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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mystaros" data-source="post: 3253263" data-attributes="member: 3921">If you want them to be fairly common, say, along the lines of Castle Waiting style, do the following:1) Back in the days when the Oerid and and Suel first invaded the Flanaess (cs. late 1st and early 2nd centuries O.R.), the Flan developed spells that created animal-men guardians, transforming mighty warriors (or even simply any volunteers) into animal-headed and partially-bodied beings. This gave them greater strength, stamina, stealth, etc., based on the animal type (bear, bull, cat, whatever).2) The animal-headed guardians didn't stop the invasions, but still survived. They were still essentially humans, and could breed back into the population. Their descendants, though animal-headed and with fur and tail, did not necessarily inherit the additional strength, stamina, stealth, or other abilities... just the appearance.3) Today, wherever the Flan once were, can be found villages descended from these animal guardians (I've always used the term Therians for these races, myself). They are to all intents and purposes human, statistically speaking, but with animal heads, fur, tails, and so forth.4) If a player wants his bear-therian to have some more bear-like characteristics, create a feat for bear-therians. Perhaps "Ursus Might" allows the bear-therian to use an effect like bull's strength, once per day, with the effects based on his character level. If he wants to be able to use his hands like claws, the feat "Ursus Strike" allows him to do so, attacking with two claws per round at no penalty, normal damage 1d4 plus Strength bonus, for a numebr of rounds equal to his character level. And so forth. At higher levels, and with several bear-therian feats, perhaps he can wildshape into a bear, as per a druid. Ther eare Therian-oriented feats that meld well with ranger and druid abilities. And etc...5) The Therians are as rare as, say, elves in general, and do not have their own state (now). They are given a modicum of respect in Flan-dominated areas, and may be high-up in Flan state hierarchies. The followers of Obad-Hai might be dominated by Therians. Elves and gnomes find them intriguing, halflings are ambivalent generally, and dwarves too often mistake them for evil humanoids (perhaps the gnolls are a tribe descended from hyena-therians mixed with orcs).Anyhoo, there are a few ideas for ya...</blockquote>

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