Pathfinder 2E Leshies Previewed From Lost Omens Character Guide

Leshies are another of the three new ancestries from the new Pathfinder 2E book. Nature spirits given form, these guys havecrafted plant bodies.

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This small-sized race has 8 hit points, 25' speed, and gains sustenance from the sun. They have Constitution and Wisdom boosts, and an Intelligence flaw. They also have their own ancestry feats, including this one:

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More info here.

 

[zztong]

I can't stop laughing at people saying this is jumping the shark. It never ceases to shock me how closeminded people think Fantasy should be. If it wasn't for Tolkien none of you would know what to do with yourselves

At least you're laughing in your shock.

I'll take the "closeminded" criticism. That's fair.

But I think its perhaps more of an age thing than a Tolkien thing, at least locally. While I've always been "meh" about Golarion, I've two good friends that really like the world. Both of them dismissed the Leshy. None of us are Tolkien die-hards.

EDIT: Or actually, the underlying theme of your Tolkein assertion is probably good, just not Tolkein. I tend to be attracted to near-historical fantasy. Friend #1 draws inspiration from the Black Company books. Friend #2 draws inspiration from Greyhawk and Golarion and actually kind of hates Tolkien. I suspect its more a matter of beginning to stray too far from human.

 

[CapnZapp]

The division between common and uncommon is pretty weird. Why are elves a good fit for every campaign, or dwarves?

Not every campaign, the default campaign.

If you're not playing on Golarion, feel free to make elves uncommon. On Golarion, they're common.

 

[CapnZapp]

They shouldn't call them leshies, though. A leshy is something completely different:

Thank you now I know from where the name was lifted.

I have no problems with the name leshy being reused for the Pathfinder plant people.

 

[RSIxidor]

They shouldn't call them leshies, though. A leshy is something completely different:

Leshy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Kobolds aren't the same as folklore kobolds, either. D&D and other RPGs have interpreted folklore and mythological concepts in new ways since the beginning of the game. In the same way kobolds take some inspiration from the folklore origin while changing quite a lot about the concept, leshys seem to be taking the idea of a woodland defender and changing most of the rest.

 

[Agamon]

They shouldn't call them leshies, though. A leshy is something completely different:

Leshy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

To be fair, a lot of D&D monsters based on RL lore are quite a bit off the mark.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

They shouldn't call them leshies, though. A leshy is something completely different:

Leshy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Lots of D&D and Pathfinder creatures are too different from the original folklore version.

 

[Tonguez]

They are plant people. Plant people are a fantasy trope. It's nice. Now I can play a deku scrub or a korok.

More a sci-fi trope really, although there are some overlaps. Usually in ‘fantasy’ plant people are usually Spirits of Fae rather than a race

 

[Kaodi]

The main thing is that we finally have an ancestry with an intelligence penalty. Just to squeeze that much more out of untrained improvisation and assurance, .

 

[Connorsrpg]

Sounds interesting. I could see a place for these in many settings I have used or written. I LOVE many race options. You don't have to include them in every setting or region within a setting. Not sure why people get upset by expanding race options.

If your setting does not have them that is fine. A setting is defined as much by what it does not have, as what it does. But this race could be introduced to a campaign in many good ways. Anyway, leshies look good to me. I loved killorens and wildens, and have been working on a small fey race myself. These would all really suit some settings (or regions within settings). If not yours, that is fine too. We all game in very different places.

 

[Green Onceler]

A lot of 2e's art has missed the mark for me. However, I do not have any issue with this art.

Although I really like Golarion as a setting, I dislike the "Muppet Show" vibe of all the weird races and tend to limit them in my games to core + by request. The anthropomorphic animal races are generally my least liked. I've specifically avoided buying Inner Sea Races.