Lashunta
The Lashunta are a "fantasy space" race from Pathfinder, symbolic of its embracing the more sci-fantasy aspects of early Dungeons & Dragons.
These alien beings hail from Castrovel, which is to Golarion roughly what Venus is to Earth. A hot, moist world of endless swamps and jungles teeming with all manner of alien plants and animals - which is literally what pulp stories tended to describe Venus as before we learned the sad truth.
Intelligent, scholarly and prizing mental perfection, the lashunta are a naturally psionic race, which is made obvious by the pair of dainty, fleshy antennae all lashunta sport on their foreheads. This is, in fact, the only way both to recognize lashunta for what they are and to recognize that their two sexes are the same species!
See, although both sexes of lashunta are equally intelligent, this matriarchal species has very strong sexual dimorphism. Male lashunta are squat, barely half the size of their womenfolk, and broad, with wide shoulders and blunt feature, and very hairy; they almost invariably grow long beards. Gruff, blunt-spoken and naturally aggressive, they are the picture of the stereotypical dwarf. The female lashunta, in comparison, are tall, slender and lithely built, looking like either an elf or an idealized human woman, depending on who you ask - as Castrovel was the primary home of the elves during their long retreat from Golarion, it may be the difference amounts to the presence of elven blood. Naturally charismatic and commanding, female lashunta employ that to serve as leaders of their society, although both sexes can and do become adventurers and warriors. Indeed, the most famous military unit of the lashunta consists of females riding telepathically-bonded alien dinosaurs called shotalashu
Lashunta society is described as "semi-utopian". War between lashunta is very rare and mostly boils down to honor-feuds, which are settled through ceremonial conflict. Most of their military energies are spent fighting the various killer plants and monstrous beasts that inhabit Castrovel.
PC Stats
- Ability Score Modifier: +2 Intelligence
- Sexually Dimorphic: Male Lashunta have +2 Strength and -2 Wisdom, Female Lashunta have +2 Charisma and -2 Constitution
- Medium
- Base speed 30 feet
- Normal vision
- Knowledgeable: Gain a +2 racial bonus to one Knowledge skill
- Lashunta Magic: A Lashunta with Intelligence 11+ can cast Daze and Mage Hand at will and Detect Thoughts 1/day, with caster level equalling character level
- Limited Telepathy: A Lashunta can telepathically communicate with a creature within 30 feet, provided they both speak at least one language in common
Alternate Racial Trait - Insidious Telepathy: Replaces Lashunta Magica. +1 to Charisma checks against creatures the lashunta is telepathically communicating with. +1 to Charisma checks made to compel a charmed or dominated creature if the order is given telepathically.
| The Races of Pathfinder | |
|---|---|
| Player's Handbook: | Dwarf - Elf - Gnome - Half-Elf - Half-Orc - Halfling - Human |
| Advanced Race Guide: |
Aasimar - Catfolk - Changeling - Dhampir - Duergar Drow - Fetchling - Gillman - Goblin - Grippli - Hobgoblin Ifrit - Kitsune - Kobold - Merfolk - Nagaji - Orc - Oread Ratfolk - Samsaran - Strix - Suli - Svirfneblin - Sylph Tengu - Tiefling - Undine - Vanara - Vishkanya - Wayang |
| Bestiaries: | Android - Astomoi - Caligni - Deep One Hybrid - Gathlain Gnoll - Kasatha - Munavri - Naiad - Orang-Pendak Reptoid - Rougarou - Shabti - Trox - Yaddithian |
| Adventure Paths: | Being of Ib - Kuru |
| Inner Sea Races: | Ghoran - Monkey Goblin - Lashunta - Skinwalker Syrinx - Triaxian - Wyrwood - Wyvaran |
| Ultimate Wilderness: | Vine Leshy |
| Blood of the Sea: | Adaro - Cecaelia - Grindylow - Locathah - Sahuagin - Triton |
| Planar Adventures: | Aphorite - Duskwalker - Ganzi |