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In the default Pathfinder cosmology, daemons are neutral evil fiends that represent death. Whereas in 3.5 the words demon, devil, and daemon were merely generic terms for any fiends of CE, LE, and NE alignment, respectively, in Pathfinder the terms demon, devil and daemon refer exclusively to...

That's explicitly not how canon D&D works. D&D is morally black and white, not grey unless you count certain campaign settings where being gray is the point. D&D's black and white morality is also incredibly warped, since "good" is just evil multiplied by negative one. It's considered morally...

My point is, not every society with the institution of slavery is going to be evil gits that abuse their slaves, because the crux of the argument is the suffering of the slaves (which is most of the reason it's considered evil, and less because they aren't being paid). The lawful neutral...

If the concern is about innocent people suffering, then why not just enslave races that are inherently evil like orcs, goblinoids, gnolls, etc? If it's already okay to break into their homes, slaughter them en masse, and steal their valuables... then what exactly is the problem with enslaving...

We're getting off topic fast. Anyway, I find it highly unlikely that no one in the infinite multiverse has figured out how to cheaply, quickly, and efficiently mass produce constructs to perform all menial labor. It stands to reason that this technology fell into the hands of a proud warrior...

20th-level wizards are reality warpers whose power is limited only by what spells they know. There exist a virtually infinite number of spells that can do pretty much anything imaginable. New spells have to come from somewhere. There's probably a spell to instantly create golems, or speed up...

Frank Trollman, Pun-Pun and plenty of others have pretty much debunked that type of thinking as short-sightedly unrealistic. In most non-D&D-derived fantasy fiction, any wizard above 6th-level is the in-universe equivalent of Superman. In most D&D fantasy campaign settings you have hundreds of...

When fantasy settings do bring up slavery, it's unambiguously evil. It also completely ignores the fact that within the setting itself there are far easier methods of getting field work done than enslaving people. Wizards who can mass summon extraplanar creatures and mass produce golems have...

Thank you for your input. I've adjusted the OP to compensate. Yes, I am looking for a model of society that treats slaves more humanely in order to challenge the philosophical and moral beliefs of the typical adventurer. Given the widespread prevalence of magic in a typical fantasy setting...

The Qlippoth are the OGC substitute for Obyrinths rather than Far Realm/Xoriat aberrations, but I see your point. They don't fit the "evil conqueror" part as well as the Daelkyr, though. Monte Cook's Legacy of the Dragon and Chaositech have living weapons/armor and fantasy bioware/wetware...

Most fantasy campaign settings, when they bring up the issue of slavery at all (which is typically only as an offhand mention in the descriptions of evil races like drow and goblins), use the field slave/serfdom model of slavery where the slaves are are treated horrifically, being regularly...

Are there any OGC substitutes for the Quori and Daelkyr? If there aren't, that's okay. I was thinking about writing my own OGC substitute. Not a substitute for each, but combining the two ideas. The Quori are "evil outsiders from the plane of dreams" and the Daelkyr are "evil outsiders from the...

Racial classes only go to about 3rd or 4th level, with some having advanced racial classes that continue for another 3 or 4 levels, so the increased XP requirement would be removed after the racial class is finished and the character would gain levels in their core class at the normal XP...

A while back someone noted that the racial classes from Arcana Evolved (and by extension the World of Warcraft roleplaying game and a couple others) wouldn't work in Pathfinder due to the way multiclassing works. A character who advanced in their racial class would be at a disadvantage because...

Fiendish/celestial creatures are not material creatures that emigrated to the outer planes. They were created from the essence of their planes just like celestials and fiends are. Therefore, according to the description of the outsider type itself, they should be outsiders. But they're not...

For those of you who don't own a copy, Trailblazer changes the spellcasting rules so that arcane spellcaster classes automatically know all spells on their spell lists just like divine casters do, and spontaneous spellcasters must effectively choose what their spells known will be for the...

Don't forget that outsiders all use the same hit dice and skills despite having just as much variety as all the other types combined. But what determines whether a creature created on/from another plane has soul duality or not? Celestial/fiendish/etc creatures are just as much creations of...

I have no idea what you're saying at this point because you've completely misinterpreted my meaning. So I'm going to wipe out my previous statements and restate my basic argument and hope I understand your next reply. The outsider type is an amorphous blob containing any sort of random creature...

Planescape Cranium Rats Brain Rat (ToHR, ToHC)—An intelligent rat with psionic powers. Sadly, it's more concerned with attacking and eating anything that moves rather than, you know, building a culture. They don't gather in swarms that become more psychic with increasing size, unless the...

"PlH" is an abbreviation for the Planar Handbook, not the Player's Handbook or PHB. The revive outsider spell debuted in the Spell Compendium. The extraplanar outsiders in the PlH are given aging tables and repeatedly stated in their fluff descriptions to require food and other basic...