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Sahkil, Penqual

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[Sponsored by @justicegundam82. The penqual fits in with the tumblak as PF2E sahkils that are a bunch of humanoids squished together. As such, and because their foci (claustrophobia and agoraphobia) are often seen as "opposites", I wanted the flavor text to include some reference to them both. The original stats make them a Huge swarm of Medium creatures; troop rules didn't exist in PF2e yet, but that seems like the logical mechanical niche in both editions.]

Sahkil, Penqual CR 15 NE Outsider (extraplanar) This seething mass consists of a mob of humanoid figures. Each of them is subtly disturbing in appearance—they have dead black eyes, no noses or mouths, and their fingers and toes are long talons. The mob moves as a single unit.

Penquals are sahkils that represent agoraphobia and the fear of crowds. Although they resemble a mass of separate humanoid figures, each penqual is indeed a single entity, their bodies held together with thin fleshy appendages like umbilical cords. They tend to wear clothes and disguise themselves as a group of mundane humanoids when hunting on the Material Plane. Penqual attacks tend to focus around festivals, markets and other places where crowds gather, where the monsters can mingle unnoticed while on the search for those who are already showing signs of discomfort and anxiety. Penquals and tumblaks, the sahkils of claustrophobia, view each other as rivals, and debate the relative merits of confined versus open spaces in causing dread.

Penquals do not bother with individual attacks, instead attempting to devastate all opponents in their reach with a flurry of claws and fists. Their look of fear renders creatures slowed in addition to afraid, and penquals delight in prolonging a futile chase for a few rounds before grabbing an enemy and tearing them apart. Penquals enjoy making people edgy and uncomfortable in addition to overwhelming them with terror. A penqual might use nightmare and antipathy spells to stoke tensions for days or weeks before a scheduled mass gathering, where they abandon subtlety and indulge to bloody violence.

Penqual              CR 15 XP 51,200 NE Medium outsider (evil, extraplanar, sahkil, troop) Init +9; Senses all around vision, darkvision 60 ft., Perception +25

Defense AC 30, touch 21, flat-footed 24 (+5 Dex, +1 dodge, +5 deflection, +9 natural) hp 216 (16d10+128) Fort +13, Ref +17, Will +18 DR 15/good; Immune death effects, disease, fear, poison, single target effects; Resist cold 10, electricity 10, sonic 10; SR 26 Defensive Abilities troop traits; Vulnerable troop traits,weakness to area effects

Offense Speed 40 ft. Melee troop (4d6+5 plus grab) Space 20 ft.; Reach 0 ft. Special Attacks constrict (4d6+7), look of fear, multigrab, spirit touch Spell-like Abilities CL 16th, concentration +24 Constant—shield of faith At will—fear (DC 24), nightmare (DC 25), paranoia (DC 22) 1/day—antipathy (DC 28)

Statistics Str 20, Dex 21, Con 26, Int 23, Wis 22, Cha 27 Base Atk +16; CMB +21 (+25 grapple); CMD 41 Feats Combat Reflexes, Dodge,Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Mobility, Nimble Moves, Wind Stance Skills Acrobatics +21, Bluff +24, Climb +18, Disguise +21, Intimidate +27, Knowledge (arcana, nobility) +19, Knowledge (local, planes) +22, Perform (dance) +21, Perception +26, Sense Motive +24, Stealth +24, Swim +18; Racial Modifiers +2 Perception Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Infernal, Requian, telepathy 100 ft. SQ easy to call, emotional focus, skip between

Ecology Environment any land or urban (Ethereal Plane) Organization solitary or crush (2-4) Treasure standard

Special Abilities Look of Fear (Su) 30 ft., Will DC 26. A creature that succumbs to a penqual’s look of fear is shaken for 1d4 rounds, and during that time is staggered and suffers a -10 foot penalty to all of its speeds. Repeated failed saves do not increase the level of fear effect, but do extend the duration. The save DC is Charisma based and includes a +2 bonus for the sahkil’s emotional focus. Multigrab (Ex) A penqual can grapple a number of creatures that occupy the same number of squares as the penqual without penalty. Thus, a penqual does not count as grappling when it grapples 1 Gargantuan or Huge creature, 4 Large creatures or 16 Medium or smaller creatures. Troop Attack (Ex) A penqual’s troop attack deals bludgeoning, slashing and piercing damage. It is treated as a magic, evil aligned weapon for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction, and benefits from the penqual’s spirit touch ability

A portrait of my Pathfinder character Sabella's current mental state. She's having A Time.

▸ Everything she thought she knew about her life was a lie. ▸ Her great-grandfather is not just dealing with a fiends, he is one. He's a Rakshasa, has probably been several of her ancestors through reincarnation or impersonation, and he wants her to come home and be a good little pawn, sorry, grand-daughter. He particularly wants her back now he knows she can change her form and hide that she's a tiefling. ▸ But she wasn't actually born visibly a tiefling! Her older brother Cesare was though, and that was deemed unacceptable because they needed a respectable face for the family heir and not one that openly advertised that they had been dealing with fiends. Their second born, however, could be safely kept out of sight until they could find a way to permanently hide her fiendish blood too. So their heritages were swapped via horrible transmutation magic involving a painting stretched over a frame of magically re-shaped ribs, which has been hanging in her bedroom most of her life :) ▸ Totally unrelatedly hahaha; She's missing a rib! Cesare is probably missing one too :) It's fine, it probably contributes to her ridiculous acrobatics modifier she's real bendy :) :) It's fine :) Or could that be the ancestry involving a creature know for having wierd joints? Certainly no-one's looking at the way she moves with new eyes at all hahahahaaa :) ▸ Her parents may have been trying to protect her all her life which meant pushing her away and making her want to leave. Real shitty way to discover your parents might not actually hate you, might in fact love and want you very much. ▸ AND her dad has "business dealings" with the Azarketi ambassador, of the kind that mean they light up when they're in the same room and her mother is really pissed off. Is your family life not complicated enough already, dad??? ▸ Everything is Fine. ▸ :) :) :|

She's quite looking forward to getting to go and hit things that are completely unrelated to her fucked up family. (I am having a great time. Sabella may be in the middle of a nervous breakdown.)

Remember how I said he definetely doesn't become a psycho? Well I lied. Meet Salieri, mentally ill scissor boy.

I recently saw someone pointing out that "the meme spell" actually exists in the game

commission for AcornBot!

New character?! Gonna play a leaf leshy cleric. Her name is Bonsai Lime or just Lime for short. 🌳🌱✨

getting to play the sequel to one of my favorite homebrew campaigns soon I’m sooooo excited

How it started, how it’s going. Dawn, champion of Cayden Cailean for a small Pathfinder game. (he/they). ☀️🍻💪

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Art for a friend of their character Zerafina

Earlier today, Paizo announced long awaited books for their Asian inspired continent Tian Xia. Unlike many other companies attempting projects that large, Paizo went out of their way to hire damn near every Asian TTRPG writer in the business.

 I’ve worked on ~100 books & games. I’m often the only Asian on a project. It’s rare to have more than 1 other Asian on a book with me.

The Tian Xia books?

There were like 40 of us! 😲

I’m really glad that Paizo took the time to do this right. 💚

Players are going to see what a difference that level of representation makes when they get their hands on Tian Xia & see the massive diversity of Asian cultures & experiences reflected in the books.

I’m not just talking about countries or ethnicities; there’s also different stories of identity — diasporic groups, immigrant experiences, people reconnecting with their heritage, refugees, people finding & making places of belonging, … The sheer breadth of Asian experiences and identities represented in Pathfinder’s Tian Xia team and in our books is astounding. 

This is why representation matters.

Since my Anadi post is doing Numbers

Have Leshies

This is a dumb joke, but it is also my most liked thing on twitter

Fear the Forgotten Foes coming to Kickstarter!

Fear the Forgotten Foes is joint effort between Ben Fleuter and me, a project that followers of my blog are probably very aware of.

Be ready for the official spiritual successor to my "Horrors of the Dark" (Darkest Dungeon Monster Manual) to bring you 150 new monsters each featuring high quality artwork and gripping lore!

Visit the prelaunch page and hit that follow button to be the first one to know when this project goes live!

art my good friend @senkkei did for me of my orc gunslinger Vilnik :)