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 producing large amounts of biological energy. This energy can then be used to power special attacks and abilities. Some of these abilities are exclusive to specific Xenotheric species, whereas others can be accessed through various Xenotheric feats. See bio-energy below.
• 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.

Bio-Energy

Certain lifeforms have the capacity to generate large amounts of metabolic energy that can be used for many different purposes. Such a creature's bio-energy pool can contain a maximum amount of charges equal to 3 plus the creature's Constitution modifier (minimum 1). These charges may be expended to facilitate certain special powers. Some of these powers are exclusive to specific species of creatures, whereas others can be accessed through various abilities gained from feats or class features.

Expended bio-energy charges regenerate at a rate of 1 charge per minute. Drained bio-energy comes back at a rate of 1 point per hour of rest.

Bio-Energy Drain: Certain more exhaustive processes cause bio-energy drain. Charges lost through bio-energy drain do not regenerate within 1 minute and are effectively lost; your bio-energy pool is treated as having 1 charge less for every charge drained. A creature with bio-energy drain equal to the size of its bio-energy pool cannot use its bio-energy for any purpose.

Bio-energy drain can be restored through one or more hours of uninterrupted rest, recovering one point of bio-energy drain per hour. Creatures that do not need sleep (like creatures with the Xenotheric subtype) still need to rest, where rest is defined as a time during which no strenuous activities are performed (actions that induce fatigue or exhaustion, or otherwise elicit Fortitude saves against these effects even if the creature is not required to attempt them).

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.

Races with the Xenotheric Subtype

Creature Entry	CR	Type and Subtypes	Size
Brachyura (3.5e Race)		Monstrous Humanoid [Aquatic, Xenotheric]	Large
Noo (3.5e Race)		Ooze [Shapechanger, Xenotheric]	Medium
Seppia (3.5e Race)		Construct [Gear, Xenotheric]	Medium
Setenall (3.5e Race)		Outsider [Psionic, Xenotheric]	Medium
Starborn (3.5e Race)		Outsider [Xenotheric, Air, Earth]	Medium
Uberich (3.5e Race)		Humanoid [Xenotheric]	Medium
Uongo-mijusi (3.5e Race)		Outsider [Xenotheric]	Medium
V'Kai (3.5e Race)		Aberration [Xenotheric]	Medium
Vaelza (3.5e Race)		Ooze [Shapechanger, Xenotheric]	Medium
Zeitgeist (3.5e Race)		Aberration [Xenotheric]	Medium
Zherihnghil (3.5e Race)		Outsider [Xenotheric]	Medium

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