Old ass concept art of the main sentient Pandoran race. Unisex Insectoid creatures with a job system instead of genders. Farmers, Crafters, Hunters, and Guardians.
I'm hoping to run a themed pathfinder game within the setting of my comic Xiro Myth.
I'd be running it every other weekend, though the day is flexible to best meet the needs of the majority.
I'm running it online, and would love to see if people have interest!
I decided to make a psudo race sheet for the Pandorans as I did one for the Taleans, http://xiromyth.tumblr.com/post/76285173426/taleans and eventually after this there will be one for the Nelfims.
Info under the cut, as it's a little long, and I know not everyone wants to read all of the details. XD
The Pandoran are a species built upon adaptation.
They are a mixed middle ground between mammal and plant, growing leaves and flowers instead of hair, and bark like growths for healing, defense, or simply personal preference.
• Pandorans are not born with their greens, they grow in as they get older, as well as the loss or fading of most or all of their spots. Before their greens gown in, a young pandoran will curl up the end of their tail like a frond from a fern for protection.
• An elder pandoran will have lots of growth, long plants, and woody bark on many places of their bodies, usually more so in places of previous injury or strain.
• Males and females don’t have too many differences between the two genders, as the pandoran have the ability to change from one to the other. Changing back and forth from male to female is not an easy task for the pandoran, though it takes time, energy and dedication to change. The difference between the genders is the usual physical traits and that only the females will grow flowers/bloom.
• The pandoran homeland is an oasis canyon in the Narodii Sandtides, Where the desert sand appears as an ocean of gold. It is not however, it has changed their measure of worth, which reflects in their choice of currency; the trading of small gemstones. This also reflects in their main deity Eras, The Jade Wind, who has a large fondness for gems.
• Some are born with a talent for the wind, and are often seen as favoured by Eras. The wind magic only manifests as illusion magicks, leading some to see the pandoran as tricksters. Specially the Taleans who are very straight forward and have a great dislike for the pandoran.
• Pandorans are pretty hardy, being part plant they require to eat less, but drink more. Being inside or underground for extended amounts of time will cause a pandoran to feel uneasy or unwell. Pandoran families will consist of one foliage type; grasses, hostas, ferns, poppy, vines, etc. Though there are no pandorans who have Fungus or Cacti for their foliage. The guarri are believed to be a sister race to the pandoran, and what direction the cactus went, but there is no known direction if there was a fungus split.
• Pandorans have a split culture, part that sticks to the old ways of the sages, and the new ideals of the time.
-The sages are a group of 3-4 pandorans who live in cycles. They are usually born within a short time of each other, and if one happens to parish, the other two will as well. They are said to be the ones able to see through time, leading to an oracle said to be a reincarnation of a deity. But due to a lot of their scriptures being lost, there is a lot of conflicting details of these stories, and are being written off as more myth.
- A new way of life is becoming more popular, where those with influence and money work their way into power. Often these are well off families who have had one of their relatives/ancestors a sage, and chose to benefit from the situation. Due to the sages still being something real, the democrats walk a delicate line to avoid upsetting those they ‘guide’.
