Chimera


Chimera is a subtype for creatures created through a magical blending of other creatures. In addition to the classic Grecian chimeras, this subtype includes bullfrogs, camelspider, catdogs, centaurs, chickenhawk, elephantseals, elephantshrews, falconbats, foxtrots, griffins, hawkrats, hippocampi, hippogriffs, hippohoppers, jackalopes, kangaroorat, ostrichsaurus, owlbears, owliphants, ravenwolves, rhino beetle, squirrelope, skunkbears, skyfish, tigerfrog, and many more.



Chimera Traits

Chimeras usually possess the flaws and special abilities of both creatures combined, and are typically the size of the larger creature between the two (possibly one size smaller). However, the process of creating a chimera often goes wrong

Extra Arms: The creature has extra arms, allowing them to hold multiple items or make multiple claw or slam attacks.

Extra Fins/Wings: The creature has extra fins or wings increases its existing fly speed by 10 feet or glide or swim speed by 20 feet. If it has none of these speeds, it gains a glide and swim speed equal to half its base land speed or 20 feet, whichever is less.

Extra Head: The creature has two heads, granting it a +2 circumstance bonus to Perception checks and checks made against feint attempts.

Extra Legs: The creature has extra legs, granting it stability and/or speed. It gets a +2 racial bonus to Stability against Bull Rush and Trip attempts or +10-foot increase to its base speed. This can be taken twice to gain both effects.

Strange Body: Aberrations have a 50% chance to automatically pass Fortitude saves and ignore critical hit and precision damage against effects that don't explicitly note that they are effective or exclusively target aberrations. A successful Knowledge check against their creature type allows an attacker to negate this benefit.

Strange Mind: Aberrations have a 50% chance to automatically pass Will saves against emotion and mind-affecting effects that don't explicitly note that they are effective or exclusively target aberrations. A successful Knowledge check against their creature type allows an attacker to negate this benefit.