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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5983329" data-attributes="member: 57383">Goatling Working DraftGoatlingMedium Outsider (Goatkin, Native)Hit Dice: 3d8 (13 hp)Initiative: +0Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)Armor Class: 15 (+4 chain shirt, +1 small wooden shield) touch 10, flat-footed 15Base Attack/Grapple: +3/+4Attack: Battleaxe +5 melee (1d8+1/×3) or gore +4 melee (1d6+1)Full Attack: Battleaxe +5 melee (1d8+1/×3) and gore –1 melee (1d6)Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Discerp, empowerment, goat magic, ramSpecial Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft.Saves: Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +4Abilities: Str 12, Dex 11, Con 11, Int 12, Wis 8, Cha 9Skills: Balance +2*, Climb +3*, Concentration +6, Diplomacy +4, Knowledge (arcana) +7, Knowledge (religion) +6, Knowledge (the planes) +7, Listen +4, Spellcraft +7, Spot +4, Survival –1 (+1 on other planes)*includes –3 Armor Check penaltyFeats: Iron Will, Weapon Focus (battleaxe)Environment: Any mountainsOrganization: Solitary, gang (4-8 plus 1 róg of 2nd-4th level), band (20-50 plus 10% noncombatants plus 1 2nd-4th level róg per 10 adults and 1 dzwon of 5th-8th level), or tribe (30-300 plus 50% noncombatants plus 1 2nd-4th level róg per 10 adults, 1-13 dzwony of 5th-8th level and 1 župan of 5th to 12th level)Challenge Rating: 3Treasure: StandardAlignment: Always chaoticAdvancement: By character classLevel Adjustment: +4 A fur-covered creature like a bipedal goat with humanoid arms and  torso. It is clearly more than a beast, for it has clothes and  equipment.An ancient, mysterious race who live hidden in hills and mountains.  Goatlings were originally created as slaves by the demon lord Bielgorna.  They eventually rebelled and fled from the Abyss to the Prime Material  Plane. The original goatlings are immortal extraplanar outsiders  incapable of breeding. Through associating with humanoids, they learned  to create native outsider goatlings who could reproduce themselves,  albeit without the originals' immortality. It is these modern goatlings  who are described in this entry. Some goatlings mingled with other  races, leading to the creation of new goatkin races. Those who  associated with halflings and dryads produced the ovinaur and caprine  races, while others produced goatfolk. It is unknown what Prime Material  lifeform contributed to the creation of goatfolk, but orcs or  goblinoids are a lead suspect.Most goatlings are isolationists, obsessed with the fear of being  discovered by Abyssal fiends who will enslave or destroy them. They hide  their civilization behind veils of magic and go to great length to  suppress knowledge about them among non-goatkin.Goatlings speak Common and their own language, goatspeech (or as say call it, "kozajęzyk"),  which they share with ovinaur and caprine.  They often speak additional  languages, usually Abyssal or one of the dialects spoken by their  goatfolk cousins.A goatling has the same height and weight as a human (their height does not include its horns).  Combat Goatlings typically enter combat by ramming, following that up by  attacking with a battleaxe.  However, they are as capable of complicated  strategies as any human, frequently making use of magic and their  empowerment abilities in combat. Discerp (Su): Once per month, a goatling can drain energy from an  undead creature or a creature with the Extraplanar subtype. The victim  must be physically or magically restrained in some way. Each minute that  the goatling concentrates on discerping, the victim gains a negative  level (positive level in the case of undead) and the goatling gains 10  empowerment points. A goatling can discerp a maximum number of levels  equal to its HD. If the victim has as many negative levels as HD, it  falls unconscious rather than dying. Negative levels are recovered at  the rate of 1/day and never become permanent.  A goatling may never have  more empowerment points than 10 times its Hit Dice.Empowerment (Su): Any goatkin able to obtain empowerment points with a Discerp ability (see above) can expend those points to enhance its abilities. Using empowerment is a swift action unless it is stated otherwise below. Goatkin can only use empowerment once per round, but they can enhance themselves with multiple empowerments they made on separate rounds. A goatkin can use empowerment for the following benefits:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Attack: The goatkin gains a +1 enhancement bonus to its next attack roll (including spells, spell-like abilities, and natural weapons) for every empowerment point it  expends (maximum bonus +5). If the goatkin does not make an attack  roll within three rounds, the  empowerment point is wasted. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Damage: The goatkin gains a +1 enhancement  bonus to its next damage roll  (including  spells, spell-like abilities, and natural weapons) for every empowerment  point  it expends (maximum bonus +5). If the goatkin does not  make a damage  roll within three rounds, the empowerment point is  wasted. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Checks: The goatkin gains a +1 enhancement bonus to its next skill or ability check for every empowerment point it expends (maximum bonus +5). If the goatkin does not make a skill or ability check within three rounds, the empowerment points are wasted. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Armor Class: The goatkin gains a +1 enhancement bonus to its natural armor bonus for every 2  empowerment points it expends (maximum bonus +5). This empowerment lasts  for three rounds. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Saves: The goatkin gains a +1 bonus to its next saving throw for every 2 empowerment points  it expends (maximum bonus +5).  If the goatkin does not make a saving  throw within three rounds, the empowerment points are wasted. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spell Magnitude: The next spell (or spell-like ability) the goatkin casts gains a +1 enhancement bonus to its caster  level for  every 2  empowerment points it expends  (maximum bonus +5  caster  levels). For  standard spells, this   caster level bonus only applies to  the spell's   range, duration and checks to overcome spell resistance and  does not  increase any other level-based variable (damage, area of  effect, number  of  targets, et cetera). Goatkin have special spells that have the  spell magnitude  empowerment bonus apply to all their level-based  variables, including every spell in the Goat  Magic section (see below).  If the goatkin does not cast a  spell within three  rounds, the  empowerment  points are wasted. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fate: As an immediate action, a goatkin can expend 10 empowerment points to  reroll any check or roll. The goatkin must accept the result of the  reroll. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Life Protection: A goatkin with at least 15 empowerment points  who is dead or dying can protect its life by spending all its  empowerment points as an immediate action.  The goatkin instantly  becomes stable at 0 hp. If the goatkin died from Constitution loss or  energy drain it stabilizes at Con 1 or 1 HD as appropriate. A goatkin that has been struck dead must use this ability immediately if it wishes  to save its life, it cannot wait until after the moment of its death  then revive itself. Goatkin can use life protection when they are  otherwise unable to act (stunned, paralyzed, unconscious, helpless et cetera). </li> </ul>Goat Magic (Sp): A goatling with an Intelligence or Wisdom score  of 8 or higher has spell-like abilities depending on its Hit Dice, as  indicated on the table. The abilities are cumulative. Unless otherwise  noted, an ability is usable once per day. Caster level equals the  creature’s HD, and the save DC is Charisma-based.Goatling Spell-Like Abilities[TABLE="class: cms_table, align: left"][TR][TD]HD[/TD][TD]Abilities[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]1-2[/TD][TD]detect magic, protection from evil[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]3-4[/TD][TD]binding circle[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]5-6[/TD][TD]dispel magic, occultation[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]7-8[/TD][TD]dimension door, sunfire whip[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]9-10[/TD][TD]contact outer plane (1/week), magic jar (1/month)[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]11-14[/TD][TD]antimagic field, binding cage (1/month)[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]15+[/TD][TD]summon coven (1/month)[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]               Ram (Ex): If a goatling hits with a gore attack as part of a charge, it deals  double damage (2d6+2) and can attempt to bull rush the opponent as a  free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. The goatling  gets a +2 racial bonus on the bull rush's opposed Strength check, giving  a typical goatling's ram attack a +3 check modifier.Goatlings As CharactersGoatling characters possess the following racial traits.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">+2 Strength, +2 Intelligence, -2 Wisdom, -2 Charisma. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Size Medium. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A goatling's base land speed is 30 ft. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Racial Hit Dice: A goatling begins with three levels of outsider, which provide 3d8 Hit Dice, a base attack bonus of +3, and base saving throw bonuses of Fort +3, Ref +3, and Will +3. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Racial Skills: A goatling's outsider levels give it skill points equal to 6 × (8 + Int modifier). Its class skills are Balance, Climb, Concentrate, Diplomacy, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (religion), Knowledge (the planes), Listen, Spellcraft, Spot </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Racial Feats: A goatling's outsider levels give it two feats. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Special Attacks: Discerp, empowerment, goat magic, ram. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Automatic Languages: Common and Goatspeech. Bonus Languages: Abyssal, Draconic, Giant, Goatfolk, Goblin, Orc. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Favored Class: Wizard. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Level Adjustment: +4. </li> </ul>Immortal GoatlingsThe original goatlings who fled from Bielgorna's slavery were immortal,  and a few still survive on the Prime Material Plane. They are identical  to their mortal descendants in appearance but tend to be far more  powerful, due to their great age and experience. Most surviving immortal  goatlings are high level spellcasters. They differ from regular  goatlings in the following ways:All immortal goatlings possess the following traits:The subtypes of an immortal goatling are Chaotic, Extraplanar and  Goatkin. Their native plane is the Abyss, but they do not have the Evil  subtype possessed by most natives of that fiendish realm.An Immortal goatling needs to breathe, eat and sleep.Ageless (Ex): An immortal goatling is immune to aging damage and  aging penalties. They have no maximum age limit, so can never die from  aging. An immortal goatling still benefits from all positive effects of  age, such as the mental ability bonuses granted by reaching middle age,  old or venerable.Plane Shift (Sp): Once per month  an immortal goatling can enter the Abyss, the Astral Plane, or the  Material Plane. This ability transports the goatling and up to eight  other creatures, provided they all link hands with the goatling. It is  otherwise similar to the spell of the same name (caster level 9th or the  goatling's HD, whichever is higher).Goat Magic SpellsBinding Cage Conjuration (Summoning)Level: Goat 6, Sor/Wiz 7Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 minuteArea: A circle with a radius up to 5 ft. per 2 levelsDuration: 1 week/level (plus see below)Saving Throw: Will negates (see below)Spell Resistance: NoThis spell creates an invisible magical trap that can restrain an undead   creature or a creature with the Extraplanar subtype. The caster must   trace out a circle and mark it with runes that identify what creature   the binding cage will trap, either by type, subtype, species,  or  truename (e.g. "Undead", "Tanar'ri", "Lantern Archon", or "Rexpluff   the Dust Mephit"). The circle and its runes are clearly visible to any   creature using see invisibility, arcane sight or true seeing.The binding cage is triggered when a creature that matches the rune identification attempts to exit the circle. A binding cage   can trap multiple creatures with the same identification if they are   all within the circle when it triggers. When triggered, an invisible  spherical cage of force appears that encompasses the circle and all  creatures within it. In addition, the triggering  creatures must succeed  at a Will save or be shackled by magically conjured chains. If the binding cage's caster level is more than twice the Hit Dice of a triggering creature, it increases the save DC by 2.Victims shackled by the chains are fixed to the space they are in, but    can still act.  The chains  are impervious to magic and all types of   energy damage, prevent dimensional  travel of any kind, and can restrain   a victim regardless of its shape,  substance, or plane of existence -   meaning a victim cannot escape by  using teleportation, shapechanging,   etherealness or gaseous form  abilities.A victim can only escape the chains by sheer brute force. The chains can   be shattered with a Strength check (Break DC equals caster level plus   12) or a single attack   that inflicts damage that's at least twice the   caster level. If the chains are broken they vanish instantly but the   victim is still confined within the cage of force, which remains for the   duration of the binding cage spell.The spherical cage of force has the same properties as the barred form of a forcecage spell, except its bars are far enough apart to allow the passage of creatures of Tiny size or smaller.A binding cage is immune to dispel magic. A disintegrate  spell can destroy all or part of the cage of force, but cannot affect  the chains. The spherical cage of force vanishes when the spell's  duration expires, but the magical chains remain and continue to restrain  their victims for another 1 week per caster level (so the chains have a  total duration of 2 weeks per level). The continued existence of the  chains allows a spellcaster to place a new binding cage around the shackled victim to replace an binding cage whose duration has expired.A binding cage is only be triggered once. Other creatures of  the  specified target class that enter and exit the circle after it is  triggered will not be shackled.The chains of a binding cage can be made permanent with a permanency spell at a cost of 3,000 XP. The cage of force aspect of the spell still has its normal duration.Binding Circle Conjuration (Summoning)Level: Goat 2, Sor/Wiz 3Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 minuteArea: A circle with a radius up to 1 ft. per levelDuration: 1 day/levelSaving Throw: Will negates (see below)Spell Resistance: NoThis spell creates an invisible magical trap that can restrain an undead  creature or a creature with the Extraplanar subtype. The caster must  trace out a circle and mark it with runes that identifies what creature  the binding circle will trap, either by type, subtype, species,  or truename (e.g. "Undead", "Tanar'ri", "Lantern Archon", or "Rexpluff  the Dust Mephit"). The circle and its runes are clearly visible to any  creature using see invisibility, arcane sight or true seeing.The binding circle is triggered when a creature that matches the rune identification attempts to exit the circle. A binding circle  can trap multiple creatures with the same identification if they are  all within the circle when it triggers, providing their total Hit Dice  does not exceed the caster level of the spell. If the triggering  creature(s) have more Hit Dice than the spell's caster level, the binding circle  automatically collapses and is dispelled. Less powerful triggering  creatures must succeed at a Will save or be bound by the spell. If the binding circle's caster level is more than twice the Hit Dice of the triggering creature, it increases the save DC by 2.A victim bound by the spell is immobilized and helpless, but can still   perform purely mental actions. Victims instantly regain mobility if   they leave the circle, either by being carried out by allies or by using  a purely mental transport power of their own, such as a still silent ethereal jaunt spell or the psionic dimension door psionic power. The binding circle  will end if all the creatures it has trapped leave its circle. If they  don't escape the circle, they remain immobilized until the spell is  dispelled or its duration runs out.A binding circle can only be triggered once. Other creatures of  the specified target class can freely enter and exit the circle once it  has been been triggered.A spellcaster can have only one binding circle spell at a time; if a second is cast, the first one (if still active) is dispelled.Occultation AbjurationLevel: Bard 4, Goat 3, Sor/Wiz 4Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 minuteArea: A circle with a radius up to 5 ft. per two levelsDuration: 13 hours plus 1 hour/levelSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: Yes (harmless, object)The warded area becomes difficult to perceive by divination spells such  as clairaudience/clairvoyance, scry, locate object or detect spells. It  also prevents location by such magic items as crystal balls. If a  divination is attempted against a creature or item within the area  warded by this spell, the caster of the divination must succeed on a  caster level check against a DC of 11 + the caster level of the  spellcaster who cast occultation or the divination fails.The spellcaster who cast occultation does not need to make caster level checks to use divination in the spell's area of effect.Summon CovenEvery goatkin who contributes to a summon coven empowerment points pool is considered a "caster" when an occultation is enhanced using that pool; the resulting occultation does not ward against those goatkin's divinations.Summon CovenSummoning (Conjuration)Level: Goat 7, Clr 9, Sor/Wiz 9Components: V, S, FCasting Time: 4 hoursRange: See textEffect: See textDuration: 1 hour/level (D)Saving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoThe summon coven spell is a powerful magic that allows a group of   goatkin capable of casting Goat Magic to amass a pool of empowerment  points and then use those  points to empower additional spellcasting.  This spell requires at least 3  goatkin spellcasters, who all cast summon coven simultaneously, plus a  congregation of at least 4 other goatkin of 15th level or higher. The  spellcasters who cast summon coven  must nominate one of their  number as the "head" of the coven, they  must all agree who this head is  or the spell fails. The spell also  requires a focus component called a  tabernacle, a ritual chest that  holds the empowerment point pool created  by the spell. The spellcasters  must be within 30 feet of the tabernacle  to cast summon coven or to concentrate on maintaining the spell (see below).Gathering Power: This spell creates a pool of empowerment points   equal to the total HD of all  participating goatlings who are willing  to  sacrifice their Goat Magic  spell-like abilities for the day while  the  spell is being cast. Ovinaurs and caprines  can also sacrifice their spell-like abilities, but their Goat Magic is  weaker so it only produces one empowerment point for every 2 HD of these  goatkin who contribute. A goatkin must be within long range of the  tabernacle to transmit power to it (400 ft. plus 40 ft. per caster level  of the summon coven).If a goatkin has already used any of its daily Goat Magic abilities   that day, it is unable to contribute any empowerment points to the pool.   Goatkin who already used a weekly or monthly Goat Magic ability can   still contribute empowerment points to the pool, but the spell-like   ability takes twice the normal length of time to replenish. e.g. a   goatkin who used its 1/week contact outer plane ability five   days ago would normally be able to use it again in two days time (5 + 2 =   a week's 7 days); but if it contributes all its Goat Magic to a  coven's  pool, it would need to wait 9 days before using its contact outer plane ability again (5 + 9 = 14 days, or two weeks). This rule does not apply if a goatkin uses its 1/month summon coven   ability to become one of the three spellcasters who creates the coven.   In such a case, the goatkin need only wait a month to reuse its summon coven ability.Once cast, a summon coven ends if all of the goatkin   spellcasters who cast  the spell stop concentrating upon it, if the   coven head loses  consciousness, or if any of the spellcasters chooses   to dismiss the  spell. So long as at least one of the spellcasters is   concentrating on  the summon coven, the other spellcasters can perform other actions (or rest) without interrupting the summon coven spell; this allows the casters to take turns concentrating. The pool of empowerment points dissipates when the spell ends.Drawing Power: The head of the coven can draw empowerment points   from the tabernacle  and use them to enhance the next spell they cast.  Up to 10 empowerment points can be drawn for every round spend drawing  power. Certain goat magic spells allow for special  enhancements when   empowered using summon coven. These are detailed in the individual spell descriptions - see binding cage and occultation for examples.Drawing power from the tabernacle is a standard action that requires    concentration. If the concentration is interrupted (as per interrupting a    spell), the coven head loses the empowerment points they have drawn  so   far, but can begin drawing again on their next turn.Focus: The tabernacle, a well crafted ritual chest constructed    by master crafters.  The tabernacle never costs less than 750 gp and is    approximately 5 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet tall.See Tabernacle of the Ram for an alternative focus.Sunfire WhipEvocationLevel: Goat 4, Sor/Wiz 4Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 standard actionEffect: One whipDuration: 1 round/caster level or until dischargedSaving Throw: None or Reflex (see below)Spell Resistance: NoThis spell creates a whiplike strand of energy in the caster's hand. The  caster can attack any target within a 30-foot reach as if the sunfire whip  were a melee weapon, except the caster does not threaten the area  within the whip's reach. Its attack bonus is equal to the caster's base  attack bonus plus  the  bonus of the caster's key casting statistic  (e.g. Charisma for a  sorcerer), plus a +1 enhancement  bonus. A sunfire whip's  enhancement bonus increases to +2 against  extraplanar creatures, +3  against undead and chaotic or evil outsiders,  and +4 against chaotic  evil outsiders such as demons.A sunfire whip does 3d6  damage, plus the whip's enhancement bonus (see above). It does double   damage (6d6) to undead, chaotic or evil outsiders, and creatures to  which  sunlight is harmful or unnatural.If the sunfire whip scores a critical hit, the target becomes  entangled for 1d4 rounds as if they were trapped in a net attached to  the caster by a 30 ft. long trailing rope (q.v. Net, except there are no  size restrictions). Every round a target is entangled by the sunfire whip  they automatically take damage on the caster's initiative (3d6 or 6d6  plus enhancement bonus, as above). The caster cannot attack other  opponents with the sunfire whip while it entangles a target, but  the caster can release the entangled target at any time as a free  action. The entangled target can also escape by succeeding at an Escape  Artist check or Strength check against a DC of 20 plus the caster's  level.The caster can discharge a sunfire whip as a standard action.  This inflicts the sunfire whip's damage (3d6 or 6d6 plus enhancement  bonus) to all creatures within 30 feet but allows a Reflex save for half  damage. Discharging the sunfire whip ends the spell.Tabernacle of the RamThe tabernacle of the ram is an artifact that enhances the effectiveness of the summon coven   spell. It appears as a massive ebony chest supporting a large glowing   silver disc atop its lid. The chest is carved with ram's heads on the   sides and gold-plated goatling torsos at each corner. It is set with   gilded handles and poles that allow up to a dozen Medium humanoids to   carry the tabernacle on their shoulders.The artifact continually emanates a 30 foot radius protection from evil effect. The silver light from the disc is as bright as a daylight spell (60-foot radius illuminated as full daylight, plus an additional 60-foot radius of dim light).If summon coven is cast using the tabernacle of the ram as   its focus, the spell's gathering power effect has a range of 1 mile  per  caster level and participating goatkin do not need line of effect  to  sacrifice their spell-like abilities to the tabernacle. The pool of   empowerment points created by a summon coven spell can remain in the tabernacle of the ram   for up to 1 month without a spellcaster's concentration. If the   artifact already contains an empowerment pool from a previous casting of   summon coven, the tabernacle will contain whichever of the  pools  contains the most empowerment points (the newly gathered pool or  the  previous pool) and allows the leader of the current summon coven to access this pool. Do not add the empowerment points of both pools together.The head of a summon coven spell can draw up to 100 empowerment points per round from the tabernacle of the ram, ten times the maximum rate of a normal tabernacle.Strong abjuration, conjuration, and evocation [good]; caster level 20th; Weight 900 lbs.Originally appeared in <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByHsRdpWU3qeMzR5OVpGV2t6SGc/view" target="_blank">Goatmen of Kavaja</a> (Bruce Heard, 2012).(sourced from <a href="http://bruce-heard.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/goatmen-of-kavaja.html" target="_blank">http://bruce-heard.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/goatmen-of-kavaja.html</a>.)                Published with permission from Bruce Heard.</blockquote>

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