Archives of Nethys
Sprite Heritages
Source Player Core pg. 41You 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.
Sprite heritages possess wide variations in appearance and are considered by some mortal scholars to be different “creatures.” As they feel both great pride in their individuality and intimate kinship with sprites of other heritages, sprites find this taxonomy mortals impose upon them adorably naive. Choose one of the following sprite heritages at 1st level.
Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 46
PFS Note Characters from Tian Xia have access to this uncommon heritage
You have the form of a faceless, leathery ball with short fur, six legs, and a connection to primordial chaos. While you have no face, head, mouth, eyes, or ears, you can somehow hear, speak, see, eat, and breathe just fine (though it's unclear exactly how). Your erratic nature means you often react to stimuli in unpredictable ways. When you roll a failure (though not a critical failure) on a saving throw against an emotion effect, you get a success instead.
Draxie Sprite
Source Feybound pg. 82You have dragon-like features and are kin to fey dragonets, tracing your heritage back to the death of the mightiest fey dragonet in the First World. You gain touch telepathy, allowing you to communicate silently and mentally with any creature you're touching as long as you share a language.
Feats Requiring Draxie Sprite...
Draxie DustFirefly Sprite
Source Feybound pg. 82You're a common sprite, especially attracted to magic and softly glowing with magical luminance. You naturally shed bright light in a 20-foot emanation (and dim light to the next 20 feet). This light has the light and primal traits. You can extinguish, rekindle, or change the color of this light using a single action, which has the concentrate trait.
Feats Requiring Firefly Sprite...
Luminous FlashGandharva Sprite
Uncommon Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 46
PFS Note Characters from Tian Xia have access to this uncommon heritage
You're descended from the self-proclaimed musicians, poets, and dancers of the gods, with a body that's part humanoid and part horse or bird. If you gain wings, they come in many different brilliant colors. Due to your celestial connection, the tradition of any spells or magical abilities you gain from a sprite heritage or ancestry feat is divine instead of its normal tradition. You become trained in Performance (or another skill of your choice if you're already trained in Performance), and you can cast summon instrument as a divine innate cantrip.
Kanchil Sprite
Uncommon Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 46
PFS Note Characters from Tian Xia have access to this uncommon heritage
You have the head of a mouse deer and hooves instead of feet, with a reputation for being clever and persuasive—able to get yourself out of sticky situations with wordplay and a bit of luck. You become trained in Deception (or another skill if you were already trained in Deception). You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to Deception checks to Lie when specifically attempting to avoid danger or punishment (such as trying to convince a dragon not to eat you), to Deception DCs against Sense Motive checks to uncover such lies, and to initiative rolls when you roll Deception for initiative.
Kaztili Sprite
Source Feybound pg. 82You’re a kaztili, and you’re especially fond of insults, jokes, and witticisms. You always have a clever remark at the ready that puts your foes on edge. You gain the Witticism action.
Witticism [one-action]
Auditory Emotion Linguistic MentalSource Feybound pg. 82
Frequency once per hour
You make a cutting comment about a foe, making it difficult for them to concentrate. Attempt a Performance check against the Will DC of a creature within 30 feet. On a success, that creature is stupefied 1 until the end of its next turn or until it damages you, whichever comes first.
Kirakor Sprite
Source Feybound pg. 82You have the hindquarters of a cricket and shiny skin that appears chitinous, though it might be soft to the touch. You adore art and music. Your cricket legs grant you a +2 circumstance bonus to Athletics checks to High Jump or Long Jump. You also gain figment as a primal innate cantrip, though you can use it only to create illusory sounds, not visions. A cantrip is heightened to a spell rank equal to half your level rounded up.
Feats Requiring Kirakor Sprite...
Cavorting AccompanimentLeungli Sprite
Uncommon Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 46
PFS Note Characters from Tian Xia have access to this uncommon heritage
You have the head of a goldfish or carp and scales that come in an auspicious combination of stark white, black, orange, red, and gold. If you gain wings, they appear much like the wispy hairs of a dragon. 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.
Melixie Sprite
Source Feybound pg. 82You have the features of a bee, butterfly, moth, or other insect that loves sweets. You can ask questions of, receive answers from, and use the Diplomacy skill with arthropods (including insects, spiders, scorpions, crabs, and similar invertebrate animals). In most cases, wild arthropods will give you time to make your case. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to Make an Impression on arthropods.
Murxie Sprite
Source Feybound pg. 82As a murxie (also called an ether sprite) from the Darklands, you possess a cruelty more biting than most sprites. You gain the Hilarious Insult action.
Hilarious Insult [two-actions]
Incapacitation LinguisticSource Feybound pg. 82
Frequency once per day
You attempt to Demoralize a creature. If you succeed, the target spends the first action on its next turn with the confused condition. If you critically succeed, the creature is instead confused until the end of its next turn.
Feats Requiring Murxie Sprite...
Darklands LightNyktera Sprite
Source Feybound pg. 82You have bat-like features, an affinity for batkind, and hearing that's second to none. As long as you can hear normally, you can Seek to sense undetected creatures in a 60-foot cone instead of the GM choosing an area of 30 feet or less as normal. You also gain a +2 circumstance bonus to locate undetected creatures that you could hear within 30 feet with a Seek action.
Feats Requiring Nyktera Sprite...
Speak with Bats, Speak With BatsPixie Sprite
Source Feybound pg. 82You’re a pixie, appearing as an elegant elf-like figure with lithe features and pointed ears. You’re larger than other sprites. Instead of Tiny, your size is Small.
Veredram Sprite
Source Feybound pg. 83You're more obviously dangerous than most sprites, with a body that looks like a mass of thorny vines. You gain a prickly vine unarmed attack that deals 1d6 piercing damage. Your prickly vine is in the brawling group and has the finesse and unarmed traits. You can apply injury poisons to your prickly vine as though it were a weapon without risk of poisoning yourself.
Versatile Heritages
Source Player Core pg. 74The 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.
Click here for the full rules on Versatile Heritages.
Aasimar
Legacy Content
UncommonSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 34
Ancestry Page Aasimar
You 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.
Aiuvarin
Source Player Core pg. 82Ancestry Page Aiuvarin
You 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.
Aphorite
Legacy Content
UncommonSource Ancestry Guide pg. 75
Ancestry Page Aphorite
You 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.
Ardande
Uncommon Source Rage of Elements pg. 47
Ancestry Page Ardande
You 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.
Beastkin
Legacy Content
RareSource Ancestry Guide pg. 79
Ancestry Page Beastkin
The 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.
Change Shape [one-action]
Concentrate Polymorph Primal TransmutationSource Ancestry Guide pg. 79
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.
Changeling
Uncommon Source Player Core pg. 76
Ancestry Page Changeling
Your 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.
Dhampir
Uncommon Source Player Core 2 pg. 42
Ancestry Page Dhampir
You 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 void healing ability, which means you are harmed by vitality damage and healed by void 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 select from dhampir feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Dragonblood
Uncommon Source Player Core 2 pg. 44
Ancestry Page Dragonblood
You're descended in some way from a dragon. Your physical features might show this outwardly, with a pair of draconic horns, patches of scaly skin, or even a tail, or you might develop an internal reserve of draconic power. You gain the dragonblood trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. Add Draconic to your ancestry's list of additional languages (allowing you to choose it as a language if your Intelligence modifier is positive). When you roll a success on a saving throw against a fear effect, you get a critical success instead. You can choose from dragonblood feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Draconic Exemplars
Some abilities reference your draconic exemplar, which is a specific type of dragon from which you draw your draconic powers—typically the type of dragon whose blood runs in your veins. You can choose your exemplar when you create your character, but are only required to choose one when you select a feat or other option that requires you to have one (such as Breath of the Dragon). This means your draconic nature might be a mystery to you for some time. The table below lists the dragons from Monster Core and their specifications. The dragon breath entry lists if the given breath uses a Fortitude (F), Reflex (R), or Will (W) saving throw. If you choose a dragon from a different source, work with your GM to determine if you have access to it. Click here for the full list of Draconic Exemplars.| Dragon | Tradition | Speeds | Dragon Breath |
| Adamantine | Primal | Burrow | Cone of bludgeoningR |
| Conspirator | Occult | Climb | Cone of poisonF |
| Diabolic | Divine | - | Cone of fireR |
| Empyreal | Divine | - | Cone of spiritR |
| Fortune | Arcane | - | Cone of forceR |
| Horned | Primal | Swim | Cone of poisonF |
| Mirage | Arcane | Climb | Cone of mentalW |
| Omen | Occult | - | Cone of mentalW |
Dromaar
Source Player Core pg. 83Ancestry Page Dromaar
Orcish 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.
Duskwalker
Uncommon Source Player Core 2 pg. 48
Ancestry Page Duskwalker
Thanks to an ancient bargain, your soul has been reborn as a duskwalker, a planar scion with a connection to psychopomps and the Boneyard. You gain the duskwalker trait. 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 select from duskwalker feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Fadrim
Source Feybound pg. 86Ancestry Page Fadrim
You're someone with a connection to the powers of the First World, granting you otherworldly features and abilities. You gain the fadrim trait. You gain a weakness to cold iron equal to half your level (minimum 1). You can cast light as a primal innate spell at will, though this spell might change if you select a lineage feat. A cantrip is heightened to half your level rounded up. You also gain low-light vision, or you gain darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can select from fadrim feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Ganzi
Legacy Content
UncommonSource Ancestry Guide pg. 96
Ancestry Page Ganzi
Your 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.
Hungerseed
Uncommon Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 36
PFS Note Characters from Tian Xia have access to this uncommon heritage
Ancestry Page Hungerseed
One of your parents was an oni or a hungerseed. You possess a pair of horns, ranging in size from conical nubs to lengthy protrusions. You might have other signs of your parentage, such as colorful skin, fangs and claws, or a third eye in your forehead. You gain the oni trait. You gain a horns unarmed attack that deals 1d6 piercing damage and is in the brawling group. You can select from hungerseed feats and feats from your other parent's ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
Ifrit
Legacy Content
UncommonSource Ancestry Guide pg. 101
Ancestry Page Ifrit
You 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.
Nephilim
Uncommon Source Player Core pg. 78
Ancestry Page Nephilim
Your 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.
Oread
Legacy Content
UncommonSource Ancestry Guide pg. 105
Ancestry Page Oread
An 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.
Reflection
Rare Source Dark Archive (Remastered) pg. 120
Ancestry Page Reflection
You 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.
Suli
Legacy Content
UncommonSource Ancestry Guide pg. 110
Ancestry Page Suli
You 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.
Sylph
Legacy Content
UncommonSource Ancestry Guide pg. 114
Ancestry Page Sylph
You 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.
Talos
Uncommon Source Rage of Elements pg. 51
Ancestry Page Talos
Your 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.
Tiefling
Legacy Content
UncommonSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 39
Ancestry Page Tiefling
You 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.
Undine
Legacy Content
UncommonSource Ancestry Guide pg. 118
Ancestry Page Undine
A 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.
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