Who is your favourite fearless hero?
My friend suggested I give him a missing eye, similar to the one sphinx cat that is missing their eyes and looks like a skull! And we thought it would be cool to give him a glass eye he could accessorise!
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Chiosite (Race)
(Caracal Sphinx by tashcrow on deviantart)
(As may become apparent later, I love big cats and I love cat monsters, especially sphinxes and manticores. Chiosites, pronounced key-os-ites, are an attempt to make a playable race of such creatures. Obviously, they do not have the humanoid body plan of most species, but I think that's fine to play with, and gave them dexterous hands to cast spells and carry weapons with.
The term bi-quad, by the way, is stolen from Jay Eaton, aka @jayrockin)
Chiosites are a strange folk who have the head and chest of a humanoid, but the body of a large cat. They are posited to be related to lamia or sphinxes, maftets or manticores, though these more powerful beasts all deny relation to the chiosites, who they see as “lesser”. Traditionally, chiosites walk quadrupedally, but are capable of walking bipedally and using their hands to manipulate and hold items; chiosites who live among humanoids and use their armor and weaponry typically prefer to do so.
Chiosite culture is isolationist and scholarly, preferring to live in prides in the wilderness or in ruins, with a rich oral tradition. In particular, chiosites often live alongside a sphinx, who is revered and trusted. Sphinxes are typically fond of their pride, but keep them at an arm’s length. Other prides may similarly worship a manticore, or fall in line with lamia. Chiosites have a concept of the Wanderer, a member of their culture who chooses to leave their community to gather knowledge and refine the pride’s philosophy; most chiosite adventurers belong to this role.
Stats: Chiosites are knowledgeable and powerful, but their paws are clumsy. They get a +2 racial bonus to Strength and Intelligence, but a -2 racial penalty to Dexterity.
Medium: Chiosites are medium creatures that gain no size-based bonuses.
Type: Chiosites are magical beasts.
Languages: Chiosites begin play knowing Sphinx. Chiosites with high intelligence scores may select any language as a bonus language.
Speed: Chiosites have a move speed of 30. When standing quadrupedally and not holding any items in either forepaw, this speed becomes 40.
Senses: Chiosites have Darkvision 60ft, low-light vision, and scent.
Natural Attacks: Chiosites gain two claw attacks that deal 1d4 base damage. When not using a weapon, these claws count as primary natural attacks.
Knowledgeable: Chiosites grow up learning stories passed down for thousands of years, about all manner of things. They may make any knowledge check untrained, and treat all knowledge skills as class skills.
Bi-Quad: A chiosite may stand either bipedally or quadrupedally. While standing quadrupedally, a chiosite may be ridden by a small creature and gains a +4 bonus to CMD vs trip checks, but must always have at least one forepaw on the ground and thus count as only having one hand. (They cannot wield two weapons or a two-handed weapon, for example.) Shifting between these stances is a move action.
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Another sketchbook page. Some baby animals! Done with ballpoint pens and the blue mildliner.
Top to bottom, left to right: quail chick, baby sloth, lamb, baby bobtail squid, sphinx cat kitten, baby tapir.
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Saw a post abt turning characters into warrior cats n I'm thinkin.... Peep and a Sphinx cat and Lint as this massive gray shaggy cat with long fur because thatd be funny
(You dont have to draw this this isnt rly a request i just thought itd be fun 2 think abt)
SAY NO MORE 🗣️
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