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do u guys remember ogrekin

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Devolutionist (Druid Archetype)

 If there was ever an archetype in Pathfinder that screamed “Saturday Morning Cartoon Villain”, it would be the devolutionist archetype for the druid.

Evolution is, as most know, is the process by how a species grows and adapts to its environment over the generations. Even sapient beings are the product of evolution, their environmental pressures leading to powerful sapient minds and bodies able to interact with their environment.

Some druids, however, view the adaptation of sapience to be a mistake. They might have become disillusioned with sapient species after personal interactions and disappointments with them, or they might have seen the capacity sapient beings have for despoiling nature and found themselves unable to reconcile the existence of civilization with the need to protect nature. Either way, they find themselves travelling down a dark and malicious path.

If a devolutionist has their way, they would see all sapient species reduced to the forms of their early ancestors, and all animals and plants they domesticated returned to a similar prehistoric state. In their eyes, this would lead to a simple and peaceful utopia of animals living in harmony with nature.

Whether this is in any way accurate is beside the point, for they have learned the rituals to enact the transformations they seek, and may take over distant villages to use as testing grounds and proofs of concepts for their ideal world, or they may have more grand plans in mind.

Like I said, with how often supervillains in comic books and cartoons try to turn victims into apes, this archetype borrows a lot of tropes from those sources. However, examining their powers for even a little bit is where we get the horror elements, since the idea of being removed from sapience, unable to make sense of formerly simple concepts and parts of your own identity smacks of body and psychological horror.

Before we press on, however, it’s worth noting that there are a lot of ways to do this archetype wrong, as the “ape-ification” concept has been used to very racist ends in the past, so keep that in mind.

 The monstrous horror elements of this archetype start strong, as the animal companion that they invariably take is a formerly sapient humanoid, devolved into a near-sapient bipedal ape, no doubt their first victim that they have bound to their will.

With a one-minute ritual with a domesticated animal that is either restrained or willing, these druids can remove all memory of training and generations of docility, transforming them into a fully wild animal which may behave dangerously and unpredictably around sapient beings, lacking any trust in them.

At greater levels of mastery, they can take a whole day to revert animals to undomesticated states, and even transform them into fierce megafauna ancestors, while they can fully convert humanoids into their ancestor species, robbing them of intellect and memories, leaving even tool use beyond their simple minds. Luckily, however, these magics can be reversed as if they were curses.

A simple archetype more useful for an NPC villain than a player, if you plan on playing a druidic villain, this might prove useful. The archetype only gets rid of some defensive abilities, so you could build them however you like, ready to amass your monkey army however you see fit.

 To be clear, though there is no alignment restriction on this archetype, one cannot make use of the full suite of it’s abilities and remain a good person. At best, there may be devolutionists that work to free domesticated animals and return them to the wild, or perhaps rehabilitate those that are abandoned by civilization so they may survive without their shepherds, all without ever turning their powers on sapient beings. At the other end of the spectrum are the full villains, who may seek to unmake all civilization and theoretically even turn their power on themselves eventually, or they may be cruel tyrants who would rather rule a trackless expanse populated by former sapients than civilized subjects.

Also, it’s worth noting that in a fantasy setting, plenty of races may exist that straight up don’t have ancestors as they were created by divine beings or otherwise didn’t follow the forces of evolutionary pressure, so this archetype might not be as relevant, or at least as effective against certain targets.

  Travelling far and wide with a leashed ape that was once a man, the druid Elvanar has traveled to the Mireholt in search of an ogrekin witch who is said to have mastered a way to spread a hex through clouds of enchanted mist. The cruel druid seeks to combine their techniques to unleash a primal plague upon the cities and towns.

 The ifrit clans of Mount Ashmortar borrow a lot from their efreeti ancestors, perhaps too much, as they enjoy taking slaves from the surrounding mortal civilizations, and even subjecting them to strange magics that rob them of their minds.

 The path of the devolutionist is a lonely one, fraught with peril, and not just for the people that fear being turned into beasts. In fact, a clan of troglodytes has caught wind of a devolutionist’s power, and seeks to use it to revert them back to the psychic overlords they once were as xulgath. While the party may be loath to rescue such a villain, the danger their secrets could have if stolen from them could be devastating.

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Lycanthrope, Weretoad

“Toad” © Jerry Liao, accessed at his ArtStation page here

[The last of my Weird Weres for now. One of the mechanical peculiarities of the lycanthrope template is that it can change the creatures’ size in a hybrid form. Very tricky to make weapon users work with this. So for the weretoad, I decided to go with the rare Medium sized creature with an oversized weapon special ability in PFRPG (this was a common 3e era trick, but has been mostly jettisoned since).]

Lycanthrope, Weretoad CR 3 CE Humanoid (shapeshifter) This bloated, thick-skinned creature has oversized warts on its shoulders and back, and the head of a massive toad.

Weretoads are bullies and gluttons. They habitually push around those smaller and weaker than they are and have been known to eat badly wounded allies rather than allow them to recover. They are shunned from many societies for their casual cruelty and callousness, but may thrive in societies where bullying and gluttony are the norm. Ogres and ogrekin incorporate weretoads into their ranks gladly. This is partly to exploit the weretoad’s strength, but also to enjoy the mind-numbing secretions that the lycanthropes ooze from their skin glands.

In their humanoid forms, weretoads may be recognized by bulging eyes that blink often, especially when the individual swallows. They may also have warts, long fingers and toes, or wide flat faces.

Weretoad (ogrekin form)             CR 3 XP 800 Male natural were-giant toad human ogrekin fighter 2 CE Medium humanoid (giant, shapechanger) Int +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +2, scent Defense AC 16, touch 10, flat-footed 16 (+3 armor, +3 natural) hp 25 (2d10+10) Fort +7, Ref +0, Will +4 Defensive Abilities bravery +1 Offense Speed 30 ft. Melee Large masterwork greataxe +8 (3d6+7/19-20) Statistics Str 21, Dex 11, Con 18, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 4 Base Atk +2; CMB +7; CMD 17 Feats Cleave, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Power Attack Skills Climb +10, Swim +10 Languages Giant SQ change shape (ogrekin, giant toad or hybrid, polymorph), deformities (oversized limb, obese), lycanthropic empathy (toads and giant toads) Gear Large masterwork greataxe, Large masterwork studded leather armor, Large sling with 10 bullets, elixir of hiding, 40 gp

Weretoad (hybrid form)               CR 3 XP 800 Male natural were-giant toad human ogrekin fighter 2 CE Large humanoid (giant, shapechanger) Init +5; Senses low-light vision; Perception +6, scent Defense AC 19, touch 10, flat-footed 18 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +3 armor, +6 natural) hp 27 (2d10+12) Fort +8, Ref +1, Will +4 DR 10/silver Defensive Abilities bravery +1, poison skin Offense Speed 30 ft., swim 15 ft. Melee Large masterwork greataxe +9 (3d6+9/19-20), bite +3 (1d6+3 plus grab and curse of lycanthropy) or bite +8 (1d6+9 plus grab and curse of lycanthropy) Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft. Special Attacks curse of lycanthropy (Medium, Large and Huge, DC 15), swallow whole (1d4+6 bludgeoning, AC 13, 2 hp) Statistics Str 23, Dex 13, Con 20, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 6 Base Atk +2; CMB +8 (+12 grapple); CMD 19 Feats Cleave, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Power Attack Skills Acrobatics +5 (+9 when jumping), Climb +11, Perception +6, Swim +19; Racial Modifiers +4 Acrobatics (+8 when jumping), +4 Perception Languages Giant SQ change shape (ogrekin, giant toad or hybrid, polymorph), deformities (oversized limb, obese), lycanthropic empathy (toads and giant toads) Gear Large masterwork greataxe, Large masterwork studded leather armor, Large sling with 10 bullets, elixir of hiding, 40 gp Special Abilities Poison Skin (Ex) A creature that strikes a weretoad with an unarmed strike or natural weapon exposes itself to the toad’s poisonous skin Toad poison—contact; save Fort DC 16, frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1d2 Wisdom damage; cure 1 save. The save DC is Constitution based.

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Princess Fiona (Shrek the Musical)

Ogrekin: identifying partially or entirely as an ogre.

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Ogrekin Pride Flag

Ogrekin: identifying partially or entirely as an ogre.

-Kau

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MH: Hab beim Klassending "Throw" eingegeben, dann kam da eine Prestige-Klasse raus und 3 Templates. Was ist das denn, Ogrekin?

TK: Ist das nicht ne Vorgabe für Charaktererstellung?

MH: Hab gefunden, was es ist. Ist eigentlich ein Monstertemplate.

TK: Ah, okay.

MH: +6 Str, +4 Con, -2 Int, -2 Cha, +3 Natural AC... Ist schon recht hart. Oh, und noch mehr lustiges Zeug!

TK: Aber du bist kein Ogrekin, Alter. Pls.

MH: Mit den richtigen Debuffs? Keine Armor tragen oder so?

TK: Nein, du bist einfach aus Storygründen kein verdammter Halboger!

MH: Identifizieren die sich nicht nur als Oger? :D

TK: Nein, das ist Pathfinder, nicht Tumblr. :D

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me at the club

[theshrekkin]

Just want you all to know that I don't want to see any humans of french culture on my dashboard! I self-diagnosed sryself with PTSD and frensh stuff triggers me

i have a hard time even writing about this just the smell of onions from my kitchen calms me down enoguh to inform oyu

im sure you don't want to trigger me so I just wanted to let you know

Keep the Ogre-Pride high! Cis-Scum can't oppress us forever!