BAKEMONO
Bakemono are furry humanoids resembling everything from bears and cats to wolves and rats. They range in size, shape, and specialties wildly, but as they are all inhabitants of the wilderness, they stand firm in ensuring that dwarven and human expansion is kept in check. Adorans, bakaneko, bjorn, hobs, kasha, kitsune, kobolds, rougarou, sasquatches, vanara, wulvers, yeti, and many more all make up the varied bestials.
BAKEMONO RACIAL TRAITS (RP 15)
Abilities and Types (2 RP): Bakemono are either medium or small humanoids with the cryptid and shapechanger subtypes. Each bakemono race is unique with many different subspecies. Examples include:
- Bjorn are medium-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid bears and have medium bear forms. +2 Str, +2 Con.
- Gnolls are medium-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid hyenas and have medium hyena forms. +2 Str, +2 Dex.
- Hobs are small-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid lagomorphs, marsupials, or mustelids and have tiny forms. +2 Dex, +2 Cha.
- Kasha are medium-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid cats and have small cat forms. Unlike most medium-sized bakemono. +2 Dex, +2 Cha.
- Kelpie are small-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid beavers, otters, seals, walruses, or other furry marine mammals and have small or medium animal forms depending on their specific variety. +2 Dex, +2 Cha.
- Kitsune are medium-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid foxes and have tiny fox forms. +2 Dex, +2 Cha.
- Kobolds are small-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid rodents and have tiny rodent forms. +2 Dex, +2 Int.
- Nekomata are small-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid cats and have tiny cat forms. +2 Dex, +2 Cha.
- Rougarou are medium-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid wolves and have medium wolf forms. +2 Str, +2 Wis.
- Tanuki are small-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid racoons and have tiny raccoon forms. +2 Dex, +2 Wis.
- Wulver are medium-sized bakemono that appear like humanoid canids and have small canid forms. +2 Con, +2 Wis.
Speed: Land 30 feet
Senses (1 RP): Low-light vision
Languages: Common and Sylvan. Bonus languages: Aklo, Celestial, Elven, Gnoll, Gnome, Goblin, and Tengu.
Change Shape (Su)(3 RP): Bakemono can assume a human form unique to them as per alter self and a specific animal form unique to them of tiny, small, or medium size as per beast shape II. These effects do not adjust ability scores unless altering their size.
Bite (1 RP): In their natural and animal form, a bakemono has a bite attack that deals 1d4 points of piercing damage.
Cryptid (2 RP) (Su): Cryptids can be treated as animal, humanoid, magical beast, or monstrous humanoid any effect, as determined by the creator of the effect. They have a +2 racial bonus to saves against anything that any of these types are immune to.
Shapechanger (1 RP) (Su): Creatures with the shapechanger subtype can use a single action to dispel any morph or polymorph effects affecting them using their level as the caster level to do so.
Polymorphism (4 RP): Each bakemono race is unique beginning with 4 RP's worth of racial traits chosen from the list below. You can sacrifice your 1st-level feat to increase this to 8 RP.
- Agile (2 RP): You gain Skill Focus (Acrobatics) as a bonus racial feat. If you gain this feat from another source, you get a +2 racial bonus to Acrobatics checks instead.
- Athletic (2 RP): You gain Skill Focus (Athletics) as a bonus racial feat. If you gain this feat from another source, you get a +2 racial bonus to Athletics checks instead.
- Bakemono Magic (Ex/Sp)(2 RP): Add +1 to the DC of any saving throws against enchantment effects that you create. You also gain dancing lights as a spell-like ability.
- Claws (1 RP): In your natural and animal form, you have a claw attack that deals 1d4 points of slashing damage.
- Climb Speed (2 RP): You have a 20-foot climb speed, use your level instead of skill rank for Athletics checks made to climb, and have a +4 racial bonus to such checks.
- Lucky Leaf (Sp)(2 RP): You gain divine favor as a spell-like ability. If you take this a second time, you gain good hope as a spell-like ability but instead of targeting creatures, it targets objects and instead of granting morale bonuses it grants luck bonuses. The objects affected bestow the benefits of this spell upon the creature carrying them for the duration of the effect. If you target only a single object, the duration increases to 1 hour/level instead.
- Magical Strikes (2 RP): You have the Magical Strikes feat.
- Natural Armor (2 RP): In their natural and animal form, a bakemono has a +1 natural armor bonus.
- Pass without Trace (Su)(2 RP): You are permanently affected by pass without trace using your level as your caster level. You can bestow this effect on others who remain within 30 feet of you while it is active or suppress or reactivate this ability at will.
- Scent (4 RP): You gain the Scent special ability.
- Tanuki Magic (Sp)(2 RP): You gain silent image as a spell-like ability. Taking this a second time replaces this with major image.
- Thick Fur (Ex)(2 RP): You have resistance to cold effects.
Alternate Racial Traits & Racial Feats
Bakemono have all the following as alternate racial traits and racial feats:
- Gnoll traits.
- Halfling traits.
- Catfolk traits.
- Kitsune traits.
- Ratfolk traits race statistics.
- Rougarou traits