unaffected. The seprevoi themselves have forgotten this, and believe the virus to be a divine punishment.

[[folder:Shimreen]]
->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Shimreen)
->'''Size:''' Medium

[[folder:Shobhad]]
[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shobbad.jpg]]
->'''Type:''' Mosntrous humanoid

Collectively called the shobhad-neh, these four-armed giants are native to Akiton. Living in low-tech nomadic societies, they place great value on martial prowess and personal honor.
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* TheBigGuy: They tower over most races.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: They have four arms, are larger than most races, and place great value on combat ability.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: Inverted. While not depicted as particularly attractive in ''Pathfinder'', they were still [[http://orig03.deviantart.net/90e3/f/2013/312/8/b/shobad_by_mattiasfahlberg-d6th259.jpg relatively]] [[https://1d4chan.org/images/thumb/6/62/Shobhad.png/300px-Shobhad.png human looking]], aside from being green-skinned, four-armed giants. In ''Starfinder'' they're [[https://i.imgur.com/w4GHTaQ.png hideous]] [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nh01MxZeJec/WjwUZAZkacI/AAAAAAAACuE/5t3wx8SUhx4FM5puYSpkG387NidA-FJngCLcBGAs/s1600/Shobhad_GuidoKuip2017.jpg monsters]] with inhuman mouths, tusks, clawed hands and toes more extreme than any orc. This is likely to increase their resemblance to [[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars the Tharks]] on whom they are based.

[[folder:Skittermander]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Skittermander)
->'''Size:''' Small

A race of peaceful, communal creatures from Vesk-3, skittermanders are good-natured if hyperactive mammals with six arms and furry bodies. They are instinctually helpful, which vexed the Veskarium when they attempted to invade, as the vesk code of honor forbid them from firing on a foe that wasn't interested in a fight.

* BadassPacifist: If they are ObfuscatingStupidity, then they're masters of nonviolent resistance, having successfully resisted vesk control through sheer force of friendliness.
* BellyMouth: As we see from the illustration, skittermander whelps have a lamprey-like bitey umbilical cord.
* {{Keet}}: Their hyperactivity gives them an extra move action once per day.
* KillerRabbit: Skittermander whelps are as cute as the adults, save for a secondary mouth they use to take bites out of large prey. It's normally all-but harmless given their diminutive size, but a swarm of whelps can skeletonize a large animal.
* NiceGuy: To an almost infuriating degree. Those that leave Vesk-3 tend to become bureaucrats for the sole purpose of helping as many people as they can.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Some vesk suspect that they're intentionally obtuse in order to annoy their vesk "overlords" and maintain their autonomy while reaping the rewards of being part of the Veskarium.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: They're adorable little fur balls. They're both less and more cute as whelps, as though their faces are even cuter, they have a creepy worm-like mouth on their stomachs.

[[folder:Space Goblin]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Goblinoid)
->'''Size:''' Small

A small and chaotic race, goblins are known for cobbling technology together out of scrap, voraciously consuming anything they can get their hands on, and generally being a pain to deal with.
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* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: They still carry the trademark crude cutting weapons of their ancient brethren. And yes, they're still called dogslicers.
* BigEater: They eat a lot, though not to the same extent as normal goblins.

[[folder: Sentient Robotic Organism]]
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->'''Type:''' Constructs (Technological)
->'''Size:''' Small or Medium

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: [=SROs=] are constructs with positronic brains so complex that they've attracted souls and developed free will. They can eat and drink but don't need to, and they have to sleep by entering offline mode for 8 hours every day. Because of their healing circuits, [=SROs=] can heal naturally and be resurrected like organic creatures, and healing spells can also affect them to a lesser degree.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Strix]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Strix)

* BirdPeople: They have several subtle avian qualities. For instance their eyes are fixed in their skulls and they have to turn their whole heads to look around.
* SlaveRace: They were originally bred as one by the syrinx, but since they seem to have vanished with Golarion, the strix in Starfinder are entirely free.
* WingedHumanoid: Despite their avian natures they do look more like this, as they lack feathers anywhere but their wings, don't have beaks, and have humanoid hand and foot structure (though they do have non-functional claws instead of nails).

[[folder:Urog]]
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->'''Type:''' Magical beast
->'''Size:''' Large

The primary race of the crystalline world of Dykon, Urogs are large, plodding snail-like creatures made of shimmering crystal. Though they are brilliant mathematicians, they have no real sense of tact, so they tend to rub other races the wrong way with their constant criticism and bluntness.
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* BrutalHonesty: Urogs value frankness and getting to the heart of a matter far more than protecting the feelings of others.
* NoSell: Since urogs can break off and absorb only the molecules they need and leave aside the others when eating, they are almost impossible to poison or drug.
* SiliconBasedLife: They developed on a world that was full of these.
* StarfishAliens: They look like some combination of snail, turtle, and insect, to say nothing of the fact that they appear to be made of some crystalline substance.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Verthani]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Verthani)

Natives to Verces, the verthani are a highly cooperative race that specializes in biological and cybernetic augmentation.
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* AcePilot: Aside from cybernetics enhancement, this is their race's [[PlanetOfHats hat]]. They were the first race to develop space travel, and the first to launch a ship through the drift.
* {{Cyborg}}: Nearly all of them, and even the ones who aren't are more capable of receiving them than other races.
* FantasticCasteSystem: Verthani are divided into three castes known as the Augmented, who use technology to modify their bodies and travel in outer space in aetherships; the Pure Ones who reject bodily augmentation and concerns themselves with government, farming, and commerce; and the God-Vessels, clerics who permanently burn holy symbols on their skin. In order to prevent any caste from gaining too much power, the Augmented and God-Vessels are only allowed to marry Pure Ones.
* NoodlePeople: Their gangly limbs are one of the things that sets them apart from humans.
* PerfectPacifistPeople: Subverted. Their nations haven't been to war for longer than anyone can remember, but their relationships with the Outlaw Kingdoms are far less peaceful, and can even be a bit bigoted.
* RubberForeheadAliens: They look like humans with large mouse-like eyes and longer limbs.
* SuddenNameChange: The verthani were originally just called Vercites after their home planet in ''Pathfinder'', as no one on Golarion knew their racial name back then.

[[folder:Witchwyrd]]
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->'''Type:''' Monstrous humanoid

A mysterious race, the witchwyrds were the progenitors of the kasathas and shobhads.
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* TheFaceless: In all their images, they're wearing distinct read and yellow headdresses that hide everything but their eyes.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: They have four arms and are capable of firing magical force projectiles.

[[folder:Wrikreechee]]
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->'''Type:''' Monstrous humanoid (Aquatic)

Natives of Akchios, these ocean dwellers use hormone supplements to keep their chitinous summer shells year-round and allow them to leave their watery home. They remain vulnerable to changes in temperature and often wear environmentally controlled suits to maintain a constant temperature.

* {{Expy}}: They're very reminicent of the prawns from ''Film/District9''
* HumanoidAliens: They look like humanoid crustaceans.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: They can breath underwater and on land.
* TheVoiceless: Their bodies were meant to function in an aquatic environment, including their vocal systems. They need specialized masks to adapt their voices to tones and volumes audible in air.

* {{Keet}}: Their hyperactivitpy gives them an extra move action once per day.

* {{Keet}}: Their hyperactivity gives them an extra move action once per day.

[[folder:Draelik]]
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->'''Type:''' Humanoid (Draelik)

Long ago an amphibious race, the draeliks hail from a now-arid world called Great Shadar. Many follow a religion headed by beings from the negative energy plane, who preach that entropy is the natural order of things. Though they almost exclusively create devices that increase this entropy, often through the use of negative energy, they look down on those who would hurry existence to its final state like children who want to skip to dessert rather than experience the full meal.

* DarkIsEvil: They practice shadow magic and worship the concept of entropy, and lean towards evil alignments.
* TheReptilians: They look reptilian, though they have some amphibian traits.

** three "fathers", Ilsha(earth-sire), Qsha(sky-sire), and Susha(water-sire), who contribute genetic material.
** the Uisha(sharer), a "conceptual mother" who takes in the sires' DNA, conceives the fetus, and passes it on to...
** the Klsha(bearer), similar to the Shirren Host gender, who carries the child to term, then passes the newborn child to...
** the Mesha(cradle), who nurses the child in a marsupial-like pouch.
** and among all this is the Zysha(facilitator) who for some reason has to effectively oversee all this, and somehow still contributes to the child's DNA like the other six despite having no apparent physical contact in the process.

Natives to the Brethedan moon Marata, the maraquoi resemble humanoid monkeys. Their unique reproductive system has seven genders, all of which are necessary to reproduce, and as a result many are highly aversive to killing so as not to prevent reproduction altogether.

* BizarreAlienSexes: They have ''seven'' sexes, all of which are necessary to reproduce.

* DiscardAndDraw: ‘’Starfinder’’ Androids don’t have the Nanite Surge ability of the Androffan/Numerian Androids of the past. Instead they have a built-in armor upgrade slot.

* MarkedChange: When the tattoos that cover their body start to glow, that means that they've activated the nanites in their blood, giving them a huge bonus to one roll.

* TronLines: These cover their bodies when they use their nanites.

* TheReptilians: ''Starfinder'''s primary race of reptilian aliens. Appearance-wise, they resemble burly humans with scaly skin, clawed fingertips and reptilian heads and tails. They also come in a range of colors, mostly blue and green. Personality-wise, they're highly aggressive and expansionistic warriors, with the main concern of their civilization being warring against and subjugating all other species they meet.

* NonHumanHumanoidHybrid: Most half-elves are half human, but a growing number, particularly on Triaxus, are half-ryphorian instead. They are oddly similar to their human-born counterparts, however.

* PromotedToPlayable: Formians are another monster race of monsters from the original ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' that became playable in the Alien Archive of ''Starfinder''.

[[folder: Ilthisarian]]

* BrutalHonesty: Their primary trait.

* NonHumanHumanoidHybrid: Most half-elves are Half human, but a growing number, particularly on Triaxus, are half-ryphorian instead. They are oddly similar to their human-born counterparts, however.

* TheReptilians : ''Starfinder'''s primary race of reptilian aliens. Appearance-wise, they resemble burly humans with scaly skin, clawed fingertips and reptilian heads and tails. They also come in a range of colors, mostly blue and green. Personality-wise, they're highly aggressive and expansionistic warriors, with the main concern of their civilization being warring against and subjugating all other species they meet.

* LizardFolk: ''Starfinder'''s primary race of reptilian aliens. Appearance-wise, they resemble burly humans with scaly skin, clawed fingertips and reptilian heads and tails. They also come in a range of colors, mostly blue and green. Personality-wise, they're highly aggressive and expansionistic warriors, with the main concern of their civilization being warring against and subjugating all other species they meet.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Most Half-Elves are Half human, but a growing number, particularly on Triaxus, are Half-Ryphorian instead. They are oddly similar to their Human-born counterparts, however.

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[[caption-width-right:250:A damaya lashunta.]]

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* BizarreAlienBiology: They're a mass of roots and vines arranged in the structure of a bipedal humanoid with a glowing seedpod where the head would be.

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* WarmHeartedWalrus: They tend to be good natured.

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* TheReptilians: In their true form.

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