Editing Maenad (section)

==In Pathfinder==
[[File:Maenad PF.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A [[Golarion]] maenad performing a typical dance of joy at one of her peoples' feasts.]]
In [[Pathfinder]], maenads are a race of magical, monstrous humanoids that look more or less like [[human]]s, until they reveal their true, more bestial aspect, with teeth and nails sharpening into claws and fangs. They are creatures of unbridled violence and decadence, who live their lives indulging in debased revels of gluttony, sex and violence, and who seek to lure others into following them down their path of debauchery, cannibalism, and gluttony.

Their "culture", such as it is, consists of throwing their debased revels, where they  consume massive amounts of wine and food, cause fights, and tear their foes limb from limb, and infiltrating human societies, where they seek to influence others into adopting their ways. If they can't sway others through subtle influence, they exploit their natural abilities to manipulate minds, through hypnotic dances and mystically poisoned feasts that they conjure from thin air, both of which are capable of fostering urges that lead to excesses of hunger, lust, anger, and violence.

Their origins are unknown, but they are clearly supernatural beings in some way, as their magical abilities have more of a [[fey]] cast than anything, and they can live for thousands of years.

Pathfinder's maenads appeared in the 4th Pathfinder Bestiary.

D&D Maenads are part of Dreamscarred Press's conversion of the Psionics system to Pathfinder. 

[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Pathfinder]] [[Category: Monsters]] [[Category: Dungeons & Dragons Races]]