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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9348056" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/390365/Starfarer-Species-Reforged?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Starfarer Species Reforged</a></p><p>Starfinder</p><p><strong>Yokai, Creature With Innate Supernatural Powers:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Necromantic Puppet:</strong> Necromantic Puppet Uplifted Animal Heritage.</p><p><strong>Mumiyah, Undead Mumiyah, Mumiyah Uramae:</strong> Those who remained on the uramae home world mummifed themselves to survive on their barren planet, becoming the mumiyah. </p><p>The undead mumiyah are the ancient Terravian uramae who mummified themselves 3,500 years before the Nova Age to survive on their resource-depleted home world after the Yetisophites stole all they knew and loved. </p><p>The two groups debated endlessly until 3,575 PN, when the Yetisophites seized control of Uramaesh’s government, leading the population into absconding with Uramaesh’s resources. The Terravians remained behind, mummifying themselves so they could survive on their desolate world and, hopefully, one day restore it. </p><p>Undead uramae who mumified themselves to try and rebuild despoiled Uramesh. </p><p><strong>Mumiyah, Ancient Terravian Uramae Who Mummified Themself, Shambling Remains of a Terravian, Undead Uramae:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Borai:</strong> You died and rose from the dead, animated by slivers of your soul that remained when you died. </p><p>An undead that retains a sliver of its former soul, often due to a botched resurrection. </p><p><strong>Varculak, Soul Wight:</strong> You died with an intense desire to live, and with defiance in your heart you rose, your soul anchored within your corpse. </p><p>Also known as a soul wight, an undead body animated by a soul that refuses to pass into the afterlife. </p><p><strong>Varculak, Undead Body Animated by a Soul That Refuses to Pass Into the Afterlife:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Kabeni, Corpsefolk:</strong> One infused with undeath and is either a walking corpse or was born from one. </p><p>Sometimes called corpsefolk, kabeni are creatures for whom death is a state of being. All kabeni exist somewhere in the divide between life and death, whether touched by death from birth or risen from the grave after a particularly traumatic end. </p><p><strong>Kabeni, Sapient Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Kabeni, Uramae:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Kabeni, Walking Corpse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Deathly Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Progenitor:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spiritual Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Incorporeal Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire Mother:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p>Necromantic Puppet Uplifted Animal Heritage You owe your sapience to necromancy that bonds a sapient soul to your body, an animal corpse or effigy, which often appears to be a perfectly (or mostly) preserved taxidermy of your progenitor animal. You gain the deathly and multityped (undead) universal creature rules. You must be an animal with the magical subtype, a magical beast, or a monstrous humanoid to choose this heritage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9348056, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/390365/Starfarer-Species-Reforged?affiliate_id=17596]Starfarer Species Reforged[/URL] Starfinder [b]Yokai, Creature With Innate Supernatural Powers:[/b] ? [b]Necromantic Puppet:[/b] Necromantic Puppet Uplifted Animal Heritage. [b]Mumiyah, Undead Mumiyah, Mumiyah Uramae:[/b] Those who remained on the uramae home world mummifed themselves to survive on their barren planet, becoming the mumiyah. The undead mumiyah are the ancient Terravian uramae who mummified themselves 3,500 years before the Nova Age to survive on their resource-depleted home world after the Yetisophites stole all they knew and loved. The two groups debated endlessly until 3,575 PN, when the Yetisophites seized control of Uramaesh’s government, leading the population into absconding with Uramaesh’s resources. The Terravians remained behind, mummifying themselves so they could survive on their desolate world and, hopefully, one day restore it. Undead uramae who mumified themselves to try and rebuild despoiled Uramesh. [b]Mumiyah, Ancient Terravian Uramae Who Mummified Themself, Shambling Remains of a Terravian, Undead Uramae:[/b] ? [b]Borai:[/b] You died and rose from the dead, animated by slivers of your soul that remained when you died. An undead that retains a sliver of its former soul, often due to a botched resurrection. [b]Varculak, Soul Wight:[/b] You died with an intense desire to live, and with defiance in your heart you rose, your soul anchored within your corpse. Also known as a soul wight, an undead body animated by a soul that refuses to pass into the afterlife. [b]Varculak, Undead Body Animated by a Soul That Refuses to Pass Into the Afterlife:[/b] ? [b]Kabeni, Corpsefolk:[/b] One infused with undeath and is either a walking corpse or was born from one. Sometimes called corpsefolk, kabeni are creatures for whom death is a state of being. All kabeni exist somewhere in the divide between life and death, whether touched by death from birth or risen from the grave after a particularly traumatic end. [b]Kabeni, Sapient Undead:[/b] ? [b]Kabeni, Uramae:[/b] ? [b]Kabeni, Walking Corpse:[/b] ? [b]Deathly Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead Progenitor:[/b] ? [b]Spiritual Undead:[/b] ? [b]Incorporeal Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Vampire Mother:[/b] ? Necromantic Puppet Uplifted Animal Heritage You owe your sapience to necromancy that bonds a sapient soul to your body, an animal corpse or effigy, which often appears to be a perfectly (or mostly) preserved taxidermy of your progenitor animal. You gain the deathly and multityped (undead) universal creature rules. You must be an animal with the magical subtype, a magical beast, or a monstrous humanoid to choose this heritage. [/QUOTE]
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