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Lupin Subraces

I’ve updated the hutaakan, nuwisha, and zerda races with race point totals and a few minor fixes.

Additionally, under the cut, you’ll find PC race writeups for the two canine humanoids from Bestiary 3, the adlet and tanuki. If you use them alongside lupins, treat them (as well as kitsune) as humanoids with the lupin subtype instead of their listed types. They’re quite powerful, roughly on par with the svirfneblin (24 RP). Don’t ask what the tanuki uses to make its slam attack.

ADLET CHARACTERS (26 RP) +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom (2 RP) Medium (0 RP): Adlets are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size. Fast (1 RP): Adlets have a base land speed of 40 feet. Low-Light Vision (1 RP): Adlets can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light. Arctic Stride (1 RP): Adlets can move through natural difficult terrain at their normal speed while in areas of snow or ice. Magically altered terrain affects them normally. Bite (1 RP): Adlets have a natural bite attack that deals 1d3 points of damage. This is a primary attack, or a secondary attack if the adlet is wielding manufactured weapons. Breath Weapon (3 RP): Once per day, an adlet can make a supernatural breath weapon attack that deals 2d6 points of damage within a 15-ft. cone. All creatures within the affected area must make a Reflex saving throw to avoid taking damage. The save DC against this breath weapon is 10 + 1/2 the adlet's character level + the adlet's Constitution modifier. Those who succeed at the save take no damage from the attack. Camouflage (1 RP): Adlets gain a +4 racial bonus on Stealth checks while within areas of snow or ice. Cold Subtype (2 RP): Adlets have the cold subtype. They are immune to cold damage and have vulnerability to fire. Frozen Bite (1 RP): Once per day as a swift action, an adlet can call on the elemental energy lurking in her veins to shroud its fangs in ice. Her bite attacks deal +1d6 points of cold damage. This lasts for 1 round per character level. The adlet may end the effects of her elemental assault early as a free action. Natural Armor (2 RP): Adlets gain a +1 natural armor bonus to their Armor Class. Scent (4 RP): Adlets gain the scent ability (see Bestiary pg. 304). Spell-Like Abilities (7 RP): Adlets gain the following spell-like abilities: at will - pass without trace; 1/day - fog cloud and sleet storm. The caster level for these effects is equal to the adlet's level. The DC for the spell-like abilities is equal to 10 + the spell’s level + the adlet's Charisma modifier. Languages (0 RP): Adlets begin play speaking Catfolk and Lupin. Adlets with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following languages: Erutaki, Giant, Gnome, Orc, Sylvan, and Ulfen.

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Lupin, Nuwisha

Nuwisha by ~Francoeltirador

The nuwisha are merry tricksters native to the vast plains and forests of the western continent of Arcadia. Close relatives of the warrior lupins, the coyote-folk do not get along with their bigger, stronger cousins, who find them downright insufferable. For their part, nuwisha greatly enjoy knocking a lupin down a few pegs.

Nuwisha are not brave warriors, nor are they particularly proud. They fight to win, not for honor, and can be treacherous in a fight. Still, they are good folk who root out evil wherever they find it, preferably leaving it utterly humiliated in the process. Nothing delights a nuwisha more than making an enemy look like a fool.

Nuwisha live in small hunting packs led by a shaman elder. They are more individualistic than lupins, and nuwisha commonly leave their packs to take up a solitary existence for a few months or years before settling back in with another pack. They are strictly nomadic, building only temporary shelters.

Humor is all-important in nuwisha culture. They see themselves as teachers, and humor is their most important tool. Nuwisha make a clear distinction between tricks and pranks: a trick is played on one's friend to teach them a lesson, while a prank is played on one's enemy to put them in their place. Nuwisha pranks often feature death as their punchline.

Despite their irreverence, the nuwisha are a deeply spiritual people. Nuwisha elders are often powerful witches or oracles who spend much of their time exploring the spirit world through mind-altering substances or mystic rituals. The nuwisha have a monotheistic religion, worshiping a trickster god known simply as Coyote, but they habitually "adopt" other gods as Coyote's aspects. The rare nuwisha who make their way to the Inner Sea region typically worship Cayden Cailean, Desna, Calistria, or even Norgorber as faces of Coyote.

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Lupin, Zerda

Little Muse by ~darknatasha

Zerdas are a small, secretive people on one of the more distant branches of the lupin family tree. These rare fennec-folk dwell exclusively in the interior deserts of Rahadoum, only briefly showing themselves to guide lost travelers to safety before disappearing back into the swirling sands. They are close relatives of the shapeshifting kitsune, and like them possess supernatural abilities, being able to bestow good fortune on their companions.

There are only a handful of zerda communities, and they do not willfully entertain outsiders. Not unlike kobolds, they dwell in simple but extensive warrens burrowed into soft earth, with communal living spaces and separate chambers for their oracular leaders. They worship no specific gods, only vaguely personified nature spirits. Though shy and retiring around outsiders, zerdas are playful and gregarious among their own kind.

The greatest enemies of the zerdas are the gnolls of the deep desert, who have hunted them nearly to extinction. The surest way for outsiders to befriend a zerda clan is to aid them against these deadly foes.

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Lupin, Hutaakan

Anubis by ~juruken

An offshoot of the lupin race, these jackal-headed humanoids adapted long ago to the rugged mountains of northern Garund. The hutaakans were allies of Ancient Osirion, and taught the pharaohs the secrets of embalming and mummification. Hutaakans were welcome in the courts of the ancient kings and frequently served as priests and court magicians. Since the fall of Ancient Osirion, the hutaakans have dwindled as well, with only a few clans now inhabiting ruined cities in the mountains. Yet they have kept the knowledge of old, and may be indispensable to those seeking the secrets of the pharaohs.

Hutaakans congregate in small clans of only a couple hundred at most, hunkering in the ruins of their ancestors, which they keep free of monsters and brigands (with limited success). They primarily worship Anubis and a jackal-headed aspect of Pharasma, as well as Isis, Osiris, and Nethys in lesser roles; a few degenerates have devoted themselves to Lamashtu or Set. Spellcasters of all kinds are valued in hutaakan society - priestly clerics, astrologer-oracles, bardic lorekeepers, wizardly mystics, and so on. The hutaakans are an insular people who do not welcome outsiders, and getting them to open up is no easy task.

HUTAAKAN CR: 1/2 XP: 200 Hutaakan cleric 1 LN Medium humanoid (lupin) Init: +2; Senses: Carrion sense, darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +4 __________________________________ AC: 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+2 armor, +2 Dex, +1 natural, +1 shield) hp: 10 (1 HD) Fort +2, Ref +2, Will +0 __________________________________ Speed: 30 ft. Melee: Sickle +1 (1d6+1) or spear +1 (1d8+1/x3) Ranged: Sling +2 (1d4+1/50 ft.) or spear +2 (1d8+1/x3/20 ft.) Special Attacks: Channel negative energy (3/day, 1d6, DC 10) Combat Gear: 10 sling stones, 2 spears Cleric Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st, concentration +4, +1 melee touch): 6/day - Bleeding touch (1 round), rebuke death (1d4) Hutaakan Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st, concentration +4, +1 melee touch): 1/day - Bleed (DC 14), chill touch (DC 15), detect poison, touch of fatigue (DC 14) Cleric Spells Prepared (CL 1st, concentration +4, +1 melee touch): 1st - Cause fear D (DC 15), cure light wounds (DC 14), divine favor 0 (at will) - Detect magic, read magic, stabilize D Domain spell. Domains: Death, Healing __________________________________ Str 12, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 8, Wis 17, Cha 10 Base Atk: +0; CMB: +1; CMD: 13 Feats: Combat Casting Skills: Perception +4, Stealth +3; Racial Modifiers: +2 Stealth Languages: Common, Lupin __________________________________ Environment: Warm mountains Organization: Solitary, pair, patrol (5-8), sect (11-20 plus 2-5 2nd-level clerics), or congregation (20-200 plus 50% noncombatants, plus 1 1st-level warrior per 10 adults, and 1 4th-level cleric per 50 adults and 1 8th-level cleric leader) Treasure: NPC gear (sickle, 2 spears, sling with 10 sling stones, masterwork studded leather armor, light steel shield, other armor) __________________________________ Carrion Sense (Ex): Hutaakans have a natural ability to sniff out carrion. This functions like the scent ability, but only for corpses and badly wounded creatures (creatures with 25% or fewer hit points).

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Lupin

Lupins are a race of proud, strong warriors native to the hills, forests, and tundras of the north. These humanoids are unsophisticated hunters, living in in loose clans or packs modeled after the wolves they resemble. Due to their resemblance to werewolves, humans often assume that lupins are evil savages similar to gnolls or orcs, but in fact the wolf-people are brave and loyal protectors of the frozen frontier who constantly battle frost giants, ice trolls, winter wolves, and worse evils. Though often aggressive toward outsiders, once gained, a lupin's respect is eternal.

Lupins are seminomadic. During the summer the clan ranges across large stretches of forest or tundra, living off the land, but when winter approaches they retreat to small villages centered around a large communal longhouse. Each clan is governed by an elder who is democratically elected and serves for one year. Once per year, under a full moon, all lupin clans in an area gather for three nights in a festival called the White Howl, in which news is shared, young braves choose mates, and the clans reaffirm their ties. Most lupins are nature worshippers; they practice the Green Faith (as druids) or venerate ancestors and animal spirits (as oracles) rather than revering specific gods. Lupins often capture and tame die wolves to ride as mounts.

Lupins despise werewolves. The lupins believe that the first werewolves were descended from lupins who mated with humans, for which they were cursed by the wolf spirits for polluting their bloodline. They also hate werewolves for the grief caused to them by humans mistaking them for lycanthropes. Lupins believe they have a sacred duty to exterminate all lycanthropes, and this zeal sometimes brings them into conflict with nonevil shapechangers such as werebears.

Lupins can be found throughout Golarion's northern hemisphere. They are extremely common in northern Arcadia. In Avistan, lupins are the primary inhabitants of the Ice Steppes to the north of Irrisen and the Lands of the Linnorm Kings, and they sometimes come south to trade. They are also found in smaller numbers around the edges of the Crown of the World and in northern Casmaron and Tian Xia.

A wide variety of lupin subraces exist, most of them resembling dogs of various breeds. Most such subraces are extremely limited in numbers and geographical scope, usually limited to only a few thousand individuals.

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