Editing Catfolk (section)

===Paka===
[[File:Paka 3e.jpg|200px|thumb|right|An elegant, well-groomed, aristocratic [[swashbuckler]] catgirl... pity she'd rather eat your heart than win it.]]
[[File:Paka 2e.gif|thumb|200px|left|The original Paka artwork from 2e... yes, 2e Ravenloft art could be kind of crap.]]

Though certainly not as obscure as tibbits, few but the setting's most devoted fans remembers the existence of '''pakas''', a race of evil feline lesser shapeshifters hailing from the [[Ravenloft]] setting. Possibly drawing their inspiration from a cheesy horror flick called "The Cat People", pakas are evil, malicious [[catgirl]]s (and catboys) who can take on a human form to disguise themselves amongst the ignorant, xenophobic peasants that make up 99% of the non-monstrous population in the Demiplane of Dread. Except, in this case, they're justified trying to burn pakas at the stake, because pakas are fucking douchebags. Seriously; their whole fluff is that they believe humans committed some transgression against them long ago, and so now they want revenge on all humanity. They don't even remember what humans supposedly ''did'', they just take it as religious doctrine that humans did something, and that nebulous something is justification to trick, harass, and even kill or eat humans forever. Yeah, they're assholes.

That said, they are capable of gratitude, and are known to appreciate and repay acts of kindness, generosity and mercy towards them. This was even used as justification in Quoth the Raven #19, which houses the largest amount of paka-related lore in any Ravenloft book, to give them potential PC status. After all, they're a chaotic species more than an evil one, and so that means there are some paka out there who decide that the whole revenge deal is stupid and devote themselves to just having fun instead.

Beyond being able to switch between catgirl and human forms, pakas have the magical ability to telepathically communicate with and control felines of all kinds, from common housecats to great cats like lions or tigers. They can also heal wounds by licking them, though not very often.

Paka society is essentially matriarchal pride-structure; females group together and form stable bands, whilst males roam as they see fit, occasionally hooking up with a pride (usually to bang any interested females) and then leaving when they're not interested anymore, with kittens being raised by the female prides.

''4e Stats:''
::Mandatory Ability Score Increase: +2 Dexterity
::Flexible Ability Score Increase: +2 Intelligence OR +2 Wisdom
::Size: Medium
::Speed: 6 squares (30 feet)
::Skill Bonuses: +2 Bluff, +2 Stealth
::Shapechanger: You have the Catform at-will racial power (shift between your paka form and your human form as a minor action) and are considered a Shapechanger for effects and conditions that target racial types.
::Lick Wounds: Racial encounter power, only usable when bloodied, use a minor action to spend a single healing surge.

''Pathfinder Stats:''
::+2 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence, -2 Strength
::Medium
::Normal Speed (30 feet)
::Low-Light Vision
::Change Shape (Su): A paka can use a standard action to shift between its normal form and its "human guise", a single specific human identity of the same gender as its normal form. In human guise, a paka has a +10 racial bonus on Disguise checks made to pass itself off as a human. This otherwise functions as Alter Self, save it does not adjust ability scores.
::Claws: A paka has two primary natural claw attacks dealing 1d4 damage.
::Jumper: A paka is always considered to have a running start when making a jump.
::Lick Wounds (Su): As a standard action, a paka can lick its wounds, gaining fast healing 2 for 1 round. A paka can use this ability to heal 2 hit points per character level each day.
::Speak With Cats (Sp): Once per day, a paka with a Charisma score of 11+ can communicate with any feline; beyond species restriction, this functions as a Speak With Animals spell with caster level equal to the paka's character level.
::Sneaky: +2 racial bonus to stealth checks.