Xenotheric (3.5e Subtype)
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Xenotheric
This subtype pertains to the Xenotheric family of outsiders, which hail from planes associated with aberrant lifeforms. Many xenotheric species have suffered varied amounts of exposure to the transmorphic and undefined currents of the Far Realm and other such places of conception. Most xenotherics were transmogrified by their unnatural evolution, having attained a higher form of existence where thought and locution occurs solely on the cerebral state, and yet others have been horribly altered by their experiences, flensed by planar chaos until their sapience was stripped away. However, despite all of these vastly different creatures having equally varied origins, the forces they were exposed to are akin, and therefore many of their physical and mental traits overlap. Since no home or origin between them is shared, xenotherics do not belong to any single plane or realm, and simply naturally gravitate to any environments that suit their requirements.
Various superphyla of xenotheric outsiders have strong links to certain types of aberrations. Aberrations that gain the xenotheric subtype through evolution become outsiders with the Augmented Aberration subtype.
Traits
The traits listed here override the base Outsider traits wherever applicable.
- The Xenotheric subtype overrides and replaces the Extraplanar and/or Native subtypes.
- Xenotherics with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher have telepathy out to 100 ft.
- May take feats with the Xenotheric tag.
- Bio-Energy (Ex): Xenotheric metabolism is capable of yielding large amounts of biological energy that can be used for different purposes. A xenotheric creature's bio-energy pool can hold a maximum amount of charges equal to 3 plus the Xenotheric creature's Constitution modifier (minimum 1), and recharges at a rate of 1 charge per minute. These charges may be expended to facilitate certain special powers. Some of these powers are exclusive to specific Xenotheric species, whereas others can be accessed through various Xenotheric feats.
- Immunity to poison, polymorphing, petrification and form-altering effects. They can still be affected by polymorphing and form-altering effects created by themselves.
- Resistance to acid 10 and electricity 10.
- Xenotheric outsiders eat, but do not sleep. Certain xenotherics do not need to breathe; defer to the creature's statistics for information on breathing.
Creatures with the Xenotheric Subtype
The following creatures have the xenotheric subtype:
| Creature Entry | CR | Type | Subtypes | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admirali | 30 | Outsider | Xenotheric | Medium | Nyota Admiral. |
| Battlehead | 8 | Aberration | Xenotheric | Medium | An ambush predator capable of making temporary dead-magic zones. Attacks with pincers and a sharp beak. |
| Battlehead, Warhead | 13 | Aberration | Xenotheric | Large | An ambush predator capable of making temporary dead-magic zones. Attacks with pincers and a sharp beak. |
| Blattodea | 3, 11 | Vermin, Aberration | Xenotheric, Augmented Vermin | Medium, Huge | |
| Brachyura | Monstrous Humanoid | Aquatic, Xenotheric | Large | Deep sea creatures from Gokia, they have a grudge against the surface world and would love to see it drown. | |
| Deathclaw | 5 | Animal | Xenotheric | Medium | |
| Deino | 5 | Dragon | Xenotheric, Pokémon | Small | Deino is a rather comical-looking dragon with a bad temper. Unfortunately for it, its utter lack of vision tends to repeatedly screw it over in the enclosed areas it hunts in. This doesn't help its comical image. |
| Elder Thing | 10 | Outsider | Aquatic, Xenotheric | Large | |
| Fast Headcrab | 2 | Outsider | Xenotheric | Tiny | |
| Flying Polyp | 15 | Outsider | Air, Xenotheric | Huge | |
| Gastropotamos | 4 | Animal | Xenotheric | Large | |
| Gokiburi | 1/2, 3, 6 | Aberration | Xenotheric | Medium | |
| Headcrab | 1/2 | Outsider | Xenotheric | Tiny | A headcrab is a predatorial Xenotheric species, whose natural hatching grounds lie within the vast plateaus of Xen. |
| Hedoro | 3 | Ooze | Shapechanger, Xenotheric | Medium | |
| Hydreigon | 22 | Dragon | Xenotheric, Evil, Pokémon | Large | Unlike its pre-evolutions, Hydreigon is not even remotely comical. It's an engine of utter destruction. To a Hydreigon, everything it encounters is a potential meal. |
| Kavka | 1/3 | Animal | Xenotheric | Tiny | Kavkas are small avians from the planet Gokia that feed on bugs and occasionally scavenge on other meats. |
| Lunar Tarrasque | 27 | Magical Beast | Xenotheric | Colossal | |
| Malcurion Dragon | 8, 12, 15, 17, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42 | Dragon | Xenotheric | Medium, Large, Huge, Gargantuan | |
| Mizmazer | 7 | Outsider | Extraplanar, Psionic, Xenotheric | Medium | |
| Mkodos | 4 | Ooze | Xenotheric | Medium | |
| Nimbus Drifter | 9 | Elemental | Air, Xenotheric | Gargantuan | |
| Noo | Ooze | Shapechanger, Xenotheric | Medium | Noo are one, and there is only one Noo. Noo are hivemind, and stem from the planet Noosphere, where Noo waits. | |
| Phynasm, Hungering Horror | 33 | Outsider | Xenotheric, Eldritch | Macrofine | |
| Poison Headcrab | 4 | Outsider | Xenotheric | Tiny | |
| Primeval Dragons | 5, 8, 12, 15, 18, 22, 25, 27, 30, 33, 36, 38, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 28, 31, 34, 37, 39, 40, 9, 11, 14, 17, 21, 24, 41, 42 | Dragon | Earth, Fire, Air, Cold, Evil, Psionic, Good, Water, Xenotheric | Large, Huge, Gargantuan, Colossal, Medium | |
| Scoropendra | 14 | Outsider | Augmented Aberration, Xenotheric | Medium, Large | |
| Seppia | Construct | Gear, Xenotheric | Medium | Cuttlefish aliens from a jovian planet. They assume the form of humanoids using artificial bodies. | |
| Seppia SOLO Gear | 2 | Construct | Gear, Xenotheric | Medium | |
| Seppia, Suitless | 4 | Magical Beast | Xenotheric | Tiny | |
| Setenall | Outsider | Psionic, Xenotheric | Medium | The setenall lack empathy or emotion and are cold, harsh and logical. | |
| Solarian | 8 | Outsider | Psionic, Xenotheric | Medium | |
| Starborn | Outsider | Xenotheric, Air, Earth | Medium | Starborn are wandering magic-users and scientists. | |
| Thundersquid | 7 | Magical Beast | Aquatic, Xenotheric | Medium | |
| Uberich | Humanoid | Xenotheric | Medium | Powerful psychics from beyond the stars, they hold a powerful racial psychosis at bay. | |
| Uongo-mijusi | Outsider | Xenotheric | Medium | A reptilian looking race, with unique mental and physical altering capacities. | |
| V'Kai | Aberration | Xenotheric | Medium | V'Kai are Strange Beasts, Created to be Bodyguards for those who have learned how to make them. | |
| Vaelza | Ooze | Shapechanger, Xenotheric | Medium | A race of Humanoid Slime Lifeforms from A Super-Earth covered in water, A Planet called Xeqrai | |
| Vortigaunt | 2 | Outsider | Xenotheric | Medium | |
| Warp Dragon | 7, 8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29 | Dragon | Xenotheric | Medium, Large, Huge, Gargantuan, Colossal | |
| Ya-te-veo | 8 | Plant | Xenotheric | Large | |
| Zeitgeist | Aberration | Xenotheric | Medium | Fat ugly slugs who have perfected the art of suggestion | |
| Zherihnghil | Outsider | Xenotheric | Medium | ||
| Zweilous | 14 | Dragon | Xenotheric, Pokémon | Medium | Zweilous is a larger, two-headed version of Deino. It's even more ill-tempered than before, but it's still somewhat comical due to its blind clumsiness and the fact that its heads have a penchant for fighting each other. |
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