Leshy Heritages
Source Player Core pg. 41 2.0
You select a heritage at 1st level to reflect abilities passed down to you from your ancestors or common among those of your ancestry in the environment where you were born or grew up. You have only one heritage and can’t change it later. A heritage is not the same as a culture or ethnicity, though some cultures or ethnicities might have more or fewer members from a particular heritage.
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Cactus LeshySource Player Core pg. 67 2.0Spines cover your body. You gain a spine
unarmed attack that deals 1d6 piercing damage. Your spines are in the
brawling group and have the
finesse and unarmed traits.
Source Player Core pg. 67 2.0Your body continually produces small fruits imbued with primal magic. At dawn each day, a new fruit ripens. You or an ally can remove this fruit as an Interact action. If a living creature that can derive sustenance from fruit consumes it as an Interact action within the next hour, they regain 1d8 Hit Points, plus an additional 1d8 Hit Points for every 2 of your levels beyond 1st. This effect has the
healing and
vitality traits.
Source Player Core pg. 67 2.0Your body was made from fungi that grows in the shade of caves and trees, and you are at home in dark caverns and warrens. You gain
darkvision. You lose the
plant trait and gain the
fungus trait.
Source Player Core pg. 67 2.0You have a large gourd for a skull, and since you don't have a physical brain, you can use the space inside your head. You can store a collection of up to 1 Bulk of objects within your head. The DC of checks to
Steal objects from inside your head increases by 4. Additionally, if you store only one object within your head, you can draw it effortlessly into your hand as part of another action to use the object. Drawing the item grants this other action the
manipulate trait.
Source Player Core pg. 67 2.0Your body is made mostly from natural foliage, and like a leaf tumbling from a tree, you land from falls with particular grace. You take no damage from
falling, regardless of the distance you fall.
Feats Requiring Leaf Leshy...
Leshy GlideSource Player Core pg. 67 2.0You effortlessly float on the surface of water. You can walk on the surface of still water and other non-damaging liquids, moving at half your normal Speed. You can also attempt to
Balance to move across the surface of flowing water, using the DC of a
Swim check to move through the water. When you do this, you can't move faster than half your Speed, and if you fail or critically fail, you fall into the water rather than the normal effects.
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Source Pathfinder #176: Lost Mammoth Valley pg. 77You excrete a thick, sticky sap from your bark-like flesh, making it easier to climb and hold onto your gear. You gain the
Combat Climber feat as a bonus feat, and you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to your Reflex DC against attempts to
Disarm you.
Feats Requiring Pine Leshy...
Defensive Needles,
Towering GrowthSource Player Core pg. 67 2.0Your body is made from hardy roots that attach you firmly to the ground. You gain 10 Hit Points from your ancestry instead of 8. You can go without sunlight for 2 weeks before you begin to starve. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to your Fortitude or Reflex DC against attempts to Reposition,
Shove, or
Trip you. This bonus also applies to saving throws against spells or effects that attempt to
move you or knock you
prone.
Source Player Core pg. 67 2.0Your body is made from woven seaweed, and you're just as comfortable underwater as on land. You gain a swim Speed of 20 feet, and you can always breathe underwater. However, your land Speed is reduced by 5 feet (to 20 feet for most seaweed leshies).
Source Player Core pg. 68 2.0Your prehensile vines grant you unmatched skill at climbing. You do not need to have any hands free to
Climb. Additionally, if you roll a success on an
Athletics check to Climb, you get a critical success instead.
Versatile Heritages
Source Player Core pg. 74 2.0The peoples of Golarion are many, and they have a long history of intermingling or dabbling with forces capable of altering the very fabric of a mortal body or soul. The children born to such parents might have traits from each of their parents or physiological manifestations of the forces their ancestors were influenced by, manifesting as a specific heritage.
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Uncommon Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 34 2.0Ancestry Page AasimarYou descend from celestials or were touched by the celestial realms, gaining an air of awe and grace, as well as features distinctive to your celestial forebears. You gain the
aasimar trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You also gain
low-light vision, or you gain
darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can choose from aasimar feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Source Player Core pg. 82 2.0Ancestry Page AiuvarinYou have elves, or possibly other aiuvarins, in your family tree. You have pointed ears and other telltale signs of elf heritage. You gain the
elf trait, the
aiuvarin trait, and
low-light vision. In addition, when you gain an ancestry feat, you can choose from aiuvarin and elf feats in addition to those from your ancestry.
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Uncommon Source Ancestry Guide pg. 75 3.0Ancestry Page AphoriteYou were born with a connection to
Axis, the Plane of Law. You gain the
aphorite trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You also gain
low-light vision, or you gain
darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can choose from aphorite feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Uncommon Source Rage of Elements pg. 47 2.0Ancestry Page ArdandeYou descend from wood elementals or have some other heritage influenced by the elemental
Plane of Wood. You might have green, mossy skin, vines that grow from your head instead of hair, or thin appendages that resemble twigs. You gain the
ardande trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You also gain
low-light vision, or you gain
darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision.
You can choose from ardande feats, geniekin feats, and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
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Rare Source Ancestry Guide pg. 79 3.0Ancestry Page BeastkinThe blood of a beast flows through your veins, granting you the ferocity and might of animals. Only creatures with the
humanoid trait can take the beastkin versatile heritage. Choose a type of animal such as bat, eagle, shark, spider, tyrannosaurus, wasp, or wolf. This is the type of animal tied to your heritage and is known as your inherent animal. You gain the
beast and
beastkin traits, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You gain the Change Shape ability. A beastkin's hybrid form is their natural shape. You can choose from beastkin feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Concentrate Polymorph Primal Transmutation Source Ancestry Guide pg. 79 3.0
You change into your humanoid or hybrid shape. Each shape has a specific, persistent appearance, and most beastkin remain in their hybrid shapes by default. In hybrid shape, you appear as a mix between your ancestry and your inherent animal. While in hybrid shape, you gain a jaws unarmed Strike resembling the features of your inherent animal (fangs for bats, beaks for eagles, mandibles for wasps, and so on). Your jaws deal 1d4 piercing damage, have the
agile,
finesse, and
unarmed traits, and are in the
brawling weapon group. In your humanoid shape, you retain the appearance of your original ancestry.
Uncommon Source Player Core pg. 76 2.0Ancestry Page ChangelingYour mother was a hag. Your eyes' heterochromia is the most obvious signifier of this parentage, but you likely also have a slighter build, paler skin, and darker hair than most members of your other parent's ancestry. You gain the changeling trait. You also gain low-light vision, or you gain darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can select from changeling feats and feats from your other parent's ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
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Uncommon Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 32 2.0Ancestry Page DhampirYou are the scion of a vampire, half living and half undead, gifted with uncanny charm and grace, a bloodless pallor, and elongated incisors. You gain the
dhampir trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You have the
negative healing ability, which means you are harmed by positive damage and healed by negative effects as if you were undead. You also gain
low-light vision, or you gain
darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can choose from dhampir feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Source Player Core pg. 83 2.0Ancestry Page DromaarOrcish strength emboldens your bloodline. You have a green tinge to your skin and other indicators of orc heritage. You gain the
orc trait, the
dromaar trait, and
low-light vision. When you gain an ancestry feat, you can choose from dromaar and orc feats in addition to those from your ancestry.
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Uncommon Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 38 2.0Ancestry Page DuskwalkerThanks to an ancient bargain, your soul has been reborn as a duskwalker, a planar scion with a connection to
psychopomp and the
Boneyard. You gain the
duskwalker trait in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You also gain
low-light vision, or you gain
darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. Neither your body nor your spirit can ever become undead. You can choose from duskwalker feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
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Uncommon Source Ancestry Guide pg. 96 3.0Ancestry Page GanziYour blood is touched by primal chaos. You gain the
ganzi trait in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You gain resistance to a single damage type equal to half your level; at the beginning of each day, determine randomly whether this resistance applies to acid, electricity, or sonic damage. You also gain a +1 circumstance bonus to saving throws against effects that would cause you to gain the
controlled condition. You can choose from ganzi feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
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Uncommon Source Ancestry Guide pg. 101 3.0Ancestry Page IfritYou descend from
fire elementals or bear the mark of the Inner Spheres, and your features illustrate the influence that elemental fire has over you. You gain the
ifrit trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You gain resistance to fire equal to half your level (minimum 1), and you treat
environmental heat effects as if they were one step less severe (incredible heat becomes extreme, extreme heat becomes severe, and so on). You can choose from ifrit feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Uncommon Source Player Core pg. 78 2.0Ancestry Page NephilimYour nature is influenced by celestials, fiends, or monitors. This manifests as a combination of features that belie your heritage, such as golden eyes, a halo, horns, or a tail. You gain the nephilim trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You gain low-light vision, or you gain darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can choose from nephilim feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
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Uncommon Source Ancestry Guide pg. 105 3.0Ancestry Page OreadAn
earth elemental ancestor has influenced your bloodline, and your features highlight this elemental planar connection. You might have a crystalline or metallic sheen to your skin or hair, rough and stony flesh, or glittering gemstone eyes. You gain the
oread trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You also gain
low-light vision, or you gain
darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can choose from oread feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
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Rare Source Dark Archive pg. 119Ancestry Page ReflectionYou were created as a duplicate of another creature, intentionally or accidentally, though you might not know of your origins. Other than a minor mark or two, you look just like your progenitor. You gain the
reflection trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You don't need to attempt
Deception checks to
Impersonate your progenitor unless you're interacting with people who know them personally or you do something known to be out of character for them. The GM might require you to roll a Deception check in other circumstances, such as if you're mirror-risen and interacting with someone who has seen an accurate likeness of your progenitor and might notice a distinguishing feature on the reverse side. You can choose from reflection feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
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Uncommon Source Ancestry Guide pg. 110 3.0Ancestry Page SuliYou are descended from a
janni or otherwise embody a dichotomy of opposing elemental planar forces. You gain the
suli trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You also gain
low-light vision, or you gain
darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can choose from suli feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
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Uncommon Source Ancestry Guide pg. 114 3.0Ancestry Page SylphYou are descended from
air elementals or were born under the element's influence. You gain the
sylph trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You also gain low-light vision or darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can choose from sylph feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Uncommon Source Rage of Elements pg. 51 2.0Ancestry Page TalosYour physical features reflect the influence a
zuhra or other metal elemental has had over your bloodline. Your skin likely has a metallic sheen, ranging from the dull luster of raw ore to the gleaming polish of a new blade, with the wear of age or hardship taking the form of tarnish, rust, or scouring. Your hair might resemble spun gold, coiled steel, copper wiring, or braided chains. You gain the
talos trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You gain resistance to electricity equal to half your level (minimum 1). You can cast the
detect metal cantrip as an arcane innate spell at will. A cantrip is heightened to a spell rank equal to half your level rounded up.
You can choose from talos feats, geniekin feats, and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
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Uncommon Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 39 2.0Ancestry Page TieflingYou descend from fiends or bear the mark of the fiendish realms, manifesting as some unusual feature that belies your heritage, such as horns or a tail. You gain the
tiefling trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You also gain
low-light vision, or you gain
darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can choose from tiefling feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
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Uncommon Source Ancestry Guide pg. 118 3.0Ancestry Page UndineA
water elemental ancestor influences your bloodline. You gain the
undine trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You gain a swim Speed of 10 feet and the
amphibious trait. Like all creatures with the amphibious trait, you can breathe both water and air. You can choose from undine feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.